Singapore Airlines is absolutely great. When’s the last time your American Airlines flight offered free wireless access? I’m a couple hours away from JFK, and since the trip to Indonesia is over, the blog goes again on hiatus. JM and…
I have a layover of approximately seven hours here in Singapore. That’s enough time to see some of Singapore, but as I’ve already seen most of the stuff I’m really interested in, and it costs money to grab a cab. …
Today is already my last day here in Jakarta. I can’t believe it. I didn’t get to do as many fun things as I had hoped because I ended up being a bit too busy, but it was fun to…
I’ve had two recent interviews in very swanky locations. One was in the lobby cafe of the Jakarta Four Seasons, which is probably the nicest hotel in Jakarta. It was absolutely astounding the way that they were able to plop…
Condoleezza Rice is in Jakarta, she arrived here yesterday and she’s staying through today and perhaps tomorrow. She’s here to meet with SBY and some ministers. Funny story–I didn’t know she was going to be here until I watched BBC…
James remarked during our nightly political argument that I have a very fundamental tendency to tread very carefully around the issue of Islam and terrorism. This raises a couple interesting questions, as I do indeed tend to jump to the…
The elections in the provinces of Papua and Irjabar seem to have gone well, with no allegations of corruption or money politics making it to the news sources that I read. Of course, some folks are still upset that the…
James and I had a nice time the other night. We first stopped by a great Chinese seafood restaurant that our friends really enjoy, and had all sorts of steamed fish and wok-fried vegetables and tasty tofu and the like. …
Ah, Indonesia. In the past 24 hours I’ve had three cancelled interviews, which is a real pain. My goal has been to do 30 interviews, and I’m at 17 so far–instead of 20, which is where I wanted to be…
The other day I was watching MetroTV, one of the main Indonesian TV stations. They had a campaign advertisement for an upcoming gubernatorial election in Irian Jaya Barat (a.k.a. Irjabar), a new province that was carved out of the Indonesian…
