After wallowing in the apartment for weeks, I ventured out to see if Jakarta was truly as boring as I […]
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A ray of sunshine
We’ve had such a lesson in bike shopping in Jakarta. My old Oyama is in transit, and Souvik wants to […]
Catching up with Bollywood
The only tiny positive I’ve found in Jakarta so far is the latest Hindi movies on screen! And near-empty theatres, […]
Singapore Swing
We had to dash off to Singapore for processing our work permit (don’t ask why), so we clubbed it with […]
Moving on in Jakarta
2 weeks since we moved to Indonesia, and I’m finally shedding the Hanoi hangover. Not without thrashing about and complaining […]
ZZZ
The last of my Alphabet series, ending conventionally on Z for Zippo lighters, mostly replicas of those seen during the […]
G
Girls in Vietnam are the heart of the nation, it’s most attractive feature. They are a potent combination of good […]
S
If posing is the national pastime of the Vietnamese, then Shopping has to be the most popular activity of visitors […]
B good!
Baguettes, beaches, boats, bicycles, …. We had plenty of them all. And a special mention for Bat Trang, the ceramic […]
P is for people
There are so many contenders for P, but I’m writing about the ones with the highest impact here. So, #1 […]
A Busy Life of Leisure 