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18 - also a rumgh pelàk owned by a policeman who doesn't live in K.S. but rents out rooms - for becak drivers + prostitutes who sell gue [bascon], often live in same house as their [?] on tauke (oversee, master) and these people considered temporary residents who come + go + numbers uncertain ("numpang lewat") - no yards - despite this a few keep ducks or chickens, or plant flowers - wood or bamboo houses paste newspapers over inside walls + whitewash to look like real walls - in larger gubuks several rooms w/ specialized functions + may have plastic sofa set in guest room, w/ table, tablecloth, plastic flowers, etc - better houses may have cupboards w/ dishes, etc. - most houses decorated w/ calendar pictures + family photos - radios everywhere in K.S.; tape recorders + TVs owned by warung owners, juragan becak + other wealthier residents - social pressure requires however, that TVs be placed so adults can look in from outside + watch and children be 19 allowed in to sit on floors + watch - in flood season may not be able to leave house to [[strikethrough]] work; hence forced to borrow from money - lenders (tukang rente) of why are many in K.S.; as can pawn valuable goods - even goods bought just a few days earlier can only be pawned for a fraction of real value - people read very little + entertainment consists of sitting in front of houses + talking w/ neighbors p81 - YPMKS office has made reading material available, but little utilized - women's dress slovenly, but a few better - off women wear simple but near clothes of middle-class type little jewelry seen children, esp. boys badly dresses a few of young men who work as drivers are more clothes conscious, wear jeans and shoes w/ high heels, etc. occasioned a gripe by the lurah who used as proof that K.S. people not so poor (i.e. why don't they leave) - communication w/in K.S. generally by word of mouth pengusus YPMKS don't always communicate what they should to the people those who know more about the YPMKS