•  26 Sep 2017
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•  Christian B. Rio Ngebu

 “The sky is the only thing I always believed in. You may laugh at me. Think that I’m lying this moment. In this case,I can’t blame you ,but I can guarantee that one day,tears will bring you to the understanding of faith which is  the sky always bring.”

Christian start his day with that verse of life as his state on facebook. He  always learn something from his first breath in the morning. He believes that his mother’s God (the one who called Jesus),is the best man of letters  in the history. It’s not because this Jesus flowery words,but the theme that he always proclaim “Hope”.

After posting his “learning”, he continued his bussy life. Singing across,the road and trying to pickpocket once or twice a day. Living in Jakarta demand him to do such crazy work if he still want to survive.

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Your holy spirit is the breath of a candle light in the dark and silent room. Maybe it’s only a little light,but there will comes a time when the only light you need is the small one”

Few hours later the mysterious person who give intoduce his facebook name as the story of smiling,give a comment on Christian’s state. At the moment Christian was taking a break for a while. He feel tired after singing about three hours in the bushes. He smiling and reply the comment

“I only normal human. The  ground which have right to  breathing the breath of a God”

Christian laugh a little. From his mother’s story,he know that her religion told she that  humans are made from the ground. But he only knows several things from hi mother about their God.  But,after all  he admiring hope,not Jesus and God. This conversation will be intereseting.

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“  Once in the morning,I wake up by the crying of the sun. He never told me why he scared to face the new day. But then i realize,the day never goes to start again. It flows,and morning is nothing. The night never ends. How happy you are having God’s breath..”

The story of smiling reply. Christian was having lunch when he realize that from 11 a.m his new friend have reply his comment. As soon as he read the words” the night never ends”  in the replied,Christian didin’t continue his lunch.

He want to cry at the moment. Right in front of all his gang members. He didn’t  expected that this stupid “the story of smilling” will write such sad words. He went to his room and start to type the replied. He don’t want hope fade or gone from someone.

“I start my state with the thing that I learn from the sky. Faith. Having trust in something you know,never deny you.  But you have to know that I don’t have any religoin. I don’t want to worship the God ,the Man people put their life and hope.  I interest in the consep the God brings HOPE. But i have put my hope and life to the sky. To whom i know never run from me. The thing i can love and trust. Just not like my mother. Who talk about her God and Love everyday but then throw me in the street without any reasons. Let me feel the bitter of pain and hatred. I don’t have religion,but i have faith.

I live as a culprit everyday. Run to survive and never feel the the tight embrace. I dont have love,and i know it’s too expensive for me. But i only have a hope.

What kind of life you have ,so you say that “the night is never ends and the morning is nothing?”

The  little light you mean in your replied, now giving you the path of faith. You may don’t have God just like me,or never taste love in your whole life. But trust me, together we will walk with hope in our heart and conquer this silly world”

My real name is Christian Ngebu. It’s a pleasure to make a friendship with you,whoever you are.”

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Just few minutes after he write the replied, police come to Christian’s gang base camp. They take the drugs from one of Christian’s friend then catch them all. Christian was hit before because he trying to run. He never knew that his friends sell it before.

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At the same moment,the person who have his facebook name as “the story of smilling” cry aloud.She knows Christian Ngebu. It is  the name she gives to her first son.

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