Mursi and her family 2018_11_06_17_45_42
Today's post is all about Mursi and her children, Sopi and Mput, one of the families of Bantar Gebang
Here they are on the porch of their house in the area Serang, in the shadow of the uphill chain of excavators. I have been asking about the move from their very rural hometown Karawang
The father is out scavenging tonight, all night. From 4pm til 4am, non stop. Although trash picking at night presents its problems, it is easier because there are less people on the nightshift, and the heat is less at night, too. I can see them up on the hillside, their headlamps bobbing and glowing eerily in the near pitch black .
Here is some of the interview I conducted with them, as translated by Resa Boenard
LB: So she moved over here with Sopi then? .
RB: Yeah Sopi and Mbut when Mbut was about 1 years and Sopi was 3 years old. .
LB: It must have been a big decision to come over here. .
RB: yeah big decision because like in hometown it was difficult to find, to earn money, and she used to have a house, but became difficult to find money in hometown, and they decide to come to this place. And then she was explain earlier to Mattias... .
(Mursi speaks in Indonesian)
...and then, earlier to Mattias that, uh, the first time she came to Bantar Gebang it's difficult for her and her husband to adapt with the conditions and then they go to the landfill to get something there, like plastic and stuff, but it's smelly, and then they, they, they saw maggots in the landfill, and she couldn't eat for two weeks, because, because, uh, like, they feel like, ugh, gross, and maybe remember when they want to eat rice and remember the same, like, maggot size or something
[...]
RB: Good point. She mention, like, in Bantar Gebang, even easy to find money from landfill by taking stuff, but if you are lazy, and then you just stay at home, you couldn't earn any money, then you will be in hunger. Like, uh, she tried to, to, to tell us, it's not about Bantar Gebang. But about the diligence. If you diligence, and then, uh, you want to work hard, and then you can earn money. It's true. No matter what, if you lazy, how come the money will come to you?
November 12, 2018
Today's post is all about Mursi and her children, Sopi and Mput, one of the families of Bantar Gebang
Here they are on the porch of their house in the area Serang, in the shadow of the uphill chain of excavators. I have been asking about the move from their very rural hometown Karawang
The father is out scavenging tonight, all night. From 4pm til 4am, non stop. Although trash picking at night presents its problems, it is easier because there are less people on the nightshift, and the heat is less at night, too. I can see them up on the hillside, their headlamps bobbing and glowing eerily in the near pitch black .
Here is some of the interview I conducted with them, as translated by Resa Boenard
LB: So she moved over here with Sopi then? .
RB: Yeah Sopi and Mbut when Mbut was about 1 years and Sopi was 3 years old. .
LB: It must have been a big decision to come over here. .
RB: yeah big decision because like in hometown it was difficult to find, to earn money, and she used to have a house, but became difficult to find money in hometown, and they decide to come to this place. And then she was explain earlier to Mattias... .
(Mursi speaks in Indonesian)
...and then, earlier to Mattias that, uh, the first time she came to Bantar Gebang it's difficult for her and her husband to adapt with the conditions and then they go to the landfill to get something there, like plastic and stuff, but it's smelly, and then they, they, they saw maggots in the landfill, and she couldn't eat for two weeks, because, because, uh, like, they feel like, ugh, gross, and maybe remember when they want to eat rice and remember the same, like, maggot size or something
[...]
RB: Good point. She mention, like, in Bantar Gebang, even easy to find money from landfill by taking stuff, but if you are lazy, and then you just stay at home, you couldn't earn any money, then you will be in hunger. Like, uh, she tried to, to, to tell us, it's not about Bantar Gebang. But about the diligence. If you diligence, and then, uh, you want to work hard, and then you can earn money. It's true. No matter what, if you lazy, how come the money will come to you?
November 12, 2018