Great is Thy Faithfullness

I found this letter when I cleaned my house. 3 years ago, I wrote it, after I had the immersion experiment in Bantar Gebang Final Place of Garbage (Tempat Pembuangan Akhir Bantar Gebang). Our experiment was meaningful and unforgettable. We felt becoming a part of “pemulung” family. I do love our family there, Pak Denin and family. So, for me the money, and all of “world’s stuff” will be nothing if we do not "share" it to others.    Here was my reflection, during those 4 days, imagining I wrote this letters to God. Giving, sharing, even when we don’t have anything. That’s the purposes of our lives. 

Fighting the corrupt culture in the organization, held by Youth Proactive and Transparency International Indonesia May 15, 2015. Mrs. Meuthia, sociolog from Universitas Indonesia (now she is one of Pansel KPK Srikandi) was a speaker at that day. Corruption in the office or the places where we work is becoming “usual”. The mechanism has been “arranged” systematically. Corruption happened due to the character or bad moral from individual which is from the organization itself. The higher position will give the bad action, the others will follow. So, the behaviour at the top level is absolutely important. They tend to be afraid if they don’t do what their boss is doing. Mr. Ahmad Ramdani, lecturer at Bakrie University, HR practitioner from Omnividya. He told us to keep positive thinking as it is the best way for young generation, be part of the solution. When we will become “minority” in our society, what he means minority in this context is honest person. Honesty is “expensive” ...

Every March 8, we comemmorate this history day. Women are equal with men, in any aspect of life. For education, job, and for every access which they should get. I remember when I was in Norway for ISFIT, then one night in Cultural Day, the questions was about Women Day, and Karla, our friend from Peru answered this correctly, at the end we almost became a winner. Viva Ladies! And how about in Indonesia? We marked this day as a special day for all of us, not only for women but also for all of Indonesian citizens. “Kartini Day”, April 21, National Women Day of Indonesia. This year, I and kak Tanty composed tweets on Sabang Merauke twitter. This is our reflection, representing Sabang Merauke (Seribu Anak Bangsa Merantau Untuk Kembali): Setiap tanggal 21 April tentu kita ingat sosok pejuang perempuan, harapan akan kebangkitan perempuan Indonesia pd waktu silam. Ya, Kartini. Tiap tahun kita rayakan hari bersejarah ini, lagu utk mengenang Ibu Kartini kita lantunkan, perempuan Indo...

April 13 Soft Opening Indian Mission to ASEAN Today is one of India's first event as to begin a new mission to ASEAN. We have prepared everything for this event. Sending and following up all of the invitations. Here is one of the news related to our event. http://m.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/04/15/india-officially-begin-diplomatic-mission-asean.html India is set to officially begin a diplomatic mission in the ASEAN region on April 22 in a bid to boost ties with member states of what it calls a unique grouping of countries with high economic potential. Indian Ambassador to ASEAN Suresh K. Reddy said India’s relations with ASEAN were very important because of the current economic potential existing between his country and ASEAN. He said India had a robust flow of investments into Southeast Asian nations and vice versa. “Our trade is healthy,” he said on the sidelines of a soft opening of the Indian Mission to ASEAN held in Central Jakarta on Monday. Sur...

Friday, March 13th, I joined the discussion, held by Forest Watch Indonesia, Save Aru, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), If Not Us then Who, If Not Now then When. We saw how the community in ARU Islands (consists of 95 low lying islands in Maluku province) has fight for their right. Firstly, we watched movie, we saw their activities through this movie. Mika, the coordinator of Save Aru, public officer who encourage people in Aru. Mr. Mika asked blogger, photographer, musician, geographist, map analyst, to make some creation through music, blog, writings or photos about what has happened in their island in order to raise awareness, spread the news so that everybody know those problems. Mika is not afraid with the menace or the threat from the office as he is pubic servant. He fights for something he thinks it is necessary. He is not afraid of firing from his office. He keeps doing that. He often got the pressure but he keeps empowering the local communities. The people ...

February 16 2015 Dank u well Amsterdam Tussen Takk Norway for the beautiful experiences. We continue our journey. Valen will be my companion during my extend after ISFIT. We met a lot of ISFIT participants in Trondheim airport. The journey took almost 4 hours from Trondheim to Amsterdam.  We flew at 06.00 am, and we arrived at 10.00 am CET. During my journey, my companion is Mr. Dan from Oslo. He shared everything about Norway. I shared my experiences as well in Trondheim. He asked me to come again, and he will accompany me playing ski as he has some groups who usually arrange some groups for playing ski. For sure Sir, I hope I can go back to Norway someday. AMSTERDAM, WE’RE COMING : ) From Schiphol Airport, we went to Amsterdam Central Station. We stayed at Icha’s house, Indonesian student who are studying at University of Amsterdam. She lives in Spaarnsdammerstraat, so we had to take bus to get to her house. If you’re in Amsterdam, better you buy the bus ticket...