NEWSLETTERNovember 2014

Situated in Bintaro, south-west Jakarta, the British International School houses a series of uniquely designed buildings set in extensive grounds and providing an attractive, well-planned, healthy environment where fresh air and open space abound, and keep learning free from distraction.

Classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards and computers, making for a stimulating environment. Other facilities include a well-equipped music department; computer suites; science laboratories; language centre; workrooms for design and technology; a state-of-the-art theatre; modern secondary library; Olympic-size swimming pool with touch-pad time recording equipment; tennis courts and ample

playing elds. These resources support a demanding and successful academic programme.

The British International School follows the English National Curriculum (for children 3 to 14 years), I/GCSE (15 to 16 years), followed by the International Baccalaureate programme (17 to 18 years); all conveniently located on one campus. Guided by experienced and caring overseas teachers, who engage the students constantly, the emphasis is on providing students with the very best educational environment, equal to any school across the world and creating happy and responsible citizens of tomorrow who share our values.

What are your values?

For further information about the British International School, please contact the Admission of ce at Tel: (62-21) 745-1670 • Fax: (62-21) 745-1671 • E-mail: admissions@bis.or.id • www.bis.or.id

Cover Photograph by Avril Herdon

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CONTENTSFEATurESIt Happened to Me 8BWA Fashion Show: Meet the Team 10Dear Anonymous 30

rEgulArSEditor’s Note 2Chairwoman’s Message 3Newcomers Message 5Expat Bloke: All About Driving 6report back: Coffee Morning 7 BWA Annual Pink golf 13recipes: Breakfast of Champions 16Book reviews 19Social Diary: Pub Quiz 22 Playgroup Halloween Party 29Weird and Wonderful News 20Notice Board 31Classifieds 32

COMMuNITY:Where is the BWA library? 25

TrAVElCamping on Krakatau 24

Situated in Bintaro, south-west Jakarta, the British International School houses a series of uniquely designed buildings set in extensive grounds and providing an attractive, well-planned, healthy environment where fresh air and open space abound, and keep learning free from distraction.

Classrooms are equipped with interactive whiteboards and computers, making for a stimulating environment. Other facilities include a well-equipped music department; computer suites; science laboratories; language centre; workrooms for design and technology; a state-of-the-art theatre; modern secondary library; Olympic-size swimming pool with touch-pad time recording equipment; tennis courts and ample

playing elds. These resources support a demanding and successful academic programme.

The British International School follows the English National Curriculum (for children 3 to 14 years), I/GCSE (15 to 16 years), followed by the International Baccalaureate programme (17 to 18 years); all conveniently located on one campus. Guided by experienced and caring overseas teachers, who engage the students constantly, the emphasis is on providing students with the very best educational environment, equal to any school across the world and creating happy and responsible citizens of tomorrow who share our values.

What are your values?

For further information about the British International School, please contact the Admission of ce at Tel: (62-21) 745-1670 • Fax: (62-21) 745-1671 • E-mail: admissions@bis.or.id • www.bis.or.id

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GrapevineNOVEMBEr 2014

Soma Mitra-ChubbVacantSoma Mitra-Chubblorraine gibbons, Avril Herdon, Tamzin Bianchi, Suki Brar Khangura

THE grAPEVINE TEAM

It’s October, which means that it’s time for Fashion Show preparations to begin! The Producers have been chosen, the models called and the team assembled. One of our lead features introduces you to the members who have joined the FS Committee to make 2015 a success.

October was fairly busy with numerous events – from the Pub Quiz and Pink golf to the great British Coffee Morning and Children’s Halloween Party. All this has been faithfully reported on, along with our other offerings: there is a special feature entitled 'It happened to me’ relating to one of the darker sides of Jakarta life. One BWA member very bravely shared her nightmare experience with a staff member, and I encourage you to read it.

We have also got the regular features: some great breakfast recipes from Tamzin, the book reviews including one written by a BWA member, the weird and wonderful news of October and a travel piece on camping in Krakatau.

As usual, lorraine has written about the funny side of life in Jakarta and Expat bloke contributes with some musings on his own driving. Avril Herdon very kindly stepped up to the plate to help with taking photographs for one of our events ad she also has the cover this month. Thanks to all of you. and to all the otehr contributers.

Do you have you own experiences to share, or a story to tell? Can you take photographs and cover events for us? Could you do a review on a book, film or restaurant? Do write to

grapevine@bwajakarta.org - we'd love to hear from you!

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Postal address: P.O. Box 7923JKSM Jakarta 12079email: bwa@bwajakarta.orgweb page: www.bwajakarta.org

B WAC O M M I T T E E

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Chairwoman Elaine Tucker

Vice-Chairwoman Suki Brar Khangura

general Secretary Debbie Baxter

Treasurer Zem Chefeke

grapevine Editor Soma Mitra-Chubb

Acting Social Welfare Jackie BuchananCo-ordinator

Newcomers’ lorraine gibbonsCo-ordinators

Sponsorship Sareena Barnes, Co-ordinators Suki Brar

Bazaar Coordinator Tess gunasekera

Membership Deborah MinicolaCo-ordinator

House/Food & Beverage lina Sibson &

Co-ordinators Deborah Minicola

Programmes Nell Costello Co-ordinator

Event Co-ordinator Berni Crockford

Webite &Communications Eszter redmondCo-ordinator

general Members Fiona Forsyth &

Amanda Hough

This publication is not for sale. It is distributed free to members of the British

Women’s Association (BWA) in Indonesia.

The BWA and the Grapevine team will not accept responsibility for unsatisfactory service arising from any of our advertising,

or the misuse of this newsletter.

Dear members

We’re coming close to the end of the year now and I’d like to thank you all for supporting the BWA. Membership fees are increasing to 750,000 from 1st January. Membership runs from 1st January to 31st December, unless you joined as a new member in the last couple of months and got a deal through to the end of next year. There will be an early bird special price of 700,000 for renewals paid before the end of December.

