December 2009
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“There are no seven wonders of the world in the eyes of a child. There are seven...”
– Walt Streightiff
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A Floating City
Operated by PELNI (National Cruising Company), this old cruiser, KM Leuser, offers various people with different intentions inside. A public cruiser is a place where people meets and interacts, almost similar with a miniature of floating city. The experience of watercraft travelling, in a longer time period, is different with a bus, train, or airplane. Passenger classing evidently attests the...
“Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.”
– Ani DiFranco
November 2009
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Death and All of Her Friends
Four women chin-wag in the middle of the sea of tombstone. Penggilingan Public Cemetery, which was previously a swampy area of East Jakarta. They came from a slum settlement on the periphery.
“There were only 10 graves and the bodies would float haphazardly during a heavy rain season”
“We had no sanitation facilities. It was normal to go around this graveyard area, so we could hide and secretly...
“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close...”
– Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)
