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Anjasmara
 When the going gets tough,
Anjasmara and wife Dian Nitami go shopping. The onetime teen heart-throb finds
that a stint of retail therapy can put a troubled mind at ease. “Both of us like
to shop, it can get pretty crazy, but Dian can still control the finances a bit
better than me,” the 31-year-old actor said at his home in Kemang, South
Jakarta. He admits to maxing out a few credit cards last year, when he was in
the hot seat after posing almost as nature intended for the Jakarta Biennale
(the notorious pink swing used in the photograph now sits in his own special
chill-out corner of his home). But his spacious house is not an ultramodern
temple paying blind homage to the latest gaudy interior design trends: An Art
Deco dresser fits in quite comfortably with bushels of padi used as decoration
in the front room. “First, I like the durability of them, the classic quality
that means they never get boring,” said Anjasmara. “And the other thing is that
as an investment, they always increase in value over time.”
FRAGRANCE: I love
cleanliness. I hate body odor, even my own. I particularly like the smell of
lavender, it helps me get rid of stress, feel more peaceful. I always use it
when I get home at the end of the day. My favorite cologne is Lolita Lempicka,
I’ve used it for the past four years. It’s not too strong yet it’s sweet.
BIKE: This type of bike is
very strong, it’s the kind used by farmers to carry their crops from the field.
I found it in Blok M. And when I was dating Dian, one day I really wanted to
meet her, so I rode my bike from my home in Cilandak (South Jakarta) to her
house in Grogol (West Jakarta). It took me an hour to get there.
BATIK: It’s part of our
cultural identity, but young people today don’t wear it, they think it is old
people’s clothes. I believe we do not have to wear it only to formal occasions,
it can be casual, too. When I wear it, I’m trying to remind people that, “This
is Indonesia you know!”
WATCH: It was a gift from
my step-mother, a Rolex GMT Master, and it was a pretty expensive possession for
me when I was young and did not have much money of my own.
RING: In 1993, when I was
still modeling, and doing shows in the regions, one of my friends bought a gold
ring from the Majapahit era. I couldn’t afford one; all I could do was look at
it and say how good it looked. But I saved up to buy one. I wear it on my
travels; it’s been with me to South Korea and Malaysia.
BAG: I made it myself, from
an idea by (batik designer) Edward Hutabarat. He made it for women only, and I
kept on asking him when he would make one for men. He never got around to it.
Eventually, I decided to do it myself.
BOOKS: At the end of
shooting Koper, (producer-director) Richard Oh gave me The Actor’s
Survival Handbook. He told me, “Here, an actor needs this”. It’s been really
useful for me, invaluable in assisting me in my work and in building my
self-confidence. As for Ramadewa, I love all the stories of the Ramayana.
I got it from one of the book vendors in Senen.
GADO-GADO: If I don’t eat
gado-gado during the week, my body starts to tell me that something is wrong.
I’ve always eaten vegetables and gado-gado since I was a kid. My favorite is
from a food cart in Wijaya, South Jakarta, that I first tried with my father
when I was about five years old.
CELL-PHONE CARD: My first
cell phone was a Motorola. I have kept my first cell-phone number card. I
continue to pay the basic service charge and the number is still active even
though I have not used it for years. I will never throw it away.
+ Bruce Emond
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