The increase is necessary due to inflation and changes in the dollar exchange rate, which affects us because of the rent. Membership fees alone are not enough to support the BWA running costs, which is why we charge for activities and organise events. There has been a change in how our funds are administered in that all revenue is clubbed into one account, from which monies are spent. All events, both in-house and external like the bazaars and Fashion Show contribute towards the running of the BWA as well as raising funds to support our Social Welfare projects. Certain funds are ring-fenced for Social Welfare: these include Allied Pickfords raffles at the coffee mornings, White Elephant sales at the bazaars, and the Fashion Show silent auction and raffle. The Pink golf funds also are ring-fenced for women’s health charities. All other funds raised go to the central BWA account for the running of our club-house, including staff salaries, utilities etc.

As we are a non-profit organisation, any funds remaining once costs are covered are transferred to Social Welfare as a lump sum annually. If you have any questions regarding the way the finances work, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Every contribution and effort that people make by attending functions and donating items or their time all ultimately go towards the BWA and their charities.

Make sure to book your place at our Christmas lunch – tickets are now on sale. This year’s theme is Sparkle so wear your best sparkly frocks and be ready for a day of fun and fabulous food!

Elaine

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NEWCOMErS

MESSAgE FrOM THE NEWCOMErS’ COOrDINATOr

When you arrive in a new posting, not quite knowing what to expect, you will receive some pearls of wisdom. If it’s a first posting, by all means listen to the advice people give, but some of it is complete twaddle. However, some of it is spot on! Asking around for advice and having people to ask questions of, is vital to getting settled.

When I first became a rookie expat in 2001 I had a fabulous friend, who just happened to be from Jakarta. She told it like it was; a spade’s a spade straight talking.She told me that people can be whoever they want to be when they keep moving around the world. She said people can reinvent themselves and make up a history that no one will know is true or false. I think this may have been the case when people stayed in postings for long periods, but these days many companies seem to move people every 2 or 3 years. You’ll hopefully find familiar faces at your next posting if you or your spouse work for a multinational. It’s reassuring to see old friends and get advice as the first few weeks can be bewildering.

One of the reasons I’m a big fan of Facebook is because it’s easy to keep in touch with so many friends around the world. It’s also a great resource for articles that friends post. One recent one was ‘Nine Expats You’ll Meet Abroad’*, which was great to read and amusing. It identified 9 types of people you or the people you meet could be, ranging from Minne the Moaner to Tom the Token Dad. My thoughts on this were that we could potentially be any of the types identified (with the exception of Tom as we are the wrong sex!!!) given our circumstances and the influences around us.I always advocate getting out and about to meet as many people as you can when arriving in a new posting. Meeting people you feel comfortable with is a massive step towards that feeling of belonging and acceptance of where you are.

The newcomers’ team hold regular lunches and coffees, giving you the opportunity to meet others in your situation, so look out for email invitations. Don’t forget that if you are at a loose end on a Tuesday morning, there is always a coffee morning at the BWA house and one of the newcomers’ team will be there.

Other socials coming up are the Christmas Quiz and the BWA Christmas lunch. We’ll keep you posted by email and also post them on the Facebook group – British Women’s Association Jakarta. We also have a group for the BWA playgroup.

Please do contact me if you have any questions or need a chat. The BWA was set up to offer support to you. Please join us, get to know your fellow expats and how we can help.

regardslorraine gibbonsEmail: sheppardlorraine@hotmail.comMobile: 08111 803 657

*http://wineandcheesedoodles.com/2014/10/10/nine-expats-youll-meet-abroad/

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COFFEE MOrNINgNow Every TuESDAY at the BWA HouseFirst Tuesday of the Month—guest Speaker

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IT'S AN EXPAT lIFE

More About Driving In the almost ten years I’ve been an expat bloke, I’ve noticed a real drop in the standard of driving.

No, this is not what you think. For sure, poor driving is a pretty regular complaint of expats here in Jakarta, vying for originality with old chestnuts such as expensive wine and service providers who (shock horror) don’t speak perfect English in their own country. However, that’s not what this article is about- I’ve got enough to mock closer to home before I start on our dear hosts. What I really mean is that in the ten years I’ve been an expat, my own driving, sadly, has gone to the dogs!

I remember passing my test first time back in the 90s. For sure, this was due largely to a lucky combination of a tiny Fiat 126 and a 6' 5" examiner who spent much of the test with his head wedged into his groin. However, that aside, I think I started out a pretty adept driver.

All tootled along just fine until one fateful day, which spelled the beginning of the end for my driving ability. late morning on February 5th 2005, saw my dear wife in floods of tears as a stranger drove off into the distance in her car. Now, unusually for East london, this instance was entirely legal. The young man had just purchased our car, a mere hour before we headed off to Heathrow to begin a new life overseas.

Since then, we’ve either enjoyed the luxury of a driver or have driven ourselves in locations where the Highway Code is as relevant to everyday life as the rules of Quidditch. Once in a blue moon we find ourselves hiring a car back in the uK at which point I make sure the first hundred miles are driven through the Scottish Highlands or somewhere equally remote!

The first few years overseas were spent in a major city where, luckily we had a driver. My previous good habits remained intact, relegated to deep storage while my commute consisted of focusing on anything other than the chaos going on in front of me. With crash victims frequently laid out by the side of the road, driving was something better forgotten about.

The real damage came during a stint in East Africa, where we had no driver and became open season on my driving habits. Frankly, I should have suspected that standards were a little lax when our office assistant turned up with his and hers driving licences a little more than three hours after arriving in the country. So, what lessons did I learn here?

Firstly, in a country where most of any given road is unusable, there is no real approach to what side of the road you drive on. At various times, I drove on the left, right and even along the central reservation. Not de rigeur back in the uK but then neither are the metre deep potholes!

