Foreign celebrities' unsuccessful childhood.

The current US President Barack Obama

The villagers laughed and said: He runs like a duck in a rice field

Every time I see Obama on TV, Djoemiati's memory goes back to a long time. The 66-year-old grandmother, who lives in Menteng Dalam, the central district of Jakarta, remembers clearly that the Democratic Illinois Senator Obama, who is running for the US presidency, "it was him, Barry Soetoro when he was a child, who started running like a duck in a rice field."

Barry was Obama's name when he was young in Jakarta. He was 6 years old 4 years ago. He lived next door to his mother Ann Dunham and his stepfather Lolo Soetoro, and Zhu Miatti. The grandmother's husband, 77-year-old Coenraad Satjakoesoemah, sold his land in Menteng Dalam with the address of Jalan Kiai Haji Ramli 16 to Rollo-Sutoro. At that time, the Rollo-Sutoro family had just moved here from Papua.

Jumiati immediately remembered the time when he met Bailey (Obama). The boy with dark skin, fat body and curly hair quickly got acquainted with the children in the village. Although he hasn't learned Indonesian yet, anyone can take him to play anything. He plays hide-and-seek, native baseball, wrestling, shooting and playing football. His favorite is running, but his posture is not beautiful. The villagers in Neimingdeng laugh at him and run like ducks in a rice field. "Because he is fat, it is funny to run."

Avant-garde behavior: snakes, lizards, turtles and monkeys are pets

His stepfather Sutoro brought some traditional decorations from Papua. "When I visited Bailey (Obama)' s house, I first saw Irian's spear from him," said Eddy Purwantoro, a 51-year-old former neighbor of Obama.

Rollo-Sutoro also brought some live animals, such as snakes, lizards, turtles, monkeys and rare birds from Papua. Bailey often shows off these pets to children. In fact, at that time, few people liked this kind of exotic pet as much as they do now. The behavior of Obama and his family was avant-garde. Another neighbor, 45-year-old Yunal Di askey Yar, described that he was frightened and angry with Bailey for putting a turtle in his face. But soon, because of a flood, Bailey's stepfather's pet disappeared without a trace, and loving Obama cried for it. Psychologists believe that children who have been exposed to pets since childhood are good at communicating with others and compassionate when they grow up, which may be verified by Obama.

I'm generous to my playmates.

The pet is gone, but Bailey's stuff keeps coming. Yunaldi, who is also a classmate with Bailey at Sekolah Dasar Ka Tolik Fransiskus Strada Asisi, said that Bailey also has very special pistol toys. Yunar Di's brother, 5-year-old Johny askey, once received a generous gift from Bailey, a toy pistol.

to zoni, Bailey, a neighbor who lives at No.16 at the end of Jalan Ramli, is really a kind and generous friend. In addition to many toy pistols that are very similar to real guns, Bailey, who was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961, also has roller skates that are envied by his neighbors. Zoni, who now runs a motorcycle repair shop in Ciganjur, South Jakarta, lamented: "At that time, it was something for rich children."

Smart, affable and the best at arithmetic

curang (cheating, playing bad), jangan ganggu (don't touch me) and jangan begitu (don't do that), these are Indonesian words that often hang on Obama's lips when he was a child. Israella Pareira Darmawan, a 64-year-old teacher at Ashixi Primary School, described his first-grade student, Obama. He said that Obama, who just entered the school, didn't have much knowledge of Indonesian vocabulary in the first few months, and it took four to five months before he could speak stuttering Indonesian. Islayla said: Obama scored only 5 points in Indonesian, but he is very good at math. He is in the top ten of most grades in the class. "This child is smart, amiable and good at communicating with others."

Help the bullied students

This female teacher still remembers that Obama often defends the skinny students from being bullied. For those students who cry because of falling, he will hold his hand to comfort them. He is the tallest in the class and likes to lead the team. If the teacher hasn't come into the classroom yet, he won't let other students come first. From 1968 to the beginning of 197, Obama studied in Axixi Primary School, then transferred to Besuki No.1 Primary School, where he studied from the third grade to the end of the fourth grade, and then moved to Hawaii to continue his education. His classmates from Basuki Primary School were founded in March this year > In 1973, classmates gathered in their primary school to support Obama's campaign for the US president. Later, the club was renamed >; . Sonni Gondokusumo, a 47-year-old classmate and now an entrepreneur, said that the name of the fan club was not appropriate.

Left-handers who worship heroes were once tied up by classmates

Sandra Sambuaga-Mongie, 47, recalled that Bailey was easy to get along with and not easy to get angry. At the same time, Widiyanto, an employee of Prima Cable Indo, Indonesia, will never forget that Bailey is left-handed. Obama often takes out photos of heroes, such as Batman and Spiderman, which are graffiti of Obama's left-handed. "He also participates in boy scouts and learns karate."

Rully Dasaad, a 48-year-old photographer, said that he and Obama are particularly iron because of their similar personalities and characteristics. At school, he is famous for being quiet for a rare moment, and the smelly sweat on his body is very choking after playing earthenware baseball. "I remember, because Obama was too noisy during the boy scout activities, he was tied up by Datong with a boy scout rope."

Like to sing the patriotic revolution and set up a presidential ambition since childhood

Lu Li also talked about Obama's bromine. In the first three months of coming to Basuki Primary School, he was full of words in music class, but since he was interested in Indonesian patriotic struggle songs, he sang very well, such as > (Maju Tak Gentar)。

what was Obama's childhood ideal? No matter his classmates in Basuki or Axixi Primary School, they racked their brains and couldn't figure it out. But only the female teacher, Isla Yila, remembers that in the third grade, a proposition was >: In his composition class, Obama wrote: "My ideal: to be president." Obama's childhood was full of colorful life. He was smart, good at communicating with others, defending his classmates, studying Indonesian hard, singing Indonesian patriotic struggle songs, using buckets to draw water from wells at home, and wearing Sarung Batik given by his stepfather.

Neighbors confirmed that they have not joined Islam

In order to prevent Obama from running for the presidency, some American media ransack boxes and chests found his sore feet. If someone once made a speech, he changed the school where Obama attended from Asisi to Asisyiah, and his neighbor Coenraad rebuked him, "In fact, there is a big difference. Asisi is a Christian school."

Eddie Bulvandoro often plays with Bailey in the mosque, especially during Ramadan. "Bailey often covers his face with a sarong and we play ninjas." But Eddie said that he had never seen Bailey pray for Islam. As far as he knows, Bailey is a Christian, and it was his stepfather Sutoro who entered Islam. At the most tense moment of the US presidential election, Kunrat and other neighbors, classmates and teachers earnestly hope that their proud "paddy duck" Obama can successfully become the owner of the White House. Kunrat said that if this dream comes true, it will be "Minden residents in Jakarta, becoming the president of the United States for the first time."