Soekarno told of his entire life of poverty when he lived in the Cokroaminoto boarding house. “My room has no windows at all and no doors. Inside, it was so dark that I was forced to turn on the light continuously, even during the day… there was no mattress and no pillow. At that time, Surabaya was already enjoying the splendor of electric lights; every room had a fitting, and every meal payer paid extra for the lights. Only my room does not have one. I do not have the money to buy the light bulb. I studied long into the night using only a lamp. The room was small like a chicken coop” (Roem, 1972, p. 153).