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Indonesia's Largest Expatriate Readership
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Kuta beach in the 1920s by Thilly Weissenborn—Courtesy of Bartele Gallery
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Dear Readers
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hat does the summer mean to you? Living in Indonesia, it’s always summer time really, but the pinnacle of this permanent hot season is definitely during the high season of July and August. It is during these months that all the big parties are thrown at the hip joints in Bali, hotel prices are hiked up and people flock here from all over the country and all over the world to experience its infamous hospitality and endless pleasures.
5th Edition | 1–14 August 2012
Editor in Chief Angela Richardson angela@baliexpat.biz Management Edo Frese edo@baliexpat.biz
I experienced one of the aforementioned pleasures at the award winning W Retreat and Spa, Seminyak for SPF 2012, a DJ Party featuring 12 DJs spinning over 12 hours culminating into quite the party indeed. The WET deck was turned into dance floors and a large stage at the top deck housed international DJs pumping out tune after tune of feetstomping beats. Fireworks lit up the sky as ravers looked up in amazement and the atmosphere was electric. The party
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moved into the Woobar after 10pm and it was packed to the brim with beautiful, happy partygoers who carried on into the wee hours of the morning. I look forward to more of W Retreat's events in the notso-distant future. So what does this issue hold in store for you? We have a history piece by Antony Sutton about Mads Lange, a Danish adventurer, entrepreneur and chancer of the 19th century. As it’s the peak of the summer season, we have our first surf article to cool you down by one of Bali’s well-known surfers, Lorca Lueras and I meet an interesting young expat who’s a musician, parkour athlete and motivational speaker with an asymmetrical haircut, Tah Riq. Actionpacked as always and if you’re heading out to the beach, don’t forget the sunblock! Happy reading!
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Graphics Frederick Ng fred@baliexpat.biz Finance & Admin Pertiwi Gianto Putri tiwi@jakartaexpat.biz Lini Verawaty lini@jakartaexpat.biz Contributors Kadek Krishna Adidharma Bruce W. Carpenter Lorca Eamonn Sadler Antony Sutton Chris Nimmo-Turner
Happenings Fatboy Slim at Potato Head, 15 July 2012 (3)
Conservation Surfers Come Together to Rescue Uluwatu (8)
History Mads Johansen Lange: A Danish Adventurer Nicknamed 'King of Bali' (4)
Meet the Expat Tah Riq (10)
Art of the Indies Pieter Ouborg: First Modern Artist in Indonesia (6)
Living Art The Importance of Being Charming (12) Light Entertainment Right Place, Right Time (13) Events (14)
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Happenings
FATBOY SLIM AT POTATO HEAD, 15TH JULY 2012
by Chris Nimmo-Turner
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hat better way to spend a stunning, sunlit Sunday than with beautiful people, dangerously delicious cocktails and an EDM God in a venue of immense beauty that is Potato Head Beach Club. Sunday was a scorcher! Tourists and Expats from all over the world flocked to be a part of what some may favour the highlight of Bali’s 2012 Music Calendar starring none other than Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim. The event kicked-off with hotshot DJs, Stevie G (USA) & Lady Flic (NZ), who delivered a mix of House, Reggae, Soul and Chill classics to a rapidly expanding gathering of young and old boasting six-packs and bikini-clad beach-bods; eye-candy heaven to say the least. Whilst Bintangs and inflatable crocodiles governed the pool area, a more relaxed crowd basked in the sun enjoying cocktails on the lawn. You lads and lasses flirting, friends chatting and old friends catching up; all round, great vibes with a cheerful Summer Music Festival ambience swept Potato Head on a glorious scorcher of a day, which in spite of the recent weather back
home, I took great pleasure in announcing via Facebook (cheeky smile). Back to the music—tunes from old to new, from Classic 60’s Soul to 00’s Big-Room House got Bali’s finest and visitors up on their feet from late afternoon to sunset thanks to Potato Head’s Expat Resident DJs. With a picturesque backdrop of the Sun setting, the venue packed and the crowd wild with excitement in ever-escalating anticipation—silence struck—and after a world class introduction from the MC the venue erupted to Praise You, a Fatboy Slim fan favourite and what I like to call “one of those religious music experiences”—goosebumps, hairs on end, shivers down your spine, smiling faces, peace, love and unity. During the course of the evening an eclectic mix of the unique Fatboy Slim sound ‘Party Acid House’ rocked the Beach Club from Oldskool Electronic Classics to Hip-Hop Anthems to Rock n Roll Legends. Satisfaction and Rock The Casbah, legendary Rock n Roll classics mixed with Mr Slim’s own tracks and a locally inspired remix which definitely got the fans pumped: “I’m In Bali, B****” teased and hyped the fans. Amongst them were other memorable Mash-Ups and Classics including Not Over Yet and California Love. As you all may well know the “Funk Soul
Brother” has always had a knack for uniting crowds through music and props and is no stranger to summer beach parties ie his Big Beach Boutique; giant Smiley Skull and Cross Bone beach balls (a Fatboy Slim Trademark) were tossed into the sea of ravers. Bob Marley’s Could You Be Loved, House Of Pain’s’ Jump Around and a version of John Paul Young’s Love Is In The Air, created an immense sense of love and unity among revellers, which great music and people often do. Disgruntled party-goers complained about the queue for the toilets when in fact the toilets were not fully occupied, although some attendees did not comply with queuing or security Potato Head Beach Club did well to control the facilities for such a large-scale event. When asked regarding the toilet situation, Steve Cromie, Operations Manager shared, “Regarding the toilets, we were limiting the amount of people going downstairs for two reasons; so as to not create a bottle-neck in the area as it is quite enclosed and also to ensure that cleaning was taking place in-between customers.” Fair-play to Steve and his team.