Importantly, I learned which traffic lights required attention and which needed to be ignored. There were those who took the view that they were all pretty roadside ornaments to be ignored. However, there were some lights- totally well functioning, I might add that were for some inexplicable reason understood to be ignored by everyone. I remember one furious incident at a major intersection following a car being rear ended by another. Police were involved and asked why the driver of the front car had stopped in the middle of a main road. The guy’s explanation that he was stopping because the traffic light was red was met with incredulity by the traffic policemen who duly fined him and warned him to be more careful next time!

Finally, I learned that traffic policemen were generally a pretty dodgy lot around those parts. Consequently, I made sure that everything in the car was in order and kept a six pack in the back, just in case. This odd precaution stemmed from one incident when, a policemen stopped me and asked for my licence, the the rental papers, insurance details, car registration documents, the fire extinguisher in the back, the first aid kit and a myriad of other stuff the average local driver would not have kept in a million years. Defeated in his quest for a bribe the policeman looked at me and said “Sir, it is a very hot day. Could I have one of your beers please”?

Half laughing and half fed up at the waste of half an hour of my life, I gave the chap a can of beer and drove off, promising myself to keep a decent supply for any future law enforcement official.

So, I arrived here, knowing that 1. You can drive anywhere 2. Traffic lights are optional3. Traffic policeman can be bribed with beerMaybe it was for the best that we hired a driver.

Driving here doesn’t look much like fun anyway and, I don’t have much of a moral or technical high ground over the poor soul who ferries me to and from EP anyway.

So yes, driving is a real problem as an expat- the only thing is, I think I’m the problem!

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rEPOrT BACK

October’s Great British Coffee Morning was enlivened by the presence of a BWA member who is a published author: Emma Chapman, a recent arrival to Jakarta, told us about her first novel and the publishing process.

The talk was extremely interesting; Emma shared with us the story of her road to publication, which was much longer than you might expect (over three years in her case). There’s a review of her book on page 19 if you are interested.

There was an animated Q&A session, after which it was time for the usual raffles prize draw. This month’s lucky winners were Berni, Solange, lorraine gibbons and Kirsty and the prizes came from Merry Pearls, Makan luar and lovely Batik scarves

Today’s food was supplied by Baconerie, our new favourite café: thank you, Sheila, for the delicious bacon rolls and coffee cake!

Soma Mitra-Chubb

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Rosemary* moved to Jakarta recently, enjoying all the benefits that come with the world of domestic staff. Soon, however, she discovered that all was not as it seemed.

We came here from Europe, so we were enjoying all the perks of expat life. The car rental company sent us a driver who seemed great – he spoke good English, seemed friendly and was eager to please. We relied on him a lot, especially since he could act as a translator for me.

We also thought he was a fantastic driver; but it’s hard to see what someone is like when they’re sitting in traffic all the time.

Later on, however, there was an instance where he was driving us back from Anyer – he drove like a madman, and I was really uncomfortable. I found it difficult to say, “I didn’t like that” but I felt like it was my car, my family – so I said to him that “I don’t mind you driving reasonably fast, but I don’t like you driving right behind the next car, with no stopping distance.”

We only started to notice there was a problem about a month after he started. I noticed that his eyes seemed to be blood red all the time. I googled it to see what it might be a symptom of, but nothing specific came up. I thought maybe he needed an eye test, but then again, if it was serious then he would lose his livelihood, so didn’t follow up (now I wish I had taken him to see a doctor).

Still, we didn’t feel anything was wrong. There was a time when he asked for

permission to take our children (aged 9 & 14) to his nephew’s birthday party at Pondok Indah Mall, along with his family. I felt quite comfortable about it, since the children had their mobiles and he had bought along his wife and his children as well. The only thing was that, on the way back, he dropped his wife and child off first, leaving my children alone in the car with him, I didn’t like that, and kept ringing them to check that everything was ok.

There were other issues- he had clearly been fiddling with the toll money. I did confront him over it, but he claimed that it was some sort of glitch in the system. There were a couple of times he was an hour late picking me up from the BWA – ages after everyone else had gone home.

Things finally came to a head one Friday, when the driver went to fetch my daughter, the 14 year old. I couldn’t go as my son was sick so I asked him to go and pick Jessica up with the maid. A little later, I found that despite my instructions, he had told the maid to stay behind, and had gone to pick her up alone. They didn’t get home till 5pm, and I was frantic – Jessica hadn’t been answering her phone and I couldn’t contact him either. They both blamed the traffic, and I believed them. After all, Jakarta traffic is famously bad - even I had learned that in my short time here.

That evening he asked to borrow the car to go and visit his sick grandmother. We said yes, but reluctantly. He was supposed to pick

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up the car on Saturday morning and bring it back by the evening. Oddly, on the Saturday morning, he asked if Jessica wanted to come to visit his grandmother. She was away on a sleepover so it was easy to say no.

Instead of returning the car on Saturday, the driver was gone all weekend. He knew that the car had to be back in the house overnight, but on Sunday morning when we texted him, he claimed that his granny was very sick and didn’t want him to leave. Several text messages later, the car came back on Sunday at 9.30pm – more than 24 hours late.

Monday was fairly frosty –Rob, my husband laid into the driver for having picked up Jessica without the maid, and also (as we had discovered) asking her for money.

On Monday evening, we realised that the car had 3500km more on it that when he’d left (we later on found out that he had driven all the way to Surabaya with it). That night there were a lot of angry text messages until Rob finally said, “if you’re not happy, then you can go, because it’s clearly not working out.”

It wasn’t until later, after Jessica realised that the driver was gone and never coming back that she told us the whole story. One day when he was driving her, he’d offered a cigarette which she accepted (what teenager wouldn’t?). He then took her to get some street food which he knew I didn’t like. He encouraged her into other minor acts of rebellion – secretly taking her for hamburger without my permission. Most creepily, he told her all sorts of stories about his sex life – things that were deeply inappropriate for him to be discussing with her.

