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title: "Purchases, approximately at the time of Chinese New Year"
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By no design of my own, both last year (2018 A.D.) and this (2019 A.D.)
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, I've made purchases
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that are somewhat associated with Indonesia - and specifically, batik -
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approximately
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at the time of the respective year's Chinese New Year.
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Last year, it was a button-down shirt from Kiah's Gallery
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Kiahb4tik/">
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(https://www.facebook.com/Kiahb4tik/)
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</a> - where the seller told me, "Batik is a dying art." (she also effectively
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said, if I'm not mistaken, something like, "The batik-shirt
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chooses its owner.") -
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and this year, a coin-pouch, from The Green Collective SG
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thegreencollectivesg">
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(https://www.facebook.com/thegreencollectivesg)
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</a> - maybe the designer, or maker, of the coin-pouch is from Indonesia.
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Now, what do I say about Indonesia? Or about batik?
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I just thank my god that I have the luxury of the experience of buying batik,
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while on the island of Singapore.
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