As I was walking through the Taman Sari area, a boy came out of a general store

General store in Taman Sari district in Jakarta — General store in Taman Sari district

I was walking down a road that stretched through a residential area in Jakarta. Although motorbikes were parked on the side of the road, there were hardly any cars on the road. I looked around and didn't see a bicycle taxi called becak either. The only people coming and going on the road were the locals in their normal clothes. Houses lined both sides of the road and there were shops for locals in a few places. Seeing the houses lined up beyond a general store, I thought that Japan was like this in the old days.

When I passed by the grocery store, a boy came out from inside and hurried down the street. At the end of the street stood a girl who looked to be the boy's big sister. The girl must have been waiting outside the store, numbed by the boy who was wondering what to buy. The girl who was waiting while licking candy looked angry. As far as this sister and brother were concerned, the boy was much more indecisive than the girl.

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