I was born in Riau, Indonesia. Grew up in the secluded oil town of Duri. I have two sisters and many cousins. There was only one cinema in our town and it was called the Theater. To go there children had to wear their parents' IDs and stand in line for hours to watch one film before Christmas.
I had so many useful memories growing up there. They're wonderful, eerie, strange, and kind of scary at times, but grown-up scary kind of. I picked up my crayons every afternoon and drew. My first giraffe was drawn without any adult supervision and when I drew them, they were actually the size of dingos. I don't remember playing with toys, but a lot of