How to apply brush strokes in painting Dear friends: This time let me discuss the principal brush
strokes and their application in painting and calligraphy:The word Feng means "blade. More ...
RI pop music goes ethnic: A hope or just a trend?By Achmad Nurhoeri JAKARTA (JP): Trekking through Indonesia's developing popular
music sometimes prompts a hopeful smile. More ...
Scooters that time almost forgot roar on the street again Like Volkswagen beetle and Harley Davidson motorcycle buffs,
scooter owners are now racing each other to dress up their
vehicles. Scooter clubs, which disappeared for years, are roaring
back in many big cities. K. More ...
HalalBy Dewi Anggraeni Karen pushed her shopping jeep out of Prahran Market. On the
way to the car park, she maneuvered the overflowing jeep with one
hand, keeping the other free to catch falling articles from it. More ...
East Flores regency hopes to exploit tourism potentialText and photos by Yacob Herin LARANTUKA, Flores (JP): Tourism in East Flores is marked by a
wealth of natural and cultural attractions.Many sites in the mountainous and coastal areas have great
potential. More ...
YKCI works for copyright protection, remunerationBy Helly Minarti JAKARTA (JP): Do you want to listen to the latest song by your
favorite band but have no money to buy the cassette or CD? No
problem. Just tune in a radio station, request the song, and
you'll have it for free. More ...
The headache of customary regulations in GianyarBy Putu Wirata DENPASAR (JP): The body of Ni Wayan Pasek, 55, had been in the
house for more than one month. More ...
Fariz is back after all the 1980s hitsBy Helly Minarti JAKARTA (JP): There are many roads for musicians to explore
today. Fariz Roestam Moenaf, a well-known whizkid-pop musician in
the 1980s, is one of those who has taken a different road to
build a new career. More ...
Maid life not an easy option for village girlsBy Rosa Widyawan JAKARTA (JP): Housemaids are critical in a household in which
both the husband and wife work. Child care, the management of
daily expenses, gardening and dish washing are just a handful of
the matters handled by housemaids. More ...
RI workers in HK need legal protection HONG KONG (JP): When Ina, 25, left home in rural East Java,
she chose to work in Hong Kong instead of one of the other
migrant worker destinations, such as Saudi Arabia or Malaysia. More ...
TV todayTVRI 6:00 a.m. Religious Teachings: Hikmah Pagi
6:25 Morning news
6:45 Healthy and Fit
7:00 News
7:30 TV Series: Speed Racer
8:00 Fashion: Tata Busana
8:30 Information
9:00 English News Service
9:30 People and Events
10:00 Music: Album Minggu Ini
11:00 Children's Story: ... More ...
TV, TV on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? JAKARTA (JP): The singer, mini-skirted and heavily made-up,
was basking in the on-screen attention. Her duet partner crooned
sweetly to her, and she responded with a sexy shake of her hips. More ...
International record labels plan to court local talentBy Dini S. Djalal JAKARTA (JP): The competition in Indonesia's pop music
industry is heating up, but surviving the competition offers
considerable rewards. More ...
Simple yet aesthetic, the photos of BoediardjoBy Amir Sidharta JAKARTA (JP): In the past, I used to see Boediardjo taking
pictures with his Leica at cultural events in Jakarta. However,
until recently, I had never seen his photographs. More ...
A fragment of Indonesia in VietnamBy Dewi Anggraeni HO CHI MINH CITY (JP): If you met Mohamach Abdoula in a
restaurant in town and heard him speak Vietnamese fluently and
flawlessly, it would never occur to you to tell him apart from
other local gentlemen around. More ...
Ade Rai dreams of opening up gym for juniorsBy Primastuti Handayani JAKARTA (JP): The name I Gusti Agung Rai Kusuma Yudha may mean
nothing to sports lovers, but if they knew that it was the real
name of Ade Rai they would surely respond differently. More ...
Guess What? Exotic-looking models are hot at the moment."I'm now finishing my TV show," said Kintan Umari.But she's not actually on the show. She is the producer and MC
of the fashion program called Kaya Gaya, which RCTI will start
airing on April 5. More ...
'Kantata Samsara': The music of PowerBy Franki Raden JAKARTA (JP): When hard rock and underground music in the West
brought about social reformation movements in the 1960s,
Indonesian youngsters reacted spontaneously. More ...
'The English Patient', a mosaic of meditative aspectsBy Laksmi Pamuntjak-Djohan JAKARTA (JP): Europeans have been known to leave their cold
and structured homelands for the North African desert, ultimately
to deal with lost loves, painful love, the fear that new loves
would be impossible to find. More ...
Home favorite Kasiyadi reatain title by one strokeBy Robert Soelistyo SURABAYA (JP): Home favorite and defending champion Kasiyadi
earned his billing as the country's leading golfer yesterday when
he won the Bukit Darmo Golf Championship by one stroke with a
four-round, 8-under-par total of 280. More ...
GM Michael Adams smashes Morovic in six-game matchBy Kristianus Liem JAKARTA (JP): Grandmaster Michael Adams, the second best
player in Britain after Nigel Short, smashed Chilean Grandmaster
Ivan Fernandez Morovic 4.5-1.5 in a six-game match in Santiago,
Chile, between Jan. 16 and Jan 22. More ...
AB Three don't want to be young forever JAKARTA (JP): If there is a will, there is a way, and with a
pinch of luck, one will probably stay. For the young and
energetic singing trio AB Three, their strong will and bags of
luck have definitely led them on the right path to fame and
fortune. More ...
African countries turn toward democratization As I write this, I am flying from Senegal, on Africa's west
coast, to Johannesburg, South Africa. More ...
Indonesian pop music goes popBy Dini S. Djalal The Indonesian music industry is booming, with a bunch of
young artists trying their luck in the business. But they can not
always play merry tunes as climbing the stairway of success is
not easy. The Jakarta Post's contributors, Dini S. More ...
Low pay awaits Indonesian workers in Hong Kong Finding a job is not always easy. Some have to leave their
family and homelands to try their luck abroad. Yenni Kwok, a
contributor to The Jakarta Post, recently went to Hong Kong to
observe the condition of Indonesian migrant workers on the
island. More ...
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