Day 3: Pantai Parangtritis - Bina Siwi Orphanage (Crew DIGSMA Universitas Teknologi Malaysia)
The sky is blue, the water is strong, you are with your friends cruising along the beach. What could go wrong eh?
Falling off the ATV could go wrong!
I fell off the ATV and boy - Once down, you forget how to get up for a moment.
A pathetic moment which I will never forget
Anyway, right after that fall, with the adrenaline still high up in my
blood, I couldn't tell if I hurt myself but once the pain hits, man.
Only God knows how I deal with it during our next event.
A cool picture before the incident took place
The next event is also an event that almost brought tears to my eyes.
Ninja was chopping onions around me and all that I can do is to keep the
people that I met in prayer. We collaborate with Suara Hati,
a group of young and super awesome people who are doing work that makes
me salute them. They are a team of students from different age group
that came together to bring happiness into people lives. Their work is
to visit orphanage during the weekend and some people may say that
"Cheh, it's nothing." Nope man. That is something. They are doing
something that will have a huge impact in the children that they touch.
They are doing something that will bring back good memories not only for
them but for whoever whose fate entwine with them.
Our intention was never to arrive early but we did eventually arrived
early and I admit, it was a little awkward at first. The language, the
expectations that we have for ourselves, it is kinda stressful I would
say. I did not know what to expect from a culture so different from
ours. In my head, I was expecting that the children would not want to
talk to me at all for I speak weird Bahasa Indonesia or I might look
weird to them but.. all that change when we start shaking hands with
them.
We talked about the food, the culture, the different type of music that
we have, the movis that we have, and yesh- apparently, Upin Ipin is a
huge hit in Indonesia. If you mentioned that you are from Malaysia, be
prepared to know all about Upin Ipin. They are the Power Rangers of all
time. After some time communicating, I realized, heey, they are the
same with our kids in Malaysia. All they want is to talk and laugh and
have fun together!
That settle it! It means that all I need to do is to talk - and talking
is so much easier than dancing. *That would be my last resort in
breaking the ice*
The principle of the orphanage
We were greeted by the children playing music for us and if you were to
come into that area, blindfolded, you would not have guess what are the
background of the children are from. FYI, some of the children here are
not as lucky as the others so try to imagine the need and different
types of method of communicating to ensure that the music played by all
are flowing in the same flow. It is amazing that this group of people
can work together when trying to control 11 people for a trip can be
kinda tough at times! *winkwink*
DIGSMA crew did prepared some activity and one of it is a colouring
contest. It may be a simple contest but with this contest, we could see
the persistence of each and everyone in the room. A boy name Bakti just
puts me back in my place with his fighting spirit. Bakti is a boy who
have trouble in hearing and eyesight but his colouring is
magnificient!He manage to potray his colouring character true to itself!
It is an awe to see them putting their best in an activity that may be a
simple activity to us.
Now, let me just tell you that this place is going to produce people
with great talents in music! They are just so amazing with it and they
even have a band right now. They may be covering for people right now
but who knows in the future, Bina Siwi would be producing their own
album eh?
Coming out from this place, you may think that they are unlucky but let
me tell you something. We are the unlucky ones cause we do not
understand how happiness work. We do not understand the concept of
persistence for we always tend to give up and go for the easy way. We do
not understand the beauty of music or art as much as they do. They are
the lucky one for although they do not have what we have, they have
something that we do not have. So, what's stopping you from not giving
up? What's telling you to stop when these kids are not stopping?
You know, there's another party that helped us a lot. As mentioned
before this, we collaborate with Suara Hati but I can assure you that
99% of the work was conducted by them. We could not have make this day a
success without their crew who prepared the amazing food, the
tentative, and even manage to help DIGSMA in giving something back to
the little ones. Without them, we could not have done it and I just
wanna express my billion of thanks and gratitude to those amazing
people!
Guys, keep doing what you guys are doing! The society need more people
like you guys who are willing to go down into the field and experience
first hand of everything. Thank you so much!
#swaglife
Ouh ouh! #Indonesiancuisine coming up soon!
Nasi soto
Forgot the name of these two dishes but it is tiptop!
Although the day started off with a fall but I did had my fill of fun
towards the end of the day. I gained new friends, new insight and new
taste buds.
Day 4 coming up soon!
P/S: Don't go for the ATV unless you really want to try.
P/S/S: 6th September would officially be the starting date of the new semester.
xoxo,
eunice gm.
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