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This is about an expat's nine year stay in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The names of people and institutions are inventions. A completed version, with longer chapters, appears at http://jakarta-kid.blogspot.com/

1. JAKARTA: SIX DEGREES SOUTH

Why Indonesia?

Adventure, discovery, love, waifs and strays

One of the world's great hot steamy cities

Three bedroom house

2. NIGHT AND DAY

Gamesman's Bar

Pop Gun

The Bintang Disco

The Ranamok and the J Bar

Bogor

3. THE HILL TOWN OF BOGOR

Budi

Doctor

Carmen

Brother John

The Third World

4 THE HIGHLAND CITY OF BANDUNG

Minor scrapes on the road to Bandung

Abdul

His father's taken up with another woman

The Savoy

Where can the child stay?

5. TWO WEDDINGS

Budi

Asep and a wedding

Five star wedding

6. ONE HAND AND HIS MOTHER

Transmigration

Anne, Bob and Pauline in Menteng

7. BANGBANG ON JALAN SUDIRMAN

Dr. Joseph

What would Bangbang's parents say?

Asep and Eddy

Eddy, Budy, Piste Top Bar

8. PELABUHAN RATU GIVES ME BAD VIBES

The Staffroom

The Samudra Beach Hotel and a warung

Rachman

Budi

9 SINGAPORE AND JOHOR BARU

Singapore

Malay Singaporeans

10. FOUND IN KEBAYORAN LAMA

Dipo Hospital

Jiwa Hospital

Doctor Bahari's clinic

11. DOCTOR JOSEPH

Golden Truly supermarket

Staffroom

Min

12 THE HAVE A NICE DAY HOTEL

Eddy, Andi, Asep and a little girl

Dunia Fantasi

Daus

13. THE BOY FROM SUMATRA

Dede, Rama, Melati, Tikus, Dian

Medan Merdeka

14 THEY SHOT YOUR FATHER?

I picked up a metal chair

Wisma Utara

Hamid from Pasar Mayestic

15. A LOVER LIKES HIS LOVED ONE TO BE POOR

Chong

Love and lust

16 HAMID'S GRANNY AND IWAN'S FEET

Iwan and Chong

The road to Ciomas

17. REJECTED BY HIS FAMILY

Andi and Dian

Tejo

New driver

18. MOTHER LIVES FAR AWAY

Tejo and Harjo

Tedi

Iwan

19 FAMILY

Teluk Gong

20 BATUTULIS BABY

Baby

Fingers

21 TWO WIVES TO SUPPORT

The scent of flowers

Sani and Indra

22 SUKABUMI

Marni

Ciah and Agosto

Iwan and Hamid

British children

23 NEW HOME

Iwan

Rubbish tip

House search

Cul de sac

Hamid

24 BANTEN AND MERAK

Moving in

Banten and Merak

25 SAEPUL PUNCHES HIMSELF IN THE FACE

Conversation

Saepul

Business

How's Min?

26 PUNCAK

Chong

Could it be Chong?

Agosto and Suhartini

27 A GIRLFRIEND AGED SIXTEEN

Poster

Sani and Indra; floods; garbage mountain; Cengkare...

Girlfriend

28 ENGAGED

Visits

Dede, Oman and Nurul

29 RAMADAN

Oman and Nurul

Tom

Ramadan

Iwan; vaccination

30 ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE

Alfred Russel Wallace and Indonesia

Justice

John and Saepul

31 ALDI

Aldi and a new house

Hospital

Dosage

Attachments

32 DADANG

Bar

Wisma Utara

Iwan

Irfan

33 BOROBUDUR

Prambanan

Do these things happen in Burma?

34 OLD BATAVIA

Irfan; John

Teluk Gong Hospital

35 CIOMAS AND BALI

Bali

John and Martha

Back to Teluk Gong?

36 NIGHT CLUB

Daud

Night Club

37 POLICE

Police

38 SEXUAL HABITS

Iwan

Mustapha

Dr Joseph

39 ARRANGED MARRIAGE

Ciah

Wisnu

40. ORPHANS

Agosto and Ciah

Wisnu and Saepul

Wisnu

Sally, Agosto, Ciah, Wisnu

41 BANDUNG CONFERENCE

Wisnu

Bandung

42 THIRD WORLD

Nur in the Dipo Hospital

Wisnu and the Taman Clinic

How is Nur?

43. TB

Aisa

Business, corruption and the Dutch.



44 PRIMATES

Bangbang and Wisnu

Didi

45 SAMSU'S GARDEN

Ramadan again

Piste Top and Plato

46 AGOSTO

Bedside

Church

47. PANTI BAMBU

Asep, Mukmin, Dede, Tikus

Wisnu

Wisnu and Panti Bambu



48. TAMAN MINI

Yin and Yang

My driver, Mo

49. OYA

Video and photography