Fellow ravers were also miffed about ticket and drink prices. I asked Emilie, 30, a Lawyer from Paris on her viewpoint. “It is such a beautiful place (Potato Head), it is a little expensive but to see Fatboy Slim in Bali, it is worth it.” Holly, 33, a Dive Instructor from West London praised, post-gig, “Awesome, the best event in Bali so far, great drinks, great people, awesome music!” From the roars of the crowd and smiling faces I imagine everyone got their money’s worth. This was my first ever Fatboy Slim gig and it lived up to my expectations; fantastic music, an electric atmosphere, crowd unity and a togetherness which we should see more of in the Bali party scene. Merit is due to Potato Head for their friendly and attentive bar staff, security and organizers who made it a pleasurable party experience. This was without a shadow of a doubt up there with the greatest music events I have ever been to, if not THE best. Musical experiences and journeys such as on Sunday 15th are few and far between and for a music-lover such as myself, bliss! I think and hope I speak on behalf of all the attendees when I ask Potato Head Beach Club; “WHEN IS NORMAN COMING BACK!?” ■
CHRIS NIMMO-TURNER Chris is a veteran expat who has lived in Indonesia for over 12 years, having grown-up in Jakarta and worked as an English Teacher in both Jakarta and Bali. Indonesia is where he calls home.
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WIKIPEDIA
History
by Antony Sutton
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ost people know Kuta as a hedonistic beach resort where anything goes. It’s a Phuket-on-Bintang, just about the only place in the archipelago where public displays of drunkenness are tolerated.
The shacks and stalls that welcomed the early visitors, hippies and backpackers in the 70s are making way for glitzy shopping malls and 5 star luxury as Bali experiences a tourist boom that will come as a welcome relief after the double bombings at the start of the 21st century saw sun and surf seekers look elsewhere for their jollies.
FROM PAGE 4 TO PAGE 5 1. Portrait of Mads Johansen Lange 2. Trading post in Amenan, 1845 3. MJL trading post with MJL in the back in the middle
There has long been an element of raffish trade about Kuta. While the interior of Bali, with its rice terraces and ritual embossed lifestyle, fought internecine war after war among themselves, Kuta, lying on the peninsula in the south of the island, was perfectly located for trade; its easy access to the warm waters of the Indian Ocean on both its flanks meant it was able to take advantage of winds that left other, less blessed ports closed for months on end.
It was Kuta as a trading entrepôt that first attracted a Danish adventurer, entrepreneur and chancer named Mads Lange. Given the violent gang that terrorized the area in the 1850s it is unlikely Lange, along with the rest of the small expat business community who called Kuta home, would have strayed to the famous beach too often to watch the surf crash in or enjoy the famous sunset. Their days would have been spent making money, their evenings retiring to their compounds, locking out the sounds of the jungle and the blood curdling roars of the local thugs, taking solace in their memories of home. Certainly his compound had everything to keep the 19th century trader/adventurer happy. Apart from the halls, (pendopos) that were used for trade, he kept a wine cellar, a music room and a billiard table. Then as now, entertainment was an essential component in business and Lange set out to impress from his beachside residence. Lange was already familiar not just with Bali but much of the rest of the Dutch East Indies. He had spent several eventful years on the neighbouring island of Lombok where he had cosied up with one raja while a business competitor had been close to a different potentate; politics and business being as inextricably linked then as now.
He had left his native Denmark when he was just 19 years old, heading east as so many did in those days hoping to make his mark in an Asia that was then pretty much under the European yoke.
He had left his native Denmark when he was just 19 years old, heading east as so many did in those days hoping to make his mark in an Asia that was then pretty much under the European yoke.
WIKIPEDIA
A Danish Adventurer Nicknamed 'King of Bali'
WIKIPEDIA
MADS JOHANSEN LANGE
It was in 1834 that he settled in what was to be later known as Indonesia to begin his business empire. He, along with a Scottish partner with extensive contacts throughout the region, opened a trading post in Ampenan. As business expanded he opened a shipyard nearby and was appointed Harbour Master (Shahbandar) by the local raja, a very lucrative position as it allowed him to take a cut of customs charges on vessels that used the harbour. Lombok in those days was a volatile place with control for the various micro states on the island being openly contested by local potentates, Balinese and the Dutch looking around for who could best serve their interests. The Danish businessman backed the wrong raja and was forced to flee the island, given just 24 hours to close his businesses and be gone. He hopped across the narrow strait to Bali and settled down in a small trading post called Kuta. The Lesser Sundas is the name given to the group of islands that stretch east of Java. As the Europeans rushed to the archipelago to get a toehold in the valuable spices trade they focused their attention on Sumatra, Java and the Moluccas. But there were still opportunities for a knowledgeable entrepreneur
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to get into the smaller islands including Bali; especially if one knew the language as Lange did. When he first arrived in Kuta the local Dutch trading post looked on him with suspicion but Lange didn’t care. He used his contacts to make money and perhaps one of his selling points was the fact that he wasn’t Dutch! The dominant European power in the region were forced to take a back seat to Lange and eventually realism took over from the colonial dreams of Dutch hegemony and they decided the best they could hope for was working with the well entrenched Dane. Certainly Lange had good contacts in both camps who used him as a broker or deal depending on their own needs and desires. But Lange played the game for himself as much as anyone. He was no benevolent westerner seduced by the charms of Bali’s rice terraces and temples; he was a hard-nosed businessman of his times and those times included the trade of a highly sought after commodity; Balinese slaves.
