the last one

When the time finally comes, we still not believe that it comes; just like my life right now. Another 48 hours I won't be here in Vancouver anymore. Some people said what is the matter of place when we talk about family, friendship and helping people. There is no boundary anymore in connection around the world. So, I will miss you all my friends in Canada. You're the best.
In this time I want to say sorry for dellay sending the money to Indonesia for the last time. I wanted to wait for some friends who did donate in the past week. Finnally, we can gaathered $900 for the bethesda hospital staff, whose house had been destroyed by the earthquake. It is not too much for some people thought, but it is a lot and meaningfull for others. I just have an idea that if we can not save a 'the big' one, at least we try to save one even though how small it is.

This last round of sending money were comes from bunch of friends: Shawna Baldwin ,Marlene Doyle, Lisa-Rudy, Deanna, Greg, Virginia-Eric, Ibu Wil, Ellen, and I.
I will see them when I get to Yogyakarta on August 1, NEXT week ...
Thank you to all of you who help me in this effort. Special thanks to ibu Wil who hleps me a lot in this matter and other thing as well, Lynda Paterson, Robin Susanto, my rommate and also thanks to all Indonesian friends in Yogyakarta, Prapti, Endang, Rina, etc. for all the information and make this thing works, Again thank you to all of you.

Last but not least,
For no, this blog I still keep it, but for the future, I might make an other one for my placement with CUSO, so I can update what is going on and I want to hear from you as well while I am away (?)
We did it, at least we tried even a small thing.

Peace,
sigit

two more weeks

Dear Friends:
Sorry for being late to update this blog. I just want to let you know that by the end of this month I will not in Vancouver anymore. I will be in Yogyakarta early august, for CUSO placement. I will help a little in Yogya then to Flores island where my workplacement is.

Regarding the donation for Yogyakarta earthquake releif, so far we have $495 still in my vancity bank account. Thanks to Shawna, Ibu Jean, Elen, and Marlene and not to forget mbak Lisa and Mas Rudy. This donation is the third round, since the end of May 2006. Just for resume, in total we raised $ 2000 and that money I did send to Yogyakarta already. Now, the third one I am thinking I will send it sometimes next week, since there will be a gathering at my place and some friends are commited to donate.

Thanks a lot to Sheepindonesia as well to send us the update about their work in Yogyakarta. I am looking forward to see them as soon as I get there.

Hope there will be no more major natural disaster in Java island.......

an other one

What is wrong with java island and Indian ocean? I think there is nothing wrong,just the way it is. An other earthquake that trigger a tsunami just hit south part of Java island. It is reported there are 361 people dead. Mostly in the area of Pangandaran beach and Cilacap area. Pangandaran beach is located about whole day by bus and boat west of Yogyakarta. Here is an article from JP that might bring us a different perspective of seeing this natural disaster.

Indonesia's second tsunami disaster shows need for warning system
PANGANDARAN, West Java (AP): Within minutes of the earthquake, regional tsunami centers warned it had the potential to send a deadly wave speeding toward Indonesia. But the country had no way of passing the information onto those in its path until it was too late.
Indonesia was the worst hit by the 2004 tsunami, and Monday's disaster shows how unprepared the sprawling island nation remains in dealing with the threat of tsunami triggered by the awesome seismic forces that lie beneath it.
Most people at this devastated beach resort did not feel the 7.7-magnitude earthquake and few noticed the ocean receding -- a typical phenomenon before a tsunami -- because the tide was already low and the effect was not especially pronounced, local residents and tourists said Tuesday.
"The police and local officials did not give us any warning whatsoever about the tsunami," said Supratu, a fisherman.
"Suddenly this big wall of water appeared and I started screaming and running."
The earthquake struck at 3:19 p.m., and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued an alert 17 minutes later saying a tsunami was possible. The first of several waves hit Java's southern coast at around 4:15 p.m. -- nearly an hour after the temblor,witnesses said.
Indonesia initially registered the quake at under magnitude 6, and by the time government scientists realized its true power it was too late to warn government offices across the danger zone, said scientist Fauzi.
We tried to radio them "but there was no way we had the time," he said.
But even if they'd succeeded, without an automated system in place to pass the message on to villagers via loudspeakers on beaches or mobile phone text messages, the evacuation of significant numbers of people would have been unlikely.
The tsunami killed at least 339 people and destroyed hundreds of homes.
With international help, Indonesia has begun installing a tsunami warning system off Aceh province on Sumatra island, where more than 130,000 of the some 216,000 victims of the 2004 tsunami lived. It plans to roll out the system across the country of18,000 islands by 2009, officials said Tuesday.
"Setting one up is not as easy as simply lifting your hand," Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie told The Associated Press. "We are preparing one, but it is notfinished yet."
In Sumatra, two buoys have been placed in the ocean containing equipment able to detect whether a tsunami has been triggered and transmit the information to a land station. However, sirens onbeaches or in villages have yet to be set up there either.