Suddenly, just like that, we’re on the downward slope of our time here. A handful or two of months. A bushel of weeks. The clock is ticking insistently. With the dwindling weekends […]
To Market, To Market
Jakarta Outside the Box
A few rapidly digested thoughts on Jakarta. We heard about the disturbance in Jakarta about 30 minutes after the initial blast. We check on each other. We check on the kids who […]
How to Survive Jakarta
Happy New Year all! It feels rather cheap to be doing this on this the first post of the new year. I’ve been thinking about somethings, but I ran across the video […]
Shit My Staff Says, Vol. 3
I was riding to work one morning and after riding in silence for some time, my driver spoke during a pause in traffic. “Excuse me, Pak. I’m sorry for the smell.” I […]
The Donut Shop
A few evenings ago, I went to a wine tasting hosted by a group called Internations.org which is an expat group with chapters around the world. People sponsor events and often you […]
What Not to Wear
Mrs. Secret Asian Man said the other day “I hope you don’t mind. I accepted an invitation to go hear Chinese classical music. ‘The Sound of Silk and Bamboo’” “Oh, yeah?” “Yeah. […]
Fish Kill
I was exchanging money the other day at the Embassy. I waited in line behind one person who was chatting to the cashier. When it was my turn the cashier started chatting […]
Port Moresby Updates and More of the Same
I know you’ve been dying to ask, “Secret Asian Man, what’s been happening in Port Moresby?” Well, let me tell you! Since I was last there 7 months ago, they’ve put […]
On Paris and Libtards
I woke up on Saturday morning to two bits of news. First, someone launched a grenade toward the front of of a mall on the outskirts of Jakarta. It was in a […]
Tusitala
One other thing that I did not know about Samoa is that it is the final resting place of Robert Louis Stevenson. He of “Kidnapped”, “Treasure Island” and “Dr. Jekyll and Mr […]
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