Things A Korean Wife Misses about Indonesia

  1. J.CO: a local donut brand that ~ they say ~ is not less delicious than top donut brands from western countries.
  2. Kerupuk or cracker. She’s not the only foreigner that misses cracker. Usually it’s quite surprising for Indonesians.
  3. Sambal or red pepper sauce. Spicy food is usually a terrible thing for foreigners, especially the newcomers. But after living sometime in Indonesia many foreigners eventually love spicy food.
  4. Indonesian people. He said they’re “very friendly” (really?).

New Rumor: “The Republic of Indonesia” Never Got Colonized? πŸ€”πŸ˜…

Indonesia before the independence day ~ August 17th, 1945 ~ was kingdoms in various areas, till those kingdoms decided to unite under ~ maybe ~ the ‘charms’ of Sukarno as a charismatic leader.

They used to say “Indonesia got colonized by Dutch for 350 years” as written in history books. Lately some people said “not really 350 years, there were always independent kingdoms as well as fights for freedom during that era.

And the most peculiar opinion I’ve ever heard is: “The so called ‘The Republic of Indonesia’ never got colonized, it’s the INDONESIA’S PEOPLE that were colonized”.

Perhaps the meaning of “The Republic of Indonesia” refers to some ‘true rulers’ that were not necessarily manifest before public eyes. “Shadow government” or maybe a “Saint”, or whatever they were called.

This “Republic” gave permission to Dutch, Spain, France, Portuguese to rule over kingdoms back then. What for?

This is a job for historians to answer it: Is there really such “Republic”? If really so, why did they give permission for foreigners to take control on various kingdoms in old Indonesia?

Was it for fixing the people’s mentality? Or was it for realizing a history’s plot?

Time to unlock what’s been hidden. πŸ‘Œ