"GEROBAG JEPANG" or Japanese Cart. Unexpected and unannounced, there was a driver in Yogyakarta who still use this term (31/05). Referring to "gerobak" (cart; a transportation apparatus) and "Japan" (the country from which Suzuki was exported), the term was popular in the 80's to dub a pick up truck with 2-stroke engine. There also was another term invented for the object, which was "Suzuki Tronthong" (imperceptible in the photograph, but it was written on a sticker sticked to the below right corner of the pick up), referring to the thong-thong-thong sound the car makes, typical feature of 2-stroke engines. Danu Primanto | June 2010
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TRAVELING REFLEXOLOGY. In Bandung, the diminishing job vocations made an elderly man travel around town offering his reflexology service (17/6). A board was suspended on his chest, not only making him easily recognized from a distance, but also eliminating his need to shout, done by other traveling merchants, promoting the offered service along the journey. Argus Firmansah | June 2010 |
BUS STOP OR MUSHOLLA? Starting thursday (10/06), Transjakarta management separates the queue line between their male and female passangers in a number of stops, in order to avoid any sexual harassment case as happened before. But, compared to making queue separation or improving surveillance, isn't it better to arrange more frequent bus schedule since less crowded queue would decrease the chance for these harassment actors to do their condemned acts? Ardi Yunanto | Juni 2010 |
PROPERLY PROTESTING. In the settlement area surrounding a university campus at Kuningan, Jakarta, a 'protest' was written in the name of 'moralistic value' in the boarding houses' complex, which deemed more promiscious than in domestic environment (19/5). Playing 'the caring parents', the management felt the need to list an additional criteria for its prospective 'children' tenant they desire: proper female. Nugroho Budianggoro | June 2o1o |