After 19 years in South East Asia, Lange found his mind frequently turning to home but returning was no easy feat. With the Suez Canal still a pipedream a journey home meant journeying across the vast Indian Ocean and rounding The Cape Of Good Hope; a journey that was counted in months, not weeks. He wrote a final letter to a good friend of his on strips of palm leaf. In it he referred to his journey back to Denmark and he intimated that he may never return when he said, “Of my return I shall not speak.” He died shortly before he was to set sail, rumour has it he was poisoned. Lange was known to have two wives while he lived in Bali; a modest number in those days. One was Balinese, the other Chinese. With the Chinese wife he had a daughter, named Cecilia Catharina who went on to marry a future Sultan of Johor but that, as they say, is another story! If you are interested in knowing more about Mads Lange and the early days of Kuta as a place of business check out Bali Chronicles by Willard A. Hanna. ■
ANTONY SUTTON Antony Sutton is a writer based in Jakarta. Please send comments and suggestions to antony@the-spiceislands.com
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Art of the Indies
PIETER OUBORG
First Modern Artist in Indonesia by Bruce W. Carpenter
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by definition trigger immense changes that spell the collapse of the old and the ushering in of new orders, values and sensibilities. One of the major European art movements to rise from the ashes of the devastation of World War Two was CoBrA. Founded in 1948 this revolutionary group of young artists declared themselves to be completely free to use colour and form as they wished. Major CoBrA artists like Karel Appel would blaze new tracks with startling canvasses marking a visual revolution and new world order that resonated with the rising star of New York’s Abstract Expressionists and L’Art Brut in Paris. The new wave would not go unnoticed by the likes of Affandi, Indonesia’s best-known and greatest abstract expressionist. Of course no art movement ever leaps forth from a void or vacuum. Although brash and egotistical, CoBrA artists did not fail to praise artists of the previous generation who had inspired them and contributed to their philosophy and radical style. One of the most prominent of these was Pieter Ouberg (1893-1956). Virtually unknown outside a small inner circle of art lovers, Ouberg would only achieve recognition as a major, seminal influence on post-war Dutch abstractionism after his death as a direct result of CoBrA.
The answer to the question why Ouberg never achieved recognition during his lifetime is simple—he lived in Indonesia, far from Europe's art scene , for more than 20 years. His stay in Indonesia would begin in 1916 when at the age of 23 he was assigned to a teaching post in an elementary school in West Java. In the next years he led an ambulant life moving from post to post in West Sumatra. This would end after marriage when he, his wife and their newly born daughter settled in Malang, a colonial hill station south of Surabaya in East Java. Ouberg found himself an odd man out when it came to colonial society. Although he was not politically active he displayed a deep sympathy for the hardships endured by native Indonesians. Outside of his official duties he spent most of his time with his family and largely avoided fellow Europeans whom he felt were boars and cultural philistines with little interest in his passion—art. An active and talented draughtsman from his youth he would complete a degree in Surabaya to teach drawing in 1919. While his free time was limited he nevertheless manage to produce a number of promising sketches of Javanese peasants in a style highly influenced by Vincent van Gogh. It was only in the 1920s that
At one point he would even describe a European operated company as “a white fungus on the face of rich Indonesian life.”
Ouberg began developing his own style driven by two main influences. The first were the dynamic European modern art movements, which he had been long following from afar. In 1923 on an official leave of absence he would catch up and experiment with the new trends including Cubism while completing another art degree in the Hague. The second influence came as an epiphany-triggered affinity to Javanese art and culture. Upon his return to Malang in 1925 he would write, “Suddenly it captured me. The art of the East, the art of old Java. I’m forgetting this miserable little town with its electric light, its asphalted streets, its ghastly European culture.” Shortly afterwards the family would move to the far more cosmopolitan capital Batavia where he taught art in a prestigious high school. With far more time to practice art he also participated in the activities of the Batavian Art Circle (Bataviaasche Kunstkring), an
association of artists and art lovers who promoted the arts in the capital of the Dutch East Indies. His circle of friends included Frank and Adolf Breetveld, two young artists who, like Ouberg, found the prevalent neo-Impressionist “Beautiful Indies” school vacuous and meaningless and the half Indonesian painter Jan Frank Niemantsverdriet. The four would often travel together to paint landscapes and ronggeng dance troupes viewed by most Europeans as being unsavoury. Ouberg and his friends cared nothing about their opinions. At one point he would even describe a European operated company as “a white fungus on the face of rich Indonesian life.” He was particularly vehement about the need to protect local cultures against western contamination arguing, “They are rooted to this land, and they belong to that land; because they see it, hear it, smell it, feel it with all their senses.” An unexpected mystical union
between modern art and thought and the ancient traditions of Indonesian art would stimulate Ouberg to produce a startling new series of modern artworks featuring Javanese masks in a style that combined both Cubist and Abstract Expressionist tendencies. Little known and rarely published they are among the earliest modern workspainted in Indonesia. Like many artists of this period he perceived the masks of other cultures as magical objects describing them as “frozen ecstasy” imbued with inherent “divine or demonic” powers. In the following decade Ouberg would produce even more astounding paintings under sway of two new European movements —Surrealism and Abstraction. His first encounter took place in 1931 when during another leave in Holland he attended the L’Art Vivant exhibition in Brussels that included major Surrealist works by Arp, Dali, De Chirico, Ernst, Klee, Leger, Miró and Picasso. The first abstract painter Kandinsky was also present. He described the impact as a ‘crack of a whip’. The show also made him aware of the challenges of living so far from the centre and the need to focus if he was really serious about making world-class art. In many ways Surrealism suited his Javanese
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rooted magical-mythological sentiments perfectly. He would immediately set to work and mount his first solo exhibition in the De Bois Gallery, Haarlem, Holland in 1932 shortly before returning to a new posting in Bandung. Ouberg’s radical new work did not find much favour back in a still stuffy and conservative Batavia. This would begin in 1932 when a series of automatic drawings that had been approved by a jury of experts for a group exhibition were denounced as erotic and unceremoniously removed. Against the background of an increasingly acrimonious struggle between the old guard who demanded that art should be dignified and beautiful and an increasing number of artists and curators influenced by modern art, Ouberg found himself isolated. Described as an ultra-modernist by one art critic, another went so far as to say that Ouberg’s paintings made him feel like he was “lost in a collection of curiosities or insane asylum”. The antipathy to his work and modern art would even provoke a nasty debate in a medical lecture where his art was described as degenerate. Ironically the stress and the absence of his closest circle of friends who had returned to Holland or moved elsewhere pushed him into depression that caused him to seek the aid of a neurologist and to withdraw from the Batavian art scene. Another factor that impacted his mental state and art was the rise of the Nazi party and Fascism in Europe. Although rarely mentioned there was a small but vociferous faction of N.S.B. sympathizers (Dutch Nazi Party) in the Dutch East Indies who, like Hitler, denounced modern art as decadent and proscribed a radical cure—its destruction. Apprehension about the
situation drove Ouberg to paint a series of dark Surrealist works representing explosions and enigmatic images of dark landscapes. Highly mercurial and experimental, in the second half of the 1930s he focused on still life paintings. While the style was at least ostensibly realistic—the objects in this “assemblages” were bizarre and often half imaginary. Working completely divorced from the art scene, none of them were ever exhibited in the land where they were made. In 1939 at the age of 45 the prematurely old artist boarded a ship for Holland never to return to Indonesia again. He arrived in Europe with great hopes to devote himself to art and find a more appreciative public. The harsh reality of the world depression forced him to teach again. So, too, his vision of a dark explosion became real when the Germans invaded Holland in 1940. As in Indonesia Ouberg continued to work in solitary isolation. After the war he would gain modest recognition in The Hague and at least among insiders was acknowledged as a seminal artist of importance. In the late 1940s he would take part in several group exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. These would lead to him being invited in 1949 to join the newly formed CoBrA Movement. He turned them down because of an antipathy towards groups. They nevertheless adopted him as one of their own. Ouberg continued to astound until his death at the age of 63 in 1956. He continued to view himself as a Surrealist and Indonesia the land that had opened his spirit and his mind. ■
BRUCE W. CARPENTER Author and noted Indonesian art expert. Bruce W. Carpenter has authored and co-authored more than 16 books and scores of articles on the art, culture and history of Indonesia. His most recent was Antique Javanese Furniture and Folk Art.
