I unearthed a relic

While in my house in Jakarta, I like to excavate old things. Old books and journals, old photo albums, old cameras, anything that I don't get to access on a regular basis since I haven't lived here for many years. They are great for jogging my memory - or perhaps for giving me clues, especially about times or people I did not know.

The other day, I saw a cabinet filled with a tape player, an FM/AM tuner, an equalizer, a receiver - ah, so very 70s/80s, manual and analog! I assume they were my father's. What elegant pieces, I thought, not a high-end maker, surely, but knobs and buttons are manual - no remote control attached, and a decent chrome-color finish that seals that look. Dated but elegant nonetheless. Sturdy, as if when they were built they were expected to last 20-30 years. Who makes stuff like that anymore? These days our technological apparatus is made to become obsolete in 2-3 years. Why? (Rhetorical)

On top of the cabinet, there is a record player and - this is the point of my blog - on its lid there is a sticker. It cracked me up.


One guess as to which kid (out of 3) put it there.

(Not me - too masculine - and not my baby brother - not his era).