Sunny Amsterdam meeting
Posted: 28/04/2013 Filed under: about me, Dutch Affairs, English, Indonesia, some thoughts of mine, Travel, Women | Tags: Amsterdam, Café de Jaren, Indonesian bloggers, Kopi darat, offline meeting 7 Comments »Today I had a pleasure of meeting two fellow Indonesian bloggers: Teppy (left) and Oppie (right)
Wonderful Indonesia
Posted: 17/03/2013 Filed under: about me, Art, English, entertainment, Indonesia, Photography, Travel | Tags: Indonesia Tourism, Indonesia Travel, ITB Berlin, Saman Dance Aceh, Tari Kecak, Tari Saman Aceh, Wonderful Indonesia 6 Comments »The reason I went to Berlin last week-end was to visit my sister and her husband who worked there at the ITB 2013 the world’s leading travel trade show. The exhibition took place from 6 to 10 March. From 6 -8 March it was only accessible for trade and business, public opening was at 9 and 10 March. I went there at 9 March with my husband and in-laws.
I wished I was ugly
Posted: 04/01/2013 Filed under: books, Dutch Affairs, English, history, Indo, Indonesia, some thoughts of mine, Women | Tags: Comfort women, Japanese brothels Dutch Indies World War II, Jugun Ianfu, Schaamte en onschuld, Troostmeisjes 6 Comments »Artikel ini terbit dalam bahasa Indonesia sebagai artikel tamu di blog Komunitas Aleut.
This article has been published as a guest post in Bahasa Indonesia at Komunitas Aleut
Emah said “I wished I was ugly. Ugly girls were sent home after a few days or weeks. The Japanese didn’t want them. Pretty girls had to stay. I stayed. I have lived in the military brothel for three years until 1945″.
Ubud travel industry
Posted: 25/09/2012 Filed under: about me, English, Indonesia, Photography, some thoughts of mine, Travel | Tags: bali, bali travel industry, ubud Leave a comment »As I wrote before I had a week holiday in Bali between my sister’s wedding preparations. Each time we visit Indonesia for a holiday, we manage to visit Bali. Usually we divide our holiday between Ubud and a stay on the coast. This time it was Ubud and Seminyak. Last year we went there for two week with our friends, this time it was just the three of us.
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