Happy Valentines Day Traditionally men and women give their lover a gift for Valentinersquos Day usually a card red roses chocolate or perhaps jewellery This year do something special together by going to Taksu Spa in Ubud to indulge in some pampering while improving your health My partner and I recently went and surrendered our bodies for four hours of bliss After checking in at reception and selecting massage oil and having the treatments we would be indulging in explained to us we were escorted to the tastefully decorated new couplersquos room on the hill We also got our workout for the day descending and climbing the multitude of stairs winding through the enormous spa constructed on both sides of a stunning ravine with a river running through it I think this may be the largest spa in central Ubud with spectacular views throughout
Month: February 2015
February 04 2015
February 04 2015 Social media can be a powerful force if harnessed for social or environmental activism Social media also has the benefit that it can rally public opinion very quickly even overnight far faster than conventional petitions or other means A racist person can lose their job in a day national legislation can be altered or retracted and companies and governments can be forced to change their position on an issue Here are some examples of the effectiveness of social media that resulted in public outcry and effective action AMY CHEONG AND lsquoWEDDINGGATErsquo Amy Cheong was the Membership Assistant Director of the National Trades Union Congress NTUC in Singapore Amy Cheong put a public posting on her personal FaceBook p
Deodorant
Deodorant Body odor is a perceived unpleasant smell our bodies can give off when bacteria that live on the skin break down sweat into acids some say it is the smell of bacteria growing on the body but it really is the result of bacteria breaking down protein into certain acids Every day we produce on average one litre of sweat Our skin contains millions of glands and it is some of these that produce sweat When we are hot active nervous or stressed our sweat glands are stimulated to produce more sweat As sweat evaporates from our skin it absorbs heat energy from our body and so cools us down Sweat itself is virtually odorless to humans it is the rapid multiplication of bacteria in the presence of sweat and what they do break sweat down into acids that eventually causes the unpleasant smell The smell is perceived as unpleasant many believe because m
February 04 2015
February 04 2015Hello and welcome fellow music lovers to the next chapter of Music Matters in your local Bali Advertiser Wow what an action packed edition this truly is this weekend I saw 3 live bands got more inspiration for the production of the CD than I could have ever hoped for and attended a free festival with some staggering acts down on Kuta beach Ok letrsquos begin as logic dictates at the beginning so itrsquos Friday night the day job is over and myself and some friends head into town for a little alcoholic RR Yes I know I failed sober January but 23 days straight is not a bad effort either After frequenting a very cheap bar near the airport we all head down to Tubes bar on Poppies two Now I have been to Tubes many a time and have never even heard the faintest rumor of it having any form of live music so imagine my surprise when after a few beverages and a cocktail called liquid heroin A band starts playing some very good an
February 04 2015
February 04 2015A Tale of Two Statues The new style of Balirsquos fixation with monumental ornamentation as seen in the grossly huge and garishly illuminated nightly by circusstyle flashing lights ldquomonkey mountainrdquo that has been erected at the junction of Prof Ida Bagus Mantra Bypass and I Gusti Ngurah Rai Bypass just south of Tohpati is certainly a distraction to drivers Thatrsquos about the kindest thing you could say about it Itrsquos true that after a while it fails to totally shock ndash the brain is adept at repressing all manners of vast unpleasantness ndash but we can personally attest that for the first several times this visionary excrescence comes suddenly into view one is autoprompted to utter loudly a crudely pejorative fourletter word before asking audibly or otherwise and rhetorically of course ldquoWhat on earth is thatrdquo Fortunately the future of worldclass Balinese stone craftsmanship is in safe h
Talk With the Experts Balis Solar Energy Providers By Bill Dalton
Talk With the Experts Balirsquos Solar Energy Providers By Bill Dalton If you want to know the truth about a specific topic ask the people who know I wanted an answer to why the penetration of solar energy technology has been so disappointingly slow in Bali and Indonesia as a whole The vast Indonesian archipelago 17000 islands straddling the equator along a 4200kmlong arc is one of the sunniest regions on earth Yoursquod think that the nationrsquos potential of providing nearly unlimited free solar energy would be exploited to the fullest But the reality is that the development of this endlessly renewable source of power generation has been taking place at a snailrsquos pace With recent technological and regulatory developments that might be changing In order to learn what the critic
A Beautiful Union of Rolfing Feldenkrais
A Beautiful Union of Rolfing Feldenkrais What do you get when you marry Rolfing with Feldenkrais A whole new system called Somalogy Tyr Throne founder of Somalogy Youthing Systems and AquaSoma and director of these training programs in the US Europe Canada Central America and Asia has helped thousands of people over the last 30 years He is certified in Advanced Structural Integration Feldenkrais Bones for Life NLP Yoga and Meditation and is also an awardwinning director of dance and theater Tyr has a very special gift which he happily shares with the world He cares about how to help people get back to what they love to do Tyr says he is grateful to the Structural integration work because it helps him to see how to untwist something thatrsquos out of alignment in someonersquos body while Feldenkrais gives him the tools to help people learn how to have better posture and move with greater ease Tyr had grants from the Sida progra
A Rock n Roll star at a Writers Festivalby Sarita Newson
A Rock lsquonrsquo Roll star at a Writersrsquo Festivalby Sarita Newson Gede Robi Supriyanto Robi Navicula is a Balinese rock musician activist writer farmer director of Akarumputcom and a certified permaculture designer who teaches organic farming around Indonesia Robi is the vocalist guitarist and founder of popular Indie rock band Navicula combining his activism and music as tools for social change Since 1996 in Bali they have released seven albums and won awards internationally toured Canada the United States and Australia They collaborate with organisations such as Greenpeace Indonesia Corruption Watch ICW Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia LIPI Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia Walhi and the farmers union Serikat Petani Indonesia SPI At Ubud Writers Readers Festival 2014 Robi participated with two ot
February 04 2015
February 04 2015REGGAE CHARITY FESTIVAL Ubud reggae man Fredi Marley will play on the same stage as four top Jakarta bands this week at Balirsquos second Reggae Star Festival on the beach near Sanur this Friday We miss Fredi Marley and friends who we havenrsquot seen since Napi Orti the late night venue shifted from Jl Monkey Forest and stopped using live bands Organisers say all profits will go to Yayasan Manik Bumi Foundation for environmental awareness and waste reduction in Bali and Yayasan Sampahdi supporting disabled children The festival starts at 245pm on Friday February 6 on Pantai Padang Galak Kesiman just off Jl By Pass Sanur Tickets and more information Art Point Pregina Phone 0361 284158 Ubud reggae fans never fear Kum and the Ubud 40 band still play at LOL on Jl Monkey Forest every Tuesday night HERONS ON SHOW Those glorious Kokokan herons are back in Petulu Village and having little babies by the hu
February 04 2015
February 04 2015 AFL NEWS That Bali icon the infamous end of season footy tour to Bali is now the subject of legal stoush in VictoriaAustraliaIn one corner the assistant coach of AFL club Essendonand good friend of the Bali Geckos Matthew Egan who has launched legal action for damages and costs from medical staff of the AFL club he previously played for Geelong in the other corner In reply the medical staff defend themselves by declaring that the Egan did not follow doctors orders and rest his leg and instead was involved in various activities in Bali including dancing that aggravated the injury Egan sustained a navicular fracture in 2007 and was delisted in 2009 after six further surgeries failed to get him fit to play again As reported by the Geelong Advertiser in defence documents lodged with the court Geelong medical staff Dr Bradshaw and Mr Blac