On the Friday when they went missing, he had in fact taken her to a house in Kemang which he said belonged to his brother. His ‘brother’ must have been a drug dealer, because the driver showed Jess what he had got – a packet of sabu sabu (she later googled it and found out it was crystal meth) along with a bong made out of a Yakult pot and some straws. He also told her that he could get her marijuana if she wanted some (she didn’t). The reason for my driver’s bloodshot eyes was now disclosed – he was a serial drug abuser.

The reason that Jessica didn’t tell me any of this at the time is that he threatened her – told her that if she did, then Rob would lose his job and we would all be deported. She was frightened; he showed her a flick knife and said that he would use it on “anyone who got in his way.”

At the time we let him go, it was all dealt with by my Rob company. They got him to sign a piece of paper saying that he would go quietly and not harass us if we paid him his redundancy. He hasn’t gone quietly, though. He’s sent me and my family facebook ‘friend’ requests. While we were on holiday, he sent us a photograph of himself sitting on our doorstep (I think it was taken beforehand, though). He also used a photo of Jessica that he took without her knowledge as his facebook cover photo. He sends us texts asking for money and saying things like “I’m going to fix you.”

The security company have been fantastic – they did a complete security review, which is reassuring. We now know that none of the other staff liked him – he was always borrowing money off them and they suspected drugs, but they never said anything.

In hindsight, we feel that there were warning signals; even though he was sacked before we knew about the drug taking, and about him threatening Jess, we just needed to follow our instincts. I feel really let down by what he turned out to be, but also feel lucky that it wasn’t much worse, as it could have been. I now realise that he had driven hubby to work high, and picked up my children while high.

Jessica is now in counselling. I’m sure she’ll be fine. They wanted us to send her to school with a security detail but that would be too much. I do pick them up myself, but often I see the other children being picked up by drivers and I wonder…

I also wonder about the car company. The driver told Jessica that he had been in jail at the age of 16, but they let him drive for them and for us. We get replacement drivers from the car company from time to time. All the drivers seem to know each other, so now I wonder if the other drivers knew.

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FASHION SHOW

I am a new member of the BWA, and I will be handling the publicity and marketing for the BWA Fashion Show 2015. I will work closely with our design and publicity partners and the fashion show creative team on all marketing material for the show including the show posters, event program and advertising.

I have been involved with the BWA Fashion Show for the past 4 years. This year I am the Models and Choreographers Coordinator. I will be the first point of contact with the FS 2015 Committee for models will attempt to keep everyone happy and well informed.

Soma and Elaine have been here for 11 years combined. Elaine has danced in the Fashion Show 3 times and thoroughly enjoyed the experience, although can’t deny being terrified on the night! Soma has also loved dancing in the show a couple of times. This year we are helping out with F&B and Sponsorship. We’ll be working on getting a good supply of booze at the best possible value and also trying to secure as much corporate backing as we can.

This will be the 8th year I have been involved with the fashion show. I have taken on the dual roles of Artist Director along with being the Head Choreographer. looking forward to working with another power packed committee this year. Buckle up- it's going to be an amazing ride.

I am from Belgium and have been living in Jakarta for 8 years. I participated in the Fashion Show a few times. What FuN !!! Now I've decided to be part of the Fashion Show Committee and I'll be responsible for Hair and Make up !

I am from Mumbai, married to a Tasmanian and we moved to Jakarta in 2012. I have two young children, aged 4 years and 16 months.In my past life I have had worked in the fascinating world of film and television in Mumbai with Channel V, MTV and the Indian Film Industry (aka Bollywood) along with Arts organisations in Australia. My work has always been marketing and events focused and I have worked on music shows, films, Arts conferences and festivals.

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TAMZINI'm a mum of two boys, here in J-Town with my gorgeous husband lucien. Prior to our move to Indonesia I was working for Coates Hire, an Industrial Equipment Hire Company, in a multitude of roles involving events like the 2006 Commonwealth games, Melbourne’s F1 and the Avalon Air Show. I was lucky enough to be involved as a model in this year’s 2014 london to Jakarta BWA Express and am very aware of the fabulously awesome huge shoes we need to fill!

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I am Fashion Design Co-Ordinator along with Victoria Bannerman. Our role is to liaise with the Designers, our Creative Director and Models and Choreographers Co-Ordinator to ensure everything aligns with the Fashion Show theme ensuring the success of the night.

Fashion and creativity has led me into personal styling, fashion editorials, journalism, music videos, designing my début collection and developing culinary delights for entertaining which could result in a cookbook in the future!To me creativity encompasses writing, fashion and food, we need all three!

A native of Malaysia, I am a newcomer to Jakarta having moved here seven months ago from a stint in Singapore. I was an Operations Director in a previous life and I am married to Mike Hawkins and I am a mum of four.

I was a model in the BWA Fashion Show of 2014 as a part of Sareena Barnes’ group, the Spicy Senor-Itas. Over the coming months I will look after raffle ticket sales & the running of the silent auction for the 2015 Fashion Show.

I began my career as a criminal solicitor in london, establishing my own law firm in 2003. I also served on the governing Body of my local primary school as Vice Chair.I now sit as Vice Chair on the Main Committee of the BWA as well as being a part of the sponsorship team. .

My role in the 2015 fashion show will be secretarial duties - taking and distributing minutes and assisting with admin as required. !

I am the Treasurer for the BWA, and Ticketing Coordinator for the 2015 BWA Fashion Show. I moved from Esher, uK with my family and I have been in Jakarta for almost two years now.

I have been involved in the BWA Fashion Show for the past 3 years now, from dancer, to group choreographer to head choreographer for last year’s BWA Express show. As creative assistant for the 2015 show, those creative juices have already begun flowing and I cannot wait to put on what will be yet another out of this world show for you all!!

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Expats in Indonesia and across the globe are increasingly not prepared to pay crazy bank fees to transfer money overseas and to exchange currencies, according to one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.

deVere group, which has 80,000 mainly expatriate clients globally, reports that the days when banks could hit customers with sky high costs are over.

