Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Tengon..My Outstanding Outrage..eh..Outreach..:)


Kulum, the last village to visit..

Sugar cane while waiting for the plane
Just like a green carpet from up above

Inside that small plane, at about 10000 feet above..COOL


Seems so close with the cotton candy...:)


Serukam from Up above





2 Generations..live in harmony..

Children who can be really happy even they live with many boundaries

Ezriweni, Pak Noga( Johny), Defrid, Om Pilatus, Titus, Me..before departing

Sister who really cares about his brother..replacing her MOM


The Plane I used to reach a very remote area here



Helping the community caring their baby

The people who carry our luggages to other village..THANKS

Standing near the waterfall across the village

Resting after 4 hours walking..(captured by local man who never knows what is a camera)

Kandik 1..near the plantation of pepper

fresh water along the journey

Local delicacy pork fermented with salt for at least month and Tuak, fermented rice to drink

I did have the water inside me even they use this to cook, drink, wash, bath and
brush...not forgotten to shit...NO CHOICE

The conqueror with the local people who are so kind helping us deliver the luggages

The pork that he got last week..the meat is still good because of the SALT

The best path that we passed

Local church...wow..i'm "amazed" by the pianist...

This village, Upas, pretty slipshod, pork shit everywhere

Education to the community

Place to wash,bath, shit..and anything

Like a dwarf next to pilot...

West borneo from 10000 feet above

Local people welcomed by gathering around the plane

They need examination, medicines, vaccinations and birth Control Injection

We watched TV together and...manual HEATER

Pfff

Finally..my turn to go Outraging was coming. I went to a remote area in West Borneo by Cessna?, a small plane which can accommodate 6 people with 400 kg of luggage. It is a nice moment to be waited for. To be in a very remote place which a bit isolated from civilization. To reach the nearest place which has a relatively complete transportation or supply store..they have to go walking like 20 hours. And they have to spend lots of money to go there. I couldn’t imagine how if I got sick and I need an urgent action. Sometime Im a bit angry if the patient came so late. But when u know the condition there..u have give a compliment to someone who has been struggling so hard to get what he wants.

After 15 minutes being 10000 feet above, I came to Kandik. This is a part of the village that consists of 5 main Kampong. Kandik 1 & 2, Upas, Pelaik and Kulum. Each Kampong separated with a path, which can be full of mud if it is raining. To reach the other Kampung, we have to walk for at about an hour. How bout the luggage? Thanks God there are people who…have a big heart to pass our luggages from 1 kampong to the nearest kampong, and they get 3 kind of medicines in return.

We help the vaccination, doing the Ante Natal care for pregnant women, examining the people and gave medicine that we brought. Limited action though, but.. it has a great impact for them.

To be there, it means that we have to live their way so we can be more connected to them and we understand what are they facing for. Sleeping in the wooden floor, eat with local rice that smells so good, eating vegetables like bamboo, Cangko leave( never had before), umbut ( kind of root), and meat. They usually eat pork. One is called bekasam, that is a pork that fermented with salt for a week to months. I don’t think I will have it again. It like putting the salt in ur mouth. I prefer putting sugar to my mouth. One that I didn’t have a chance to taste is Tempuyak, Bekasam mixed with durian and chilli. Still cant figure the taste out.

Best part so far…to bath, drink, give shit, cook, brushing, washing and anything using the water, we went to the nearest small river. Not so clear, bit yellow, but no other choice. I DID it..

And I’m still Okay now…it was a chit chat time with the local at the river..so funny…

1 comment:

Irvan Tjhin said...

wow!
it's Cessna 185 dengan registrasi PK-YMD. saat ini sudah dibongkar dan akan segera dikirim kembali ke amerika untuk melanjutkan tugasnya yang baru di sister company-nya NTM

boss...ada foto serukam dari udara ga? kalau ada boleh minta ga? thanks