not a food blog
I found a couple of red onions, tucked under regular onions, sprouting in my kitchen. I did realized them have been sprouting for quite some time, but just now I found the time (and the will) to plant them, in case there will be green onions later on.
I also took the time to tidy things up in the balcony. We are moving into a much hotter, and much much more humid, weather recently, which means some placement rotations are in due time.
She handed me the comic book, “finally! It’s a shame that the publisher didn’t make it available outside Indonesia, hahah!”
This is a comic book, Indonesian comic book, titled “Abdijiwo” by my sister.
I honestly don’t have any words to write here, other than an immense pride of having my own little sister publishing a work, her own original characters (OCs), under one of the biggest — if not, THE biggest — publishers in Indonesia. “Abdijiwo” is a fantasy comedy comic, telling a story of a boy named Surya and his soul servant (abdijiwa) named Raden, and Raden’s adventures in finding other soul servants that were scattered all over Indonesia so he could go to the afterlife. The story is peppered with Indonesia’s local lore, ghosts, and ghouls in such an entertaining way. I particularly love how her drawings follow Indonesia’s traditional designs. This work initially started as an online comic under LINE Webtoon Indonesia, which I once wrote about here: ‘Abdijiwo’ by Retno Widya
Unfortunately, the publisher didn’t continue the contract, so there is only one edition of the comic. That said, if you would like to get this comic, you can look for it on online marketplace or indie bookstores.
Also, in case you want to check the initial version of “Abdijiwo”, you can check it on LINE Webtoon Indonesia here.
I love how this song is filled with pantun (Melayu poetic form).
Berbolak balik berdolak dalik, lidah bercabang
Always twisting your words, making excuses, speaking with a forked tongue.
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Kau memang suka jaga tepi kain orang
You really love to meddle in other people’s business.
Saw this site mentioned the other day on Slack: neocities.org.
Scroll down and you will see “Featured Sites”. Never knew it brings back early 2000s, and it makes me so, so happy.
Nindya. Kapkap. she/her. Indonesian in Malaysia. Millennial. Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Lo-fi. Murder mysteries genre.
English is not my first language, my English teacher gave up on my grammar skills back in high school, and I refuse to use AI, so expect weird and confusing run-on sentences on this blog.
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