A spokesperson comments: “The financial world has changed since the global crash of 2008 and the ensuing economic uncertainty, and in today’s world, people’s expectations have, quite rightly, increased; they expect more ‘bang for their buck’ than ever before.

“Providing an average service is no longer enough. Those offering financial services are now compelled to offer a flawless service and demonstrate to clients that they are consistently receiving value for money.”

This is wherethe banks, the firm believes, are coming unstuck when it comes to forex.

Individuals, especially expats who perhaps generally might have more cause to use foreign exchange services on a regular basis than those living in their own countries, now demand a different kind of service.

deVere group’s clients, who are typically expatriates and international investors, are increasingly not prepared to pay the crazy bank fees to transfer money overseas and to exchange currencies that they once did.

For instance, British expats in Indonesia usually earn dollars and have historically transferred funds using traditional high street banks. In recent times more and more individuals say they resent banks seemingly using their positions of influence to impose unnecessarily high costs and commissions.

And this is why they use deVere Foreign Exchange.

The company says: “The overarching focus of deVere Foreign Exchangeis to help ensure clients get a better rate of exchange. Banks charge a considerable levy on all their currency transactions and deVere Foreign Exchange is determined, where possible, to beat this by a significant margin – typically up to 5 per cent better than the major banks.”

Clients will save on the rate of exchange on a variety of transactions - large and small, regular or ad hoc, and including mortgage payments, school fees, import and exports and investments.

It is a free service and it is easy to open an account.

Whatever the reason for making an international transfer, deVere Foreign Exchange's team of experienced FX traders will ensure that every individual has access to the full range of bespoke foreign exchange solutions and top level commercial exchange rates.

PT deVere IndonesiaAlAMANDA TOWEr 22th floor, unit AJl TB Simatupang Kav. 23-24Cilandak Barat, Jakarta Selatan 12430IndonesiaPhone: +62 21 2966 0388 Email : nick.marshall@devere-group.comWebsite : www.devere-group.com

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BWA ANNuAl PINK gOlF TEXAS SCrAMBlE

Wednesday 8 October 2014 at Matoa Nasional golf CourseThe BWA held its annual Pink Golf Tournament last month.

And the winners were…FIRST PLAcE: flower Power - Iris Rothenburg, Alice Rodgers , Hanny clagluena and Antje Andreas. The winners got four Spa vouchers for the Four Seasons and dining vouchers total-ling Rp 6 million at the Le Quartier Restaurant all donated by the Abumas Group. SEcOnd PLAcE: fifty Shades of Pink: Yati dihargo, Barbara Knipe, Anastasia Scheide and Fiona Forsyth. The Runners up got balls from the Golf House, Bed and Bath Essentials, Wine and cheese Tasting for four from Star deli, a round of golf for four at Matoa and four Vouchers for 250,000 from nikki’s Salon.

THIRd PLAcE: Lina Wells, Agatha coulthard, Hetty Rubin, and Jumaidah Abdurachim. They received a girls’ night out donated by the Kristal Hotel with one night’s stay in a two bedroom suite including Buffet Breakfast for four and drink vouchers at SatuLagi and a round of golf at Matoa for four.

BEST dRESSEd: fifty Shades of Pink - Yati dihargo, Barbara Knipe, Anastasia Scheide and Fiona Forsyth. They got four bottles of Rose’s from Ram duty and fout vouchers for two for lunch or dinner from Turkuaz Restaurant.

nEAREST TO THE PIn: Yati dihargo. She received vouchers from Mad dogs, golf Balls and golf tee’s from Golf House and one night for two in a luxury Villa at any of the Aman Resorts.

LOnGEST dRIVE: Emma Anderson.She received vouchers from Mad dogs, golf Balls from Golf House, a dinner buffet for two at the café in the Kristal Hotel, and a diamond pendant from desert diamonds.

MOST VALuEd TEAM: Therese Harper, Tammy Pardoe, Sara Osman, and Raechelle craig got a round of golf for four from Matoa, vouchers from Tapas Movida and Feliz Salon.

Thanks to: Matoa for their support to BWA for putting this tournament on.Asia Serv Indonesia & Jack calcote for the smoothiesSenyan Golf course for the water donation (reminder:they have a Special Ladies day tour-nament on Thursday 4th december 2014)cussons for their donation of shower gels in the goody bag.Allied Pickfords and Kellogg Brown & Root for the cupcakes.

Well done, Barbara, for managing the entire event: you did a great job. And a great big ‘thank you’ to all our volunteers: Fiona, Elaine, Bernie, Karen and Soma.

See next page for some fabulous photographs of the day.

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Hitting off at the tee

BWA ANNuAl PINK gOlF DAYThe Winners!

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Everyone made an ef-fort to dress up - even the caddies!

Showing off the goodies from the goody bags

Matoa Nasional golf Course was turned into a sea of pink as the BWA descended for the Annual Pink

golf Day

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batter will be quite thick but this is what you want, if concerned cook one first and see what happens. If too thick/thin adjust your batter accordingly. Heat a large non-stick fry pan. Brush with a little butter, I tend to add a tiny drop of oil to prevent the butter burning.using a large metal spoon, spoon the mixture into the pan. Cook for a couple of minutes or until bubbles start to form, it looks a little like a crumpet. Turn carefully and cook a further 1-2 minutes until cooked through.Transfer to a plate and repeat with remaining mixture.Serve warm or at room temperature and whatever topping you desire. Above I have strawberry’s, blueberry’s and plain yoghurt, butter and jam is also a good one, as is banana and maple syrup, options are endless.noteYou can substitute a medium sized banana, mashed and add at the time the recipe states to add the apple. I do add an extra egg though just to make sure the batter stays together, and why not, if you have them chuck in a small handful of berries!