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Conservation
Surfers Come Together to Rescue Uluwatu by Lorca
The main ESRU objective besides rubbish collection and recycling is installing a waste water management system which all the warungs and toilets can be linked to.
“The main ESRU objective besides rubbish collection and recycling is installing a waste water management system which all the warungs and toilets can be linked to. We’ve already started a used oil collection system where in partnership with Caritas Switzerland (an NGO), used cooking oil from Uluwatu will be converted into Biodiesel. Basically, the physical side of it is waste management, which is not very glorious. But, the other side of it is awareness, education, and community involvement. Pride in a clean Uluwatu is growing – and the locals will be the ones managing the project in the long run.”
For more about the Eco Surf Rescue Uluwatu or to donate visit their Facebook page or go their website: http://www. ecosurfrescue.moonfruit.com ■
In closing, Lowe mentioned, “We’ve made big progress. No rubbish from Uluwatu goes into the sea these days, and in the future, no dirty water will either.”
To build and install the proposed liquid waste management system ESRU needs to raise US$50,000. To operate it will cost further. As more and more attention focused on the reality of Uluwatu’s pollution, support and money started to come in. Just over a week ago an ESRU charity auction supported by the Indonesian surf industry and Uluwatu Surf Villas made over US$12,000. Surf company Rip Curl has donated over US$5,000 to the ESRU cause through commissions off t-shirt sales. 11 time world champion surfer Kelly Slater auctioned his signed personal surfboard for AUS$8,000 donated to ROLE Foundation, a portion of which will go to ESRU projects.
Curtis Lowe is a volunteer project manager for ESRU and during a recent chat had this to say regarding Uluwatu: “The biggest pollutant at Uluwatu in the past was rubbish, but ESRU, GUS, ROLE and ecoBali Recycling hauled out 40 tonnes of it from the ravine near the beach last year and now we have a collection and recycling system in place. ecoBali composts the collected waste and what’s left is sent to government dumps.”
TREVOR MURPHY
Time brings things to light and a group of concerned Uluwatu resident expat surfers did notice that the biggest issue here was beach pollution. What Uluwatu lacked was basic yet important amenities of any world-famous beach: working toilets and proper solid and liquid waste disposal. Of the 50+ shops and warungs/restaurants on the Uluwatu cliff facing the surf, none had proper waste treatment systems or trash disposal. In the past, all of the rubbish and liquids ended up in makeshift dumps in the woods near the beach or were literally thrown off the cliff into the ocean at the
as well. Hopefully the idea of a clean environment and how to do it will spread not just through Uluwatu but throughout Indonesia, too.
Once up and running the ESRU project is an extremely useful liquid and solid waste treatment model that can spread to other popular Indonesian beaches not just for tourists but for generations of Indonesians
LORCA Lorca is editor and co-publisher of Lines magazine, an Indonesian publication that covers environment, lifestyle and the best of local surfing. Find Lines on Facebook: Lines Magazine-Bali.
“Today, the biggest pollutant would have to be liquid waste from the kitchen sinks and sewage from the toilets. The pipe put in by
CURTIS LOWE
if
you were one of the reported 250,000 surfers visiting the Uluwatu cliff each year then at an initial glance there is not much to complain about. Cold drinks, hot food with massage and welcoming locals in front of an elite tropical surf spot that breaks flawlessly from one to 25 feet in size. What more could one ask for?
This group of expat surfers wanted the beaches and surrounding areas in their backyard to be cleaner and safer for everybody and therefore in June 2011 they formed the Eco Surf Rescue Uluwatu (ESRU) to address these issues. To say that just a handful of surfers run everything is wrong; the ESRU has several NGOs involved as well—the GUS Foundation, ROLE Foundation and ecoBali Recycling. The Indonesian surf industry is also backing ESRU and so are many local businesses. The local Indonesian and Balinese business owners now clearly understand the pollution problem and have shaped their own committee that is directly involved with ESRU projects.
TREVOR MURPHY
CURTIS LOWE
end of the day. In the pre-plastic era the mostly organic trash disposed of here was negligible but now with a quarter of a million people visiting each year it piles up fast. Reports of foul smells coming from the beach cave started becoming more and more common. Something needed to be done.
the warungs years ago is broken and so it drains directly into a cess pit in the ravine. We had a laboratory test the water in this pit, and the results were horrifying. There were high levels of E.coli (meaning there was raw sewage in it) and also high levels of chemicals and cooking oil. Basically, the water would make anyone who came in contact with it very sick.”
