A Letter for Ahok

I know you that you have been sentenced to be imprisoned for 2 years. You know what Pak Ahok? I have never been so in touched with news unless it is so loud that it could reach my very own ears. I never wanted to hear or see or know about how you were judged since it would only bring me a lot of frustrations and unnecessary anger. But, yesterday a lot of international news which I usually read, such as CNN, BBC News, Jakarta Post, Reuters, even Amnesty International had their headlines filled with your name, I saw your name everywhere. And then I realize that I am not alone, we are not alone Pak Ahok, the world knows you and what you have been facing through out the rough 9 months. Once again, I say, we are not alone, the world is so big and consists of many important news every hour, and you, are one of that most important person in this world until they allow you to become their headlines. Here is one of its headlines: 

"Indonesia: Ahok conviction for blasphemy is an injustice" - source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/05/indonesia-ahok-conviction-for-blasphemy-is-an-injustice/

here is another one:

"PBB Desak RI Tinjau Ulang Hukum yang Jerat Ahok"

source: http://www.cnnindonesia.com/internasional/20170510094031-106-213735/pbb-desak-ri-tinjau-ulang-hukum-yang-jerat-ahok/

Few months ago, I heard that London (or is it New York?) wanted you to become their governor. I am so impressed and proud to hear that, I mean, finally they see someone from Indonesia as a "clean" and honest person until they trust them to hold one of the most important position in their city. The world sees you as a hero, an honest individual, as the positive change barer, and as one of the most trustworthy person with a high quality of intelligence. Many people hate you because of that, but you have to know, they hate you not because of your negativity. They dislike you because you are a right person, you dare to bring change to Indonesia, especially Jakarta, while others prefer to close their eyes tightly and pretend like those problems you have been facing do not exist. They hate you, because they know they do not match with you, because you are so amazing and the praised by the world. They hate you because of that. 

You should be proud of yourself, because you have a good will and you are honest, that is the most important thing. You never lie to your own people, instead you push all your efforts to get rid of those "liars" around you to make your own people's life better. But it seems your haters dislike that, and they do not have anything else to blame you. I mean it, seriously, what is there to blame? You made Jakarta cleaner, better, more discipline, cheaper and more lovable. You did all of that without corrupting money from your people. So what will they use to blame you? How to bring you down? Yup, religion and race would do. You are the very first indeed, a Christian governor who lead Jakarta, so once you said something sensitive, they will blame you and call you as someone who is "heathen". 

I do not understand how those haters think, I mean in America, their religion are protected even though there were ban, but still 50% of Americans go down the street to state how they were really against the ban. They respect every religion, every single of them, as Michelle Obama said "We are all here to worship freely". Those Americans, who they call "heathens" actually protect them so that they can all receive equality in worshiping what they believe. Because as we all know, there are no perfect religion, everything is simply imperfect. And those imperfections create a perfection if only we could work together in diversity, if we can unite as one. Isn't this an ironic? How they call you "heathens" while you are on your ground to always protect and support them. 

I know that the world knows this, the United Nations knows this and I am pretty sure they are really against injustice. Do not fear Pak Ahok for you have done nothing wrong, and I believe you know that. We all are here to support, to pray for you, and of course to continue your legacies. Always remember this:

"Berbahagialah orang yang dianiaya oleh sebab kebenaran, karena merekalah empunya kerajaan sorga." 

                                    - Mat 5:10

Congratulations to SMA Santo Aloysius Bandung

I am a proud alumni of St. Aloysius Bandung, even prouder today after one of the local news media of West Java, Indonesia, declared the National Exam results. Based on what I just said you can already predict where this is going. YES! St. Aloysius peaked at the 3 BIGGEST of many schools in Bandung!! This has been going for many years consecutively, why am I proud then? Because I know how hard it is to stay on that position for years without falling out of 10 Biggest Rank. I know the struggle, the efforts I must give in order to make that position mine. 

I want to congratulate all the teachers involved in patiently teaching, conducting and sacrificing lots of their time and energies to make this happen. No achievements can be achieved instantly, and in order to achieve such achievement you're gonna need more than a person to help you, a person that always there behind your back to support you whether mentally or physically and those people are the teachers who had always been available for their students. There are two biggest things to be sacrificed, and those are yourself and time. Because both are limited and you can't have any exact same repetition for both either. And these teachers have willingly sacrificed their time for the students.

And not only the teachers, but also the students who have fought for this at their best. I've been where those students have been, endless assignments, practices, and extra time learning a.k.a. course, especially for Biology, Chemistry and Physics. I know that feeling of tired and sick of seeing Physics equation, but believe me, it really is worth all the efforts. I'm glad that y'all finally made it this far, and even able to CLAIM both #1 AND #3 this year! How awesome is that? You really are competent successor. Once again, congratulations! I wish I had the chance to say this in person.

And of course, the one and only who always there for us all, who helped us no matter what we've done, who always push us out of our comfort zone, God Himself. Without His blessings, none of these would happen. Therefore be thankful to Him because these all happened because of His permission. 

We are T.O.P. Saint Aloysius O.K.!!!!!