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Total Lunar Eclipse in Indonesia
By Barrie | 
No Comments » The people in Indonesia will be able to see a total lunar eclipse on Tuesday, August 28, 2007. The Boscha observatory will conduct a joint monitoring and observation of the total lunar eclipse along with of the Bandung Institute of Technology`s Astronomy Department.
‘Greenwashing’ Jakarta: West Java
By Barrie | No Comments » 
The cities of Jakarta and Surabaya recently signed the Urban Environmental Accord — an building and construction-related agreement which has already seen Surabaya win an ASEAN energy award for its environmentally friendly Wonokoyo building.
‘People’s Pharmacies’: Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » The government has come closer to providing affordable drugs for the public by establishing the Apotek Rakyat (People’s Pharmacy) program to enable people to procure inexpensive over-the-counter and prescribed drugs. The People’s Pharmacy is based on a ministerial decree enacted in March 2007.
The Common Carp: Indonesia
By Barrie | 2 Comments » The common carp or Cyprinus carpio Linn, named ikan mas in Bahasa Indonesia — though not as stunning as other fish varieties — is a common fish that many people have in their aquariums.
Nurturing ‘Future Writers’: Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » With the aim of laying the foundations for a generation of internationally-acclaimed young Indonesian writers, a non-profit education foundation has launched a series of reading and writing workshops for high school students and undergraduates in six major Indonesian cities.
Disaster Hits Red-Light District: Surabaya, East Java
By Barrie | No Comments » Most people in this bustling East Java city are in bed by midnight, getting much-needed rest before another day at work. But not in the city’s Dolly district, where things only begin to get going at night. Loud music blares from small karaoke bars along the main street, where scantily clad young hostesses and male customers belt out traditional Indonesian songs or dance to the music.
Batik in Semarang: Central Java
By Barrie | No Comments » It is often said that you can tell where a person in Java originates from by the batik they wear. That is, the pola, or pattern on the cloth. Each major city in Java has its own design.
Elderly Learn Batik-Making: Semarang, Central Java
By Barrie | 1 Comment » There seems to be a stigma that when you reach the elder years and your body won’t do what you want it to, then, you are considered a right-off!. Such crap seems not to be the case in Semarang.
Jl Embong Blimbing: Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » Surabaya is one of those cities that I don’t seem to visit enough and I really should as it is an historical city with magnificent colonial architecture, and even better, it has some great warungs and restorans!.
Rural Java and Poverty: Indonesia
By Barrie | No Comments » I was reading the Opinion the other day and there was a fascinating write-up by Wilmar Salim regarding the rural poor in Java. When I was travelling through Java recently, it was more than obvious that the people are suffering and not just because of natural disasters.
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