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Meet the Expat
Meet Tah Riq, the young Jordanian who went from computer salesman to musician, motivator and parkour athlete through the power of attraction. by Angela Richardson
Tah Riq, you’re a true expat having lived in Jordan, America, the UK and now Bali. Can you tell us when and why you migrated to Bali? I moved here about two and a half years ago from Hertfordshire in the UK. It’s kind of a funny story. I had never been to Bali, never picked up a brochure and read about Bali, I had no connection or link to Bali other than a friend of mine who knew me really well. I got made redundant from my job in the UK just as I was handed keys to a nice new flat next to work, so in one day I had no job, no house. I started speaking to friends of mine who were dotted around the world and this one particular friend told me to come to Bali. My reaction was, “Isn’t it like a giant village? What am I going to do in Bali?” Then she described it to me as the most creative, entrepreneurial place that will nurture your passions, your hobbies and that I would find myself here. So I literally bought a one-way ticket and came out here with the attitude: “Hey, I’ll give it a try.” So what was life like for you in the UK? There’s something about being in the UK that I couldn’t really put my finger on, but for me it was like being in the Matrix. It was like there’s something wrong with the world and I don’t know what it is, but for some reason I felt really stifled. Too many arbitrary rules imposed on you for no other reason than to occupy your time and thoughts. Were you performing music in the UK before? No, I used to play guitar and I had a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, but it was all just for me. I think that’s one of the beautiful things about this island—if you’re really
passionate about something, Bali really brings it out along with circumstances that allow it to blossom. So how did your musical talents get discovered here? I was in Ryoshi one night watching jazz and I’d brought my guitar with me. There was an older Frenchman sitting next to me who said, “Oh, you play guitar? What style?” and I told him Spanish Flamenco, classical. We had a little conversation and that was that. A week later I was in Made’s Warung and I saw him playing during the break. He recognized me and asked me to play his guitar and I was like, sure! The place was packed with around 250 people and I played for ten minutes. Next thing I know the place was cheering and the owner came up to me and said, “How would you like a regular gig?” I replied with, “Can you throw in accommodation?” She said they could find me a room and that was that! Next thing I know I’m playing music and I have a place to stay! Were you taken back by it all? Actually the first two weeks I was here I didn’t like it at all. I felt like a little boy lost in the woods—I didn’t know anyone and I was out there in the middle of nowhere as far as I was concerned, as I was living in Ungasan before I moved to Seminyak. I was actually planning on heading back to the UK after the visa ran out. What was the life-changing factor that persuaded you to stay? Well, I’d never ridden a motorbike before in my life and I knew that to get mobile was the next step for me, so a friend of mine took me all the way from Ungasan to Umalas to get a bike because that’s where he happened to stay. I had to drive
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with my new bike from Umalas all the way back to Ungasan and I’d never driven a bike before in my life - it was at night after it had been raining! It was a strange kind of do or die moment and I stayed to the left of the road, driving really slowly, but I made it. When I parked the bike up at my friend’s place in Ungasan I thought, “If I can do that, I can survive here.” And then pretty much the next day everything started to go right. It’s almost like you have to prove you’re worthy in a way. I’m not saying everyone should get on a bike with no experience and drive down the highway, but take a risk and have the guts to do so and you will be rewarded. Can you tell us about the inspiration behind your TEDx talk in Ubud titled ‘Taking a Leap from Desktop to Rooftop’? If we rewind in time a little bit, after I graduated I had no money so I had to increase the hours of my part time job while I was looking for an animator’s job, and my part time job was selling computers at PC World. When I increased this to full time it was quite soul destroying because all my time and energy was being taken up by this, as far as I was concerned, careerless vocation. Around about the same time I started to get into free-running parkour; climbing walls and treating the environment just like one big urban obstacle course. One day I was on top of a roof after having called in sick for four days and I was with an amazingly inspirational man named Daniel Ilabaca, who is one of the world’s best free runners by far. I said to him, “I’d love to be able to jump off a roof like this.” We were about 14 or 15 feet high and he said, “Why don’t you jump?” It scared me so much the thought of jumping off this roof, that it felt like quitting my job. Over the course of this weekend up there with this guy, I pushed myself past so many mental obstacles that on Sunday I ran and I jumped off the roof. I walked into work the next day and resigned and that was it, no more PC World. I quit my job at 9am and managed to get myself a job animating at noon the same day. What a great story. Do you have another talk coming up? Actually yes, I will be speaking at TEDx Moscow in September if I can get it together in time! Good luck preparing for that! Was parkour scary to begin with? Well actually my biggest fear is injury and I was always worried
I’m not saying everyone should get on a bike with no experience and drive down the highway, but take a risk and have the guts to do so and you will be rewarded.
about scraping my chin or twisting my ankle, but I really loved parkour, as for me it’s a way to subvert the rules of the system. If you’re going to put this railing here to tell me that I can’t go there, I’m going to use that railing to demonstrate my freedom - kind of like a quiet rebellion. Do you think that’s where the mind over matter stuff began? For sure. I got to a point where I could climb walls twice my height and I was much stronger and fitter and less fearful than I was when I began and thought, “What the hell am I doing selling computers?” That’s when I called in sick for four days and experienced my lifechanging weekend. It all comes together now. So back to Bali, do you think this island has changed you spiritually? Oh my God, yes. 180 degrees. More than anything else here, it’s time and space - the space to sift through your thoughts and the time to hone, craft and nurture your talents and interests. Time and space were two things I really lacked in the UK. Here I stay away from negative media, as I can’t get into a positive creative space with these influences. Now I’m actually really selective about what I read, what I take in and as a result I’m the most creative and passionate I’ve ever been. What advice would you give to someone who’s stuck in a rut like you were before? Take a leap. Without a big risk you can’t get a big reward. When you’re ready to make a leap of some kind, the universe asks you a silent question, “Is the life you have right now what you want?”
