I Cried For My Brother Six Times

This story touched me so much. Maybe because I am also a person who loves my family so much. May this story inspire¬ you as well. Have a nice day everyone!

I was born in a secluded village of a mountain.Days by days my parents plowed the yellow dry soilwith their backs facing the sky.

I have a younger brother, 3 years younger than me.Once, to buy a handkerchief which all girls around meseemed to have, I stole 50 cents from my father'sdrawer. Father known about it right away. He made my younger brother and me kneeled against the wall, with a bamboo stick in his hand. "Who stole the money?" he asked.

I was stunned, too afraid to talk. Father didn't hearany of us admit, so he said, "Fine, if nobody wants toadmit, you two should be beaten!" He lifted up the bamboo stick. Suddenly, my younger brother gripped father's hand and said," Dad, I was the one who did it!"

The long stick smacked on my brother's backrepeatedly. Father was so angry that he kept on whipped my brother until he lost his breath. After that, he sat down on our stone bed and scolded my brother, "You have learnt to steal from your own house now, what other embarrassing things you will do in the future?? You should be beaten to death! You shameless thief!"



That night, mother and I hugged my brother. Hisbody full of injuries, but he didn't shed a single tear.
In the middle of the night, all of sudden I cried outloudly. My brother covered my mouth with his little hand and said, " Sis, now don't cry anymore. Everything has happened." I still hate myself for didn't have enough courage to admit what I had done.

Years gone by, but the incident still looked like itjust happen! ed yesterday. I will never forget my brother's expression when he protected me. That year, my brother was 8 years old; I was 11 years old.



When my brother was in his last year of his lowersecondary school, he was accepted in an uppersecondary school in the central. At the same time, Iwas accepted into a province's university.
That night, father squatted in the yard, smoking,packet by packet. I could hear him said, "Both our children have good results? very good results?" Mother wiped off her tears and sighed," What is the use? How can we possibly finance both of them?"

At that time, my brother walked out, he stood in frontof father and said,"Dad, I don't want to continue mystudy anymore, I have read enough books." Father swung his hand and slapped brother on his face.
"Why do you have a spirit so damn weak? Even if itmeans I have to beg for money on the streets, I willsend you two to school until you both finish yourstudy!"

And then, he started to knock on every house in thevillage to borrow money. I stuck out my hand as soft as I can to my brother's swollen face, and said, "A boy has to continue his study; If not, he will not be able to leave this depths of poverty."

Me, on the other hand, had decided not to further mystudy to university. Who knows on the next day, before dawn, my brother left the house with a few pieces of worn-out clothes and a few dry beans. He sneaked to the side of my bed and left a note on my pillow; "Sis, get into an university is not easy. I will go find a job and send money to you." I held the note while sitting on my bed, and cried until I lost my voice. That year, my brother was 17 years old; I was 20 years old.

With the money father borrowed from the wholevillage, and money my brother earned from carryingcement on his back at cons! truction site,finally, Imanaged to get to the third year of my study in the university.



One day, I was studying in my room, when my roommate came in and told me,"There's a villager wait for you outside!" Why is there a villager looking for me? I walked out, and saw my brother from afar, His whole body is dirty, covered by dust, cement and sands. I asked him, "Why don't you tell my roommate that you are my brother?" He replied with a smile," Look at my appearance. What will they think if they know that I am your brother? Don't they laugh at you?" I felt so touched, and tears filled my eyes. I swept away dusts from my brother's body. And said with a lump in my throat, " I don't care of what people say! You are my brother no matter what your appearance is?"

From his pocket, he took out a butterfly hair clip. Hewore it on me, and said, "I saw all the girls in townare wearing it. So, I think you should also have one."
I could not hold back myself anymore. I pulled mybrother into my arms and cried and cried.
That year, my brother was 20 years old; I was 23 years old.

The first time I brought my boyfriend home, the broken window had been repaired.And it looked so clean inside the house.

After, my boyfriend went home, I danced like a smallgirl in front of my mother, "Mom, you don't have tospend so many time cleaning the house!" But she saidwith a smile," It was your brother who went home early to clean the house. Didn't you see the wound on his hand? He was injured while replacing the window."I went into my brother's small bedroom. Looking at histhin face, I felt like there are hundreds of needlepricked in my heart.
I put some ointment on his wound and bandaged it,"Does it hurt? " I asked him.
"No, it doesn't hurt. You know, when I was working inthe construction site, stones falling on my feet allthe time. Even that could not stop me from workingand?" In the middle of the sentence, he stopped. I turned my back on him and tears rolling down my face.
That year, my brother was 23 years old; I was 26 years old.



