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SAD MOVIES! I've already felt like Los Palos was my home, and my team were my real family, until one day (about a week before the camp ended), when me and eric, as usual evaluated our daily activities and wrote down the daily report… suddenly he took my QT book and wrote down his name and e mail addy, I did the same thing….. then exchanging e mail addy was followed by others, everybody wrote down their personal datas in each others' QT book.. it made me realized that…. Well, this camp wouldn't last forever…. Started from there, I've felt so sad….. But the days after, I forgot that the camp's almost ended.. because we had a lot activities to prepare the festival… Festival! Ah, , I haven't told you about festival, right? At the end of the camp, we always held an event to gather the villages' people together. In Lautem area. Both participants and village people go to Los palos, from Somoxo, Tutuala, Illilapa, Sica, Daudere and Baduro to attend the festival. (.. and in Oecussi area; people from Oesitakeno go to Abane, to attend the similar festival). There are many sport competitions that held in the morning until afternoon, and in the evening there will be art exhibition (which exhibit the art works of children who joined the peace camp from each villages) plus talent shows from each village. The Los Palos team as the 'host' have to prepare many things for the festival, and we faced so many troubles until the last minute before the event, from no transportation for the Illilapa team, to no sound system, it made all of us a lil bit nervous and forgot to smile…. But, thanks God, it ended up very well .. Yuni said ; God always work in the right time…. Anyway, all of us, may be had not felt the farewell aura yet during the festival, because everyone was so busy, but in the night, when all trucks picked the village people up from Los Palos to each villages.. aish… then it was the first Good bye, because all the participants had to stay in Los Palos… I saw many participants cried, when they waved good-bye to their village people. Argghh… there came the sad feeling again! But at that moment, I didn't really feel that, because I was still in Los Palos, and the people I love were still around….. before went to bed, I saw Mirma was terribly sad because she had to face that she's not among Somoxo's people anymore…. The day after festival was packing day, because in the night we had to leave Los Palos to Kupang… early in the morning, I saw those kids came by, and gave us little something … asked our address… aish! This was gonna be goodbye, a real one, I thought… but I tried not to be too sad, I tried to enjoy the last day… and I did…. Until, night farewell ceremony, when pendeta Albino sang a song…., I couldn't stop myself to cry……. I don't wanna go, I said to myself… but That's impossible…..Finally the bus came, and we had to leave…. Good bye,people..! Jesus hadomi ita hotu! Another sad movie ;) happened in Kupang port, when Indonesian participants from Java, with Korean and Japanese participant had to go to Bali by ship and left the Kupang's participants….. gosh, how I hate goodbyes! Okay, this is the climax of our sad movie! When we arrived in Benoa port! I and Tina were brushing our teeth in 1st deck ship's toilet, when suddenly I heard announcement that our ship almost departed to Benoa port, Bali. We both, ran as quick as we can to the upstairs…. I was stunned to see that in the 2nd deck, Everybody has prepared, packed their luggage. At that time, I've already felt something lost…., yes, because we really had to say goodbye to them…, Indonesia participants from Java, still had to continue the trip to Tanjung Perak, Surabaya. Eric kept teasing me for crying (sorry, eric… I'm such a soft and melancholy person =P)…. Then, when the ship really departed, we all went down, said goodbye, take the last pictures…. And guess what? All the Indonesian participants were gathered, and other participants sing the song called," Hari ini".. it supposed to be a happy song, but I felt this is the saddest song I've ever heard.. Hari ini kurasa bahagia Almost everybody cried…. Well, yeah…. It's very sad, after three weeks together, we had to say goodbye….. The ship slowly sailed farther from the port, I still could see you guys, I saw Kak Jay, Sang Gag's opa and Eric did those stupid dances and actions… I laughed, Geez I'm gonna miss that stupidities….. And, finally, all I could see only water….. we sailed home… the ship was empty, and so did my heart… "Where there is time to meet, there must be another time to say goodbye, if God will you all will meet again…." Suddenly I heard a voice said that, I turned back…oh, the ship's crew was already behind me.. (may be he saw me so pathetic, so he tried to cheer me up)…. Uhm, That's the wisest words that I needed for that time… wise and true.. Yes if God will, we will see each other again! |
