Three weeks passed since the Keurig machine stopped talking.
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“A Keurig? Thanks, I guess.”
“You’re so busy with your work I doubt you find time for decent coffee,” my mom said.
I happened to work next to a couple … more »
In the final part of William Tham’s ‘Java Quartet’-a series of four stories from Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Surabaya inspired by the books by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, he looks at the Ijen Crater on Java’s east … more »
William Tham continues his journey through Indonesia. Following his stop in Yogyakarta, he travels to Surabaya in East Java, en route to his final destination of the coastal volcanoes.
The wall of the now-defunct Kalisosok prison.
Big … more »
In a follow up to The Big Durian, William Tham continues his journey through Indonesia, leaving Jakarta for the cultural hub of Yogyakarta in Central Java.
The ancient baths of Yogyakarta’s Taman Sari.
“Malaysia?” the gentleman called … more »
This is the first in a short series of articles based on William Tham’s experiences traveling in Indonesia, starting in Jakarta and ending at the Ijen Crater on its far east.
During Ramadan the pace of life on the islands … more »