After I got married, I lived in the city. Lots of timemy husband invited my parents to come and live withus, but they didn't want. They said, once they left the village,they didn't know what to do. My brother also didn't agree, he said, "Sis, you just taking care of your parents-in-law. I will take care of mom and dad here."

My husband became the director of his factory. Wewanted my brother to get the job as the manager in the department of maintenance. But my brother rejected the offer. He insisted on starting to work as a reparation worker. One day, my brother was on the top of a ladder repairing a cable, when he got electrocuted, and was sent to the hospital.

My husband and I visited him. Looked at the whitegypsum on his leg, I grumbled,"Why did you reject tobe a manager? Manager will not do something dangerous like this. Look at you now, such a serious injury. Why you didn't want to listen to us?" With a serious expression on his face, he defended on his decision, "Think of brother-in-law?he just became the director, and I almost uneducated. If I became the manager, what kind of rumors will fly around?"



My husband's eyes filled up with tears, and then Isaid, "But you lack in education also because of me!""Why talking about the past?" My brother held my hand.

That year, he was 26 years old and I was 29 years old.My brother was 30 years old when he married a farmergirl from the village. In his wedding reception, the master of ceremonies asked him, "Who is the one you respect and love the most?"

Without thinking, he answered," My sister." Hecontinued by telling a story I could not evenremember.

"When I was in primary school, the school was indifferent village.Everyday, my sister and I walked for2 hours to go school and go home. One day, I lost oneof my pair of gloves. My sister gave me one of hers.She only wore one glove and walked for so far. When we got home, her hand was so trembled because of the weather that was so cold that she could not evenhold her chopsticks. From that day on, I swore that aslong as I live, I would take care of my sister and begood to her."


Applause filled up the room. All guests turned theirattentions to me.

Words were so hard to come out from my mouth, "In my whole life, the one I would like to thank the most ismy brother,"
And in this happy occasion,in front of the crowd,tears rolling down my face again.

Love and care for the one you love every single daysof your life. You may think what you did is just asmall deed, but to that someone, it may mean a lot.


Source: http://learn2here.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-cried-for-my-brother-six-times.html

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WORLD'S HELL

WORLD’S HELL

This picture was taken in the Central Asian countries, Uzbekistan ... This place in Uzbekistan is professed by the locals as the door to Hell.

This story began about 35 years ago when the geologist to explore this place for natural gas

Suddenly when carried out the excavation, they found a huge gap in the basement. because too large all excavation equipment into the abyss.

No one dared to reply down into the abyss the abyss caused by the original gas filled the earth.

To eliminate the spread of toxic gases that came out and pollute the earth, they had lit a fire in the gulf and from then until now, has 35 this year burned a hole without stopping.

























NERAKA DUNIA

Gambar ini diambil di negara Asia Tengah, Uzbekistan … Tempat ini ada di Uzbekistan yg dikenal oleh penduduk setempat sebagai Pintu ke Neraka.

Kisah ini berawal kira-kira 35 tahun yg lalu ketika ahli geologis menggali tempat ini untuk mencari gas alam

Secara tiba-tiba ketika dilakukan penggalian, mereka menemukan satu jurang besar di bawah tanah. karena terlalu besar semua peralatan penggalian masuk ke dalam jurang tersebut.

Tak seorang pun yg berani turun ke dalam jurang tersebut disebabkan jurang tersebut dipenuhi gas asli bumi.

Untuk menghilangkan penyebaran gas beracun yang keluar dan mencemarkan bumi, mereka telah menyalakan api di dalam jurang tersebut dan semenjak itu hingga kini, telah 35 tahun lubang ini terbakar tanpa henti.

[TIPS] Benefits of Colors Fruit & Vegetables

Benefits of Colors Fruit & Vegetables
Color in fruits and vegetables is not just a distinction between the types of fruits and vegetables each other.
More than that, the color of fruits and vegetables proved to be the nutritional content information.
Thus, the choice of fruit and vegetables you optimally meet the nutritional needs of the body, should identify the information behind the colors.


Dark red or purple

Fruits and vegetables and even dark red almost purple generally contain anthocyanins. A type of antioxidant that can inhibit the formation of clots in blood vessels, so the risk of heart disease and stroke, decreases.
Fruit and vegetable crimson or purple, among others: Cherry, Blackberries, blueberries, plums, prunes, red wine and purple, eggplant purple, red apples, purple cabbage, red pears and red chili.


Red

Red fruit indicate antosianin and lycopene content. Antosianin useful to prevent infection and bladder cancer, whereas lycopene inhibits the function of physical and mental decline that you are not easily confused.
In addition, lycopene also prevent various cancers. While the red color in vegetables indicate that vegetables contain flavonoids that act as anti-cancer properties.

