So many things have happened in the past half year….good, happy and sad things in my life.
In December 2005, we finally returned back to Indonesia for good…there’re some good emotions but also sad ones, thinking that I won’t go back to Enschede and memorizing the first home I had…always make me sad..:(
That December, I re-united we the whole family. My siblings came from
Australia
and we vacationed in
Singapore
for around 10days. It was a happy times for all of us.
After that, we all went back to
Bandung
, with the condition that Agoes and I were jobless. Ayah and Ibu lent us their house in Gegerkalong for us to stay, while we were out looking for jobs.
So, we cleaned and repaired the house, it was some hard work. But I enjoyed it a lot. Eventhough, still misses Enschede a lot..:(
Mid January, I got accepted to work for an HR Consultant in
Jakarta
. So, I had to move to
Jakarta
while Agoes still left behind in
Bandung
. Fot the time being, I lived with Neng Aisyah at Oom Aso’s apartment in Taman Rasuna.
For the whole 3 months, Agoes and I had to live separately. During that time, almost every week I had to go back and forth Jakarta-Bandung-Jakarta. This is quite common in
Indonesia
actually. But sometimes I still miss the life we had while we were in Enschede. Eventhough I didn’t have any job, but I still had some activity outside the house and most importantly, Agoes and I lived under one roof.
Until in April, Agoes got accepted by Nokia Networks in
Jakarta
. So, he also had to move to
Jakarta
. We decided to rent a room around Kuningan area, since it is near both our offices.
Only one week we started living together again, I had to go back to
Bandung
, since Ayah got his 3rd stroke in
Bandung
. In 5 days, Ayah’s condition got worsen, so the whole family decided to take Ayah to
Singapore
for his treatment. At that time, there were only Ibu and me in
Bandung
.
By the time Ayah arrived in
Singapore
, late afternoon, Mas Len and his family plus Yani arrived in
Singapore
. Unfortunately, by the time they arrived, Ayah was already in a critical condition. At that stage he couldn’t speak and he also didn’t open his eyes. While, before he left
Bandung
with Ibu, I still could talk to him and he still could see me.
4 days after Ayah’s arrival in
Singapore
, I followed them to
Singapore
. I was surprised to find that Ayah was in a critical situation. Everything was very sad and gloomy at that time. I coulnd’t imagine, that only e few months ago we all there in
Singapore
having a great time..and now, we have to be in the same place with sad situations.
Ayah was admitted to Tan Tock Seng hospital. It was a good hospital and all the nurses and doctors were very kind to us. And maybe because of all the good treatment, after around 1.5 weeks, Ayah regained his consciousness. He started to open his eyes but that’s it. We felt grateful since in that way, we could communicate with him. And fortunately, the doctor said that he could still hear and sometime feel us.
So for about 1 month, Ibu, Yani and me, we all took turn to sleep in the hospital every night. So I learnt how to take care of Ayah. Everyday, we try to speak to him, give him encouragement and give him some exercise to move his fingers at the least.
Now, we’ve been back to
Bandung
for almost a month now. From Tan Tock Seng hospital, we moved Ayah to St. Borromeus hospital in
Bandung
. He stayed there for almost 3 weeks and just got released by the hospital last week. Currently, he has to stay in Serayu (his parents’s house) because we are still renovating the house for Ayah’s convenience later on. Fortunately, we can walk to Serayu, so I could go back and forth as often as I want.
As far as my career and family live goes, all of them have to be postponed. I had quitted from my job and I have to live separately again from Agoes. Well, maybe I was destined to live like this. I just hope now that my whole family be given the strength to face this.
