What a productive day. We did nothing but sit, and watch our computer. Not that I complained about being unproductive. I have things that I should've done. But hehe, you know me. I'm lazy.
Anyway, what has this girl been doing? Well, besides sending some media releases and make some phone calls, I practically spend this day browsing and chatting.
Boss knew. But he seems didn't want to make a fuss out of it.
Last night we spent the night watching the DVDs I brought from home. Not the hard, artsy one, it was a dumb movie TAXI by Queen Latifiah and Jimmy Fallon. Boy, how we miss entertainment!
Three nights ago I brought boss and a guy from MK & Co. , for coffee in front of the grand mosque (the one who stood in the middle of the city of Banda Aceh) and after one cup and few slices of bread, we decided to "call it a night" (can anyone explain what the term means? Some US slang?)
Want to know how boring we are here? Here are the list of exciting things happened in the last 5 days:
* 2 earthquakes
* A BIG insect flew all over the house, we took its picture, next to my hand phone to compare its size (We're so pathetic!)
* Drank coffee
* A frog climbed on my monitor when I left it out on the porch (and we took a picture of the frog,
aaaw, kampungan gak sih!)
* Watch DVDs with my boss
* Spent the day chatting
* Organize a sweet event involving kids (top of the rank! The best thing happened this week!)
On January 26, 2005, a nine years old girl named Maggie in Minnesota USA sent a letter for children in Aceh:
Dear friend,
Hi my name is Maggie. I am sorry for what happened to your country. I have heard something about that. I hope your family and friends are OK. In church I pray for you and your family. In class we also collect money for your country. We hanged a loose bucket where children can put their money in. We also make tsunami bracelet to raise money. I also made you one, hope you like it.
I will continue to pray for you and your country at church.
Your friend,Maggie
It's just a simple letter and I bet it was an assignment from teacher or parents at school. What's so special about it?
What made it special was, the letter somehow got into the hands of president SBY, who ordered my client to make sure that this letter is replied by a child affected by tsunami of her age (
nyaho gak luh!)
So we spent hours to find a girl, who fits the above characters, to no avail. Until we passed a school near an IDP camp who accommodates children affected by tsunami (Yuck! My language is so media release, isn’t it?)
So, after all the nitty gritty things are cleared, my client delivered the letter himself to the school and get replies from two girls. The letters were so touching, even client shed tears reading it:
Third GradeKeude Bing Elementary SchoolLhoknga District, Aceh BesarAceh 23353, IndonesiaMay 16, 2005My good-hearted friends,Hello friend, my name is Nada Luthfiyyah. I am very happy and touched receiving the letter you sent.My family, father, mother and brother have gone and now I’m living with myrelative. I hope you are happy and well there. Your friend,Nada Luthfiyyah Fourth GradeKeude Bing Elementary SchoolLhoknga District, Aceh Besar My dearest friend,Hi, my name is Mulia, I am very happy for your attention to us. All my family are saved, only my father who has not returned until now, all myfriends are saved. Thank you for thinking about us. Your friend,Mulia
Of course these kind of human interest stories attract the media. Even one Kompas journalist was actually asked for a copy of Maggie's letter because a reader wanted to see it.
Aaaah, this is the time when I like my job. When things run smoothly.
PS: Here's another touching picture one of the little girl, Nada. (can't help it, the picture is too good. Leftwing, no comment, OK!) This is not the best from a batch of pictures we have, but I think I will give all the credit for the girls. They're the star here.