Red fruit is the watermelon, strawberries, tomatoes and red guava. While red vegetables are spinach red and cabbage red.



Orange or yellow

Orange fruit and all fruit with orange flesh fruits contain beta-carotene. Beta-carotene in the body serves to inhibit the aging process and rejuvenate the body cells. Also, beta-carotene in the body into vitamin A which will stimulate the immune system, making it susceptible to disease.
Types orange vegetables are sweet potatoes, pumpkins and carrots. While orange fruit is melon orange, papaya, apricots, mangoes and oranges.


Yellow
Yellow fruits rich in potassium, elements that are beneficial nutrients for preventing stroke and coronary heart disease. While vegetables are believed to be a powerful yellow combating cataracts, heart attack, and stroke.
Yellow fruit is a star fruit, pineapple, and banana.



Green
Green fruit contains a powerful acid alegat pound of seed cancer cells. Alegat acid helps normalize blood pressure. While many green vegetables contain vitamin C and B complex. In addition, a large content of iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, beta-carotene, and fiber. Lack of green vegetables cause the skin become rough and scaly.
Green fruit is avocado, melon, green grapes. While greens are spinach, caisim, spring greens, pak choi, broccoli and cassava leaves.




White

Although only a few content of antioxidants, but in fiber and vitamin C in fruits and vegetables is relatively high in white. In addition to powerful digestive system of health care, white vegetables can improve endurance.
White vegetables such as bean sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, white cabbage, bamboo shoots, and mushrooms, cabbage and cauliflower. While white fruit such as sour sop, duku, kelengkeng, and lychees.

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PENDET DANCE
Pendet is a traditional Balinese dance, in which offerings are made to purify the temple or theater as a prelude to ceremonies or other dances. Pendet is typically performed by young girls, carrying bowls of flower petals, handfuls of which are cast into the air at various times in the dance. Pendet can be thought of as a dance of greeting, to welcome the audience and invite spirits to enjoy a performance.
Traditional Balinese dances are the oldest form of performing arts in Bali. Traditional dances can be divided into two types, sacred dance called Wali and entertainment dance called Bebalihan. Wali (sacred dance) is usually performed in some ritual ceremonies only because it has strong magical powers and only can be performed by specific dancers. Bebalihan are usually performed in social events. In addition to entertain, Bebalihan also has other purposes such as: welcoming guests, celebration of harvests, or gathering crowds. Bebalihan has more variations than Wali.
Pendet is the presentation of an offering in the form of a ritual dance. Unlike the exhibition dances that demand arduous training, Pendet may be danced by anyone. It is taught simply by imitation.
Younger girls follow the movements of the elder women, who recognize their responsibility in setting a good example. Proficiency comes with age. As a religious dance, Pendet is usually performed during temple ceremonies.
All dancers carry in their right hand a small offering of incense, cakes, water vessels, or flower formations. With these they dance from shrine to shrine within the temple. Pendet may be performed intermittently throughout the day and late into the night during temple feasts.
The original Pendet dance is performed by 4-5 young girls (before their puberty) in temple yards. Pendet dancers bring flowers in small Bokor (silver bowls for keeping flowers in a ceremony). They spread the flowers around the temple. This dance is a symbol of welcoming God in some ritual ceremonies in Bali. Pendet actually has simple dance movements. These movements are the basic dance movements of Balinese dance. Pendet has undergone later development with variations and now is not only performed in ritual ceremonies but also in some social events. Pendet since has been known as a welcoming dance
Controversy
Pendet dance was used in the "Enigmatic Malaysia" tourism advertising. The fact that Pendet is unrelated to Malaysian culture, has caused protests among Indonesian public, including Balinese artists.[1] Pendet dance is one of the many Indonesia's originals that was and is claimed by the neighbouring country. This had caused many Indonesians to be furious about it. Although the Indonesian culture minister already did made reports about it, and protested it to the Malaysian tourism company.
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REOG PONOROGO
Reog is a traditional Indonesian dance which combined traditional art dance with magical show.There are many type of Reogs in Indonesia, but the most famous one is Reog Ponorogo.
Reog Ponorogo tells the story about the battle between King of Ponorogo Kingdom and magical lion Singa Barong.Reog Ponorogo is usually consist of 3 sets of dances and each dances are performed by several dancers.The first dance is the opening dance and performed by all male dancers wearing black shade costums.The second dance is the Jaran Kepang dance. It is performed by all female dancers wearing colourful costums.The third dance is the main attraction of the show. It is performed by all the Reog dancers. The main male dancer, wearing a large and heavy lion mask, is dancing in the centre of the stage, while the other dancers dance around him.
Many people believe the Reog dance has mythical power since the dancers usually perform in trance condition.

