The initial reaction when I saw his ojek (motorbike taxi) approaching me was: no, I didn’t want to hire his. It wasn’t because I didn’t like this man: a 40-something, around 155 cm-tall, broad-shouldered, overweight and long-haired, that for me he looked more like a bromocorah (bandit) than a tukang ojek (motorbike taxi driver/rider). My sentiment was even getting stronger especially when his eyes, cold and intimidating, met mine. [More...]
