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THE BALI TIMES' ARTICLE - MY DEFENC, 23-29 October 2009

2010:
• Vale Terry Stanton (July)
• Skala Diskala - Real and Unreal Estate in Bali (June)
• Brave New Bali (May)
• Ubud Gardens (April)
• Buried Treasure and Hindu-Balinese Crusades (March)
• From Little Perth to the Alila Uluwatu (February)
• Frequent Flyer on Maximum Alert (January)

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>> STRANGER IN PARADISE 1996-2009 << (Published in Hello Bali and Bali Echo)
2009 >> • Animal Sacrifices at the Amandari (December) • King of Bamboo John Hardy (November) • Just when you thought it was safe to send your children to Norway (October) • Lip Curl (Sepetember) • Mumblers over Mertasari (August) • Bali’s Italian Connection (July) • Bali’s Boy-Priests (June) • Balinese Tourists Abroad (May) • Adventures in Classical Javanese Paradise (April) • Prince of Uluwatu’s Big Cremation (March) • I was A Blonde Juror for gay Seminyak Idol (February) • Bali's Boy Bands (January)
2008 >> • OCTOBER : • The Stranger has been forced into semi-retirement by radical right wing white • supremacist Dumb Down Bali faction. • Balinese Wickedness (September) • Indonesia’s Olympic Warriors (August) • The Smart Money Heads South (July) • Change in Bali (June) • Tenth Full Moon Fever (May) • Earth Culture (April) • Raffles and Muharram: The Bengal – Bengkulu Connection (March) • Fans of Glory (February) • Red Bull rituals in Post-Majapahit Buleleng (January)	2007 >> • Winning New Age Hearts and Minds (December) • Bali loses a favourite son (November) • Festival Fever (October) • Imminent threat of Hinduisation? (September) • The Adventures of Bitty in Bali (August) • Health care in Bali (July) • Ebb and Flow (June) • Security and Humidity (May) • Bali’s Apprentice Priests (April) • The Priestly Princes of Pejeng Palace (March) • The Australian influence (February) • People's Princess, The unofficial, Unabridged "This is your life Carole Muller" (Jan)
2006 >> • People's Prince rides again (December) • Wheels within wheels (November) • Banyuwangi style (October) • Opunk & Muti unplugged (September) • Is nothing sacred? (August) • Post Zen: Empire Strikes Back (July) • Bali's Hard-working High Priests (June) • Sentries of Grace (May) • Where there's a Willy there's a Wayan (April) • Don't Ask Don't Tell (March) • Hindoo Bali Holiday (February) • Australians trying hard to Impress (January)	2005 >> • Demonic Possession (December) • Mother and father India (November) • Four brothers at a tooth-filing (October) • Martyrs of the Trench (September) • Rise of the Super Bule (August) • Stranger Danger (July) • White supremacist luxury Real Estate magazine of the year 2005 (June) • The Balinese Resistance or Temple Fashion in the Age of 'Ajeg Bali' (May) • Hands across the ocean - and other body parts (April) • Superheroes in Super-Hard Times (March) • Now and Zen (February) • Bali's Artisan Globetrotters (January)
2004 >> • Quietly going native in Kintamani (December) • Natural Progression (November) • Tourists doing It for the Balinese (October) • Ocean views are over-rated (September) • There's more confusion than fusion (August) • Sanur's glorious salad days (July) • Gonzo delivers at military tattoo (June) • Nature’s Own Aristocrats (May) • Goona-goona at the Cinematheque (April) • Behind the Shopping Section (March) • Grimy Margins (February) • People's Prince murders brother in palace tragedy (January)	2003 >> • Bali needs You (December) • Green Angel at Diamond Jubille (November) • Abstract or Real Bali's Unseen World (October) • Terminator4: Revenge of the Bali Lamps (September) • Balinese Culture's Chance to Re-Charge (August) • Divine and Semi Divine Surfing (July) • Bali on the Road (June) • Bali's Fabulously non extreme Marine Tourism (May) • The Exodus of Expat Offspring (April) • Eeking Revenge on the Dumbing down of Bali (March) • Placating demons raising Rangda (February)
2002 >> • Carry on Kuta (December) • Paradise.com (November) • Gentle giant of the art world presumed lost at sea (October) • Appropriate Dressing (September) • WHAM!! BAM!! Thankyou (Nyo) Man (August) • Would the last Balinese please turn out the lights (July) • Sustainable Hinduism (June) • Bargain Bali (May) • International Bali watch update (April) • Willie goes overboard (March) • The Rat King's grand farewell (February) • The True Heart of Modern Bali (January)	2001 >> • Honouring the Java-Bali Connection (December) • Security in the Region (November) • Love in a warm climate (October) • The President men (September) • North Coast Lovelies (August) • New Bali vs Real Bali (July) • Generations of Graciousness (June) • Easter Dharma Bunnies (May) • How to get Bali back into your Bali (April) • Bali style goes Ballistic (March) • Who are all these people? (February) • Jakarta's Finest (January)
2000 >> • Love is in the air (December) • Bali's Olympic Warriors (November) • The Great Kepaon Juggernaut (October) • Beatification in Bali (September) • Outback Aunty vs New Asia (August) • Mooi Java (July) • Noblesse Oblige (June) • Imports - Exports (May) • Gems of Modern Architecture Balinese Part II (April) • Training Trance Master (March) • Parallel Universes (Februaey) • Rage In the New Millennium (January)	1999 >> • Brave new Archipelago (December) • Not the Royal Cremation (November) • Men in Black Glasses (October) • Amazing Grace (September) • Stranger R.I.P (August) • Interesting Times (July) • Slow death by soft rolls (June) • Diet Karma Kola (May) • Millennium Madness (April) • Merry Priests and Sorry Saviours (March) • Beauty has it's own rules (February) • Angels and Ashes (January)
1997 - 1998 >> As publised in Bali Kini & Hello Bali • Love as long as your visa lasts, and beyond (July'98) • Head for the Hills (June'98) • Farewell my lovely (March'98) • Saints and Sinners (February'98) • We Asians want (January'98) • Nothing if not Practical (December'97) • On with the Show (Novemberr'97) • Going for Baroque (October'97) • The Balinse Way of Dying (September'97)	1996 - 1997 >> As publised in Bali Echo & Bali Kini • The Next Generation'08 (May'97) • The Next Generation'07 (March'97) • The Next Generation'06 (January'97) • The Next Generation'05 (November'96) • The Next Generation'04 (September'96) • The Next Generation'03 (July'96) • The Next Generation' 02 (May'96) • The Next Generation'01 (March'96) • Death in Bali (January'96)

