Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Kalimantan 13/05/08
We all looked through the family photo albums, very strange to see random photos of celebrities suddenly appear in the middle of a family holiday, some of which were bought, some of which were signed and sent via a fan club.
Ardy has been telling me about the Photoshop work that he does in his village, people will pay large sums of money for all sorts of Photoshop work from appearing in exotic locations and having their face transplanted onto celebrities’ bodies to fixing missing teeth and legs! Incredible how this has reached such remote locations. Ardy also learnt how to do makeup and hairdressing, and hires out wedding dresses which makes his services much in demand in his village. Globalisation is reaching these villages very quickly. Every single hut and dwelling has a satellite dish, everybody has a mobile phone loaded with pop music (and often porn).