If on some vibrational, energetic level you answer, “No, it isn’t”, the Universe goes, “Ok then, we’ve got to free up your life from all of these things that attach you to your current patterns in order to make room for all this new stuff to come in.” You’ll find it’s a very common story—just before people discover what it is they want to do, they lose their job, their house, their car, finances, relationships, they literally purge everything they have in their life and start again. It’s at that moment that the greatness begins. I can see why you’re a motivational speaker! How about your music —what makes you different from other performers? I play Spanish guitar but I use quite a complex live-looping set up so I basically fill out a whole band without pre-recording. I do the bass and drums by beat-boxing, I play guitar, sequencing and looping it all live. I was terrible at it two years ago, but now I’ve actually gotten pretty good! My final question for you is do you consider yourself successful? Someone once said to me, you have to categorize yourself, what are you? Are you a guitarist, a copywriter, a poet, a rapper, a graphic designer, a parkour athlete or what? My answer was, “I’m all these and more.” I’m not a jack of all trades - I make it my business to get good at doing the things I love. To me success is earning enough money from doing what you love to keep on doing what you love. Passion today, passion fruit tomorrow. ■
Thank you Tah Riq. To listen to his music check out http://soundcloud.com/paramitshamusic or email info@tahriq.com
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Living Art
The Importance of Being Charming by Kadek Krishna Adidharma
My
home village of Batur may be more spectacularly beautiful, but Ubud is where tourists choose to linger for longer. Asked by my uncles and aunts why this is so, I would rack my brains for answers. Most often, I would think of the healing charm of Ubud. The name itself comes from the word Ubad, which means ‘medicine’. Legend has it that Rsi Markandeya, who led the first few waves of migration from the Dieng plateau in Java circa 10th century, discovered the healing power of the Wos River at the confluence known as Campuhan. That was why he directed the settlement of the Wos River ridge, due north of Ubud today. Even my father settled here eventually, and chose to take his last breath of fresh air near his favourite riverside hideaway. Observing the sculpture that is the mascot of Ubud, I found a simpler answer in the figure that stands
proud at the Ubud, Gianyar, Pejeng and Tegalalang intersection, about half a kilometre east of Ubud market. Baring his chest towards Ubud, he looks and directs his bow and arrow towards Gianyar. The archer reminds me of the prince of charm Arjuna, the legendary lover of the Mahabharata. Arjuna, the third-born of the five Pandawa brothers, was not the most handsome. His younger brother Nakula was. He was not the strongest or bravest warrior— that was Bima, his older brother. Neither was he the smartest, nor the wisest of them all, for those virtues were attributed to Sahadewa, the youngest, and Dharmawangsa, the eldest, respectively. What made him special? He was the most charming. Most loved. Most human. Despite being the spiritual son of Indra, god of rain and war, Arjuna was not one eager for battle. He faltered at the battlefield of Kurusetra. Krishna, the family advisor, sang to him. The song of the wise Bhagavan, known to many as the Bhagavad-Gita,
became a hallowed chapter of the Mahabharata, for it contains a pearl of wisdom for man: Life is for Karma or action; the time for doing. One must carry out one’s duties, one’s Dharma. Why was this weak mortal asked to lead the greatest battle of all Indian epics? Because he gave people hope. So the soldiers would brave their hearts, as he had to. Arjuna catches the popular imagination as a man so charming, he had many wives and none berated him for it. Among his wives and lovers were goddesses, princesses, demons and ogres. He sired numerous children, and they all got along well, so patient and charming was the man. When war came, they fought alongside each other too. It would seem that the new big and wide wives, namely the
What made him special? He was the most charming. Most loved. Most human. oversized busses, are figuratively starting to tread on the toes of Ubud’s longer, more established lovers. The problem does seem to be one of spatial planning and time-management, something the legendary Arjuna managed quite well in between his many quests thanks to the geographic dispersion of his many wives. Ubud today, however, has a finite area in which to keep and maintain concubines and offspring. Perhaps there’s a limit to the number of lovers Ubud can take, after all... if Ubud is to retain his charm. ■
KADEK KRISHNA ADIDHARMA Kadek Adidharma is an interpreter, curator and environmental engineer based at Lakeview in Kintamani.
