Category: Life in Bali
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The most exciting thing coming up for me in 2016 is that I have a collection of children’s songs recorded and ready to be released (Ayo! Let’s Go!). I’m so… more ›
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I had a chat with Sarita Newson last year about the latest children’s book she is publishing. With more than 30 years of experience in publishing in Indonesia through her… more ›
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I recently had the pleasure of sitting in on workshops run by amazing writers and performance poets, held during the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. This was the second year… more ›
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Following on from my last post about words that look the same in Indonesian and English but have different meanings, here is a list of names that look or sound… more ›
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Most languages have these accidental cross overs where one word looks exactly the same, or sounds the same, as a word in another language. But the meaning is quite different.… more ›
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A few months ago I came across a song called ‘Aku Lapar’ from Fransoa, a Frenchman living in Bali. Sung to the tune of seventies hit ‘Ca Plane Pour Moi’,… more ›
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Like pretty much everyone in Indonesia I watch a lot of subtitled television. Most of it is in English with Indonesian subtitles but occasionally I stumble across something more exotic.… more ›
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It’s wonderful to live in Indonesia and be able to pick up a new bilingual book at a bookshop whenever the mood takes me. It’s not that easy, however, to… more ›
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Here it is, Christmas again. Looking back over the year, it seems Bali has thrown up the best and worst of what this beautiful island has to offer. But from… more ›
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It’s not uncommon at all to have a fear of snakes. The word alone can hiss out from the lips – ‘ssssnake’ – and can bring shivers down your spine. In… more ›
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