Indonesia Vox 2008-07-03T02:33:29Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cd9711549a4cd5/ Tanah air beta Ready for Action tag:vox.com,2008-07-03:asset-6a00e398acff80000300fa968484eb0003 2008-07-03T02:31:52Z 2008-07-03T02:33:29Z [this is connie] http://conniewong.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Elementary school students wearing traffic police uniforms take part in a ceremony to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the National Police at National Monument (Monas) Square in Jakarta on Tuesday. (JP/R. Berto Wedhatama) clipped from www.t...

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]]> Picture Memes: Independence Day tag:vox.com,2008-07-02:asset-6a00e398acff80000300fae8c84bda000b 2008-07-02T14:18:36Z 2008-07-02T17:09:49Z [this is connie] http://conniewong.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Indonesia

Show us your country's flag. How do you celebrate Independence Day? What's your favorite Independence Day dish? If you could invite one historical figure to your Independence Day celebration, who would it be? Show us something that makes you pr...

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]]> Graveyard Watch tag:vox.com,2008-07-01:asset-6a00e398acff80000300fad6968a980004 2008-07-01T15:14:37Z 2008-07-02T00:51:28Z [this is connie] http://conniewong.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Children sit on graves to watch the final between Spain and Germany on a projector screen installed at a public cemetery in Kober, Jakarta, early Monday. (JP/J. Adiguna) clipped from www.thejakartapost.com

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]]> Culture QotW: All-American 4th of July Recipes tag:vox.com,2008-06-30:asset-6a00e398acff80000300fad69647ec0004 2008-06-30T19:28:01Z 2008-07-01T03:05:06Z [this is connie] http://conniewong.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Nasi Tumpeng

What are your favorite recipes for a festive 4th of July celebration? We don't celebrate July 4th here, but we will celebrate our Independence Day on August 17. I'd like share with you though a recipe of nasi tumpeng (yellow rice). Nasi tumpeng...

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]]> New 7 Wonders of Nature tag:vox.com,2008-06-30:asset-6a00e398acff80000300fa9683c93c0003 2008-06-30T17:12:28Z 2008-06-30T23:30:55Z [this is connie] http://conniewong.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

My New 7 Wonders Vote

The New 7 Wonders of the World campaign was a resounding success, which took democracy to a new global level. Now, in the second campaign, give your vote to define The New 7 Wonders of Nature! Indonesia has 3 nominees there, but since I had to pi...

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]]> UrbanFest in Ancol tag:vox.com,2008-06-29:asset-6a00e398acff80000300fa968387e00003 2008-06-29T20:49:08Z 2008-06-29T20:51:15Z [this is connie] http://conniewong.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom clipped from www.thejakartapost.com UrbanFest delights those at arm's length People young and old are becoming acquainted with a range of urban-styled activities, including sports, music, dance and artwork, at the 2008 UrbanFest at Carnival...

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]]> Don't Die Young! tag:vox.com,2008-06-27:asset-6a00e398acff80000300fa9682c4270003 2008-06-27T03:19:19Z 2008-06-27T06:15:05Z [this is connie] http://conniewong.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Students wear burial cloths during an anti-drug demonstration at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Thursday, in observance of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The poster says, “Died young b...

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]]> Flickr: The Indonesian Photographers Pool tag:vox.com,2008-06-26:asset-6a00e398acff80000300fad693fc220005 2008-06-26T02:07:41Z 2008-06-26T08:33:17Z [this is connie] http://conniewong.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Flickr: The Indonesian Photographers Pool

I searched some pictures for Karlos as he asked me the other day how sunshine is in Indonesia, and I said I'm afraid I've no idea since I mostly still stay asleep when it rises on the east. I found this Indonesian pictures on Flickr and now I am...

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]]> Life goes on as trains pass by... tag:vox.com,2008-06-24:asset-6a00e398acff80000300fad69358fe0005 2008-06-24T00:45:19Z 2008-06-26T05:52:20Z [this is connie] http://conniewong.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom The sound of the train’s whistle and wheels, and the shaking of the ground every time it passes by are not problems for Jakartans living on railway banks. They have bigger problems in life: what to eat today; how to make money to buy clean wate...

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]]> Walking Painter tag:vox.com,2008-06-23:asset-6a00e398acff80000300fa968101750002 2008-06-23T15:10:58Z 2008-06-23T17:16:14Z [this is connie] http://conniewong.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Ki Joko Wasis, a painter from Yogyakarta, works on a canvas hung on his cart at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Jl. Thamrin in Jakarta on Sunday. Ki Joko left Yogyakarta on March 1, making the journey to the capital on foot. (JP/Arief Suha...

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