A Happy Trip

On September 2008, we're joined ten days tour to Turkey. Our groups was 25 people including the Tour Leader. One of elderly participants like us was Dr Hendro Haryono (68) has good sense of humor, retired from Manpower Department and his hobby after his retirement as photographer.

He was participated a photo exhibition held by Bank Indonesia and got the first winner. With his wife who is a Nnotary, Dr. Hendro joined the tour. They are having 2 kids and lived in Jakarta. He was an invalid as an accident result when educated in high school. His health is relatively good.

The tour trip city to city were conducted in 6-7 hours driving but enjoyable because the scenery is very beautiful with wide road and smooth adorned with olive and grape trees as far as eyesight. The trip was also enjoyable because Dr. Hendro always made jokes during the trip. Then we watched belly dancing Turkey's traditional dancing.

The local guide told us that the olive harvested with only shaking the tree and the ripe olive will fall. The most impressive building is a beautiful and big building that built in the fourth century which originally a Church and converted became a Mosque in fifteenth century and converted became a Museum in 1935.

Another interesting place is a Palace that change into a Museum that tell a story of history of ceramic, gold and diamond in many different shapes and another

Life waves

I Nengah Sukerna SH (61 years old) from Singaraja has two children and 5 grandkids. Both of kids are off to their own lives, one works as Sony technician in Jakarta and the other works as technician at a line cruiser at USA. Before his retirement as civil servant at Finance Dept in Ambon. When the riot occurred in Ambon, he was scared and was able to leave his office for a week. After that he was assigned to Jakarta and then 3 months later to Irian Jaya. The left hand is always shaking and getting harder and more frequently and followed by his right hand. After check up he was found out that he had Parkinson disease. After his retirement on 2003 he elected to stay in Denpasar. Even if his hands shaking he still be able to eat alone without using spoon and sleep soundly.

For his medication and treatment he sees his doctor and alternative medication. With this medication and massage therapy his shaking hands is reduced and gone completely. But if his peace of mind disturbed his shaking hands will happen again. He said his post-trauma is difficult to cure