Adventures of Isabel

Conversation at a roadside food stall, while waiting for my tempeh to cook (imagine my half in very broken Indonesian):
Bapak:  Where are you from? Australia?
Me:  No, America.
Bapak:  Oh…Obama is from here, you know.
Me:  Yeah…
Bapak:  He lived in Menteng.
Me:  Menteng Dalam, right?
Bapak:  Yes. Practically our neighbor.
Me:  Do you know him?
Bapak:  Hahahah.  I know him.  But he [...]