Sean Hynes

Weird… everything was going so well and then…

Banana Leaf Furniture from Bali… MIA on Google.

I’ve just uploaded a blog post about banana leaf furniture to Indonesia Export’s News & Updates page… it’s got perfectly good information on it. It has a picture of bananleaf furniture. It has a video of banana leaf furniture but Google can’t find it.

Usually, after posting, it takes google (and the also rans) minutes… minutes, I tell you, to index the post. This time, nothing.

Very disappointing.

Sean

Indonesians Prefer Suharto to Yudhoyono: Poll

Arientha Primanita | May 16, 2011

First Paragraph of the Jakarta Globe Story:

The common refrain of “things were better under Suharto” has been given credence in a new survey that shows the former strongman’s rule is widely preferred to the current civilian administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

The results of the poll, released on Sunday by Indo Barometer, showed that 40.9 percent of the 1,200 people surveyed believed that conditions were better under Suharto’s New Order regime, while only 22.8 percent believed otherwise.

Read on at the Jakarta Globe

…assuming you’ve spent any time in Indonesia, you’ll already know we’re a little behind on our attitude to healthcare in general and smoking in particular.

This morning’s article in the Bali Post, however, has me thinking we’re racing at full speed backwards.

http://www.thebalitimes.com/2011/04/18/in-jakarta-a-clinic-peddles-smoking-as-a-cancer-cure/

Smoking as a cancer cure? Exactly what is it you’re smoking?

Take a look and tell me what you think.

Sean

PS. Did you see what I did with assuming there? I crack myself up. Butt you already knew that.