Aki Abul (or ‘Gramps Abul’, 73), a veteran who fought the DI/TII rebels in the late forties/early fifties, now works as a pedicab driver in Bandung. Crossing the Braga street with a unique pedicab design, he feels that the allowance he receives as a war veteran is no longer enough to meet his needs as the head of his family. Agus Bebeng | May 2009
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“Welcome in Kemang. We, residents of Kemang, refuse to allow Kemang become an immoral place like Kuta Bali.” Protesting against the plan by the Regional Government of the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta to designate Kemang as an area for business and pleasure, on April 26, 2009, Kemang residents installed seven banners at several points along Jalan Kemang I to Jalan Kemang V. The banners will not be removed until it is clear what the plan entails. Andreas Eko Sardjono | May 2009 |
TPS, which is normally short for Tempat Pemungutan Suara (ballot chamber), should probably be Tempat Pusing Semua (everyone's headache chamber). Trying to vote for one out of 43 political party's endless candidate list can surely make your head spin. But people in Yogyakarta, has their own ways of lightening up by creating these charming chambers in Kraton. Danu Primanto| May 2009 |
Today, anyone can sell vouchers for mobile phone credits. The ketoprak vendor in Tebet, South Jakarta, even changed his cart’s name to Ketoprak.Cell. Ardi Yunanto | May 2009 |