Controversy
Malaysia claimed Reog Ponorogo as the country's original. Reog Ponorogo is one of the many Indonesia's originals that was and is claimed by the neighbouring country.

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ANGKLUNG
Angklung is a musical instrument made out of two bamboo tubes attached to a bamboo frame. The tubes are carved so that they have a resonant pitch when struck. The two tubes are tuned to octaves. The base of the frame is held with one hand while the other hand shakes the instrument rapidly from side to side. This causes a rapidly repeating note to sound. Thus each of three or more angklung performers in an ensemble will play just one note and together complete melodies are produced. Angklung is popular throughout Southeast Asia, but originated from Indonesia (used and played by the Sundanese since the ancient times).

Controversy
Malaysia unethically claimed Angklung as the country's original. Angklung is one of the many Indonesia's originals that was and is claimed by the neighbouring country.

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BATIK
Batik (Javanese pronunciation: [ˈbateʔ]; Indonesian pronunciation: [ˈbaːtik]; English: /ˈbætɪk/ or /bəˈtiːk/) is a wax-resist dyeing technique used on textile. Due to modern advances in the textile industry the term has also been used for fabrics which incorporates the traditional batik patterns although not necessarily produced using the batik techniques. Silk batik is especially popular.[citation needed]
Javanese traditional batik, especially from Yogyakarta, has special meanings rooted to the Javanese conceptualization of the universe. Traditional colours include indigo, dark brown, and white which represent the three major Hindu Gods (Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva). This is related to the fact that natural dyes are only available in indigo and brown. Certain patterns can only be worn by nobility; traditionally, wider stripes or wavy lines of greater width indicated higher rank. Consequently, during Javanese ceremonies, one could determine the royal lineage of a person by the cloth he or she was wearing.

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WAYANG
Wayang is an Indonesian word for theatre (literally "shadow"[1]) When the term is used to refer to kinds of puppet theater, sometimes the puppet itself is referred to as wayang. ", the Javanese word for shadow or imagination, also connotes "spirit." Performances of shadow puppet theater are accompanied by gamelan in Java, and by "gender wayang" in Bali.
UNESCO designated Wayang Kulit, a shadow puppet theater and the best known of the Indonesian wayang, as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity on 7 November 2003.

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KERIS
The kris or keris is a distinctive, asymmetrical dagger indigenous to Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Southern Thailand and the southern Philippines. Both a weapon and spiritual object, krisses are often considered to have an essence or presence, with some blades possessing good luck and others possessing bad.
In 2005, UNESCO gave the title Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity to Kris of Indonesia.[1]

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JEMUR ISLAND
Jemur Island is located approximately 45 miles from the capital of Rokan Hilir Bagansiapiapi - Indonesia, and 45 miles from the neighbor country, Malaysia, and North Sumatra is a province of the island nearest Jemur. Jemur Island is actually a group of islands consisting of several islands, among others, the Golden tekong Island, Simbang tekong Island, Island Labuhan Bilik and small islands Other. Jemur Island and has a panoramic view of beautiful nature, but it Jemur Island is very rich in the sea, in addition iti Jemur island inhabited by a species of turtle, which at certain seasons the turtle-turtle's up to the beach to lay eggs this endangered species can lay eggs as many as 100 to 150 grains each tail. In addition Jemur Island are also several other tourism potential among the Japanese Cave, Tower Suar, a former human footprints, spring bones, the remains of Japanese defense, rock Screen Commander, Marine Park, and golden yellow sandy beaches. When viewed from the potential, location and position is very suitable Jemur Island developed a Resort area, where tourism activities are more to be developed in this Jemur Island, among others, surfing, diving, and rowing and so on.
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Rasa Sayang or Rasa Sayange (pronounced [rasa sajaŋeː]) is a folk song of the Malay Archipelago sung in Malay. Although no official facts recorded, this song was believed to be created by an Ambonese man, the late Paulus Pea (born in 1907).[citation needed]

Controversy
A controversy erupted in 2007 after the Malaysian Tourism Board suddenly released the Rasa Sayang Commercial, an advertisement used to promote Malaysian tourism industry.[citation needed] Indonesians claim that Malaysia unfairly claimed ownership of the song .[1] Some Indonesians have accused Malaysia of heritage theft.[2] because according to Indonesian copyright laws, they proscribe that folklore is one of intellectual property rights that is owned and controlled by the nation-state society.[3] Malaysia in return claimed that the song belongs to people of the Malay Archipelago, Malaysians and Indonesians alike.[4] Geographically Malaysia is not an Archipelago, Nusantara which meaning Archipelago in Sanskrit which first known in Congress 28 October 1928 only consist of Indonesian Archipelago. Maluku is a part of Indonesian Archipelago, and not a part of Malay geographically and culturally.

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