Stayed at Mulia hotel for the first time. Foreigners dont stay at Hilton or Marriot any more. Yet its so predictable and obvious that people stay at hotels like Mulia with prayers at their lips.
Indonesia is unlike any muslim countires yet that is being threatened and fanatics are working hard to take it back to stone age. Hope they dont succeed.
Zakir has allready gone for prayers for counple of times by 3pm. Asked Effendi if he was done. He said, 'Im not an muslim'
MS: Then what are you?
Ef: Im Christian
MS: Oh, really, whats the percentage of Christians here? Your name doesnt sound like that of a Christian?
Ef: It would be less than 10%. I was not born Chiristian. My parents are Buddhist, my mom is of chinese origin. I went to a Christian school and liked the teaching of Chirsts. My teacher asked me one day if I would like to get baptised and I said yes. My parents were allriht with it. Infact my mom asks me to go to Church on sunday. Good people they are, my parent'. He said is a smile.
He is 24 yr old and agrees that finding a Christian wife would be tough for him but he knows that he would marry one if she is only Chrishtian.
Thats Indonesia to me.
Titlis, a fourth year student, our translator is also Indonesia to me. With covered head and twinlking eyes, she plans to travel to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam with nine of her friends this Dec. She earns her pocket money doing translations and plan to have little drinking party in the evening. She says her father being an artist is easy with her. She points to her friend and says that she got strict parents and giggled.
Later, I checked out her blogs and poems of hope, dream and peace.
Indonesia is unlike any muslim countires yet that is being threatened and fanatics are working hard to take it back to stone age. Hope they dont succeed.
Zakir has allready gone for prayers for counple of times by 3pm. Asked Effendi if he was done. He said, 'Im not an muslim'
MS: Then what are you?
Ef: Im Christian
MS: Oh, really, whats the percentage of Christians here? Your name doesnt sound like that of a Christian?
Ef: It would be less than 10%. I was not born Chiristian. My parents are Buddhist, my mom is of chinese origin. I went to a Christian school and liked the teaching of Chirsts. My teacher asked me one day if I would like to get baptised and I said yes. My parents were allriht with it. Infact my mom asks me to go to Church on sunday. Good people they are, my parent'. He said is a smile.
He is 24 yr old and agrees that finding a Christian wife would be tough for him but he knows that he would marry one if she is only Chrishtian.
Thats Indonesia to me.
Titlis, a fourth year student, our translator is also Indonesia to me. With covered head and twinlking eyes, she plans to travel to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam with nine of her friends this Dec. She earns her pocket money doing translations and plan to have little drinking party in the evening. She says her father being an artist is easy with her. She points to her friend and says that she got strict parents and giggled.
Later, I checked out her blogs and poems of hope, dream and peace.
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