Comments on: Hearts and Minds

By: Amy @ LivinOnTheRoad

Amy @ LivinOnTheRoad — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:03:33 +0000

What a horrible story! I think you were a little too generous to the soldiers … I agree about needing a detol bath after reading that story, and I could hear your distress from hearing that story first-hand in your writing. It must have been so hard to write, but it does need to be told.

By: fauji muslim

fauji muslim — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:09:23 +0000

mom,, you should not talk about this, i told you….

By: MummyT

MummyT — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:22:38 +0000

In reply to mukuba2002.

I don’t think any of us were aware that Z was listening in. Nor, to be honest, were we aware of where it was leading. And, yes, it really brought home to me how tough it is to be a woman in Indonesia.

Interestingly, after I got groped by a man on a motorbike in Kota Ternate, which I didn’t report largely because I didn’t get the number plate, but also because it’s more trouble than it’s worth for a one-off piece of unpleasantness, I mentioned it in passing to a male Indonesian friend. He advised reporting it to the tourist office (!) so they could “work with the police to educate drivers”…

By: MummyT

MummyT — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 04:18:57 +0000

In reply to Snap. Yes, I'm sorry about that. I sort of sat on it for a while before writing it up. They don't have Sharia law: only Banda Aceh does. If they did, of course, the girls would be facing execution.

By: Snap

Snap — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:43:14 +0000

Thanks T…that was like watching some terrible porn movie, now I feel like I need a detol bath. Sharia law…don’t get me started on that!

By: mukuba2002

mukuba2002 — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 06:42:40 +0000

Indonesia is a tough place for a woman especially the ones who want to get married to foreigners. am surprised big O was comfortable talking about that stuff in front of Z