Flooding worsens in Muara Gembong

Heavy rains over north-western Java in January 2014 caused floodings in numerous areas in Jakarta and West Java reaching peak disturbance on Thursday, 17 January 2014. Rushing waters from denuded up stream highlands of Ciliwung, Citarum rivers, and many other waterways, plus rising sea tide, caused these average 0,5 to 2 meter deep floodings.

Muara Gembong subdistrict, around 4.698 houses were inundated by the overflow, up from 3.000 houses previously. Yet, there are still puddles (very large puddles after all...) in other areas among others Babelan and Muara Gembong Districts and Samudera Jaya Village. It was a rather scary journey.

The flood caused difficulty for volunteers to get to the refugee post. When we arrived on site, we had to send our donations using a boat. Inexperienced volunteers will not be joining for the time being.

What the uniquness of our team? It suppossed to giving mom and baby’s needs. The idea (till now – a brilliant idea- for me) is original, unique, and specific *narsis dah*. I just can’t imagine, how baby eat instant noodles or other improriate meals relating the ages , pregnant mom eat innutricious meals, etc. Keep the “colour” MBC...xixi.

*sumpah dah...random notes beudh -.-‘*

Superb happpy ^____^..I've always been waiting for 47 ronin played in Indonesia. It's been more than 2 years. Finally, the day before yesterday, I watched it myfriends. Yeeaaay.....! Chikara (Akanishi Jin) was so cool. However, I think the movie would be better if the actors and actresses speak Japanese. The expression would be more excited. In fact, they spoke English slowly, for one reason. Keep the pronounciation well. But yeah..good job \(^o^)/ ...

Why always hydrochloric acid?

F’s diary

The weather has always been cloudy, rainy, and windy these days. A new day is always a surprise for me. I never know what's going to happen whether it's good or bad. I wear a big-green daises pattern orange t-shirt, a polcadot-pinky long skirt, and a green shoes with yellow shoelace.  Clashing patterns has always been fun and we should never be scared with what others will think.. Because it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring! hehehee ;) – IMHO sometime ^^v.

Now, I more realize about mystomach ache. That wasn’t because improper time of eating nor hot meals. Doctor said: “F, your hydrochloric acid got increased.  I suggest you to eat healthy food, neither acid nor hot meals”

 But yeah, I found out. It was because of mythougts about anything which hasn’t fixed yet >,<. Luckily, I have G, whom I used to call G as lil sis. G always encourages me to have positive thinking and do as many as possible good things which can accelerate your hopes become true (aamiin ya Allah). Many people have been asking me whetherG  and I are actually siblings because I often refer G as my "lil' sis". So let me clarify, hehehe. G  is not my biological sister, but I do consider G as my own sister because G does feel like a sister to me. G has such a good, pure heart, and I love G just as much as I would love my own little sister if I had one. G understands me a lot, and vice versa. I like referring G as my sister because G means more than a friend to me, and besides, my family loves G too and I am just as close with G’sfamily too. And I've always wanted a younger sister anyway hehehe. Hope that clarifies! :)

Inspiration. The process of being mentally stimulated. To create something large(r), or meaningful. I live for inspirations, for inspirations are what move us from good to better, from better to richer in mind. Inspirations come any second. At the most unexpected situations. Random, the timing might be, but inspirations will only come with an open mind and a big heart. A mind that is willing to see and accept newness and even ugliness, so that the most irrelevant object becomes relevant, and becomes an idea that is grand and pleasant. It touches our hearts so much.

Of course, there's always a limit we can't pass. But at least, be happy and grateful first with what you already have, and try to get what you want little by little... Allah gives us energy, health, and talents. What are those things for? Of course Allah wants us to use what He already gave as good as possible! I’m so thankful for the years full of valuable lessons. So, don’t give up on your life plans and dreams. They will be so so so beautiful in the right time J. 

