Guess What? Megawati

What did a state leader like Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri get from journalists as a gift for her 53rd birthday last Sunday?

It's not expensive jewelry. It's not money, either.

A group of Jakarta-based journalists gave her a framed picture of her kicking a ball, marking the kick off of a friendship football game between journalists and officials of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) in 1995.

Excited to see what the journalists had given her as birthday present, the Vice President tore off the gift's wrapper and took a glance look at the picture.

Surrounded by journalists and a number of guests, Megawati (also the incumbent chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle -- the breakaway faction of PDI) immediately covered the picture with her hands.

"Aah ... what a shameful picture. I'm ashamed of it," she told the journalists, but with laughter.

The Vice President then invited the journalists to have their picture taken with her.(imn)