BrEAKFAST PIKElETS

BrEAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS"All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast."– John GuntherI do love this quote, this is a Sunday for us, total family time. We do take the time to enjoy a relaxed breakfast, although the leisurely notion, beforehand, is not particularly accurate with a two and a half year old and six year old boys who are always in need of food and always right now.The following reipies are reasonably quick and easy and can include the kids “helping” which is always popular in our house. The granola recipe however is time consuming, but I promise it is very much worth it. Honestly I love this recipe because you can make it as nourishing as you want, as exotic and *cough* expensive as you want, or not, but it is definitely a winner! I get real satisfaction from it as it tastes seriously fabulous and I know what is going into it and I control the sugar content!Oh and look at the note below the Sunny Morning Muffin, quite a handy little tip to know if when baking you are caught short with no eggs!

Tamzin Bianchi

Adapted from a few online recipes, because that’s how I roll. Makes about 20

190g Self raising Flour30g Caster Sugar185ml Milk60g Butter, melted, cooled slightly1 EggExtra Melted Butter and/or rice Bran Oil for greasingOptional Extras and used in the above photo;5ml Vanilla Extract10g Chia Seeds10g ground linseed1 x Small Apple, of choice, cored and grated. No need to remove skin.

Place the flour and sugar into a bowl. Stir to combine, set aside.Whisk the milk, butter, vanilla extract and egg together in a jugAdd the liquid to the flour and whisk till smooth. The

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HONEY grANOlA SuNNY MOrNINg MuFFINS

Adapted from “local is lovely” by Sophie Hanson, 2014Makes approx 7 standard cups

480g of rolled Oats (make sure rolled oats as quick oats are not quite as successful)100g Toasted Coconut; I use local shredded coconuts that I toast gently and then store in the freezer60g Sunflower Seeds60g Sesame Seeds80g raw Almonds, or any other nut, roughly chopped. I actually add about 200g of mixed nuts.5g ground Cinnamon5g ground gingerPinch of salt50ml Sunflower Oil or rice Bran Oil185ml Honey, (or to taste; I actually only use approx 125ml)100g Brown Sugar, I actually only use approx 70g5ml Vanilla Extract80g Dried Fruit (or more!) optional extras 60g Pumpkin Seeds (approx)20g Chia Seeds (approx)20g ground linseed (approx)60g Pecans and same in Macadamias and Brazil Nuts50-100g All Bran (Kelloggs)

Preheat Oven to 140g Degrees CCombine oats, coconut, seeds, spices and salt in a large bowlPlace oil, honey and sugar in small saucepan over a medium heat and stir until combined, allow to cool slightly, then stir in vanilla extract.Pour over oat mixture and mix well ensuring all dry ingredients are coatedSpread accross 2 large trays and cook for approx 1 hour, or until granola is golden brown.Turn the trays every 20 minutes, I found with my narrow oven and small trays I needed to get a spoon and turn the oat mix also.Toast nuts gently in a fry pan. Allow nuts and oats to cool completely before stirring ogether with optional extras, dried fruit, bran etc.Store in an airtight container. I store mine in the fridge due to the humidity here.noteServe with milk or however you like it. In the photo is my favourite way to have it, with plain yoghurt and a mango, strawberry and blueberry puree. After the photo was taken I had to “share” it with my 2 ½ year old!

Makes 6 large or 12 small muffins

125g Chopped Strawberries, I used approx 80g of Strawberries and substituted chopped mango for the rest100g Sugar, plus 15g225g Plain Flour5g Cinnamon5g Baking Soda2g ground NutmegPinch of Salt1 x medium ripe banana, mashed2 x Eggs25g rice Bran Oil, or other non flavoured oilZest of half a lemon, or can be zest of 1 local lime60g of Blueberries or anything elseyou feel like125g of Walnuts, I didnt use in the results above

Preheat oven to 160 Degrees C, fan forced ovenline either a 6 or 12 hole muffin tray with liners or grease wellIn a small bowl mix strawberries with the 15g of sugarIn small bowl mix together, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and saltIn a large bowl whisk together mashed banana, eggs, oil, remaining sugar, lemon zest, once done stir in strawberries and blueberriesAdd dry ingredients to wet and mix till just combined, fold in nuts if usingScoop even amounts of batter into muffin cases/tray, roughly ¾ full Bake in oven for approximately 25 minutes, or until a skewer comes out without any muffin mix on it.Cool on a rack noteIf, as in our house, you find it far too long to wait for it to cool to room temperature grab some butter, cut a muffin in half, slather it on and enjoy! This is another one great for coffee morning, brunches, lunch boxes etc.

If you are desperate to bake, have linseed/Flaxseed, but have no eggs, no driver and no inclination to hop on an Ojek or Bajai then this little gem is for you. ground linseed/Flaxseed is a fabulous lesser known substitute for egg! For one egg you need 7g of ground linseed/Flaxseed, mix this with 30ml of water add when the recipe asks for egg. I can promise you will not miss the egg, I was amazed the muffins turned out perfectly! Happy Days.

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HOW TO BE A gOOD WIFE By Emma Chapman

ONE PluS ONEBy Jojo Moyes

How to be a good wife is Emma Chapman's debut novel. Described as a 'creepy little chiller' it starts off immediately with a sense of something not quite right. Marta is an empty nester with a son who has recently left home. In the very first chapter, we learn that she keeps secrets from her husband, among these her smoking. He responds passive aggressively, throwing her hidden cigarettes in the bin but never mentioning it. (later on, we find that he has secrets of his own as well.)

The marriage is shown to be increasingly dysfunctional, in no small part due to the influence of Marta's mother in law. In fact, How to be a Good Wife is the title of the book that the mother in law gives Marta as a wedding present. It's full of advice that might have come straight out of 'the Surrendered Wife' eg: "before your husband comes back, freshen your make up; put a ribbon in your hair."

As the book progresses, the sense of discord deepens; odd things begin to happen, though we are never quite sure whether things described actually happen, or are merely figments of Marta's imagination. This continues right to the end, when the reader is left to decide by himself or herself whether to believe Marta's recovered memory or her husband's version of events.

This isn't an easy read, and there's certainly no happy ending. Chapman her-self describes it as a ‘dark representation of her worst fears about what would happen to her in marriage.’ given the book, it is astonishing that she did, even-tually get married.