Versatile bag

E’s diary

Superb fun! Next Saturday I’ll go picnic with some friends. Facing and doing sooo many assignments lately made me tired and kinda no time for anything else. If it’s going to be picnic, for sure I’ll bring you, myversatile bag (vb). Dunno exactly why, myfriends love to share their stuffs inside myvb. They said the vb lighten their own bag. For me, it’s just a simple one, we’re friends, we do the same activities, and we share our stuffs. Moreover, I'm happy that we think alike when it comes about hobbies, dreams, and the meaning of life. For the upcoming picnic, 7 of myfriends wants me put some of their stuffs inside myvb. As usual, I say “だいじょぶ“- fine ^^v. Lot of stuffs are in myvb now. I’m shocking, myvb tends to bulge now, and a heavy one. Myshoulders are getting red, thou. 2 hours have passed since our departure from home. We can inhale the fresh air now and see so many ‘green’ things. They really give the best therapy for our eyes. Curiously, we open the curtain and even the window. Then, around 15 minutes later, the bus is stopped, and here we come, the green picnic spot^^. Myfriends take some of their stuffs from myvb, mostly camera. They take manypictures. Their pictures are flawless, with breathtaking sceneries, and poses that became so model-ish and fashion forward-ish. We smile and laugh together for minutes ahead. Somehow, I’m getting bored. I’m starting to look out for better venues. I don’t realize that after finding a better venue, it has taken a lot of time only with myself. One of myfriend finds me alone and tells me it’s alrealy lunch time. Geez..I don’t realize too, mystomach has played ‘a melody’ saying “fill me with food...fill me..fill me”-sounds creepy I know -.-‘. I take myfriends’ luncboxes out from myvb. And...yaiks..there’s icky liquid spilled inside mybag. I got a lil bit upset, cz myvb is myloveliest one. Besides that, myfriends don’t say anything, even just sorry. Since that ‘accident’, I keep away from them. I feel that they don’t know how I feel. They keep laughing together without realizing that I’m getting mad with them. Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the next days ahead...I never greet them. Then someday, on my table, I receive a sweet package...what else if not pretty little thing from them. I open the box, then mytears are coming out. They give me our photo that reminds me our togetherness, our fun times. They also give a note saying: “E, we’re really sorry, we did bad things for your lovely vb. We never realize that we were so mean, E’s vb really precious for us, had given so many useful things for us. But we didn’t keep yourvb well. Besides that, we didn’t keep your feeling of treasuring vb so much”..Sweetest thing ever, friendship ^^.

I am happy today because I realized one thing. Or few things. That no matter how sad or down I feel, I always remember Allah. And instead of blaming Allah on why things aren't according to my wants, I evaluate my day and try to understand why Allah led me to another plot. I was really want, myFriends felt sorry, right after they did the wrong thing. But it was different. We all feel sad occasionally. And things never ever ever go smooth. There's always that fall when you feel like caving in and cry. But learning is the best gift in life. And without failures, we don't learn. I think, this vb is like our heart. It’s not because the heaviest stuffs or the icky liquid spilled inside myvb, but it’s about our heart, wants to welcome it or not. Hence, it feels so fun when bring them all. 

Teeny weeny? Yapz..it’s not a big deal

D’s diary

After years of not having a holiday, I have finally found that time. The time where I'll be taking 1 week off and hopefully not thinking (too much) about work and just really enjoy not doing anything hehehehe. Too bad, mom is not her with me. She had passed away. She left me alone. I (D) was still a student. Then after a couple of years, mydad remarried another woman. From the beginning, I’ve never wanna positioned her as step mom (sm). Cause it’s a sensitive case. Somehow, she likes to treat me as “cinderella”. A famous fairy tale, where the princess should (or must) do all the house chores. Moreover, the princess often scolded by the sm, either the princess makes mistake or not. I think, angry is kind of a hobby for the sm. Rarely sm feels happy when cinderella feels happy. What makes sm happy is the cinderella’s sorrow. So cruel!  

Sometimes I get too much drowned in my own sadness. Wondering “why this happen to me?” What I believe, God has created a problem with a solution. Along with a sadness, there’s a happiness. God is Kind J. I also consul about it to myclose friends. They adviced me “D, be patient..Every person has a right to say and do anything, cz he/she has the reason to say/do that, either it’s a good deed or bad deed. Remember, there’s also responsibility for it =). Don’t worry too much, you have a good intention to make it a happy ending and win-win solution for all.  You know what? you are the WINNER from beginning. Just stay the same as you, D..a kind and sweet girl”. Yeah, there’s also a good quote “there’s nobody can distract your day”. I also strenghten myworship to God, cause the happiness comes from Him ^^, so I really ask for it from His Kindness. Just as cinderella’s story..in the end, cinderella gets her happiness, both the antagonist ones become kind and married by a kind, wise, and charming prince. She lives happily ever after.. *geez* feels like I’m doing story telling to mylil niece..xixi.

Now, I've been meeting my friends and doing myfavorite things more often and I cannot be any happier..:) 

A-B B-C..A-? B-?

