East Nusa Tenggara

After I’ve born, my parents decided to go back to my dad’s hometown. It is one of the coldest city in Indonesia, we called it Ruteng.

Well, I didn’t remember much about this city. But I know that it has a beautiful lake that me and my parents always visited on Sunday.
My dad’s family lived at a big old house at Jl.Bagung. Part of the house is made of wood and the other part is made of modern brick. And the good part is, it has a small field at the middle of the house between the dining room and our living room. Which I remembered that, it is a place that me and my late grandpa sat and saw the rain when it’s flew down the window

Sometimes after that, my parents moved to our new house at Dongang. It is a big white and beautiful house that has a large field which is my mom’s favorite place to plant some flowers and few kinds of vegetables. My dad’s also builds a small lake that he raises some fish. I remembered that my younger brother felt into the lake and I just laugh, my dad so mad and punished me with some strike, although that is my birthday

When I’m older, my mom took me to a kindergarten, it called Inviolata. I remembered my first day at kindergarten. I didn’t want my mom to go home, every time that I realized that my mom’s not around, I scream and cry. Until one time my mom so angry and decided to not take me to school again. Than after months I ask my self to my mom if I can go to school. She made me promised that I wouldn’t scream and cry again if she went home, and I said yes. That’s the first deal that I made with her

I still can imagine my blue kindergarten uniform. Every morning my grandpa will pick me up and delivered to school. In the afternoon, my mom will pick me up at my grandpa’s house.

Another thing that I can remembered is The Statue of Jesus in open arms at the cross road in the end of Jl.bagung road. The legend said that the statue was build because there always been an accident at the cross road. So they hoped that Jesus will protect the people when they cross the road. Well, Ruteng is one of the minor city in Indonesia that most of the civilian is catholic.

When I’m finished kindergarten, I go to Ruteng II elementary school. Well, the most popular elementary school in that time is Ruteng VII. But, I cannot get there because my age problem. I’m younger a year than the rule can accept. So, Ruteng II became another option that can take me on board.

Than my mom’s take us to Gorontalo. And it is a place that I spend half of my life. You’ll find that at Gorontalo story later.
Even I’m just spending 8th years in Ruteng. For Me, it’s a beautiful one. And maybe after 20 years, I’m planning to take a vacation there

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