Ahmad Ismail is very much like a drunken sailor in a rocking boat on the ocean. He never imagined his life would turn out like this: he's been demoted from his position as captain of an international vessel, he's lost his monthly pay packet of US$800—equal to Rp8.8 million at an exchange rate of Rp11,000 to the US dollar—and now he's working as a porter at Tanjungpriok harbor, North Jakarta. The income of this 48-year-old has dropped