Aley

It's good I can go home earlier today. Yes, tomorrow I'm attending the CSO (Civil Society Organization) Assessment Workshop held by UNDP. So, perhaps I can go to bed earlier tonight. We are considering to attend the workshp three of us; me, Aris and Serena. I heard that UNDP provides one sit for one organization but lets see tomorrow. Usually, it's not as strict as that. I also think to take Aris and Albert to see the FAO livelihood project if not tomorrow perhaps the day after tomorrow. I'm thinking of having a cooperation with FAO. They are just pretty good in agriculture so we can learn things from them. Besides, the guys down here are just so friendly.

I had a chat this early morning around 1 or 2 a.m. with Aleyamma. It's always great. It took almost a year didn't talk to her except that she keeps posting things in the G5 google groups so I can still have idea about her but not personnal emails until this morning we had a chat. Awsome, she's just like that; thinking fast, fresh and rebellious. I didn't know that she has a good collection pics in the web until last night she showed me. Very nice.. http://www.flickr.com/photos/aleyamma/ . She also gave me helpful link about India http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/communism.html, http://www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/Kerala.html, http://www.newint.org/issue241/model.htm http://www.indiaresource.org/news/2005/1034.html Talking to her is just gorgeous.. She tried to hook me up with Saurav, a friend of her, a journalist living in Delhi in which I think my next travel to India will be inspiring. I had no idea at all about India before, even if when i tried to do a brief search on the web last couple weeks until I chat with her. So, I'm exciting to visit India..
THANKS SO MUCH ALEY...

Itchy Eye to India

Couple weeks ago my top left eye kept itching. I knew that it was a sign but not knowing exactly what it meant. Not to mention that I believe on superstition but a lot things can’t be explained with logics. Some might call it irrational but it exists just only few explanation about that.

Back to the point. Yes, my top left eye itch and I suppose the meaning is this. I’m going to visit India in this coming March. Aruni from CA London office makes that. She organized the exposure trip on the theme of Advocacy and Gender issue. How the two issues especially gender is integrated or programming. That’s awesome. Institutionally, LPAM concerns on the issue but just doesn’t dig up the frame work of how to implement that issue on the work program. Therefore, in these two years program, there’s no any specific exploration on that. We once sent staff to SATUNAMA for understanding the issue so that she could arrange and share the frame work and things like that but somehow that never happened. It could be because that’s pretty new for her. But now, I think I’ll use this chance to do much exploration about that.. Thank you so much Aruni and India, I’M COMING.!

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This pics were taken from Ivan, Mike and Indri's visit from Christian Aid office. These pics were taken by Mike

Earth is used as the materials for blocks reducing
the use of cement, sand and stones

This technology is from Thailand introduced by Geoffrey.
It provides livelihood for the local community

Ivan made a try..

I and Ivan discussed the process of the housing reconstruction




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Returned to Nias

I returned to Nias on last Wednesday and I just felt fresh. I was sort of trapped in Medan office just because there were a lot things to do and couldn't go anywhere. But here, I feel fresh again. I went down there for monitoring and found things run smoothly. There are a lot things to do but exciting. Couple days ago Aruni from Lond gave me a call and I've just checked her email about exposure trip to India about gender and advocacy issue. That's was wonderful. I like it. Exciting. I think I will learn a lot from the Christian Aid's partners there. It must be amazing experiences.. I love it. It will be in this coming March, at the end of the month.

Those Days

I don't know.. I perhaps should be a batman.. staying up late.. but I just feel fresh working at night. Itsn't good though but hmm... Well,.. I wonder if I can afford to change that habits..

Anyway, I remember this..

My Japanese Big Dad, Takeo Odaka SMI (Sake Master International). I miss him a lot.

He's fun and I like one of the songs of his harmonica. I liked that.

Great buddies...
Yulia, Sheena, Adriana, Aleyamma, Hye Sung, Miyuki
Su Yan, Chomrouen, Miwa

Beautiful...
Adriana, Aleyamma and Su Yan

Road to Hale Kuahine.. I miss it a lot..

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Good Luck! You are on the right track. I believe you can do that as usual..
I pray for you...

