Man: A new and luxurious building, which we do indeed need to show that... our nation is rich... our people are affluent and prosperous!
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April 2011
March 2011
Corruption, poverty, tax mafia, Century, Lapindo, judicial mafia, criminality, political intrigue, human rights, drugs, indecisive leadership, apathy, Yogyakarta polemic, comparative studies etc...
Kid: There’s no point setting your beard on fire (getting in a twist, a panic, furious) Mr, you’re the one who didn’t keep it trim and neat (to keep one’s own house in order)!
Cake tray reads: Coalition
Papers in bin read: Bank Century, tax mafia inquiry, reshuffle
1st Man: A senior official has resigned over an illegal donation...
2nd Man: So they’re serious about creating clean governance then?
1st Man: Not here, in Japan...
Headline: Japanese FM resigns.
Man: I wander what that pepesan tastes like?
Sign: Apartment of Lies (empty pepesan) – referring to food, mostly fish, cooked in banana leafs, pepesan kosong – “looks tasty but nothing inside”, a lie or bluff.
February 2011
Kid: Buruk rupah, cermin dibelah – an Indonesian proverb meaning “Blaming the wrong reason. Looking for a scapegoat”.
1st Man: When will there be a more even spread, yeah?
2nd Man: Eh, its already even...
1st Man: Ah! What’s evenly spread?
2nd Man: Corruption!
Kid: This should serve as a warning to us... if you get too settled in you’ll forget how to stand up!
Kid: Firm action isn’t just in a decree is it Dad!
Headlines read: Joint Ministerial Decree 199/2008