Simple Simplicity

Being 90’s children can be said as a blessing! Yeah, 90o’s childhood was full of so many traditional games. We didn’t recognize very well such modern and hi-tech games at that time. We liked to walk for kilometers with no fear of being kidnapped. Don’t you guys remember this kinda game? What do you name this one? Jumpritan   In English it is called “hide and seek”. Well, when I was child, my friends and I called this as   “jumpritan”   (In Jepara, one of cities in Central Java). Does it sound weird? Lol. Yeah, we called so at that time. Another name might be   “delikkan” , derived from word   “ n delik”   that means “hide”, and suffix – an   to show that it is a noun. This game can be played by 2 children for minimum, but the larger number of the participants, the more exciting this game will be. The rule is, one of the children is on duty as the “victim”. He should close his eyes and counting from 1 up to 10 in a place that is found as the ...

I just had a chance to read the test result of my nephew’s who is on the first grade of primary schoo l . Sadly, I found a question which was so key-oriented. The question was as below (the real one is in Bahasa Indonesia); “ Orange is my favorite fruit . The colour of orange is... a) yellow, b) orange, c) green.” My nephew “luckily” answered option a), yellow , and his answer was correct. I can say that it was so ironic since I am sure everyone must have ever seen orange in those three colors ! Further, there is no specific description of what kind of orange that the question meant. This is not the first time I read such question. Another nephew of mine who was on fourth grade once, also got the same question type. If I am not mistaken, the question of his test was (in Bahasa Indonesia); “Mother went to the market buying... a) vegetable, b) medicine, c) shoes.” Which one is the correct answer in your opinion? My nephew chose vegetable for the answer and it was corr...