January 7 2015 When I heard about the recent missing Air Asia plane AirAsia8501 and wanted to find updates I went immediately to my Twitter account Using the hashtag AirAsia8501 hashtag is the search function that Twitter uses to designate a stream of posts on a certain topic I was immediately able to see breaking news about the plane When I checked the news channels that I usually refer to BBC CNN ndash I found that their most recent updates were often hours old Twitter posts or tweets are short and can be easily and quickly written and sent from mobile devices from anywhere Due to the brief fast nature of information being posted read and shared on Twitter this network is much more suited for covering breakingnews events While Facebook is a social network and most people use it primarily to
Day: January 7, 2015
Face Powder
Face Powder Face powder is the makeup artistrsquos best friend as it can make your skin look really wonderful and is very versatile in its uses It gives the skin a glow as well as makes it smooth It has a lasting effort in comparison to foundations and moisturizers It can be used as a finishing layer in makeup application or it can be applied directly on bare skin without the accompanying foundation layers You need two types of powder a loose form at home and a powder compact for your handbag Whether you choose loose or pressed really depends on your skin type and the look that you desire If you are a natural girl who likes a gentle finish consider loose powder If you are more active and sporty the matte look of pressed powder may be ideal for you 1 Loose Powder This gives the best and longestlasting finis
January 7 2015
January 7 2015Hello again live music fans and welcome to another edition of Music Matters in your local Bali Advertiser With New Year upon us this issue is all about rebirth and like a phoenix rising from the ashes thatrsquos what new year brings us a fresh start a clean slate and a chance to do what we set out to achieve the year before A couple of weeks back I was moved by an introduction A friend of mine said I should come along to a one off event being held in Canggu at a bar called Mrs Jonesrsquos as it would be right up my street so after a little consideration as that particular night the sky was as black as the pit of hell and Canggu is a mean drive I decided to see what he was on about I arrived soaked through but curious I couldnrsquot have prepared myself for what I saw next on stage was kids children as young as 45 singing pop and Christmas songs The corner of the room was reserved for a lady who
Queen of Beauty
Queen of Beauty From a modest background Dr Martha Tilaar has been helping women maintain their natural beauty since 1970 and has become a queen of beauty and a household name in Indonesia with millions of women using her skin care products and going to her spas throughout Indonesia Malaysia Brunei and Singapore Many spas in Bali use her Biokos facial products as a standard I had admired this woman for many years and was very pleased she agreed to meet me for an interview while visiting her Eastern Garden Spa in Bali I found her to be warm friendly charming and highly intelligent As we sat sipping chlorophyll water and nibbling on dried fruits and almonds she told me her story Martha Tilaar was an elementary teacher when she first married However teachersrsquo salaries in Indonesia were very low and her husband to
January 7 2015
January 7 2015BAWA with a Bang BAWA the preeminent animal welfare organization on the island because of focused effort and the seminal role played by founder Janice Girardi in dealing with rabies when it broke out in Bali in 2008 ndash the disease is now endemic but thatrsquos Indonesian bureaucracy for you ndash ended 2014 with a bang though not one that would frighten the doggies It held a Bridge to New Year fundraising dinner on Dec 29 at Ubudrsquos Taksu Restaurant an event at which the organization was able to brief guests on its plans for 2015 and beyond It came complete with musical entertainment provided by BAWA staff members who when theyrsquore not doing their day jobs sing and strum a guitar with enthusiastic aplomb Earlier in December BAWA announced a real coup Ubud prince Cok De Piko Tjokorda Gde Dharma Putra Sukawati has become a BAWA ambassador and because of his enduring love for dogs and particularly the very spec
Village Sanctuaries for Bali Dogs By Ines Wynn
