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didn't like him
now unemployed
[[left margin]]p181[[/left margin]] wife's family live nearby + close relationship 
2 of 3 kids living
doesn't want to visit own relatives till he "becomes rich" because they are all better off

6 Mbak Jaen
young woman (age 22) who formerly worked as a house servant
born to very poor family in Wonogiri; w/ parents, 8 children, 2 grandparents + several younger siblings of father, all in one tiny house
had just been in school a few days when G.30 S broke out and family never sent her back
hence completely illiterate
- at age 15 couldn't take crowded conditions at home anymore + went to Surabaya with Chinese who was looking for servants in Wonogiri.
brother of this Chinese took her to Jak, to work in cafeteria behind U. Trisakti in Grogol.
work too hard for her so after 1 mo. became servant in house of 

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another Ch. brother
after 1 yr. dissatisfied because boss' small children children naughty; [[strike out]] af [[/strike out]] heard about a job w/ a foreigner from another servant
liked this job because her foreign nyonya friendly + work load light
but at age 17 married son of servant guarding the house next door
she + her new husband stayed w/ husband's father and younger brothers in servants quarters for 3 yrs by which time Inem already had 2 babies; because quarters crowded, she + husband then moved to K.S., paying a ganti rugi of 30,000
now Inem a housewife only + husband works as a coolie bangunan
when husband gets work earns 16,000 a wk, but can go a couple weeks between jobs if bad luck
have only been back to Wonogiri once since marriage
none of brothers or sisters have followed Inem to Jak.
wants her kids to get an educ. so "won't be stupid like their mother"
- Inem rarely leaves the house, but likes