August 2004

SUNDA, Straight Up!   Jakarta24 returns again to the Sunda Straits. Last month we looked at two Second World War wrecks – how they got there and how BOOKS IN JAKARTA24   This month, Jakarta24 puts on its reading glasses and casts a keen eye over the book scene in the Durian – where to go and what to expect.

July 2004

SINGLE FEMALE IN JAKARTA   I'm a single girl all alone in a great big town A single girl gets so tired of life letting her down DOWNLOADING SARAH JANE   Jakarta24 recently had the pleasure of interviewing Sarah Jane. “Sarah who?” you ask. Well, if you’re one of the millions who regularly log on to her hottish website, you’ll most certainly know. Or if you’re a racing car / bike freak who has lived in Australia recently, you’ll probably have heard of her too.

June 2004

POOL IN JAKARTA, Spheres of Influence   “A misspent youth!” It used to be one of the standard comebacks around pool and billiard halls. Something you threw INTO THE DEEP END   There is nothing ordinary about Anna Feliciano. She speaks seven languages (English, Russian, French, Spanish, THIRD CULTURE KIDS   There is nothing ordinary about Anna Feliciano. She speaks seven languages (English, Russian, French, Spanish, Danish, Tagalog and Indonesian) and has had a career that

May 2004

COFFEE IN JAKARTA   When a terrorist is planning to destroy the world, it is probably over a cup of coffee. When the president of a country is figuring out counter moves, this again is probably over a cup COFFEE REVIEWS    I know that most people congregate at a Starbucks outlet or Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf outlet when they want to discuss what’s brewing in the world; but I also knew that a number of FOREIGN FIELDS FOREVER   “We can truly say that the whole circuit of the earth is girdled with the graves of our dead…” King George V of Britain, Flanders, 1922

April 2004

SKIN IN JAKARTA   We all have it. Everyone’s is different. It holds us together, it protects us, and the miniscule differences in pigmentation cause no end of trouble around the world today. Life As A Trailer   ‘Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin–deep.’ (Mathew Henry 1662-1714)

March 2004

The Big Durian   The durian and Jakarta. Soulmates. Perhaps one is a reincarnation of the other. Neither offers free entry, neither are for the meek or wary-hearted, ay. Long Live The King   Durian is known to those who love it as the King of Fruit, perhaps because its thorny exterior somewhat resembles a crown, but most likely