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

Remembering

Dr Arus Sembiring 70 (right),they had had worked together in a government's hospital. She had lived in Medan and has 5 children that all of them are university graduated and granted with 7 grandkids. All her brood and grandkids are living outside of Medan. Dr Arus Sembiring is a retired from Medan's Health Department Office. Her husband was a surgeon who was passed away in Jerusalem when they conducted a pilgrim journey to there. She takes her life as what life gives to her and now she is living with her maid and her chauffeur. Her daily activities are managing her clinic and exercise at home and sometimes she makes trip to visit her children and grandkids at Jakarta and Palembang. For health she suffered of herpes, but it was cured, but now has another disease that is Parkinson, even though mild level, still disrupt her comforts

Obligations

Made Tampa 71 lived in Mengui Gede, Gianyar regency has 6 children and 12 grandkids, and one of them is lived in Jakarta with his family. He likes to drink a coconut wine a bottle one day. He was a village leader for 25 years, he always went around his village and during his rounds he was always offered a glass of coffee 5 glasses. Recently he has his health deteriorated. He had operation to remove his stone bladder in 2000. his pulmonary illness is cured. What he has now are gout, high cholesterol level and diabetes and he has to diet and on medication. As former village leader, he holds an insurance card and gets free medication and doctor. His hopes are his children and grandchildren are healthy and able to support their parent. Currently he only able to consume porridge

To Lighten The Burden

Sem Tarigan 69, from Delitua, Deliserdang regency, North Sumatera . He came to Bali with his wife to visit his brother that assigned in Bali as Priest in Denpasar. He has 4 kids and seven grandkids, he work at his transportation company and his wife is a health office retirement.

In 2004, he had narrow coronary arteries in his heart, which forced him to have surgeon to place a ring in his artery. The surgery cost is has a half percent reduction because his wife was a health officer retired, then he had to have appendicitis operation and in the same year he had the first sign of prostate symptom and when he was USG-ed doctor found that in his bladder a bunch of stones. According to his doctor he had to have another operation, because those little stones cannot be shot. Because he just recovered from appendicitis surgery he delayed his bladder operation. To have second opinion, he went to Penang Malaysia . From the check-up, the shooting bladder stones can be done along with prostate operation.

And he sold one of his transportation vehicles to pay the operation and to minimize his routines the transportation company he handed over to his right hand.