Sergio Lopez Orozco: Paper as a means of expressionJean Couteau, Denpasar/Bali When viewing an artwork, one usually focuses on the colors, the organization of lines, the skill shown in the depiction of the characters etc.

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The swing: The cutting edge in hairEvi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta This year, a new hair trend has emerged that suits all kinds of people. It is called the "swing" hairstyle, characterized by free movement and texture, with the final result being an air of elegance.

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Six months after ... Six months after the tsunami, Aceh is still struggling to rebuild itself.While sadness remains among the people who survived the natural disaster, they have started to rebuild their lives.

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Maria Kristin, Jeffer Rosobin Jakarta Open championsMoch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta National women's shuttler Maria Kristin gave herself a perfect birthday present on Saturday, beating Fransiska Ratnasari Hari S to win the weeklong Yonex Sunrise Jakarta Open Satellite badminton ...

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A Back on the landscape In the spirit of regional autonomy and the recent local elections, I'd like to nominate Blok M as a candidate for adding to Indonesia's ever growing list of provinces.

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On te RecordAlbum : Hot Hot Heat Album : Elevator (Sire) Although the 1980s may stand as the most detestable decade in music history, its post-punk scene later served as a bottomless pit from which new bands could source ideas.The Vancouver, B.C.

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Enjoying Japanese dishes in hot JakartaRudijanto, Contributor, Jakarta Chef Hiroki Takai's face had streaks of sweat on it but it also showed traces of pride as he the diners' faces brighten when waiters served the food he had cooked at Jakarta's Basara Japanese restaurant.

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Where to go in Jakarta: Sunday, June 26, 2005Exhibitions* Fine Arts Re:[Post] by 9 artists from the Bandung Institute of Technology, at the Japan Foundation, Summitmas I, Jl. Jend. Sudirman kav.61-62 South Jakarta , 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., until June 27. * Painting by Ivan Sagita at CP Artspace Jl.

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Local school triumphs at cricket tourney Maybe, just maybe, cricket's next world beater bearing the name Imran will come from these parts.Or perhaps he will be called Dede.

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JP/6/Amidst today's constant news of Aceh's reconstruction, The Jakarta Post returns to the tsunami's personal horror on this 6th month anniversary by publishing this narrative work by journalist Adam B. Ellick, who went to Aceh immediately following the tsunami.

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JP/1/CapOther side of PapuaDuring World War II, Biak was a base for Japanese resistance in the easternmost part of the archipelago. Visitors can still see memorials of the era, including the famous "Japanese Cave".

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Jakob reflects on past, looks aheadKurniawan Hari and Kornelius Purba, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakob Oetama was born in Borobudur, Magelang, Central Java, on Sept. 27, 1931. He is the son of a retired teacher. His parents wanted him to become a teacher and a Catholic priest.

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Mouth-watering and healthy Chinese cuisineT. Sima Gunawan, Contributor, Jakarta Every afternoon several young men ride their bicycle in different directions around a housing complex in South Jakarta, while shouting now and then: "Siomaaiii...

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Biak island, the 'other' side of PapuaLeony Aurora, The Jakarta Post, Biak, PapuaPapua has always seemed like another world to me, of untouched virgin forests with bare-chested men wearing the famous koteka, or penis-sheath made from dried gourds.

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TV Program: Sunday, June 26, 2005.TB.30" .90"TVRI 5:00 a.m. Religious Teachings6:00 News: Berita Pagi 7:00 Cartoon: Tabaluga7:30 Hero Classics8:00 The Adventures of Red Ant9:00 Student Volley Ball10:00 Sports: Antar Gelanggang11:30 English for Fun12:30 p.m.

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Sharia in Aceh seen as biased against ordinary peopleNani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Bireun Various elements of society in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam view the implementation of Sharia in the province as discriminatory and as not touching on core issues.

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If you go...* Remember to bring enough cash. Mandiri, Bank Negara Indonesia, Bank Rakyat Indonesia and Bank Danamon branches and ATMs are available in the city, but not in outlying areas. As you may have guessed, local shops accept only hard cash -- Visa can't take you there.

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Publishers place 'teen-lit' center stageThe Jakarta Post, JakartaThe Jakarta Book Fair 2005 opened on Saturday and 13-year-old Novi Rusdiyanti was on the hunt for popular fiction aimed at teenagers, or "teen-lit".

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'Tempo' chronicle shows words more powerful than bulletsChris Holm, The Jakarta Post, JakartaWars Within: A Story of Tempo, an Independent Magazine in Soeharto's Indonesia Janet Steele Equinox Publishing 320 pp"Why should the army fear us, when they are the ones with the guns?" Janet Steele quotes ...

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A stinky, great place to live Like blue cheese, Jakarta is an acquired taste. Love at first sight? With high poverty and crime rates, pollution, bad city planning, lack of decent and cheap public transportation, daily traffic jams, omnipresent shopping malls, minimal greenery and yearly floods, ...

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