Titus Jonathan's Stories

If you have ever encountered of losing your properties such as bag, wallet, handphone (cellular phone) and other gadgets in public place of Jakarta, I believe you would have defenselessly let it go. You would have not expected the stuffs be returned to you, yet you would have taken it as a lesson learned for you to next time being more careful, that’s it. Losing some properties in public places and not getting it back is common. Just come into the Lost&Found desk in malls, terminals, and other public places, then ask the officer to show the list of “Lost” and the list of “Found” in the log book and you will get the point. That’s why most of us are too reluctant to come to the Lost&Found desk when losing of properties. I am too. But you can try my approach, probably it can work. One day I went to a bookstore with my wife, daughter as well as my daughter’s babysitter. After hours in the bookstore, my daughter asked to go to toilet and the nanny accompanied her. Minutes later, th...

Waktu Natal tiba, hal yang selalu kita lakukan adalah saling berkirim salam kepada keluarga, kerabat, teman dan sahabat kita. Namun, apa arti salam Natal itu bagi kita? Katika saya masih umur belasan tahun, dan masih duduk di bangku SMP atau SMA atau ketika masih di Perguruan Tinggi, berkirim salam Natal selalu dilakukan lewat kartu Natal ( Christmas Card ). Menjelang Natal, setiap orang ramai mendatangi toko-toko yang menjual kartu Natal, kemudian memilih kartu yang paling bagus. Kadang-kadang kita bisa menghabiskan waktu berjam-jam untuk memilih puluhan kartu dengan design yang berbeda-beda dengan kalimat terindah yang tertulis di dalamnya. Sambil memilih-milih kartu itu, kita membacanya pelahan, menghayati kata demi kata yang tertulis di kartu itu dengan harapan nanti si penerima kartu Natal merasa senang, dan membacanya pelahan, menghayati kata demi kata yang tertulis di situ persis seperti yang kita lakukan. Dari belasan bahkan puluhan kartu itu, akan ada 1 kartu yang istimewa , y...