Man: I wander what that
pepesan tastes like?
Sign: Apartment of Lies (empty
pepesan) – referring to food, mostly fish, cooked in banana leafs,
pepesan kosong – "looks tasty but nothing inside", a lie or bluff.
A blame game as erupted between Jakarta officials over scores of low-cost housing apartments built over the last few years that remain unoccupied as residents refuse to move in because they still have no water or electricity.
Kompas - March 2, 2011