One Year Ago : Rubbish Rap

for English translations,

090808, Samedi

wake up, breakfast at Cadole, morning prayer.

and start to work immediately after the prayer. today is my last day to work in rubbish collection team. i begin to realize that i think this is one of the best job in Taize. because this kind of work is really need a good teamwork. of course after you work together in a week, you began to more getting know each other. the best part is when we gathered in the compactor after we splitted into teams to collecting the rubbish around Taize. in the compactor we gathered again to do our final work; put the kind of rubbish into the right compactor. and usually singing some Taize songs while we take and throw away the rubbish bag into the compactor. yeah we began to resistent to the smell ;p and since yesterday we have our theme song; "Rubbish Rap" ;p

midday prayer, lunch.

14.00, get ready for Asia Workshop. once again we presented our "Wayang Kulit" and "Wayang Orang".

18.00, write some emails after the workshop finish.

take a shower.

evening prayer. for today there's a "Life Commitment of the Brother", Br. Wotjek from Poland. apparently he's who the responsible one in the Cadole. the ceremony is so simple. before the silence, Br. Alois asks Br. Wotjek some questions. the Br. Alois gave and put a ring into Br. Wotjek's finger. then Br. Wotjek shake hand with all the brothers accompanied by our singing. after that, Br. Alois put his right hand on the top of Br. Wotjek and pray for him. and then the prayer continued like usual.

ah, today the work list for next week already shown on Tilleul's board. on Sunday i'll become one of the First Welcome team all day. and for weekdays, in the morning Cadole again ;p and El Abiodh Economat in the afternoon.