Mekong, 31/12/06. Hope is always there







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thinkingofyou

Can't Sleep, thinking of you... just wonder how things goin on with you now

this pic was taken 20/10/06 in Sua Lake Japan

carla bruni days

I just love the songs. My days filled with that songs. It becomes my companion doing the works at night now. I checked on the web last night that and she's actually and Italian but really 'french'.

I'm still stuck here in Medan. I suppose to go back to Nias but I still can't do that yet. The financial matter lay down.. I can't stand on that. I might need be more patient. The problem then is I can't make any financial decision toward new plan. But well, I hope that this week that will be clear and I can return to Nias. I have an appointment with Kusnadi UNDP though to submit him the early situation for the emergency response in this Friday. Or I think I'll just ask the staff to copy the video and the pictures and give him.

This afternoon I got email from TdH Netherlands but it was just late for them having that decision. We'd be more than happy if they just decided it. But let's see...

Tomorrow, I'm going to CA office here in Medan. London office doesn't reply for my email yet. They must be reading on it and hopefully this week I get the answer.

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Warming Up

No much thing to do these days except for completing the annual report ( and still...), attending the annual meeting of Walhi Sumut, meeting with fellows there, and do little stuffs. This week's sort of warming up. But I think I'll be busy next week. Plan's shown the schedule for next weeks's meetings and there are still more pages to do for the report; narration and financial report. I have to discuss much to the finance staffs here. They are little bit slow these days.

I talked with Willy today about the proposal he wrote about the environmental issues as one of the impacts of the reconstruction over the tsunami and quake response and it seems good. There are some items needed to be improved but for the whole, that's great. I mean, he has the capability in doing that. He might just need doing that often.

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No Much These Days

No much thing to do these days except for completing the annual report ( and still...), attending the annual meeting of Walhi Sumut, meeting with fellows there, and do little stuffs. But I think I'll be busy next week. Plan's shown the schedule for next weeks's meetings and there are still more pages to do for the report; narration and financial report. I have to discuss much to the finance staffs here. They are little bit slow these days.

I talked with Willy today about the proposal he wrote about the environmental issues as one of the impacts of the reconstruction over the tsunami and quake response and it seems good. There are some items needed to be improved but for the whole, that's great. I mean, he has the capability in doing that. He might just need doing that often.

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Ay

2007.. officially... I spent my new year's eve here in Medan. And in this big town, sometimes I just feel so lonely. I don't know. It wasn't like to be used. Yesterday night I wanted to celeberate the new year eve with somebody, someone closed to me but it's little bit awkward when people gathered together but I was just here alone.. I hang around the town for a while but then I found convinience to just keep staying at home and office as well.. Trying to review my whole year in 2006 but the beer made me fall asleep at least sleepy so I didn't feel fresh to do that.

Only today I went out with Novi and her son, Jeffry, Vera and his friend Agus and Fauzul. We went to starbucks for a coffe and then for a movie. I was with Jeffrey enjoying Happy Feet. It was pretty good movie. The message was that being different was okay.. It was good yet it taught me that there'll be always someone along with you in whatsover you are. Yeah, I guess so.. Then I had meal along with Fauzul while the rest went home after the movie. I and Fauzul continued for a beer at RC. No bad music though..

2006. I reviewed a little bit my years in the 2006 and I found pretty happy in what I did along the year except for couple things just like taking TOEFL test. That's the problem of being perfectionist. I wanted to have good preparation before taking the TOEFL test but the problem then was that I wasn't consistent for the preparation. I set time for that actually, every evening before going to bed but that's it. Beer was always there along with others to end our exhausted days (or perhaps I regarded that exhausted by myself?) I don't know. But I have to change that. I am thinking of moving for another house down there... I have to have a good time management for the 2007. I have to.. In this 2007 there should a huge change in me.. should be.. at least I have to make my life balance; between working and social life. Not to say I'm getting older but I'm not getting younger either. I mean besides following my mind and my temptation, there's should be also a re-thinking over things mainly personnal life. Yeah.. Job is always there no matter what.. It will be always there..

Dragon in 2007.. What's supposed to be?