January 2005 : Shed tears ...

Tsunami in Aceh was a big hit for me. I may not come from Aceh, but Aceh is a part of my country. I still remember, when i heard about this Tsunami thing, a verse crossed to my mind. I don't know exactly where is the location of this verse, but it says something about the end of time.

"Don't be surprised when you heard about disasters everywhere ..." and i just couldn't imagine, that my country ... will experience one of it.

Sometimes i felt that, it is really not fair if i'm enjoying my 'expensive' holiday in Greece, while some of my people suffered all the hunger, cold, and sad.

I still remember that in CNN, once it says that how different is the people of Aceh in handling their condition (after tsunami) with other countries. The difference is that people of Aceh still look around on things that they could pick up and use it for their daily needs. While the other countries, they were only crying. It doesn't mean that people in Aceh didn't really care about their family who is lost or dead. They do care, but they seems also to have a will to survive.

At some point, i'm proud to be Indonesian. I'm proud to have people like them. They have sorrow, but they realized that life goes on.

I don't understand how does it happens, but for sure, this thing inspired me a lot in running my whole life.

But, for sure, i did shock and most of the time in january, i cried ... only for those people who's the victim of this Tsunami thingy ...