Village Sanctuaries for Bali Dogs By Ines Wynn The Bali dog population has been under a lot of stress since the 2008 rabies outbreak The lucky ones were vaccinated and left alive many more were culled a euphemism used by the government to hide the fact that most of these dogs were mercilessly poisoned with strychnine hunted down and shot or eliminated in other gruesome ways Fast forward to 2015 and the island is still not rabiesfree The governmentrsquos antirabies campaign seems to have a few lethal holes of its own More culling sprees are planned Caution about scientific evidence that culling is not an effective means of combating rabies has been compromised In the earlier stages of the rabies outbreak the Ubud based Bali Animal Welfare Association BAWA played an active role in jumpstarting a campaign of humane antirabies vaccination rather than culling Balirsquos population of roaming a
Creating a Phenomenal Life in 2015 Beyond
Creating a Phenomenal Life in 2015 BeyondMany people make New Yearrsquos resolutions with the best of intentions but sadly there is seldom any follow through Perhaps this is because we return to our daily lives and our stories Or maybe we think our intentions are not practical or will just be too difficult to actualize in our lives There seems to be an invisible block that we try and try to get past but we never or rarely succeed in doing so The end result is that we sometimes become even more jaded about our life and our dreams for the future This is all sounding pretty depressing so letrsquos approach it from a totally different perspective What if I told you that happiness is just a choice ndash that YOU have the capacity to create your life exactly the way that you want to all you have to do is choose Our lives are made up of the puzzle pieces of choices that we have made along the way A woman in an abusive marriage walks away and sta
Alphamama Brings Her Artistry To Ubudby Renee Melchert Thorpe
Alphamama Brings Her Artistry To Ubudby Renee Melchert Thorpe The 2014 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival had a special theme of Saraswati Wisdom and Knowledge In reverence to the goddess of Arts and Literature the Festival featured extra artists in visual and musical endeavors Arguably the most creative band to come together for the timehonored closing party was a conglomeration of percussionists vocalists and assorted instrumentalists like Ben Walsh blazing riffs on drums built from junk that very day and the incomparable vocalist Toni Childs Australian renaissance woman whose father is from Manado Sulawesi Alphamama was also jamming onstage playing keyboards and singing her original music while the crowd swayed in appreciation We caught up with Alphamama while she was on tour in Africa in November Tell me about what yoursquore doing in South Africa
January 7 2015
January 7 2015MAGIC SHOTS Gifted Polish photographer Jan Tyniec has blessed Bali with an exhibition this month his first actual exhibition in Indonesia though he spent two years as artistinresidence at Purnati Centre for the Arts Over the past 12 years the Ubud expat has captured his ldquoBalinese journey in four portfolios rice fields offerings lotus and portraits The Ganesha Gallery exhibition at the Four Seasons Resort in Jimbaran shows the artistrsquos favourites from each portfolio The exhibition is open till January 15 donrsquot miss it SUNDAY BLANCO BBQ With an excellent awardwinning chef in place and creating delicious new menus at its Rondji Restaurant itrsquos all happening at Blanco Museum in Campuhan Sunday brunch and barbeque every Sunday and a Sunday market and live music event once a month normally the first Sunday of the month but the second Sunday this month Ubud is the perfect place for a Sunday bru
January 7 2015
January 7 2015 EVENTS IN 2015 With the new year upon us it is time to have a look at what is in store sports wise for 2015 so This Sporting Life takes a look at the events coming up In January traditionally quiet due to the rainy season limiting the outdoor events so we have the Bali Indoor Cricket League played in a futsal stadium now in its second seasonwith increased teams and a womenrsquos competition for more information email wayansamgmailcom in February will see Bali International Schoolrsquos 7th edition of Invitational School Basketball tournament for high schools in Bali and nearby March sees the Bali Beach games at Sanur with Beach Soccer Beach Cricket Beach Rugby and Balirsquos Toughest on March 15 more info wwwbalibeachgamescom After the Nyepi break things start to hot up over the Easter weekend with th
Menagerie 3 by Lontar Foundation
