It’s the end of Ramadan in Jakarta. The perfect time to be here. The city has emptied out. Some 80% of Jakartans have gone elsewhere for the week. Electricity usage is down […]
One Papaya Leaf and Counting…..
Momma Jockeys
I’ve talked of traffic lots. Jakarta traffic jams are the worst in the world, based on the number of times drivers apply the brakes over a given distance. The whole of traffic […]
Istiqlal Mosque
We’ve been here for a year and a we hadn’t been yet to the Isitqlal mosque. This is a huge presence in the north of the city. It’s the largest mosque in […]
To Market, To Market
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On Topik
Walking to the fruit store late one afternoon, we found a much less trafficked, safer path. We passed several Kaki Limas parked on a street corner. Kaki Lima means 5 legs, and […]
Oh, I Love Trash
This is a trashy tale. An tale of the refuse that leaves my house….besides this blog. I’ll preface this by saying this is purely an anecdotal tale, based purely on observation, nearly […]
Ramadan III- An Airing of Grievances
Ramadan has ended. Coinciding with the next New moon and culminating in Idul Fitri, the blessed feast or festival. As with the onset, there is some disparity about the end of Ramadan. […]
Secret Asian Man 