Survivors of the Java earthquake have endured unimaginable suffering but some say they are now facing the final straw: missing out on watching the World Cup.
Avid soccer fan Faturohman, a resident of devastated Wukirsari Village in Yogyakarta's Bantul district, says the prospect is painful for him.
"Owww, I am ruined. The electricity in this area is only enough for the lights. We can't watch TV and besides that, my television set is flattened by rubble from my house," says the 19-year-old, who injured his leg while escaping the quake.
Wukirsari is among the many villages in Bantul almost totally levelled by a 6.3-magnitude quake on May 27, which killed more than 5,800 people and left more than 420,000 homeless.
The only power for lighting some 20 homes that survived the quake here is emitted feebly from a single generator.
Faturohman, whose favorite player is England star Michael Owen, says he hopes England will win.
However he says he has no idea where he and his neighbors can watch England's opening game against Paraguay today.
"People in this area really love to watch soccer games. Watching the World Cup would be entertainment for us while we are still grieving from the earthquake," Faturohman says.
His neighbor Setyo Widodo, a fellow fan, says watching World Cup would "maybe make me forget my pain" since his wife and seven-year-old son died in the quake.
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