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Light Entertainment
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Right Place, Right Time by Eamonn Sadler
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1987 I bought my dream car. No it wasn’t a Ferrari or a Porsche, it was a five-year-old Mark II 2.8 litre fuel injected Ford Granada Ghia. It was my dream car because prior to that I had been driving a Datsun 260Z sports car which, although I loved it, had given me nothing but trouble and a bad back. Hence my dream car had become the complete antithesis of the Japanese sports car, the American Executive saloon. It was so comfortable compared to the Datsun that, in 1988, my friend Colin and I decided to take it on a camping tour around Germany. Early one evening during our trip, on the outskirts of Cologne, a loud metallic grating noise started coming from somewhere near the front offside wheel. I pulled over and we climbed out cursing to see what was wrong. Luckily Colin was a qualified mechanic, so after a lengthy inspection he started explaining the situation to me in what sounded to me like Greek. About 30 minutes into his technical analysis I put my hand
over his mouth and asked him to simply tell me how bad it was. He said it was really bad, something to do with an important bit of the car behind the noisy wheel that had broken. Just down the road I saw a sign for a campsite, so I nursed the limping Granada into the large field and we put up our tent before heading to the clubhouse to consider our plight. After three or four large beers and no sensible ideas from either of us, Colin decided to my surprise that he could speak German. With completely misplaced confidence he approached a friendly looking young couple at the bar and said in a loud voice, “Excuzen Sie mir bitte, mein auto ist kaput.” The girl spat beer all over her boyfriend as she burst out laughing, and as he wiped the beer slowly from the front of his shirt he said dryly, “Sorry about zat. It’s chust zat you Eenglish sound zoooooo fanny ven you try to spik Cherman.” I was about to point out the irony of his statement when we suddenly became very good friends. “I tell you vot”, he said before
I could speak, “I buy you guys a beer and ve talk about your ‘kaput auto’ ya?” A couple of hours later we were sitting outside Klaus and Brigette’s tent playing a very complicated board game and being entertained by their black labrador which, they were very proud to tell us, understood five languages. Klaus went on to prove it by telling the dog to beg, sit, lie down and roll over in Italian, German, Spanish, French and English, and the dog dutifully obeyed every time. We crawled off to our tent at about 3am after a small alcohol fuelled disagreement, but with a promise that they would take us to see a friend of theirs who could help with the car in the morning. To be honest I wasn’t actually expecting them to show up the following morning after our argument, but as it turned out they weren’t quite as upset about their country losing two world wars and one World Cup to the English as I thought they had been, so at about ten o’clock we awoke to the sound of Brigette’s hand-painted Volkswagen Beetle
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ticking over noisily outside our tent. We dressed quickly, squeezed into the back seat and, with Brigette at the wheel, headed off to see their friend. What we found when we got there amazed us. It turned out that the friend, Markus, owned a car scrap yard, and there were at least 20 crashed and scrapped Ford Granadas like mine lying around among many other makes and models. Apparently all Ford Granadas sold in the UK since 1977 had been built in Cologne, where mine had just happened to break down, and Markus made his living by cannibalising scrap cars for spare parts. An hour later Colin finished fitting a perfectly good second hand universal joint to my Granada and we were on our way. Markus had refused to accept any money, and, while Colin was working, Klaus and Brigette had bid us farewell and disappeared in the general direction of France never to be seen again. What good people. If you’re going to break down, do it in the right place (but don’t mention the war). ■
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This year the Tournament will see a return to its roots by being put back under the direction of a small group of enthusiastic and long-term members of the Bali tennis community.
DISCOVER BALI’S MOUNTAIN MYSTERY
Improvements include the employment of professional international tournament management software. This new software is widely used worldwide and will ensure easy online access by players to all draws, match times and locations.
International Bali Meditators' Festival Thu, 20 Sep 2012–Sun, 23 Sep 2012 Jl. Pura Mertasri 27, Sunset Road Area, Kuta
Unleash your Inner Wild Man 28 August–4 September, 2012 Dayak Village, Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo Mind Matters Institute Men’s Adventure Tired of the constant pressure in your life...family, relationships, work, deadlines...? Sometimes it can seem that your life is one big obligation to everyone but yourself. You need some time out… Why not join Mind Matters Institute for a week in Indonesian Borneo in August/September for a life changing experience? With 9 other men you will make your way to beautiful, secluded Kalimantan by native canoe to live amongst the Dayak Kenyah tribe, where Rex Urwin, the expedition leader, will help you through a rite of passage to get in touch with your ‘inner wild man’. During the week all the pressures of modern life will be lifted from you— you can dress however you like, you can give up shaving, you can swim in the pristine waterways, you will be eating the fish you catch and living the kind of uncomplicated existence you’ve long yearned for.
ONE EARTH ONE SKY ONE HUMANKIND, Towards Global Peace and Interfaith Harmony through Meditation Special Event: * Yoga for kids * Youth Program * Yoga/Meditation for health and Wellness * Plenary/Panels * Workshop on meditation/ Yoga Evening of Devotion * Night of harmony * Celebration of Peace * Bazaar
Places are strictly limited to 10 men wishing to have the experience of their lifetime. Register your interest: Rex Urwin rex@mindmattersinstitute.com David Metcalf davidmetcalf3@mac.com http://www.mindmattersinstitute.com/
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Skal Bali Luncheon Fri, 03 Aug 2012 Sakala Bali Cost: * Free for Members * Guest Rp. 250,000
21st Annual Rotary Club Bali Nusa Dua Charity Tennis Tournament September 2nd-9 th, 2012 Westin Resort, Nusa Dua Beach Hotel & Spa and The Laguna Nusa Dua Bali’s longest running, largest and most popular Charity Tennis Tournament celebrates its 21st anniversary this year with a brand new logo launched today by the Rotary Club Bali Nusa Dua. Rotary Club Bali Nusa Dua’s annual Rotary Bali Charity Tennis Tournament 2012 will be held from 2nd to 9 th September at the tennis courts of the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel and Spa and The Laguna Resort and Spa, Nusa Dua, Bali. There will be some exciting enhancements introduced to improve the tennis community’s participation in and enjoyment of the Tournament.
Art-making Hideaways, Writing Retreats, Nature Walks & Historic Trails
Registration begins 08 August. Look for future announcements including the popular Online Auction for 2012 on-line at http://RotaryBaliTennis.org and Facebook at: Rotary-Bali-Tennis.
* More than 1000 people will attend this year's festival * More international speaker and workshop facilitators from worldwide spiritual organizations * More music, dance, art performance
Living with the Dayak Kenyah you will see how the men of another culture maintain their true warrior spirit in a way that is at peace with the natural world and with themselves. A ‘Rite of Passage’ workshop program and conversations with Rex will help you to find a deeper understanding. You’ll discover: • how to live a life without feeling you have to constantly prove yourself to others (and to yourself) • ways to transform yourself into feeling more powerful, more successful and more truly masculine • how to be at peace with yourself • what really makes you happy • how to find true relaxation • how to recognise and accept your real self and most importantly you’ll let free your inner Wild Man
Sponsored by Rotary Club Bali Nusa Dua (RCBND), the Rotary Bali Charity Tennis Tournament was first held way back in 1991 and has been held annually ever since. Over the years the Tournament has generated some US$150,000. With 100% of the proceeds applied to providing health and human services to the poor and disadvantaged children on Bali. This care has been mainly in the form of craniofacial surgery i.e. hare-lip and cleft palate operations together with burn treatment and surgery to correct other deformities.