Soma Mitra-Chubb

Jojo Moyes is a fellow alumnus of Emma Chapman, as they both graduated from royal Holloway in london.

However, One Plus One is the antithesis of How to be A Good Wife. This is Moyes’ 12th novel and is a light romance, featuring Jess, a single parent struggling to make ends meet. Her husband has left her, Nick, her stepson is being bullied and her daughter who is intelligent but socially awkward, wants to go to a school way beyond her means.

An opportunity arises in the form a Maths Olympiad, to be held in Scotland, from which the prize money would be enough for Jess to be able to send Tanzie, the daughter, to her dream school. The only trouble is that she lacks the necessary means to travel there.

Enter her unlikely knight in shining armour; Ed, one of her clients, who has his own reasons for wanting to lie low. He offers to drive them to the Olympiad and they all – Ed, Jess, Tanzie, Nick and a big slobbery dog – set off on a road trip.

You can probably guess at how it all ends, but I can recommend this for a light bit of holiday reading.

Soma Mitra-Chubb

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WEIrD & WONDErFul NEWS

TElETuBBY gETS CHINESE TAKEAWAY

WEDDINg rINgS HANDED OuT TO TrICK Or TrEAT-ErS

EDINBurgH COuNCIl DrugS ADVICE TO PuPIlS

Only in America.This Halloween not one but TWO unlucky people lost their

wedding rings …by giving them out to trick or treaters. robert rand, a resident of Boston, said he was handing out

sweets when he lost his ring. "My wedding ring slipped off into someone's bag," he told the media. Meanwhile a Mrs Brooklin Yazzie in Arizona, says she accidentally mixed up her own wedding ring (which she had taken off while carving pumpkins) with a bag of sweets meant for visiting children. Apparently, there were plastic rings also in the bag, so it went unnoticed until end of the evening when the treats were emptied out completely.

At least it isn’t as bad as having a fish swallow your ring which has also happened to numerous people (including one Smeagol, resident of the Vales of Anduin).

Edinburgh Council has been slated for handing out a booklet with advice on drugs to school children.

The booklet was created with the city's Drug and Alcohol project and gives readers advice on taking drugs including dosage, methods and street names. It gives helpful hints such as "wash your nose after each session and use Vitamin E cream to reduce damage" when taking cocaine and to "start with half a pill" when taking MDMA.

The ‘Snapfacts’ book is directed at 13 to 25-year-olds and has been handed out to pupils at James gillespie's High School in Edinburgh. It is expected to be rolled out at other schools in the coming months

While it does detail the severe sentences for possession and supply of various drugs, it also has the aforementioned tips in a section entitled “Safety tips - if you are determined to use.”

Needless to say parents are not impressed.

And another Halloween one: A man dressed in a yellow Teletubby costume reportedly broke into his friend's house after a Halloween party and stole some Chinese food.

Pennsylvania police arrested Terez Sharek Owens , a student at a local university after hearing that he broke in to some fellow students’ flat and raided the fridge for food, dumped it in his ‘man purse’ and fled.

So the biggest question is: where did lala get the 'man bag' from? Did she steal it from Tinky Winky?

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gIANT CHOCOlATE KINg KONg

DEVON grANDMOTHEr ACCIDENTAllY grOWN CANNABIS

WOrlD’S lONgEST WEDDINg DrESS TrAIN

Diana Spencer had a wedding dress with a 25 foot long train; a Chinese bride to be has gone one better by commissioning a dress with a train that is 2.5 miles long.

Jing Mei, from Chengdu in south west China, is attempting to break the world record for longest wedding dress train with this creation which is 5 feet wide, weighs over 120 pounds and cost £4000 to make.

“It started off as a mad idea and then we thought we could actually make it happen,” she said.

Yuan, her fiancée said “It is her day, so what she says goes.”

Patricia Hewiston, a 65 year old living in Exmouth, found a mystery 5ft tall plant sprouting amongst the petunias and asked a BBC gardening programme for help in identifying it. She sent in some photographs to The Potting Shed and rang them to discuss her find.

luckily show host and gardening expert Sarah Chesters was able to easily identify the plant as...cannabis. “It is definitely a cannabis plant and therefore I’m afraid you are growing an

illegal plant” she told the grandmother of five.Her response: "Oh dear."Chesters said that the most likely source of the cannabis plant was a bird feeder hanging

above the front door. She said: “When you mention birdseed it’s not surprising as cannabis seeds are sometimes

in birdseed mixes… there are so many different seeds in there and very often, you know one of them might just germinate."

Apparently Hewiston has been told by the police that they will not prosecute her, as she grew the plant in good faith, but she has been advised " to cut it up and either compost it, take it to the police station or take it up to the local recycling centre."

This one combines two of our favourite things: chocolate and cheesy 80s movies.

This is a picture of a giant sculpture of King Kong…made entirely out of chocolate.

The four metre tall chocolate gorilla has been created by French sculptor richard Orlinski along with Jean-Paul Hevin, one of the largest chocolate makers in Paris.

The giant sculpture was exhibited at the 2014 Salon Du Chocolat, also known as the Paris Chocolate Show, held at the Chateau De Versailles.

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BWA PUB QUIZ4 octoBer 2014

Saturday 4 October saw the first ever BWA quiz conducted by husband and wife team Jim and Berni Crockford. Berni, our events coordinator and Jim, our new Quizmaster were up for the very first time and we were eagerly waiting to see what would happen. Would it be easy? Would it be hard? Would there be a karaoke round?

Jim himself has form, having been Quizmaster in his past life in Hong Kong and he didn’t disappoint. There was no karaoke round but there were several new twists. round Two was a Family Fortune style round where teams had to guess the general public’s responses to various questions (“we asked 100 people to name something that is bad for you”). There was the ‘connections’ round where all the answers were linked by a common thread. There was also a ‘wipeout’ round, where you needed to get every single answer correct, or lose all your points for the round.

