Steve’s Cooking for One
Guest columns
Desert Tales from Saudi Arabia by Unda DeVeil, and Pandu's Journal from Jakarta.
Desert Tales · 11 parts
- 1Oh Christmas Tree
- 2Desert Tale 2
- 3My Love is Like...
- 4You can have my private number...
- 5We'll cross that border when we come to it!
- 6The Mad Hatter's Tea Party!
- 7So what do you do all day? Day 1
- 8So what do you do all day? Day 2
- 9So what do you do all day? Day 3
- 10So what do you do all day? Day 4
- 11So what do you do all day? Day 5
Journal from Jakarta · 11 parts
Oh Christmas Tree
Christmas is coming. The Festive Season is here – festive spirit, busy shoppers, hustle bustle, cotton wool snow, glittering shop window displays, the sound of carols,...
Desert Tale 2
Hi there, I’m back! Refreshed and ready to rock ‘n roll after being ‘let out’ to enjoy a 2 week whirlwind tour of the Gulf States and normality!! – threw off the abaya,...
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My Love is Like...
I wonder how much money is spent each Valentine's Day in the UK? Or around most countries of the world on 14th February, for that matter. Heck of a lot, I'll bet. All...
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You can have my private number...
Last weekend I was shopping in one of the new malls when I noticed a small group of teenaged lads being escorted out by a security guard and a couple of Muttawa, who are...
We'll cross that border when we come to it!
We've been driving along a straight, wide, seemingly endless road with hardly another car in sight for hours. The midmorning temperature has already reached 100F, and...
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The Mad Hatter's Tea Party!
So, I'm doing my thing on Dressing for the Occasion this month, and I'm really sorry guys if it sounds a bit girly. It's an interesting subject in any language, but an...
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So what do you do all day? Day 1
It's a question asked by so many friends, family and people I meet, when they find out I'm living in Saudi Arabia. I suppose they have visions of women being locked...
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So what do you do all day? Day 2
On the Hangover Scale it's nothing too serious, and nothing that a hot cuppa won't put right. Can't hang about in bed this morning, I've a shopping trip booked with a...
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So what do you do all day? Day 3
So, what exactly do you find to do all day? A continuation of Week in the life…… day three.
So what do you do all day? Day 4
So, what exactly do you find to do all day? A continuation of Week in the life day four.
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So what do you do all day? Day 5
So, what exactly do you find to do all day? A continuation of "Week in the life'' day five.
About the Journal
Life, as is common for most Indonesians is not easy; he's struggled, and is fortunate to have a 'good' job at present..
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1 October 2002
Finally, someone was kind enough to give me a birthday present! :-D
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Bali – Sunday, 20 October 2002
I'm totally enraged by the bombing incident in Bali. One of the expatriate in my office (one of the only two gwms in the company) was killed there.. he's meeting his...
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Friends or Foes?
Is it possible to be friends with someone you have feelings for?
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Halloween in Indonesia
I don't know who introduced Indonesians to Halloween and costume party. The whole idea of 'celebrating the dead' is totally against the norm. Though not all Indonesians...
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Ramadhan
I'm no Islam expert, so I won't even try to explain what's behind this whole no-worldly-pleasure thing for fear of misinterpretation. I'll leave the explanation to the...
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What is happiness?
I've always thought happiness is having a lot of money.. or having a very good job.. or having a loving boyfriend to share every moment of my life.. but then I think to...
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Soldier's Girl
Watched "Soldier's Girl" on DVD last night.. a true story about a 21-yo infantry soldier from 101 airborne unit, Barry Winchell, who fell in love with a trans-gender...
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War in Iraq
It's been more than 10 days since the war in Iraq begun. For weeks the world had been anticipating about whether or not the US would actually attack and about a couple...
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Election Day
Today is the first round election day.. Instead of hauling myself early in the morning to go home to vote, however, I decided to stay in my comfy bed at my kost.. I'm...
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Tsunami
Just heard on the news today: president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is praying at Istiqlal Mosque this evening.. well, that's fine and all, but I believe it's rather...
