Dedication of a teacher

Pencils, chalks, board markers are your toys and cigarettes, papers and books are your window to reflect how your acts are. Woods, stones are awaiting you outside there. Those strong things must be solved with your voice, with your acts and with your guidance. How many dirty words have been pouring out to you? for your assertiveness and discipline. You received threats just because the wise acts you have done.

To start recognize a word and a number, your time and energy should be saved more for that noble assignment. In night time, you must evaluate people’s performance. They owned your time, but they never pay you back. The stones and woods gradually are subtler and pervasive. Phrase and numbers become easier. Everyone is happy but forget to thank to the hero. You planted but someone else harvest it. Your seeds progressively, growing up and upper, from ground to sky, from mountain to forest, from river to sea. While you remain with your circumstances but new stones and woods are waiting for you, no matter what you must work hard to solve them out.

Special dedication to my daddy as a teacher and my mom as a co-teacher (* *)

You told me that teaching is your mission, to combat poverty and illiteracy. You have been proved to the world that your mission is possible. Teaching is a light work it is just not an easy job. Teaching is to form a human life, to educate people, to assist people to reach their own life. You have the greatest patient, an amazing job. God creates human being physically and you create human brain. You are not just a hero but you are God. You are the God in the world.

The time passed your dedication is counted. That is not just you; the teachers in the world are un-recognized as a hero of poverty and illiteracy. Your noble assignment has not valued for a noble price. But you are the window of the world. You are a hero, the truly hero.

AITANA

Foho ide ihe Timor nia husor
rai matak malirin norik no nahaman an
nakerek ain fatin funu nain, terus no susar
animal fuik sai aihan hodi hakbi’it an
ai laran tuon sai sasin ba dalan ukun an
o tulun soi ima lubun wain ni moris

o rikun o soin naksumik to’o tuon
nein lerek riku na’in no soin nain nodi natur an.
rai matak du’ut matak nabilar an tuir foho lolon
ai lolon no fatuk lolon.

o soi los ba horik fatin
kakara kariku ha’u an kosi o horik fatin
kodi o soin no o kbi’it, be hu mukit laek, kare no le kare
nunu’ e kare no le kare

kbi’it laek atu tetu no kasa’i usan mian iha o kabun laran
ba ima mundu atu rare rodi rafutar an.
o sei fita ra, kmo’ok los. ladau bok.
o riku soin naksumik kmeti.
ai ktalik le’et nala ruso fuik nakmeti lerek, se he bele nbok.

fatuk kruat no abat sire tuon to’o nalahat tan an
we dalan klo’ot, na’an we no rai maran, se he nabokur an
o nsai ba mo o kbi’it matudu o an
malulik o an ba, labele maluho mamahan no ba Lacluta uan nobu ihe rai nabe deit.
Lacluta uan sei radie lerek an atu bele radie fali o an.
o kmanek no kmo’ok tinaha ami he sei mukit
ami limen kbadak lerek, ami hahohi ima seluk ba sukit
o rikun no soin. mai ite tulun malu. atu ite hafutor ite an hodi ite soin rasik


"la’os poeta, la’os dadolin. kanoin ha’u rain. kakerek deit."
Octa M. Carvalho

The Essence of a Woman

Author
Octa Minec Carvalho


Every human being was created uniquely both physically and psychologically is different from each other even a twin or triple. Physically every human being has the same elements of body exceptional for who are disable person. A male bodily is stronger than a woman but both needs each other. A man with his all power always categorized as superior than woman but a woman is stronger than man in term of spirituality. With the development of technology, the equality of man and woman has been improved in a last decade. In Timor-Leste the gender balance is a most priority to highlight and it has being disseminated to the remote areas.

It is also recognize that most of the structures and systems that operate in the society are largely hierarchical and male in nature (based on logical, rational, linear and organizational principles). Unless women make a conscious effort to tap in to their feminine nature (intuitive, flowing, holistic, and creative) for direction, they look instead for answers in the society outside of themselves (inherently male), and often lose confidence in their own inner guidance. They become alienated from their core wisdom and lose control of their own life. “Annie Meredith”

When we speak about the essence of a woman - her beauty - we don't mean "the perfect figure." The beauty of a woman is first a soulish beauty. We know - it's a harder jump to make. We've lived so long under the pressure to be beautiful. But stay with the thought for a moment, because it will really help. The beauty of a woman is first a soulful beauty. And yes, as we live it out, own it, inhabit our beauty, we do become more lovely. More alluring. As the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote, "Self flashes off frame and face." Our true self becomes reflected in our appearance. But it flows from the inside out. “Ransomed Heart”

The women, however, still receive various mal treatment; domestic violence, sexual harassment, human trafficking and being inferior at office affairs. The exploitation of woman and children is also condemned. There are many organizations in the world which are fighting for woman right and statue and many holidays to celebrate woman dedications. The term God is the girl may be applied alternatively, every corner of the world appeal to the community and society to pay respect to human being especially woman and children. God is respected; woman and man are also kindly respecting each other.

There is a proverb saying that the heaven is at palm of mother’s foot not at the father’s one. The essence of woman was from the earliest of age could not be taken away such as biological capacity as pregnancy, giving birth and breast feeding. Men are just impregnate but not pregnant. Those designations are the greatest dedication of a woman to a life.

Happiness is mine, don’t break it, please….!!!!

When you are lonely, you don’t feel that you are alone but it is actually time for you to reflect deeply how you are. For people who equipped with the technology tools, mostly they absorb their loneliness with playing video games, on as well as off-line. This typical of people usually focus on what in front of them with no concern to the other people around.

The purpose of life is to become happy. Whatever society people live in, they all have the same deep desire: to become happy.

Yet, there are few ideals as difficult to clutch as that of happiness. In our daily life we constantly experience happiness and unhappiness, but we are still quite ignorant as to what happiness really is.

A close people of mine told me several times that no one and nothing can break whatever that makes him happy; even in the crowd place and people, long hours discussion, playing game at the room without air conditioning for more than 4 hours, snoring loudly, online chatting, etc. when I approximate him, he looks at me and speaks softly, I don’t want to be disturbed, don’t break my happiness, pleeeaaaseeee… I could just quit and away. That’s the only way to response. His happiness is in that.

At some conditions, I complain this and that, what happens and why? Cause, I still don’t break yet the secret why people enjoy reading articles on-line many hours, why people love to play game in long times without boring. Why a person is moody? Doing something just because of good mood, if she is in bad mood, things are bad and no impression at all. I accept as a true that reading articles helps you to connect with the world, also, I have a certain reason why people playing game in long hours, and it could help you to focus at something you are doing. I my quietness, he told me, I know myself better than anyone else. I know myself best whether I am feeling joy or struggling with suffering. These things are not known to other people.

So, I could conclude that happiness is freedom, free do to whatever, to be in whenever, with no disturbance of whoever. But how is about people who needs you? for this, for this, I greatly recognized that I found the answer.

Gradually, I realize that the secret of happiness lay in building a strong inner self that no trial or hardship could ruin. I see that happiness for anyone—man or woman—does not come simply from having a formal education, from wealth or from marriage. It begins with having the strength to confront and conquer one’s own weaknesses. Only then does it become possible to lead a truly happy life and enjoy a successful marriage.

written by Octa Minec Carvalho