{"id":83189,"date":"2012-03-03T01:03:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-03T06:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/83189\/jokos-loved\/"},"modified":"2012-03-03T01:03:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-03T06:03:46","slug":"jokos-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/83189\/jokos-loved\/","title":{"rendered":"For All the Joko’s I’ve Loved Before"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Autumn of 2007, I decided to change my name.\u00a0 When I moved to Washington, I decided to use my Indonesian name, the one I was given while living there as an exchange student as my full time identity.\u00a0 It wasn\u2019t that hard of a transition as I had been using \u201cJoko\u201d as my internet pseudonym for a decade at that point.<\/font><\/p>\n

Now, as much as I call it easy, there is something rather profound about having people call and know you by an entirely new name.\u00a0 I recommend everyone change their first name at least once in their life.<\/font><\/p>\n

The name \u201cJoko\u201d is a bit unusual in Western Americanized culture.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had to put up with people pronouncing it \u201cJock-o\u201d, that being a not entirely unfamiliar American name.\u00a0 No, it\u2019s pronounced \u201cJoe Coe\u201d\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n

In any case, I am but one of many Internetly known Joko\u2019s throughout the world, and I am probably only more talented than the MOST famous Joko, the one from Germany, a celebrity on MTV of Germany and an emcee\/DJ\/producer of EuroDance techno.\u00a0 If one were to enter\u00a0 simply \u201cJoko\u201d in Google images, I\u2019m the first, but 9 of the next 10 images are of Matt Joko of Hamburg.<\/font><\/p>\n

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I dunno.\u00a0 When I see and hear\u00a0 Germans trying to sound tough even under the guise of hiphop music, I think of the world wars and NAZIS.\u00a0\u00a0 I present to you the most famous Joko in the world, Joko of Germany:
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\nSounds scarily Hitleresque don’t it?<\/p>\n

Joko in South Africa isn\u2019t a person; it\u2018s a brand of tea.\u00a0 They made one of the best commercials ever in this little gem for Joko Gold Tea.<\/font><\/p>\n


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\"\"The most important Joko, and she went by her middle name, in North America was Charlotte Joko Beck, a Zen Buddhism guru who unfortunately passed last year.\u00a0 Ironically, we lived in the same city, San Diego, for a decade and I didn\u2019t even know about her whilst we shared that locality on the time space continuum.<\/font><\/p>\n


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No blog about Joko’s would be complete without Joko of Martinique.\u00a0 Like me, this Caribbean Joko is very much involved in politics and well, hi songs are awesome.\u00a0 Perhaps the most famous Marquesian musician today, this Joko’s songs will stick with you…\u00a0 Anyone speak French can translate this for everyone?
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As I mentioned, Joko is only a strange name in American culture.\u00a0 In Indonesian culture, it\u2019s like \u201cJohn\u201d.\u00a0 Just a couple years back , both the vice-president and minister of defence, 2 of the 3 most powerful men in country, shared the first name \u201cJoko\u201d.<\/font><\/p>\n

\"\"Probably the most famous Joko in Indonesia, however, is the film director Joko Anwar.\u00a0 The Martin Scorsese of Indonesian\u00a0 film.<\/font><\/p>\n

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That said, while looking into clips for this blog, I found out about Ki Joko Goro Goro.\u00a0 I won\u2019t say anything about Mas Ki Joko Goro Goro, except ask you to watch his singing with an open mind and ear.<\/font><\/p>\n

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