This Morning

I could not wait to watch and hear the recent news about earthquake in Central Java, Indonesia this morning from CNN channel. I had to wait around 20 minutes to hear that news. The first news that I heard and watched from TV, I was sad but I was still fine. And the second news, I watched a lady screamed loudly because she got a surgery on her leg without anaesthetia. They are so many people could not save themselves because the earthquake hit them early in the morning when they were sleeping. Automatically my eyes were wet, I had tears on my eyes. I run to the kitchen trying to do something and keep cleaning and cleaning, hoping it could make me feel better. "Oh God, please help them", those were the words I just could say from the deep of my heart. They need more medicines and the anaesthetia stuff because around fifties patients per day who have broken legs have to get surgery. And there are still hundreds patients are still on the line waiting to get the surgery soon. I don't remember exactly how many thousands victims are waiting for the medicines because they get hard injuries. More than that around 80 thousands people waiting for the food and drinks.

My thanks appreciation to all of the people/organization/countries who have supported them in many kinds of helps, financial, food, drinks, medicine, etc. May God blesses you all and values your great help.

Coatesville, May 29th, 2006

A Conversation between a Father & his Daughter

When I was in the Elementary School, I was always proud of my father everytime he worn his white Navy uniform. He looked so strong and more handsome 10 times than usually,(he,he....). More than that I was so proud of him because he had visited many other countries when he was in his duty in Navy and went to the school in Dutch many months when my country bought a big modern war ship from there. It wasn't easy if Navy sent their personnels to study there, they should be smart like my father. I wondered what the kind of school he was graduated before he joined in Navy. This was a short conversation I made with him :

Me : Dad, may I know what the kind of formal education you were graduated
before you joined in Navy?
My father : Senior High School
Me : (I was thinking something but my father interrupted me....)
My father : That is why I want you will be graduated in Bachelor someday. You have to graduate from a formal education that is higher than me
Me : Why???
My father : Because I want my children have the higher education than their
father. And it should be like that when you have the children too.
Me : So if I will be graduated from Bachelor, how is about with my
children???
My father : Doctoral or Master Degree
Me : And my grandchildren???
My father : Professor
Me : My great grandchildren?????
My father : President
Me : (Then I was so quite, thinking how old I would be seeing my a great
grandchild becaming a President.......)

That was my a great memory between me & my Dad. That small conversation encouraged me always to do the best as I could in everything I did. Thanks, Dad.