March 28, 2018

SMILES ARE MOVING Sadly, we come to the end of an era this month, with the closing of Toko Senyum, the great little second hand shop in Sri Wedari Ubud (opposite Seniman Cafe). For more than a decade, the Smile Shop has supported Yayasan Senyum – the Smile Foundation – an extraordinarily successful non-profit that […]

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February 28, 2018

CAMP CLARITY Who doesn’t want clarity in their lives? Our zany musician, singer and all round creative friend Norma Jean Belenky is inviting all of us women to an Ubud summer camp for grown ups. And it’s not just a fun vacation she’s offering – we’ll come home with clarity! Norma Jean wants each participant […]

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January 31, 2018

RIGHT TIME TO VISIT BALI – SOSA Turning ten this year, the respected international yoga organisation known as The School of Sacred Arts owes much of its success to beautiful Bali. SOSA’s founders Simone Mackay and Troy McFadden are calling on all yoga aficionados to help Bali through this challenging period. “We have a deep […]

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January 3, 2018

SEARCH INSIDE (LIKE GOOGLE) In March 2018, Hubud is bringing us the renowned Search Inside Yourself (SIY) Program – a mindfulness leadership program developed at Google to help us stretch our emotional intelligence in five key ways. Led by Google trainer/ entrepreneur Yizhao, participants will be shown how to combine mindfulness practices, neuroscience and leadership […]

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December 6, 2017

ROBIN’S HAPPY BIRTHDAY “Ibu Robin Lim” – Ubud’s CNN hero, best known for setting up birthing clinics here in Bali, and post disaster in Aceh, Haiti and the Philippines, says “middle age” is NOW our sixties. And Ibu Robin is using her new middle age marker to go world wide in her pleas for “a […]

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November 8, 2017

FAREWELL MAN OF VISION This island is rich with people who, for their own unique reasons, come Bali and stay to “make a difference”. One such extraordinary man was John Fawcett, who died recently at the age of 85.John made Bali his home about 24 years ago, after his life in Australia fell apart as […]

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October 11, 2017

PREPARING FOR THE BLAST As I write this, we’re still waiting for Mount Agung to blow his stack, and all our Balinese neighbours are praying in their temples that he won’t, or at least that he’ll be gentle with the island. Despite those prayers, the eruption may have already happened by the time you read […]

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September 13, 2017

ORGANIC SMARTS Pak Har came here a few years ago from Java to learn more about the organic movement, and is now teaching visitors, expats and local Indonesians to grow their own delicious organic fruit and veges. One of his dearest passions is that he can help Indonesian families go back to cultivating their own […]

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August 16, 2017

ISLANDS OF IMAGINATION Many extraordinary adventures start right here in Ubud. I’ll wager that Taksu Gallery’s Borneo and Bali photography workshop in November will offer you new and mesmerising experiences every single day. David Metcalf’s wealth of experience along the back roads and villages helps him immerse visitors in the real Bali that has existed […]

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July 19, 2017

COOL MUSIC AT BRIDGES Seems to be the time of year for leisurely lunches with great music. Once again, Bridges Restaurant is in the centre of things, with a great lunchtime event this month. On Sunday, July 23, their Friendly Charity Lunch supports Solemen Indonesia, a foundation that works to alleviate suffering of the disadvantaged […]

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