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        "id": 1393172,
        "msgid": "human-failings-1447899208",
        "date": "1998-01-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "Human failings",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Human failings One sultry hot afternoon, Mrs. Amin (not her real name) was dozing off, perhaps because the oppressive weather of Jakarta had made her sleepy. Suddenly, the telephone rang. With a yawn to suppress her drowsiness, she took the telephone receiver and said in a sleepy voice: \"Hello\". The person on the other end of the line said in an agitated voice: \"I am Mrs. Amin and want to talk to Mr. Amin, whom I had not seen for almost a month\". The unfriendly voice made Mrs. Amin wide awake.",
        "content": "<p>Human failings<\/p>\n<p>One sultry hot afternoon, Mrs. Amin (not her real name) was<br>\ndozing off, perhaps because the oppressive weather of Jakarta had<br>\nmade her sleepy.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, the telephone rang. With a yawn to suppress her<br>\ndrowsiness, she took the telephone receiver and said in a sleepy<br>\nvoice: \"Hello\". The person on the other end of the line said in<br>\nan agitated voice: \"I am Mrs. Amin and want to talk to Mr. Amin,<br>\nwhom I had not seen for almost a month\".<\/p>\n<p>The unfriendly voice made Mrs. Amin wide awake. In a tone that<br>\nbetrayed her pent-up anger, she asked for the address of the<br>\ncaller and further information. She took a taxi and went to the<br>\naddress of the woman, who protested that she was indeed Mrs.<br>\nAmin. The first Mrs. Amin was seething with anger and swore, even<br>\nthough she is a religious women.<\/p>\n<p>This has prevented her from divorcing her husband. From bits<br>\nand pieces of information I gathered from Mrs. Amin's sister, I<br>\nhave been able to compile the following story.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amin has a broiler chicken farm. At the outset, everybody<br>\nin the family took care of the farm, but as time went on the<br>\nbusiness was not lucrative as expected. This caused Mr. Amin's<br>\nsister-in-law to remark sarcastically: \"The only profits he<br>\nderived from this business are the chicken droppings.\"<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, in the neighborhood of the farm lived a family<br>\nwith a teenage daughter. Mr. Amin, basically a meek man and far<br>\nfrom being a Don Juan, fell head over heels in love with that<br>\ngirl. It was amazing that he was able to cajole the girl's family<br>\ninto accepting him as their son-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps his meekness was convincing. To cut a long story<br>\nshort, he was able to keep his secret for almost 20 years. In the<br>\nmeantime, he has been able to father four children (one died)<br>\nwith the second Mrs. Amin, and the eldest daughter is a sophomore<br>\nin high school. It is remarkable he was able to keep his secret<br>\nfor almost 20 years, even though his only daughter from his first<br>\nand legal spouse recently married a European.<\/p>\n<p>This story only proves that the spirit is strong, but the<br>\nflesh is weak.<\/p>\n<p>A. DJUANA<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta<\/p>",
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