Meet Andreas Stokowy. The German Restaurant Manager and Founding Member of the Combined Martial Arts Academy Jakarta.   Andreas, where are you originally from?   I was born in 1962 Germany, growing up in and near Hamburg. In 1978 I started as a Fish Breeder and Fishery Biologist at a combined fish farm near Bremen. [...]

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Meet Chris Littlechild. The Comedy Club consultant from England who likes to unwind in the boxing ring. So Chris, where do you come from and what is it you do here in Jakarta? Reading , England. I’m a consultant for Singapore based The Comedy Club Asia. How did you get involved in the Jakarta Comedy [...]

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Meet Dan Roberts. The clown with a heart of gold, devoted to helping Indonesia’s underprivileged youth. So Dan, can you give us a little background information about yourself? I spent six years growing up in Jakarta with my family.  When I graduated high school from JIS (Jakarta International School) in 2002, I returned to America [...]

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When you see a Kain Ikat you may think to yourself, “Hmm, that’s pretty. Maybe I’ll buy that for Mum.” If you stop and take a close look at one of these works of art, you’ll notice how extremely intricate they are, and if you take a time out to chat with Sharon Lumantobing, founder [...]

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This new restaurant has the X factor. When you enter, you feel class ooze out of its multi-faceted walls. Surrounding you are sculptures, carvings, and paintings that hang from the extremely high ceilings facing down on you. There’s a lot to keep your eyes busy in Negev, including the large attention-grabbing wall carving behind the [...]

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It’s hard to put your finger on what makes Ben Hil (short for Bendungan Hilir), right at the heart of the city, the go-to spot for street food. Maybe it’s the atmosphere—the perpetually wet streets, the howl of the bemo, the ubiquitous banci whose Adam’s apple bobs as she points her chin at you and [...]

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Meet Mark Wouters. A Dutch F & B Manager at the Mandarin Oriental who’s fresh off the boat from New Zealand.   Congratulations on becoming the new Food & Beverage Director at the Mandarin Oriental, Jakarta. How are you settling in? I am settling in perfectly well thanks and adjusting to humidity and the temperature [...]

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Bangkok’s new international airport may look like the result of a kindergarten class having too much free time with the meccano but getting there and away is a breeze. A rail link connects with the centre of the city and from there access to the inner city mass transit systems that have been developed over [...]

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The Long Par 5 Hole #11 At Sentul Highlands, photo by Dennis G. Kloeth Jakarta is probably one of Asia’s best golf destinations and certainly when judged from the amount of courses that can be played in and around the city, thirty eight in total. Next to fabulous golf, Jakarta also offers a thought-provoking package [...]

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1. “The internet has stopped working.” This shouldn’t even surprise me anymore. I arrive at the office in the morning, switch my computer on and can’t get online. To my horror the modem is doing the flashing lights of doom dance. As usual, after a loud fit of hysteria, I call my service provider and [...]

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