April 5, 2016 edition
RUSTONO will never forget that special moment, some three years back, on a flight from Japan to Indonesia with his mother Paryumi. Up in the air, his mother reminisced about Rustono's life-long dream of flying.
Rustono smiled, recalling the time when, as a boy, he tended his neighbor's buffalos in a village some 25 kilometers from the town of Grobogan in Central Java. Lying on the back of a buffalo, he watched a tiny plane up in the sky. "I dreamed of flying right away," Rustono told Tempo English in an interview two weeks ago. Boy Rustono imagined himself flying to many countries.
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March 15, 2016 edition
Nani Puspasari's days have recently been hectic. "I'm in the middle of a deadline," she texted Tempo a few weeks ago, as she tended to a photo-shoot for her caf project. Most of her work has been linked to her passion, which is art. Which is why she enjoys living in Melbourne, Australia where her artwork has flourished.
Nani, 29, is fortunate that her livelihood is also a passion that has earned her awards and acknowledgements. In 2008, her paintings won the Bank of Queensland Encouragement Awards, then five years later, her illustrations were shortlisted for the Create Design Award by Desktop magazine in Melbourne. Last year, her works were also shortlisted for the 2015 Premio Combat Prize (graphic arts) in Italy. "My favorite is the Silver Illustrator Australia Award 2013," she told Tempo. It was an illustration for the cover of a book written by Indonesian writer who also lives in Melbourne, Lily Yulianti Farid, Ayahmu Bulan, Engkau Matahari (Your Father is the Moon, You are the Sun).
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February 16, 2016 edition
SHANDRA Woworuntu still remembers the day she received an email from the office of President Barrack Obama in September 2015, offering her to become a member of the US Advisory Council on Human Traffickingthe first of its kind. The email also requested for her biodata.
For a long spell, Shandra was in a state of disbelief. "I didn't even pay attention to it," recalled the 39-year-old resident of New York City three weeks ago. She sent in her data only after she was convinced that the email was indeed from the White House.
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February 2, 2016 edition