Yang Ada Sebelum Lupa

Routers, yang katanya lulusan Hogwarts . Awalnya satu RT. Sampai mikir, becanda nih kalau kita satu penempatan. Eh taunya malah satu kecamatan. Menjadi seorang perempuan diantara dua lelaki ini kadang ada senengnya, kadang ada sebelnya. Dua lelaki yang malah lebih rewel kalau masalah makanan, kebersihan, dan baju diskon. Jadi perempuan di antara mereka kadang aku jadi harus lebih logis dan tangguh, sebentar mengesampingkan sisi 'F' yang dominannya keterlaluan. Jadi perempuan diantara mereka sudah kebal dibilang cengeng, rapuh, lemah, penakut, walaupun nyatanya cuma di bibir aja. Nyatanya yang buatin bubur waktu meriang ya mereka ini, yang kirimin paket kebahagiaan berupa seamplop surat yang isinya penguatan ya mereka, yang stand bye pasang telinga kalau keluh kesah tiba-tiba harus tumpah ya mereka, yang nungguin Ayen di kamar sebelah sampai bener-bener tidur ya mereka ini. Maklum, Ayennya penakut. Dari mulai melewati dua jembatan putus, hujan-hujanan di puncak Indomie...

Walandawe, a village where I, as PM or voluntary teacher, teach and learn for a year. Walandawe village is one of 8 villages in Routa district, Konawe regency, province of South East Sulawesi, Indonesia. Not many local people here know where this name came from since some people still use the old name, Wiwirano. Some people said Walandawe came from word Landawe means colonizer because it was used for hiding from colonializm.  For me, walandawe seems like a bowl of happiness. Because it’s similar with a bowl in the middle of niche valley where you just can see a relief of green forest which are contrast with the blue sky. In the other side, people here can be described as happiness creator in the middle of limitation: signal, electricity, market, or clinic as simple as eating river snail or o’susu in local language mixed with MSG. Even the village is categorized as small with 40 families but the diversity here is high, shown from 4 tribes live together: Tolaki as the indige...

*re-post from  http://blessed-to-give.org/teaching-to-create-happiness-in-indonesia/ Although some may say Ayendha has sacrificed a lot to teach in a remote village in Indonesia, she believes that the simplest acts can yield the best results. I’m a young Indonesian who has recently graduated from the Food Science and Technology Department in Bogor Agricultural University. Helping children is one of my greatest passions in life. On my 24th birthday, I was blessed with the opportunity from  Indonesia Mengajar  to work as a teacher in a far-off village called Walandawe, in a remote area in South East Celebes, Indonesia. Although it still forms part of the same country, Walandawe is incredibly different from the Indonesian village I was raised in. The language, landscape, social codes and ethnicity of the people are all very different to what I’m used to. The village is very small, home to only 4o families, and, since there is...