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How I live my everyday life...
As long as I live, I always have a servants or in Indonesian we call them pembantu, i am not intentionally being cocky.. but that's real life. It is common practice in Indonesia to have servant to help managing your household errands.
If you are commoners, at least you are hiring one, but if you are rich, you’re probably hiring more than two.
This practice has been going on from generation to generation. Some families even have servants that serve them for many years, these workers not only raise them as a child but also raise their children.
The servant's life revolve around the family they live with. The working hour is from sunrise to sunset. Their main goals is making their employer's life easier. Their job start from preparing employer's breakfast until making sure all the doors in the house are locked at night.
Back to my family, not like the lucky families who have a very loyal servants, my family have to face high turn over of servant. Mostly we have to change our servants after one to two years of working. There are various of reason regarding this high turn over, from getting higher salary from another employers until entering married life.
The servants usually take their yearly holiday at the end of moslem month of fasting to celebrate Iedul Fitri. During this holiday, loads of families are effected by the absence of their servants. During this time, all family members are responsible to several house chores, no one can escape. literally. Doing everday house chores is like a challenge for people who used to be served. Some survive from the challenge, the others choose to end this misery by hiring temporary servants, although this solution will need them to dig their wallet a little deeper.
In closing, rights and obligations of the relationship between employer and servant should be defined from the beginning to avoid disappointment from both sides. Respect to each other is a must. After all, the existence of the servant will make life easier.
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First notebook entry: Introducing myself
My first notebook will give you a glimpse recap of history of Jakarta that was taken from several sources. Please feel free to make a review or comment or simply make a correction on whatever is written on this notebook. Thank you.
The Story of Jakarta
The history of Jakarta was started more than 400 years ago. Jakarta used to be a small port situated on the estuary of Ciliwung River which was later known as Kalapa. The port was a part of Kingdom of Sunda. Later on, it was known as Sunda Kalapa. As the major port of Spices Trading in Kingdom of Sunda, the port attracted another kingdom to conquer it. It was Fatahillah, a Javanese general from Demak who was sent to invade and conquer Sunda Kalapa. After conquering the city, on June 22, 1527, Fatahillah renamed Sunda Kalapa into Jayakarta to commemorate his victory. Later on, Jayakarta was invaded by The Dutch and the name of Jayakarta was changed into Batavia. During World Ward II, the name of Batavia was changed into Jakarta by the nationalist after seizing the city from the Dutch. In 1966, Jakarta was declared as special Capital Region of jakarta.
Nowadays, Jakarta is known as the largest and most populous city in Indonesia. Jakarta strengthen itself to become world megapolitan city. Development of high rise buildings seems ubiquitous in this city. Altough, the development brings good impact for the city , it also brings the bad one , such as pollution, heavy traffic, natural disaster etc. The shifting of lifestyle also can be seen in this city. Jakarta as the economic and political capital of Indonesia attracts many domestic and international immigrants who bring their various languages, foods and customs. However, Betawi is still acknowledged as the native culture of Jakarta. In Jakarta, asian and western cultures are practised equal by the Jakartans. In Jakarta, asian and western cultures are practised equal by the Jakartans. As a closure, Jakarta is the a vibrant city that has many point a view for its citizen.
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I often hear someone says " touche", what is it exactly? and how do we use the word in sentence?
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