Jalan Raya Penelokan, Kintamani, Bali. Tel. +62-366-52525 Fax. 62-366-51464 gm@lakeviewbali.com www.lakeviewbali.com
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2012 Wed, 03 Oct–Sun, 07 Oct, Ubud
Dialogue II a Group Exhibition Sat, 21 Jul 2012 - Tue, 21 Aug 2012 Gaya Art Space, Jl. Raya Sayan, Ubud
The most stimulating and enriching time to be in Bali’s creative hub of Ubud is in October, during the annual Ubud Writers & Readers Festival. In 2011, the UWRF smashed attendance records and 2012 looks to be another year of wonder, with a kaleidoscopic program of writers, thinkers, performers and presenters reflecting the beauty and diversity of Ubud’s cultural wealth.
Artist: Indonesia : nyoman Sujana Kenyem | Putu Sudiana Bonuz | I Wayan Sujana (Suklu) | I Made Arya Palguna Malaysia : Calvin Chua | E H Chee | Faizal Suhif | Jeganathan Ramachandram | Stephen Menon
The poster competition is your chance to be part of something local, national and international. The winning design will be featured on buses, banners, café walls, social media, merchandise and more. You name it, the UWRF will make its mark on it. And this time, it could be your mark that all the world will see.
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Ku De Ta Annual Bikini Day Party Sun, 12 Aug 2012 Jln Kayu Aya 9 Seminyak Bali The annual KU DE TA 'Bikini Day Party' returns on 12 August for the summer's hottest event. Savor a bronzed, beautiful crowd in a flamboyant Rio Carnival theme with a less is more dress code. Share a stylish lunch to the rolling house beats of Defected Records' legends Junior Jack and Kid Crème, Berlin based Oliver $, fresh off 2011's Ibiza anthem "Doin' Ya Thing"; Argentine DJ PP of Toolroom/CR2 fame, and let the tribal vibes from Italy's Alex Kenji send you off into the night. Time: 2PM–11PM Pre-sale Rp. 500,000 nett General admission Rp. 650,000 nett Phone: +62 361 736969 Email: reservations@kudeta.net www.kudeta.net
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PROPERTY For Rent FOR RENT NEW 2 BEDROOM VILLA WITH POOL IN KEROBOKAN, BALI. Fully furnished, only 5 MINUTES TO SEMINYAK/OBEROI.Open living with kitchen area, 2 bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms. Free wifi, Indovision cable TV. Per day IDR 1.35 million, per month IDR 13.5 million, per year IDR 100 million. More photos and info, email; van.balder@ gmail.com, phone; 0877 6100 6922 For rent, brand new private 2-bedroom villa with pool in Kerobokan. Fully furnished, secured, quiet, expat area. 3 Minutes to Lio Square Seminyak and 10 minutes to Petitenget and Oberoi. IDR 13 million monthly/IDR 90 million yeary. More photos & info, phone: 087761006922 or email: van.balder@ gmail.com For Rent Yearly Both Together, 2 Twin Villas. (2 Bed/Bath Each & 1-Shared Pool) Fully Furnished; Indonesian Style; Patio; Garden & Parking 2 Cars.
For sale In BALI, a well established and successful boutique guest house located 100meters from the cliff at Bingin surfing beach,Bukit, on 25 are contracted land (17 years remaining but extendable). Attractively priced for quick sale. Please make enquiry at sundaram000@hotmail. com For sale, freehold land 62 are in tanah lot, bali. good investment, next to pan pacific nirwana resort, close to beach with ocean view. selling price: idr 115–120 million/ are from direct owner. for more info email van.balder@gmail. com or call: 0877 6100 6922 FOR SALE, UNIQUE JOGLO STYLE, 4 BEDROOM VILLA WITH POOL IN CANGGU, BALI. Fully furnished, tasteful high class decoration. Built from highest quality materials. Located in quiet area, ONLY 15 MINUTES TO SEMINYAK/ OBEROI AND 5 MINUTES TO FAMOUS ECHO BEACH. 4 Spacious bedrooms with AC, open living area with dining space, 3 bathrooms, 1 guest toilet, swimmingpool 9 x 4 mtr, nice colonial patio, huge tropical landscaped garden, fully equiped kitchen and parking space. Total land size 7,6/living area 3. SELLING PRICE:USD 395.000(nego)/leasehold - 33 years. For info: van.balder@gmail.com, phone: 0877 6100 6922
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For sale—EUR 150.000—beautiful yacht, type SCHPOUNTZ,length 17m, beam 4,5m, draft 2m, engine Mitsubishi 130 HP Fuel,capacity 800 ltr, top speed 10 knots, top sailing 8 knots.Facilities: flatscreen TV, DVD player, Bose sound system, WC, shower cold/hot water,snorkeling equipment. For info, more photos; van. balder@gmail.com
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As pioneers of medical tourism on Bali, ARC Clinics opened its doors in 2002 and is the country’s leading anti-aging facility, using more Botox®, Aquamid™ and Human Growth Hormone than any other medical facility in Indonesia. Australian-managed and staffed by experienced cosmetic physicians and nurses, ARC Clinics offers a full range of anti-aging and cosmetic skin care programs, using the latest available products and technologies, all either FDA (USA), UE (Europe) or TGA (Australia) approved. Cosmetic consultations are free and without obligation. • • • • • • • • •
Botox® (USA) Teosyal® Aquamid™ Esthelis® (Sweden) Restylane® Diamond Duo™ Microdermabrasion Human Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy Liquid Nitrogen Pigmentation Removal IPL Facial Rejuvenation/Hair Removal
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Leg and Face Vein Removal Surgitron™ Laser Mole Removal Mesotherapy Cellulite Treatment Blepharoplasty Fruit Acid Peels Skin Lightening Acne Treatment Cryolift Facial Packages
For Men and Women
FREE COSMETIC CONSULTATION OUR NEW ADDRESS Jl. Sunset Road No. 819, Kuta 80361, Bali Tel. 0361-754645, 750982, 7424639, 7427876 Fax. 0361-750982 Email. bali@arcclinics.com www.arcclinics.com