Ashlee Betteridge

Indonesia, babe. Honey. It’s been a year and a half since we first got together and it’s been great. There’s been tough times too, we both know it, but I’ve honestly fallen head over heels for you.

But, I’m sorry, I have to bring this up. I know it’s hard to talk about and we’ve been skirting around the issue from that first smoggy Jakarta night when we met. I’ve got to put down an ultimatum here. If we’re going to stick together, you’ve gotta do one thing for me babe. Stop trying to kill me.

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Published in the Jakarta Globe on May 4, 2010.

On MTV, there used to be a television show where claymation versions of celebrities dueled it out to the death. It was creatively titled “Celebrity Deathmatch.” Somehow, it came up in a recent conversation with a friend. And that got me thinking: What would happen if we pitted animated figurines of some of this year’s Indonesian news celebrities against each other in the boxing ring? (more…)

A humorous review of teenage socialite-model Manohara Odelia Pinot’s sinetron (soap opera).  Published in the Jakarta Globe newspaper on July 25, 2009.

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