Children Of The Street (the video)

Children... suppose to be at the school, have good education and
also have fun with their school mates. But unfortunately some of children
must struggle to earn some money, just as seen on the video above.

Blue Butterfly

About Batak Tribe

ULOS is the traditional cloth of Batak's Tribe

The traditional house of Batak's tribe

The Well known Lake Toba.
The pride lake for Batak tribe and also Indonesia

Indonesia is a country with so many traditions and tribes. One of those tribes is BATAK and I'm proud to inform you that I came from this tribe. If you see the lake as seen above is the homegrown of Batak tribe, but indeed is not only around this lake where the batak tribe came from. There are some other area which are not show in this article.

As a tribe, Batak has many customs, such as the custom for wedding, mortality, etc. The clothes that showed in this picture is a clothes that we used to have in our tribe activities. We wear it by putting it on our left shoulder (man and women). The length of that clothe usually around 2,5 meters and it made from special strings. And the price is variety depends on how many colors will use or also the design.

Compare to other tribes in Indonesia, Batak people well known as a strong willing peoples. They won't give up just like before they get what they dream about. And also well known as iron willed peoples especially to bring their family (kids) to become a good people, have good education, etc. Most of Batak tribe are Christiant. Batak land was the first land where the well known evangelize Nommensen brought the Gospel.

Batak tribe also has a kind of traditional house (as seen on the picture). It made from woods and it a kind of stage house with vault under the house and usually this vault is like their barn and hedge for their livestock such as pig, cow, etc. Yes, it sounds ridiculous but that's the truth.

Look what God has done to us! Isn't it awesome? Yes, it is! Praise the Lord...

'Becak'

In my home town, Medan-Indonesia, there's a common public transportation called BECAK (three chicle). There are 2 kind of becaks, one is with machine we call it with motor chicle (or in Indonesia language 'becak bermotor' and the other one is without machine we call it with 'becak dayung' (as seen in this picture) which rein by human power.

Some years ago the non machine 'becak' was very famous. It was our favorite transportation besides the price was not too expesinve. But nowadays, this kind of transporatation slowly but suer dissapear from the circulation of public transportation in Medan. It has been changed with 'becak bermotor'. The government had planned to effacement becak dayung and change it with the machine one. The riders of 'becak dayung' have no choice so they perforce their becak dayung with the machine one although indeed it really expensive for them to buy it. But they can buy it by credit from bank or any other transportation company which prepare credit program to those who need fund aid.

Compare to the becak bermotor, becak dayung was much, much better. Why? Environment friendly! There are some of becak dayung still exist until now but very limited. We need more becak dayung, beside it's good for our environment also there are peoples will have something to do for their living rather than become a rober, thief, etc.

HOME SWEET HOME

Danny is a 9 years old boy, the only child of a rich couple. His mom and dad are very busy peoples. But however they still trying to give their little time to their son Danny by spending the weekend with Danny, but it really seldom happens. Physically they're with Danny but not with their heart. Their works took almost all the time they have, they just pretend to be right beside their only son but in fact they are not really there. Although he's only a small boy but Danny could feel that he's not totally owned his parents' heart.

One day, the parents must go abroad in the same time but different destination for their business trip. Danny was so very sad but couldn't do anything but pretended by showed his nice smile when his waving his hand to his parents before the car moved slowly and leave Danny with his nanny.

The nanny noticed that Danny was so desperate and feel lonely in the midst of luxurious stuffs that almost filled his room. Is that the TV, DVD, or computer that Danny wants but the real happiness. Then, in the following day, the nanny took Danny to her house. Her house is a humble house, really far from luxurious stuffs. There's a small living room, small kitchen, and there's no dinning room, the kitchen is the dinning room. In other side there're two bed room.

The nanny is a widow, she live with her only son named Josh. Josh is in the same age with Danny. In the first Danny was timidly but Josh asked him to play with him on the back yard while the nanny cook for their lunch. Danny so very happy. He never had a great time like this before. Although the back yard is not as beautiful and clean as the back yard in his house but Danny really don't care about it. He keep laughed and laughed and running all around the yard together with Josh until they're both got tired.

In the evening they're having a great dinner with simple foods, far from he deluxe food that Danny used to eat at his home but Danny so enjoyable to eat. After dinner, three of them have a nice chit-chat in the living room. When the time start getting late the nanny took Danny and Josh to Josh's room to sleep. There's only a bed in that room but big enough for Danny and Josh. After everything done then the nanny leave that room but when she was about to reach the door, suddenly Danny rose from the bed and run towards her and then give his best hug to the nanny and said,"Now I feel really like at home! Thanks."



Many of us lost something in understanding the meaning of HOME SWEET HOME. It's not about any treasures things, it's not about luxurious but it's about heart. The real meaning of Home Sweet Home will come from a heart of people who live in that house with love and care to each other and know how to appreciate their life. This is my opinion. If you want to share some opinions with me, please, that will be great!

Wow!

Fruitful

Life must be fruitful!