The Quiz was well caliberated, with just enough of a level of difficulty for a clear winner to emerge (translation: we got well and truly trounced. Not that I’m bitter….) When the dust had settled, Tarts and Wonkers came out on top and it was all over bar the drinking.

The crowd were in a rambunctious mood with Jim struggling to make himself heard over the general chatter. The drink flowed freely, including the fantastic white sangria served up at every table. The food didn’t disappoint either – the promised pies were just right; no soggy pastry and just enough filling. unfortunately, there were no mushy peas – guess we’ll have to wait till our next visit to a uK fish and chippie for that!

Well done to Jim and Berni and thanks for a great night!Soma Mitra-Chubb

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So what’s going on?As some of you may have noticed, for the past

month we have asked you, the members, to say whether the BWA library should be sold or kept on. The vote was split with equal numbers of ticks in each column (including a suspiciously large number of ticks that ‘seemed’ to come from the same handwriting!)

However it can’t be denied that the library as it stood was rather full of old and outdated books that nobody wanted to touch, let alone read. Many were badly foxed and a few damaged as well. So the decision was taken to remove the old books and start again.

We are now in the process of reorganising and restocking the library. We already have fresh stocks of more recent and better condition books which will be constantly added to as people generally donate lots when they leave.

Having a smaller selection means that we can concentrate on quality rather than quantity, It also means that we can use the space more efficiently. We reorganising the room and removing the shelves from the wall leading to the kitchen to make room for a big members notice area and, if possible, install a mirror for the dance classes etc.

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Krakatau is one of Indonesia’s best known volcanoes. It famously exploded in 1883 with a force many times that of an atom bomb which was heard from over 4,000k away, causing most of the volcano to be completely destroyed alogn with all plants and animals in the surrounding area.

What is left today are fragments of the original volcano (Rakaka and Sedang) and a new island, ‘anak Krakatau’ which sprang up in the ocean in the early 1920s.

Our trip to Krakatau began at 3am on a Saturday morning as we set off in a car loaded with tents, sleeping bags, food, water and snorkelling equipment for our overnight camping trip. Tree hours later, we were at Anyer Marina, heading out into the open sea on a small (but safe, we were assured) boat.

It took another two hours of travelling before we saw it – rising out of the water like a perfectly shaped.

The first order of the day was to climb the volcano. As the volcano wasn’t ‘active’ we were allowed to ascend to the second level. Walking up, it as odd to see the landscape change from pine trees and scrub to what was almost like a nuclear wasteland: dead trees, blocks of yellow sulphur rock, hot ash, and black rocks

everywhere.The crater itself was hard to see, but after

nearly 40 minutes of trudging I was happy to have a rest and concentrate instead on the fabulous view of the sea around us.

Viewing over, it was time to make camp.We didn’t camp on Anak Krakatau itself (there

is some debate about whether or not you are allowed to do this) but on the nearby Sedang island. Of course ‘making camp’ consisted of me making and handing out sandwiches for a long overdue lunch while our accompanying ‘helpers’ did the real work of unloading the boats, putting up tents and creating a temporary kitchen.

The evening passed in a convivial way with a great meal of fresh prawns, rice and lots of beer. That night, we discovered something amazing: bioluminescent phytoplankton. (This is plankton which lights up under stress, glowing with a blue light) It’s something I’ve never seen before and was absolutely amazing.

The next morning we broke camp and travelled back, doing some snorkelling on the way. All too soon, we were back on the mainland, and it was time to head back to Jakarta.

Soma Mitra-Chubb

camping on krakatau

TIPS ON CAMPINg OVErNIgHT

gET A PErMIT; As Krakatau is a nature reserve, the company you are travelling with should get you all the necessary permits to stay overnight on one of the islands.PlAY IT SAFE: if you are advised not to climb too high, listen to your guide. The volcano is still very much an active one, and has been known to toss out rocks and debris along with the smoke.Forget about the MOBIlE PHONE: there was no reception anywhere near Krakatau.CArrY WATEr: even if the company you are with is responsible for providing water, you may want to take along some extra of your own.TAKE ruBBISH BAgS: it was sad to see the piles of rubbish washed up on the beaches. Take plenty of rubbish bags, and carry some away with you.EXPECT TO PAY: around rp 1-1.5million per head.

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playgroup halloween partyIt was the annual gathering of little monsters, ghouls, witches and pumpkins. Some crawled some waddled, but by hook or by crook they all made their way to the BWA house. Yes, you’ve guessed it, I’m talking about Halloween at the playgroup.

There were delicious spider cup cakes and mouth watering cheesy eyeballs.They gathered to make bats, spiders and other wonderful creepy crawlies at the arts and

crafts table whilst others sang their little lungs out during the Halloween special sing-along. Congratulations to the raffle prize winners.

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Photographs by Avril Herdon who kindly stepped in to cover the event.

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Dear AnonymousMy husband seems to be spending large

amounts of time on a website called Suka Outdoors, buying all sorts of inconsequential gadgets: last week it was a GPS watch, this week it’s novelty running shoes. I am worried that he may be developing a spending habit. What should I do?

let him. This gives you the perfect ammunition for when you, for instance, want to buy a louis Vuitton handbag instead of the usual knock-offs from Magga Dua or overspend on the lemon gin fizz.

Dear AnonymousBonfire night is coming up; how do you feel about all those people wandering around wearing your mask?

We are legion

Dear AnonymousNow that my child is a teenager, I’m really

worried about him. One keeps hearing all these stories about students in International Schools – the cyber bullying, the drug taking, the inappropriate behaviour in the changing rooms… what should I do?

Tell him to start behaving

Dear AnonymousI had an unsettling experience recently:

while out at a restaurant with a group of people, I noticed that no tip was left after we split the bill. I tried to leave a tip myself but was roundly criticised by one of my companions, who insisted that no tip be left. In desperation, I pretended to go to the loo, later slipping the bemused waitress some money as I loitered behind. What should I do next time?

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