July 31, 2016

The Chinatown in Jakarta

I love to wander Jakarta’s Chinatown. Always colorful, rusting buildings, nice treats, and odd lion dancers who still think it is the new year season.

不要问我从那里来
我的故乡在远方
为什么流浪
流浪远方
流浪

Don’t ask me where I come from.
My home town is far away.
Why do you wander so far?
Wander so far?

The Chinese verse is a song called Olive Tree by San Mao

From NY times: Overlooked No More: Sanmao, ‘Wandering Writer’ Who Found Her Voice in the Desert5

Indonesia Jakarta

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