๐ "Nobody can take your freedom. I have lived in a dictatorship. There was a ban on everything! Was I less free in my mind? No, I wasnโt. Did I become a stupid person? No, I didnโt. Because no matter how much they looked at me, they could not get into my mind."
~ Marjane Satrapi
Our president, leader of the Republic of Indonesia, watches the poor eat their meal.
He does the watching from a lavish setting, his own plate stacked with expensive food.
Poverty as an evening's entertainment.
Semalam junet kegirangan karna kucing teras yg biasa numpang makan di tempat kami, akhirnya balik makan stlh 5 hari absen. Sedihnya, dia balik2 kurus kerontang dan kakinya pincang2. Dibawa periksa, kata dokter kemungkinan ditendang orang sampe memar.
Aku mengkonfirmasi berulang kali ke dokter, mgkn ga si ini ditabrak kendaraan? Kata dokter ga mgkn, krn ada bedanya bentuk luka abis ketabrak/lindes, dan ditendang orang. Masihnya aku berusaha positip: mgkn ketendang sapi kali (mengingat kmrn rame bgt kan mau idul adha).
โwho gave birth to me? whose fault is it that I'm like this? It was yours that I've been paying for it. People out there avoid me, they're scared of me, and they mock me but my mother is the one who truly hates me and looks down on meโฆ.Iโve never asked for this lifeโ โBig World