Archive: 11 July 2004
34 articles found
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Parenting the parents on a first trip to Indonesia
Parenting the parents on a first trip to IndonesiaSuzanne Plunkett, Associated Press, Jakarta When my parents traveled from the United States to visit me in Jakarta, a co-worker put the trip in perspective, saying: "You are completely responsible for your parents' health and safety.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Putting heads, and feet, in the sand
Putting heads, and feet, in the sandLike insects emerging from their lairs, the lithe figures in black and white crawled along the rocks and sand to greet the waves at Parangtritis Beach in Yogyakarta.They were dancers in the art performance Tato Totem, the work of Bernadetta Kinting Sri Hanjati.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
WEBSITE: INI YANG DIPAKAI: TRIMS
WEBSITE: INI YANG DIPAKAI: TRIMSGamelan music groups find the beat on U.S. campusesMaggie Tiojakin Contributor Boston At 7:45 p.m. at MIT's Kresge Little Theater, 20 men and women, most of them American, entered the stage dressed in cranberry- colored outfits and yellow headgear, with a purple rose...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Letters to the governor from 'Bambang' a deer
Letters to the governor from 'Bambang' a deerDaniel Ziv, Contributor, JakartaLast year Governor Sutiyoso moved 12 spotted deer into the newly gated grounds of the National Monument (Monas) in a bold attempt to beautify the city's largest park.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Angie, Wynne give Indonesia 2-0 lead against Slovenia in Fed Cup
Angie, Wynne give Indonesia 2-0 lead against Slovenia in Fed CupMoch. N. Kurniawan, Tbe Jakarta Poswt, Jakarta Angelique "Angie" Widjaja and Wynne Prakusya gave Indonesia a 2-0 lead over Slovenia in their World Group playoff in the Fed Cup women's team tennis championship here on Saturday.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Pop band Sheila on 7 shows its serious side
Pop band Sheila on 7 shows its serious sideHera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Pop band Sheila on 7 used to have a notorious reputation among interviewers. The band had a penchant for refusing to be serious, constantly throwing lame jokes in a thick Javanese accent while fiddling with whatever...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Tough times for Bengkulu's traditional cloth
Tough times for Bengkulu's traditional clothHera Diani The Jakarta Post Bengkulu After four lean years, batik producer and designer Sari Bulan sometimes wonders if it is worth it to continue making traditional Bengkulu batik cloth besurek.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
In tense times, demand up for expat counseling
In tense times, demand up for expat counselingDavid Kennedy, Contributor, Jakarta A respected Asian newsmagazine recently featured a story claiming that high profile Jakarta-based expatriates are being targeted by a terrorist hit squad.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
PABBSI names lifters for Athens
PABBSI names lifters for AthensEva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The Indonesian Weightlifting, Powerlifting and Bodybuilding Association (PABBSI) revealed on Saturday the names of the seven weightlifters who will take part in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Ajengan, a tempting taste of Bali on the quiet
Ajengan, a tempting taste of Bali on the quietBruce Emond, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The shuffle of feet and the sound of a cassette quickly being shoved into a tape player was the initial greeting when we entered Ajengan one night last month.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
i-box:
i-box: International Community Activity Center ICAC House, Jl. Bona Vista Raya, Lebak Bulus, Jakarta 12440 Tel: 021 758 16710 Counseling Direct line (Tel/Fax): 021 758 16704 E-mail: icaccounsel@cbn.net.id www.icachouse.or.id
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Adi Jumaadi's world of art is in the living
Adi Jumaadi's world of art is in the livingDewi Anggraeni, Contributor, Melbourne, Australia At the opening reception of The South Project conference in Melbourne last week, among a gathering of people of different racial backgrounds from various places in the southern hemisphere, Adi Jumaadi did...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Say cheese, please, you just made history
Say cheese, please, you just made history As Americans were in the throes of their July 4th celebrations, 125 million Indonesian voters took a Neil Armstrong-like "giant leap for mankind" by voting for the first time in a direct presidential election.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Water hazards: How much of the plain stuff do we really need
Water hazards: How much of the plain stuff do we really needMaria Endah Hulupi, Contributor, Jakarta Many people take the advise to drink plenty of water every day without precisely knowing its important role for our health.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Sintang ikat: West Kalimantan textiles find their spotlight
Sintang ikat: West Kalimantan textiles find their spotlightEmiria Wijayanti, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta It was still a jungle out there when Father Peter Jac. Maessen first stepped foot in West Kalimantan 35 years ago.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Soga says needs time with family
Soga says needs time with family INDONESIA: Reunited in Indonesia with her family after nearly two years, a Japanese woman once abducted to North Korea spent hours talking to her husband, a former U.S. soldier Washington says deserted to the Stalinist state in 1965.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
A terrifying tale of terror right here, right now
A terrifying tale of terror right here, right nowRich Simons, The Jakarta Post, JakartaSeeds of Terror Maria Ressa Free Press/Simon & Schuster, 2003 254 pp US$26 The profundity of Maria Ressa's account of the inner workings of al-Qaeda and their terror partners in Southeast Asia, particularly...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Change, and confusion, going on in the classroom
