Titus Jonathan's Stories

Bethlehem remains a little town until today, despite a great story occurred in the town about 2,000 years ago when the Christ was born. As a biography, this book is telling about Bethlehem from the very ancient era, told by Nicholas Blincoe – an English author – who is living there after married with Leila Sansour who born to an old Palestinian Roman Catholic family. Reading the history of Bethlehem in this book became interesting since Blincoe did not tell only by reference books of history but he walked through his experience in every corner of the town then wrote it. The story begins with a Christmas pudding that Blincoe brought as a gift to his girl-friend’s parents in December 1994. From the pudding Blincoe told about ingredients inside it, the origin where the ingredients came from, how it was brought to the Bethlehem, who brought it until almost all of its became common plants that are growing in garden of every house in Bethlehem today. The history of his pudding told t...

Catatan perjalanan ke Beijing (bagian pertama) Memang luar biasa negeri Cina sekarang. Rasa penat yang saya rasakan duduk di pesawat semalaman dari Changi airport Singapore seketika hilang waktu pesawat Singapore Airlines yang saya tumpangi menurunkan badannya pelahan di atas kota Beijing. Kelopak mata yang berat tiba-tiba terbuka begitu suara pramugari menyatakan bahwa sesaat lagi kami akan mendarat. Hari itu tanggal 2 September 2007, sekitar jam 6 pagi waktu setempat. Langit di sebelah saya yang tembus dari jendela pesawat kelihatan biru keabu-abuan. Kepala saya terus menoleh ke jendela melihat hamparan ruang yang luas tak terkira. Makin lama makin jelas terlihat bentuk-bentuk yang beraneka ragam di bawah sana persis seperti sebuah mainan anak-anak, hingga satu demi satu hamparan itu berubah menjadi susunan gedung, jalan-jalan yang mengular, dan rimbun hijau pepohonan yang sambung-menyambung. Di International airport Beijing pesawat mendarat. Saya bersama teman saya, Sri, melangkah k...