It is 4 o'clock in the morning. Most people in Kemuning Hamlet in West Lombok, Indonesia, are still sound asleep. Muslimah, however, is already wide awake. The 43-year-old woman has been busy in the kitchen, preparing plecing lontong –traditional food of Lombok– to sell at the local market. "I sell plecing every day without any holiday unless I am sick. The earnings are not bad as extra income," she said, smiling.

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Muliati (37) lives in an orchard named Presak, Bonjeruk village, Jonggat, Central Lombok. The village Bonjeruk can be reached within 45 minutes by heading south with car or motorcycle from Mataram. Her tiny home surrounded by rice field spread and coconut plantation. Dragon trees and various vegetables filled the yard. We would have to pass by rice fields dike –about 250 meters away from roadway– to reach Muliati's house, with aroma of rice field mud along our footsteps.

Many houses in Sumberbulu, a small hamlet in Pendem Village, Karanganyar District, Central Java, have the same concrete gate design —down to the white-and-blue coloring. The abodes themselves look similar, with wide façades and front yards. In addition, most of the people have two things in common: rice fields and cattle.

From a distance, thick fog still envelops the pine trees in the valley of Juanda Great Forest Park. Activities begin to mark the morning in Kampong Areng, a hamlet in Cibodas Village, Lembang Subdistrict, West Java. Farmers show up at their vegetable plantations or start to attend to their cattles. It is the tenth day of January, and the faces of the people are looking more lively.

It has been five years since Mugiyati first started her chips business in Getasan, Semarang, Central Java. The 40-year-old said she was inspired by Mbah Warung where she works. Being inspired has led to running a developing business. She now sells her chips at nearby kiosks. “It’s doing pretty good. The money adds to my income,” she said.