Archive for November, 2006

New adventure

Monday, November 13th, 2006

Within 2 days, I can speak bahasa in local accent. Not really difficult, though, because the accent is quite similar with what people use in Maluku. So, I have a new game now. People will ask: "Where do you originally come from?".. And they won’t believe my answer! hehe Yes!! ;)

Suprisingly, I found that working with government is not a pain :) Maybe because I expect nothing. But my "tutor" from Jakarta who accompany my journey has been teaching me. He listens to people, polite, very positive, very patience… and he still has "THAT passion" (he is old, by the way, he became a doctor before I was born!). He whispered once, "You will run a REAL development programme. It will be different with what you had done in Maluku or Aceh". Hm, yeah, I think so. I learn a lot. Thanks so much, doc!

So, I stand up in front of the mirror. "You still young and healthy. You can make your voice heard. You can do everything you want. You are one of the luckiest people in the world"

Ok. The new adventure begins.