The Oldest House on Jalan Merdeka

The house at the end of Jalan Merdeka has stood there since before anyone can recall. People say it is haunted — but I believe they say that because they have never been inside. I have. The elderly woman who lives there is named Ibu Sari, and she is ninety-two years old and makes the finest klepon I have ever tasted. She showed me photographs of the same street from 1920, 1950, and 1980. The surrounding buildings changed every two...