A few days in Manila…
Entries Tagged as 'Rest of Asia'
Philippines – Manila
October 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Rest of Asia
Tags:China·city·Greenbelts·Indonesia·Jakarta·Manila·Philippines·urban
Islamic hangouts
March 20th, 2011 · No Comments · Photography, Rest of Asia
What I like most about visiting mosques and other Islamic places is that – more than for other religions – they are absolutely great places simply to hang out. Photos from mosques and Islamic shrines in Mumbai and Delhi.
Tags:dargah·Delhi·India·Islam·Mosque·Mumbai·Muslim·photography·religion
Family footsteps in Deolali
March 20th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Rest of Asia, Uncategorized
My trip to the artillery camp in Deolali, Maharashtra, where my mother was born during the Second World War and the final years of the British Raj in India.
Tags:British Raj·Deolali·family·India·Maharashtra·military·Nasik·Raj
Osho dynamic meditation
March 20th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Rest of Asia, Uncategorized
Dynamic meditation at the Osho ashram in Pune, India – an incredible way to start the day.
Manado revisited
March 8th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Rest of Asia, Uncategorized
I revisited Manado in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, last year – 15 years after I went there to teach English aged 18. In this piece I look at how the town has changed from my memory of it in 1994.
Tags:Christianity·development·Indonesia·Islam·Jalan·Manado·Minahasa·religion·STIBA·Sulawesi·teaching·travel
Is Indonesia bungling its palm oil industry?
March 7th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Journalism, Rest of Asia
Indonesia risks bungling the positive social impact that a well-run palm oil industry could have, local NGOs say. Instead of empowering millions of rural smallholders, the Indonesian authorities are cutting them out of the profits by favouring big state-run palm oil production firms and using cheap labour sourced from the hordes of unemployed urban Javanese.
Tags:agriculture·conflict·deforestation·development·environment·human rights·Indonesia·justice·Kalimantan·land·Palm oil·Sawit·Sawit Watch
So dari dulu – traditional Manado song
March 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Rest of Asia, Uncategorized
Translation and audio recording of “So dari dulu” (“So long ago”), a traditional song from Manado in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province. Recorded in STIBA Manado, sung by me and a STIBA class.
Tags:audio·Indonesia·Manado·multimedia·music·so dari dulu·Sulawesi·translation
Q&A with Pastor Gilbert Lumoindong
February 18th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Rest of Asia
My Q&A with Pastor Gilbert Lumoindong of the Glow Fellowship in Jakarta about Christian-Muslim relations in Indonesia.
Tags:Christianity·Gilbert Lumoindong·Glow Fellowship·Indonesia·Islam·Jakarta·Lumoindong·religion
Q&A with MUI’s Dr Amidhan Shaberah
February 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Rest of Asia
My Q&A with the Majlis Ulama Indonesia’s chairman Dr Amidhan Shaberah.
Tags:Amidhan Shaberah·Indonesia·Islam·Majlis Ulama Indonesia·MUI·religion
