'Irrigation Team' from Solo
THE relaxed midday chat was interrupted several times. Eko Sulistyo's cellphone rang constantly, and he also took time replying to text messages, concentration etched on his face.
Eko let several of the calls go unanswered, but he answered most of them. He called the people he talked to kamu or bapak-informal and formal ways of addressing someone, respectively. However, during one conversation in polite Javanese, he addressed the caller as kanjeng, an honorific title. "On the 26th there will be a declaration by supporters of Jokowi's volunteer task force in Senayan," Eko told Tempo at Kafe Demang, Central Jakarta, Friday two weeks ago.
July 1, 2014
THE relaxed midday chat was interrupted several times. Eko Sulistyo's cellphone rang constantly, and he also took time replying to text messages, concentration etched on his face.
Eko let several of the calls go unanswered, but he answered most of them. He called the people he talked to kamu or bapak-informal and formal ways of addressing someone, respectively. However, during one conversation in polite Javanese, he addressed the caller as kanjen
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