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Ladies 8-ball at Goodies
A few shots from last night’s Ladies 8-ball tournament at Goodies Restaurant at Smiling Hill. Only 7 players this week. Melvie won for the second time. Filed under: Batam, Goodies, Indonesia,...
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Touring Batam – Again
Haven’t posted in a while but, frankly, life has been pretty boring here since I returned from the States. Plus, I’ve been a bit melancholy since I returned. Why? My trip to the U.S. underscored one...
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Another ladies night pool tournament
Photos and captions only for the May 30, 2013 Goodies Ladies Night 8-Ball Challenge, won by Mutya for the second time. Filed under: Batam, Goodies, Indonesia, Nightlife, Smiling Hill, women Tagged:...
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Five of the best coffee trails in Indonesia
From burufly.com: INDONESIA’S climate and fertile soil makes it one of the world’s best places to grow coffee. A staple of Indonesia’s agriculture output since the 17th century, coffee cultivation has...
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Exploring: Malang, Indonesia
From The Jakarta Globe: It was a sunny morning and a group of European tourists can be seen walking in front of Malang, East Java’s main Cathedral Church, located near the city’s historic street Jalan...
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Exploring: Pulau Benan
By Max Dean (From the PT Mutiara Permata blog) We took this past weekend to check out all the excitement about Pulau Benan, located south of Galang Island. We were a group of 18 from Max’s Dive Centre...
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More Ladies night pool
Here are some photos from the last two weeks of competition in the Thursday night “Ladies Night” 8-ball tournament. Melvie won last week and Mutya won this week. Filed under: Batam, Goodies, Indonesia,...
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Another night of ladies 8-ball at Goodies
At the risk of readers becoming “bored” with pictures of pretty women playing pool, here are the latest from last night. I tried to get a little more sex appeal in this batch, and we certainly had...
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New kitchen, power outages and ladies pool
Lots going on here. The new, expanded kitchen for Goodies has finally been completed, with the kitchen staff moving all the ovens, etc., from the former space in the middle of the night so as not to...
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4th of July and ladies pool
Even though there are relatively few Americans living on Batam, we have a special celebration and food for the 4th of July at Goodies Restaurant. This year, the 4th happened to fall on Thursday, which...
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Ladies pool and police raid on Goodies
Ramadan has begun and already things are getting weird. First, we are back to having periodic blackouts once again. The electric utility apparently is having problems with one of its power plants and...
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Why I won’t live in Indonesia forever
It seems you just can’t escape the radical religious zealots. In the U.S. they’re busy legislating about women’s bodies and railing against the civil rights of gays. In Indonesia, like in the U.S. of...
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Are you putting in roots if you start a garden?
I’ve finally found a small piece of ground on the Smiling Hill property that I can put a garden in. It’s behind the new Goodies kitchen and restaurant extension, on the edge of the hill that drops off...
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Hati goes to the doctor
I have been putting off having my male cat neutered but Hati, at about eight months old, has discovered females. Poor Hati. Poor Ken, too, who couldn’t sleep Wednesday night because of the cat’s...
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Ladies 8-ball tournament
Despite the ridiculous Ramadan alcohol rules, we had a good turnout for the ladies pool tournament this week, although the Ladies Night crowd was not great. We had a new champion, Risma, with the...
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Dinner at the pujasera
It has been awhile since I’ve eaten at one of the outdoor food courts (pujaseras) in Batam, so when Jim called last night to see if I was interested in going to the Windsor for dinner I was ready to …...
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Venture into the velvet underground
So I’m back, to the velvet underground Back to the floor, that I love To a room with some lace and paper flowers Back to the gypsy that I was To the gypsy… that I was - Opening lyrics to … Continue...
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‘Street food is the heartbeat of every city’
Even with the most basic equipment, street food can still be clean and healthy, chef Will Meyrick insists. Will Meyrick’s career as chef and restaurateur has taken him from London via Sydney right to...
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Visions of Indonesia
An onion farmer in Ciledug, West Java. With onion prices in Indonesia rising to Rp 45,000 ($4.40) a kilogram, the Trade Ministry has decided to import 1,500 tons of onions from China and Vietnam in...
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5 Great Mosques in Indonesia
Indonesia hosts some of the most unique, most spectacular and most beautiful mosques in the world. From the biggest mosque in Southeast Asia, to remnants of a glorious past, from a silent witness to...
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