Change, and confusion, going on in the classroomEmiria Wijayanti The Jakarta Post Jakarta After 365 days, you'd think that something would change. After leaving Jakarta last year to pursue a university degree in America, I arrived back home this summer looking forward to spending time with my high...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Soga says needs time with family
Soga says needs time with family INDONESIA: Reunited in Indonesia with her family after nearly two years, a Japanese woman once abducted to North Korea spent hours talking to her husband, a former U.S. soldier Washington says deserted to the Stalinist state in 1965.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
A chance to try food the way 'nyonya' used to make it
A chance to try food the way 'nyonya' used to make it The use of Malay spices, herbs combined with Chinese ingredients, like tofu, soya sauce and dried mushrooms, made peranakan cuisine unique from the influences from which it was derived.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Tough times for Bengkulu's traditional cloth 'besurek'
Tough times for Bengkulu's traditional cloth 'besurek'Hera Diani, The Jakarta Post, Bengkulu After four lean years, batik producer and designer Sari Bulan sometimes wonders if it is worth it to continue making traditional Bengkulu batik cloth besurek.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Lake Toba promotion efforts aim to make waves
Lake Toba promotion efforts aim to make wavesApriadi Gunawan, The Jakarta Post, Parapat, North Sumatra In its fourth holding this year, the Lake Toba Folk Festival featured its usual attractions, such as music and dance performances by the Batak people of North Sumatra who consider the area their...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Gamelan groups find the beat on U.S. campuses
Gamelan groups find the beat on U.S. campusesMaggie Tiojakin, Contributor, Boston At 7:45 p.m. at MIT's Kresge Little Theater, 20 men and women, most of them American, entered the stage dressed in cranberry- colored outfits and yellow headgear, with a purple rose tucked behind one ear.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Circles in the sand
Circles in the sand Like insects emerging from their lairs, the lithe figures in black and white crawled along the rocks and sand to greet the waves at Parangtritis Beach in Yogyakarta.They were dancers in the art performance Tato Totem, the work of Bernadetta Kinting Sri Hanjati.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Allies make up bulk of donors
Allies make up bulk of donorsM. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The presidential candidates' balance sheets of major donors to their July 5 election campaign funds are as intriguing as they are uninformative, with instances of unlikely donations from unnamed "friends", small traders and...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Activist examines Jakarta warts and all
Activist examines Jakarta warts and allJakarta, Metropolis Tunggang-Langgang (Jakarta, The Helter- Skelter Metropolis) Marco Kusumawijaya, GagasMedia, 2004 233 pp "Jakarta has made many people frustrated for it fails to be a home to live in, although it clearly shows its capability to be that.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Fun and festive food of the Philippines a mix of flavors
Fun and festive food of the Philippines a mix of flavorsMaria Endah Hulupi, Contributor, Jakarta It's still time to gather up the family and dish up those special dishes, at least if you are Filipino. For May through August is a period of merriment as Filipinos celebrate regional and national...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Amid hostage drama, Manila to pull out peacekeepers on time
Amid hostage drama, Manila to pull out peacekeepers on timeOliver Teyes Associated Press ManilaThe Philippines will withdraw its peacekeeping contingent from Iraq on schedule next month, the government said on Saturday, the day militants vowed to kill a Filipino hostage if the troops were not sent...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Trauma
TraumaUmadah "Mother's found another woman for me. Imah, let's just separate peacefully or you must let me have a second wife.""Mas Handoyo, are you joking?" Rohimah retorted."What for? I'm serious. So is my mother. She can't wait any longer for a grandchild.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
U.S. role in Papua vote revealed
U.S. role in Papua vote revealedSlobodan Lekic, Associated Press, Jakarta United States supported former dictator Soeharto when he incorporated West Papua into Indonesia in 1969 after a self- determination vote later dismissed as a sham, newly declassified documents show.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Amid Iraq hostage fears, Manila vows to pull peacekeepers
Amid Iraq hostage fears, Manila vows to pull peacekeepers Oliver Teves, Associated Press, Manila The Philippines' small peacekeeping contingent in Iraq will be withdrawn when its current stint ends on Aug.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
The hard sell: You go girl ... as in, please go away
The hard sell: You go girl ... as in, please go awaySusanna Tjokro, Contributor, Jakarta As I entered the shop, one of the shop assistants immediately came toward me. "How can I help you?" she asked with a smile."Thanks, but I'd like to look around first.
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Toba tales
Toba tales* Lake Toba is the largest lake in Indonesia, and Southeast Asia, measuring 100 km long and 31 km across. It is also the world's deepest lake at 450 meters.* Lake Toba was formed 75,000 years ago as the result of an enormous volcanic explosion, what some scientists consider the biggest in...
Sun, 11 Jul 2004
Change, and confusion, going on in the classroom
Change, and confusion, going on in the classroomEmiria Wijayanti, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta After 365 days, you'd think that something would change. After leaving Jakarta last year to pursue a university degree in America, I arrived back home this summer looking forward to spending time with my...