After the horrible tsunami of 26 December 2004 and the depression that consumed his regular customers at his bar, Jakarta barman Frederick Alloysius decided that what everyone needed was a good laugh. Fred collected hundreds of jokes from his friends and, in association with Equinox Publishing, put them together in a book. This book, The Indian Salesman and Other Jokes , will be sold and all proceeds will be given to the Singapore Association in Indonesia to rebuild schools and hospitals in the Indonesian province of Aceh.