Mading, Bantul, June 3rd 2006

The second day when I was in Yogya, I went to Bantul. Dalila, my friend, and her husband Robert, asked me to spread some cash for the people who we known well that they need some helps. So, my mind just flew to the the guys who usually worked for my daddy to build or fix our houses. They were Muji family, Warsono family, and Sam family. I heard from my dad, that their house was damage.

There s no words can explain how terrible I was when we saw their house. Nothing left. But the amazing one, they keep smiling to us and said that everything just fine. What a great guys. They were in problem, but they still grateful for what they have now.

Their story almost the same. Mostly of them still lying in bed when the quakes coming. They spontaneously covered their kids from the fallen walls or roofs. All happened in a second and suddenly they were in strange world. The earths felt like moving around, up and down. They can’t do anything but thinking about their kid and other member family. Less than one minute, they only saw that sky was dark, and their house just like a big smoke. Nothing left.

Until now, they still got trauma about that quakes. They prefer to stay under then tents than go back to the building (if they have).

When I gave the money from Dalila and Robert, with a short speech that it was a sign that there were a foreign couple in USA who really care about people in Indonesia, I saw many tears was dropping from their eyes. They said thank to all of us and hope that one day they can pay back for our kindness. What a touched day.

Muji family, his uncle family, Warsono family, and Sam family, maybe not really special for other people but gave me many lesson… All just happened for a reason. When it’s happened to us, we can run away. We just need to be patient and optimist that we can pass trough all of this. We don’t need crying a lot, but a smile would make this world much better…