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Fire Fighting: Village Style

By misterjames | Published: January 29, 2011
Yes, we shouldn’t laugh – he’s a brave man - but it IS funny.  At first I thought he was hopping because the roof was hot and they don’t have any footwear.  In fact, he’s trying to jump over a wire.  I have no information as to whether he was injured from the fall. It’s a desperate [...]
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003 Dangdut Karaoke: Ratna Antika can you Name That Tune?

By misterjames | Published: January 22, 2011
I’m fairly sure the music is by Mozart, I just can’t recall the name of the piece they’re ripping off for this song.  The title of the song is Abang Roni, if you’re interested.  Ratna Antika is quite a popular performer in Java.  As you can see in this clip, Ratna has a good strong voice and is [...]
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002 Dangdut Karaoke: Lilin Herlina – Sexy or Sedate? You Decide

By misterjames | Published: January 19, 2011
We at Aboutindo are debating the second of Joko’s personal selection of dangdut vids.  I consider Lilin Herlina to be somewhat of a ‘girl next door’ type, whereas Ana thinks she’s raunchy.  Considering she doesn’t dance at all, I thought a bit of slow tempo music would be a nice contrast after all the Dewi Persik vids [...]
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Badai di Awal Bahagia Part 10: The final battle

By misterjames | Published: January 15, 2011
Here is the first part of the final battle, where the second bad guy gets his come-uppance. And one of the good guys too. The gangsters are rather upset with Diah after what she did to Donna. She made things worse by waiting around for them to come home and starting this shoot-out. Now Rhoma and [...]
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Badai di Awal Bahagia Part 9: Cat Fight

By misterjames | Published: January 13, 2011
This film has had just about everything – kidnapping, sex slave trading, rape, child abuse, bank robbery, car chase. With this scene we can add a cat fight into the mix. It’s a sure crowd pleaser. As we can see, the girls are tired and emotional after a long day. Donna is having her [...]
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Badai di Awal Bahagia Part 8: The Show Must Go On

By misterjames | Published: January 12, 2011
This clip has a mixture of three scenes. First, we have a telephone conversation between Rhoma and his wife where he explains that he hasn’t got time to rescue their kidnapped daughter as he has an important performance tonight. Talk about heartless! Anyhow, the phone call reminds me of the first time I stayed [...]
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001 Dangdut Karaoke: Aduhai by Shinta and Arlan

By misterjames | Published: January 11, 2011
Joko gave me this and a whole bundle of other music clips when I was in Java.  I’ll upload them over the next few months. It’s a very sweet version of this very sweet song.  I don’t know anything about the performers.  As you can see, Shinta is absolutely gorgeous.  Arlan’s voice is a bit weak.  The [...]
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Badai di Awal Bahagia Part 7: Rhoma Fights the Mute Guy

By misterjames | Published: January 10, 2011
Rhoma fights for the steering wheel and they end up in a lime burning quarry.  Ana swears she hears the mute say ‘keluar’ (get out!) at :20, but I’m not so sure.  We then have a running fight (well, running as fast as you can in stilettos).  Rhoma shows he’s not above playing dirty as [...]
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Badai di Awal Bahagia Part 6: Bank Robbery Goes Bad and Slow Motion Car Chase

By misterjames | Published: January 8, 2011
This clip marks the point in the film where things start to go bad for the kidnappers.  We open with the child being held at knifepoint, which I think is a bit more security than absolutely necessary.   Rhoma tells the guys at the safe to stop filling their swags because they already have enough loot!  Next, one [...]
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Gayus Tambunan: Indonesian Prison Time is Travel Time

By misterjames | Published: January 5, 2011
Some convicts make good use of their time in prison.  They take advantage of all the free time to earn educational degrees, learn new skills, try artistic pursuits etc.  But Gayus has taken things further.  He’s using his prison time to see the world!  Not content with attending tennis tournaments in Bali, it seems Indonesia [...]
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