I'm trying to make stories. Mostly fictitious stories or half true-half fictitious stories, hehe. I write them as an alpabhet series. But actually, It's not really a strict alphabetical order series. If in one story there are a-b-c-role, so it counted as one series (not 3 series). For sure there won't be 26 series. Let's embarke with the first series:

A’s diary

 I’m a happy, energetic, and enjoyable girl student. And quite lovely (myfriends told me like that).  I spend all day with routine activities. Usually, they are playing, studying, eating, watching, facebooking, twittering, blogging, photographing, and many moooreee. Till someday, B came to myschool as a new student. Hmm..and came to mylife too. From the beginning B treated me so well. B told some words that B didn’t tell to anybody else, but me. I was just wondering, why B could give good words (special words exactly) to me-someone that B has just met. After that moment I got myeye on B. I didn’t know B knew it or not. B also treat myFriends well, but not special as B did to me. In the middle of our class hour, the teacher gives us assignment to make a discussing group. B tells me that B wants to join in the same group with me. I say “OK”. Then we do the assignment together, me, B, and another one. The assignment is making poster about friendship.  B likes to talk about B’s story while doing the assignment, and we keep on hearing it. For me, B is a new friend, so it’s just a common thing. Some of B’s story are about B’s family, B’s hobbies, B’s dream...and there’s a sort moment B tells us about B’s special story. B has someone special (called C), but C has left B with no reason. B still thinking about C often. Even B try to forget C too, more often. But still C is on B’s mind. Myfriend and me are kind of lil shock with all the efforts that B has done to C, both when they still together and apart. After that story, B tells that myfriend is a nice one, and I’m not. I just can say “helloooo....don’t you remember with your deed to me...”, for sure I shout it loud only on mymind. Myfriend feels guilty to me and gets upset to B. Cause myfriend also know about B’s special attitude to me. Myfriend still treat B in a good one. Cause yeah, B is our friend after all. I also treat them well, we’re friend after all. But yeah, it feels like there’s a knife stubbed to me. Frankly, it’s a lil bit irritate me. B is easily doing nice thing to someone, meanwhile  giving assesment to someone else as a nicer person to B, without remembering at all with the first person (kind of confuse to write this – lol ^^v). After that, I got myeye away from B. I try to give a call to myself “hey myself..you are in the right position. You didn’t even start a move like B’s doing. B was the one who started it all. And now, If B is not approching you as manytimes as before, just let’s say, ooookaaaaaaayyy..B has more friends now than before (only me). B also has a right to give assesment, and I also have a right to not accept B’s assesment. What I’ve done to B, is a common thing as a new friend”. I just got ashamed to myfriends in the class with the ‘image’ that they has given to me and B. But yeah, I convice myself again,that I’m still in good condition, and should be a good friend to everyone. I try to focus to myactivities again. Becoming happy, energetic, and enjoyable girl..and quite lovely of course.

B’s diary

I moved to a new city. I became a new student in this school, especially this class. I introduced myself to A. Hmm...and did that things to A. I was just wondering why people around us like to give their eyes to us (me and A). When I talked to A, I did assignment to A, ate together with A, asked anything to A, they kept to making smiling face, winked one of their eyes, and sssshhhuuueed each other.  I think, what I’ve done was just a common thing as a new person in new community.  I feel so regret with our last conversation, but A still doesn’t know it. I was really got involved to mystory, mymisery story. I just couldn’t set myself in the right one. And even, I didn’t give a good control with mywords. I know..I know that A got upset to me. I aware with mynice attitude to her. But yeah..I don’t brave enough to say sorry to A (Am I a ‘chicken’? no, I’m a human -.-‘). Till someday, I come to a park alone. I see A. I don’t greet A. But I take a peek to what A’s doing. A really likes photography. A takes many pictures. A keeps a sweet smile while makes a photograph. Then A has a sit at bench and eat A’s lunch. I almost cry, I couldn’t do anything to A, even just say sorry. A still treast me well, even sometimes or often, it’s like I can’t see anyone in front of me. I’m so mean anyway. I don’t this feeling, but yeah A, I want to be closer to you. I just still dont find the right time to start it again. Thaks for all your attention and kindness to me. That’s a special one for me ^^. And yeah..I’ll make you happy. Just keep enjoying your activities, smiling like before, becoming nice friend. Time will make all this process a happy one. 

mukadimah ^__*

Assalamu'alaikum wr.wb

Hi all...I'm Meilisha Putri Pertiwi. I supposed you to call me Icha :). I'm 28 years old now (wow..so many numbers after twenty..-lol-). I'm studying biology conservation in Univ of Indonesia (master degree). I plan to specialize ecotourism-science. I wanna be an expert in ecotourism. Indonesia has a great potency for it. Hope Allah Helps me to fulfill it, aamiin. I love Indonesia and Japan. I think Indonesia Japan have some similarities. Like an island country, a cullturic country, Asia (obviously Ichaaa..xixi), have a bunch of beautiful sceneries, etc. Unfortunately Indonesia doesn't get along with the diciplinaries like Japan..xixi. I also love travelling, cooking, reading, watching, doing a new thing, making friends, and collecting about Japanese. Now, holiday time. But I don't prefer to go anywhere (I dunno why). I tend to prepare for mythesis and mywedding party. Hope Allah will make them easy and great success for both of them, aamiiin. Yapz, I think that's enough for mukadimah. See u soon then... ^>*