>> See also our columns below <<

As published in "NOW! Jakarta Magazine"

As published in "NOW! Jakarta Magazine"

As published in "Jakarta Kini
Magazine 2008"

As published in "The Sunday Jakarta Post 2006-2007"

2009:
• Bali’s International Art Community (August)
• Semarak Semar, Jakarta (July)
• Tante Betty goes to Manado (June)
• Around the Region (May)
• Elegant Book Launch in Solo (April)
• Tante Betty goes to Bali (March)
• Balinese house-warming ceremony (February)
• Breaking Fashion News: Jakarta (January)

2010:
• Malang, East Java (July)
• Biak Island (June)
• Pangkal Pinang, Bangka (May)
• Samarinda, Kalimantan (April)
• Yogyakarta-Wonosobo (March)
• Sydney (February)
• Madura-Bandung (January)

2009:
• Africa (December)
• Yogyakarta-Madura (November)
• Bandung-Bali-India (October)
• Bandung-Sydney (September)
• Ahmedabad (August)
• Madura Style (July)
• Surabaya-Madura (June)
• Around the Region (May)
• Elegant Book Launch in Solo (April)
• Tante Betty goes to Bali (March)
• Balinese house-warming ceremony (February)
• Breaking Fashion News: Jakarta (January)

2007: As publised in 'India Sunday Express"
• Agatti, India (8/7/2007)
• Mexico City (18/2/2007)

2008:
• Familiarity breeds content (Nov)
• Indo,Indon, Indonkrupuk..a critical appraisal at this point in time (Oct)
• Is Bali still Little Java - an Artist's Perspective (Sep)
• Ibu-ibu Gaya (Aug)

2007: As publised in Lifestyle Travel
• Post-Zen Depression (Jul/Augt)
• Hindoos on High Beam (May/June)
• Winning Over the Cabin Crew (March/April)
• Lost in Spas (Jan/Feb)
2006 :
• Frequent Flyer on High Alert (Dec.)

2007:
• Bali’s Moslem Kampung
As not published in the Jakarta Post due to Philistine Junta

2006:
• Bali-Australia relations..lite (24Dec)
• Berata & the Brazier (10Dec)
• Nyonya-wear and tear (26Nov)
• Clash of Civilizations (12Nov)
• More time for Bobby ? (29Oct)
• A Hindu place for ugly people? (15Oct)
• Celestial Nymphs steal show (01Oct.)
• Busby Berkeley in Banyuwangi (17sep)
• On challenging paradigms (03Sep)
• Packaging and Promotion (20Aug)
• Bali's Chinese connection (06Aug)
• Datin Pauline's Ikebana (23Jul)
• The world cup, the oral aphrodisiac
& the tsunami survivor (09Jul)
• Holland vs Belgium (25Jun)
• Mystics in the mountains (11Jun)
• Dayu Siti's last stand Part:2 (28May)
• Dayu Siti's last stand Part:1 (14May)
• Semi-classic 4the semi-conscious(30Apr)
• Invasion of the body-wrappers (16Apr)
• The smell of burning shrimp paste(2Apr)
• Inul's bottoms are to blame (19March)
• Chastelein's Revenge (05Marc)

2007:
• April Edition
2006:
• July Edition
• June Edition
• May Edition

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