Last weekend he won the most prestigious national prize in his profession: the Poelifinario-Cabaretprijs. If you don’t believe me check it here (well, it helps if you can read Dutch). His name is Maarten van Roozendaal and he is one of my favorites – which I can prove also. On this site I enthusiastically reviewed [...]
Last Saturday night we went to visit the Indonesian Film Festival. “We” means a mixed company of six – in a fair distribution of men and women and of native Bahassa speakers and Bahasa illiterates. Actually we choose only one of the many movies. But it was a lucky choice. At least our [...]
It’s in the papers here, there and everywhere: the Bali bombers will be executed at long last by a firing squad next month. That is five years after their death sentence. In the meantime they have become real media celebrities in the region. Almost pop stars.
I don’t doubt this is the correct outcome of fair [...]
On Thursday, the 31st of July 2008, Kishore Mahbubani – see the previous post- held a lecture at the presidential palace. His audience was the national ruling elite of Indonesia, the President himself, government members etc. And, as a courteous guest, he said some flattering things about ( and to) his host. But he also [...]
Lulu Wang is a Chinese woman who, when she was 25 years old, came to The Netherlands. In the last 22 years she has lived here and became a prolific Dutch author of quite a number of bestselling novels. She is, one might say, a very successful new Dutchwoman.