The
assessment of listening and speaking for daily conversation class is
interviewing with a native speaker. I with three of my friends
(Erlin, Fitri and Putri) tried to search a native speaker in some
places in Yogyakarta. The first place was in Taman Sari Water Castle
Yogyakarta, I met Team from Liverpool England, the second place was
in Vrederburg bastion, I met Joia Döerjinio from the north of
Italia. But from both of them, I didn’t get some interesting topic,
because the time was not so well to make interview, they were also
little busy.
Mr. Team and Miss Joia
Finally,
I contacted my friend, he is foreign people who has been staying
along in Jogja. His name is Philip Boas from Netherland. I know him
because he was my client when I worked at TMC. I also often
communicate with him by text message or e-mail. I made appointment
with Mr. Philip to make an interview time. He didn’t agree that I
will come to his house in a village, because he keeps sounds of
neighbor that think negatively about him. So, he suggested coming to
my home at 10 o’clock at morning at January 9th
2012.
Before
staring interview, he gave knowledge how to learn English. He advised
me in using English well. He is a Dutch, so he also learn English to
communicate to other people in Indonesia. When he was at school he
had to look at his book because at that time his school started
experimenting how to learn English by auditory and it was made him
crazy, so he need learn about grammar by reading book. Learn English
is not enough by audio, but learn English must read some books in
order that vocabulary will be increased. He also can speak French
little bit. Actually, his wife was from French, when he lived
together with his wife had to speak French.
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| Philip Boas |
He
told his name is Philip, his family name is Boas, and so his full
name is Philip Boas. In Europe family name is so important and it is
different than in Java. Family name usually was given by father to
children who were born from complete parent, but if the children were
born only have mother, the child will bring their mother’s name. he
is about seventy years old, but he still looked fresh. If he go
anywhere he always ride bicycle, so I wonder how amazing he is. Mr.
Philip came from Netherland. Now, he is living in Jangkang village,
Widodomartani, Sleman. He has been staying in Jogja since 1989. He
got a grant a studying at ISI Yogyakarta, because there was a student
exchange to study at ISI Yogyakarta.
Before
that, in 1980 when he visited Yogyakarta firstly, he went to
Sosrowijayan. There was Batik course than could study about Batik. He
thought he can study it but actually it was not easy. He wanted to
study Batik, but it was not allowed for foreigners because Batik is
culture heritage. The people in there said that Mr. Philip had to
choose: “you can’t study Batik, but you can study painting”.
So, Mr. Philip decided that he did painting but he always searched
everywhere that he could study Batik. He had to learn about how to
handle canthing,
how coloring Batik, how boiling the wax.
Many
foreigner people were curious about Batik. They came to Indonesia
after reading a book about Indonesia and Batik. They study all about
Batik, and then they make a report about their activity and became
some books. It was same with him, Mr. Philip came to Indonesia,
looked for Indonesian people who could teach him about Batik. After
studying Batik, Mr. Philip came back to Holland, he knew how to make
Batik. However, he can’t make Batik in Holland, it was impossible
he said. Because in the cost living in Holland is very expensive and
Holland has bad climate. At least, he had some new ideas, he made a
proposal to head section at ISI that he wanted to study Batik.
Now,
his activity in Yogyakarta, he told me that he is studying the
coloring technique of Batik. He told the process of Batik now is more
difficult than before. In 1990, he always bought his wax easily, but
now it is difficult to find some sellers of the wax. Quality of the
wax now is bad, because it is not stick, easy to fell on the ground
of cloth. Because now, the process of Batik is fast, they make the
composition of Batik is not perfect, it is very suitable for fast
production but not for long production.
His
opinion about developing Batik in Indonesia he said that in 1990
Batik was not people wanted, Batik was not interesting. Now, because
the President wants to maintain the culture of Indonesia, so the
President suggests all employers wearing Batik clothes in their
activity. So, that means is a lot of demand, the production is
increasing, so many people started to do creating Batik. There are
many Batik factories in Indonesia not only in Java, but all of areas
in Indonesia creating Batik with their own characteristic. The point
unbalanced between the cost of living that is increasing all the time
and the price of product that cannot increase all the time. There is
only they can do without calculate the cost of product. However,
there were always people who love Batik as an art, they extended
creating Batik, they assume Batik as culture, develop it with new
ideas and technique.
He
said that Batik is seasonal. One day Batik will be finished, not
anymore people who create Batik because people is not interested with
Batik again. Mr. Philip hoped Batik always will be there all the time
because it is culture heritage. Before in 1990, Batik factories are
very rich, there are a lot people create Batik, not like now. We can
find factories batik rarely. Probably only 1 – 3 that still hold
out, and they combine production by printing. So, Batik is not good
quality.
He
showed me some pictures of his Batik. It was very beautiful because
he paint batik pola with freestyle, with his own style. It is
something like new idea of Batik. He put his inspiration become a
cloth of Batik. He said that he spent more than 1 year time to make
it. He never sells it or exhibits his work, because he has to keep
low profile. One day, he has said to me that his art he make because
he has to not becoming crazy. Therefore, art is no commodity but a
message to the world.
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