Asip A. Hasani The Jakarta Post Yogyakarta A 37-year-old craftsman Khoirun of Nggamblong village in Sleman regency could not stop giggling any time he is asked about eceng gondok (a water hyacinth species), a plant on which he now relies much of his living. "In the old days, I and many other local villagers here almost had hatred feeling towards this plant.