Menagerie 3 by Lontar FoundationAs is the case with every volume in Lontarrsquos enduring and lively Menagerie series this potpourri of literary pieces has a great deal of variety About half the book comprises the masterful short stories of Idrus written against the backdrop of tumultuous historic events but the collection also includes a provocative black and white photo essay and accompany text from East Timor under brutal Indonesian rule an anguishfilled 8page prose poem fictional accounts taken from life about the courageous actions of individual women an essay on the conflict between liberal Islamic thought versus the forces of a more orthodox interpretation of Islam and an essay on restrictions placed on academic freedom Idrus 19211979 one of the best Indonesian writers of the modern era ironically produced most of his best work in Malaysia during selfimposed exile He
Pak SutomoJavanese Teak Farmer
Pak SutomoJavanese Teak Farmer Pak Sutomo was born in 1956 in Sragen one hour east of Solo central Java The son of a farmer the oldest of eight children he grew up in Karang a farming village 24 km northeast of Sragen Pak Sutomo started working in teak jati forests when he was eight years old He has always made his living in one way or the other from the land growing rice cultivating crops and taking his cows into the forest to feed He has never been to Jakarta but has visited his two daughters in Kalimantan Pak Sutomo is the proud owner of a 20meterhigh teak tree the largest in the district on high ground at the top of the village What is your job in the teak wood plantation I clear and plant trees for the purpose of reforestation reboisasi I prepare saplings several months before the rainy season star
January 7 2015
Its quiet out there on the streets the crowds have left its only us with a fantastic range of shops to rediscover so for those visitors still around along with us we have a lot of shopping pleasures to ourselves ndash
Flies
FliesMost people have noticed the incredible onslaught of flies that we are suffering in Bali this year Although many are outdoors too many are making themselves at home in and around the house as well Flies enjoy the great indoorsndashndashitrsquos warm therersquos often food on offer and the weather isnrsquot bothersome They fly in through open doors and windows that donrsquot have screens and seem to find it hard to fly back out again Their constant buzzing around is annoying and even worse they are potentially unhygienic They spread a myriad of diseases nontheleast of them typhoid fever which is very common here in Bali Here are some tried and true methods for getting rid of flies in the house Cleaning away fly attractants 1 Clean the kitchen thoroughly Remove all sources of food or prevent access to food that has to be left out Flies will hang around the kitchen if there is a f
January 7 2015
Rounding off the Aquarius phase of the Suns journey this fortnight as we move into Pisces on the 19th Mercury moves into Aquarius on the 10th and Venus into Pisces on the 11th Neptune conjoins Chiron and the New Moon on the 14th along with the Sun marking a very profound and healing month After the latest of our Pluto square Saturn meetings this is welcome relief as we can now set in place some of the necessary changes the square provoked The long Mars retrograde finally turns direct in March at which time it will be apparent that we have been in a holding pattern with little action since December As I have mentioned previously Uranus moves into Aries in June and by July will be in opposition to Saturn and square to Pluto July and August promising to be potent months of intense change and emotional exchange Aries is always looking for a fight and by that time Uranus will be joined by Jupiter adding a larger than life agenda to all proceedings For now however Jupiter is working with Pluto to bring a compassionate overlay to the current transformative process and promoting Saturn to soften his hard edges a little As the Sun slides out of Aquarius and into Pisces to team up with Jupiter by months end the human heart strings will be plucked and asked to play a tender tune of unconditional love particularly if the world stage is set with natural catastrophes like HaitiNEW MOON 25 Aquarius 18 February 14 2010 1052 am
Change change change Indonesia Moving Forward not Backwards
Change change change Indonesia Moving Forward not Backwards As we move into 2015 under a more progressive socialist government there is much hope for positive change that will be better for those who never benefitted before from previous governments the majority of Indonesiarsquos population So far we have seen a number of positive changes plans put into place for an archipelagowide shipping network to link Indonesiarsquos thousands of islands in such a way that prices of commodities are less disparate than they are at present the implementation of a free healthcare system and welfare card for Indonesiarsquos poor that actually work and the elimination of stating onersquos lsquoreligionrsquo on identity cards In the pipeline is implementation of a 6day week for government employees to encourage actual lsquoworking