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Death in Jakarta
Desperate to bury his daughter, he had no money to pay for an
ambulance to take her to a nearby cemetery. So he decided to carry
her several kilometers in his cart to a Jakarta train station to
reach the town of Bogor where he had friends who could help him.
It was while he waited at the city's Tebet station, carrying his
daughters body in a sheet of cloth in his arms and still with
less than a dollar to his name,
that local vendors grew suspicious and called the police.
(International Herald Tribune)
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em,
they had already collected a few million in down payments! Their
first surprise night is scheduled for August 8, a date to
mark on your calendar. They also have a night planned 'for
women only'. 
Indonesians
Separate Conjoined Twins
The
heavy rainfall didn't stop the customers from
coming. The Space Building developers in Taman Ria had decided that our drainage pumps could be used somewhere else.
I didn't realise this until the kitchen staff started shouting
from the back that water was running into BuGils from everywhere! The level started raising rapidly and within
one hour we had almost 20 cm of water in our bar. Scary enough,
some of the
lights went off, one by one, apparently because of short circuits. The
staff tried to keep up with the rising water levels by singing Dji Sam Soe,
while emptying hundreds buckets of rainwater. It was to no avail. When Widi
was almost electrocuted by one of the two beer taps, we quickly
turned it off, leaving one tap open. It felt like the place was
falling down on me. Could this be the final day of BuGils? I
decided it was better to close the place after one customer
complained that his new expensive shoes were soaked. But just went I wanted
to inform the staff - by now all totally wet and on bare feet - they
were shouting in excitement: they found a push cart on which the
newly arrived people could jump on. Then the staff would push this little trolley
through 20 cm of water to the bar or the toilet or wherever the
guest wanted to sit. The excitement was complete. 
'Only in BuGils!' said
one customer with a happy look on his face. 'I was here when it
happened' , said another proudly. I managed to get one supervisor
from the next door project over. He glimpsed through a window
inside the bar and couldn't believe his eyes: the cafe
had turned into a large swimming pool filled with happy bule's
around the bar with their pants high rolled up and waitresses singing
and jumping behind the bar, splashing in the water. The
project developer was not keen in taking responsibility. 'Harus
lewat procedure!' (you have to follow the procedures), he
said. I hadn't expect any other answer. 'Can you not take some
action now? We are in trouble!', I asked him in desperation. He
shrugged his shoulders. 'Lewat procedure. Dan itu proses lama!
Coba aja.' (it will be a long proces, but you can try), he
said and quickly disappeared again. 
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