How many Timorese police officers does it take to change a lightbulb? None, because they're all too busy beating the snot out of civilians. This video was shot on Atauro island in November during Timor-Leste's first international sport-fishing competition. The competition was ironically part of the drive by Ramos-Horta et al to promote Timor-Leste as a country of peace, somewhere …

If there's one thing Indonesia certainly does have, it's a thriving music scene, even more so than Thailand from what I can see. I listen to as much Indonesian music as I can, especially when the music videos are played on television because they usually put the lyrics up karaoke style. It's like the law that every song in Indonesia …

Last September I decided that I wanted to learn Bahasa Indonesia. This is the first time in my that I've really tried to master a language. I learnt French and German for a few years when I was younger, but at that age I didn't care much for anything I was taught in school. After the three or four years …

I was sat on the beach in Kuta and one of those chaps selling blowpipes and bows-and-arrows stopped by. Him: Hey. You want look? Me: I have no use for a bow-and-arrow. Him: Use for decoration. See. Looks good. Me: I don't even have a home to put it in. What would I possibly do with it? Him: It's good …