A HOUSE on Jalan Pangadegan, South Jakarta, looks unassuming. The building is old, but it has something considered luxuries to typical houses in Jakarta: a wide yard filled with lush trees and green grass, with a breeze of crisp fresh air.

Residing inside the house are Poppy Julianti and her daughter, Miranti Soetjipto-Hirschmann, a journalist. The house, for sure, was more alive in the past. Poppy and all of her siblings lived there with their parents, Soewardjo Tirtosoepono and Markamah, who resided in one of the house's pavilions.

The memory of Soewardjo, who died in 1992, is still fresh in Poppy and Miranti's mind. For years, they wrote a chronicle of Soewardjo's life story and kept and maintained all of Soewardjo's aide-mémoire: handwritten notes, letters of appreciation, and cards.

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