One Year Ago : Lunch at the Community

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wake up, morning prayer on 08.15.

breakfast at Tilleul.

then Br. Jean-Patrick told me that i had been invited to have lunch in the Community. wowh!

meeting at Point 10 on 10.00. Annelies from Holland came to me and told me that she and the other two boys from Holland can't make it to the meeting for today. so she asked my help to become a group leader to lead the discussion.

midday prayer on 12.20.

lunch at the Community. i'm quite late but it's ok. the food is much better than Tilleul! ahahaha. and there's a red wine as well ;p

meeting at Point 10 on 15.15. one of the brothers taught us about the meaning of one of icon in Taize.

then have a conversation in La Morada with Br. Francesco from Indonesia and the other Indonesian people that came to Taize that week; there's a sisters that came from Frankfurt and Perth, and there's two brothers that came from Belgia.

supper at the community 19.00. have a conversation with Br. Jasper from Holland which became a brother just last Saturday.

evening prayer.

playing Uno at Tilleul's common room until midnite ;p


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One Year Ago : Wednesday

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wake up, then morning prayer at 08.15.
breakfast at Tilleul.
meeting at Point 10 on 10.00
walking around at the camping ground, taking some photos.
make a visit at Exposition.
Midday prayer 12.20.
luncht at Tilleul.
meeting in a small group on 15.15
after the discussion ends, have a little conversation with Alena from Czech Republic.
Asian workshop practice at Point 14 on 17.00-19.00.
Supper at Community on 19.00
have a conversation with Br. Adam at La Morada.
Evening prayer on 20.30.
have a little conversation with one-year permanent boy from Haiti.
playing Uno (my first time!) at Tilleul's common room until 23.30.
*thanks to Simon from Kenya who taught me how to play Uno.


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One Year Ago : The Third Day

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wake up at 07.45, brush my teeth, prepare for the cold weather costume, and go to the church.

Morning prayer 08.15.

breakfast at Tilleul immediately after the prayer. together with all Tilleul boys and one of the brothers. bread, jam, choco stick, and coffe-milk.
meeting on 10 at Point 10. together with some of the people who stay for one week. speech from one of the brothers, he gave us several topics to discuss in the small group.

Midday prayer 12.20.

lunch at Tilleul immediately after prayer, in silence for 15 minutes with classical music. there's appetizer with salad and bread, then there's a main course, then a dessert with a fruit and yoghurt.

14.45, gathered in Roman Church opposite of Tilleul for walk together with the big group of morning's meeting to pray in the Roman Church at Bray village. around one hour walking with a beautiful scenery! make some friends with one boy from Pakistan, one boy from Bangladesh, and several girls from Ukraine ;p
Asian workshop practice at 18.00-19.00. make a decision of what performance that we will perform on the workshop with Karel and Song. and take a shower afterward.
supper at the Community with some of the brothers, 19.00. get in touch with Br. John-Mark from England.

Evening prayer 20.30.

Asian meeting 21.30 with Br. John-Noel.

then with Song, we make a first visit to Oyak ;p watching a lot of Europeans young people gathered to sing and dance. it's crowded!


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One Year Ago : Accueil, Taize!

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arrived at Taize last night, 20.30. exactly on Evening Prayer begins. directly join the prayer, quite stunning while singing the songs.
after the prayer, got the quick briefing with Br. Jean-Patrick, and accompanied by Br. Benoit to my room in Tilleul house. then i go to sleep.

today (Monday), wake up at 10am and have a meeting with Br. Jean-Patrick, have a briefing about the life for a week. tomorrow i have to join the meeting at 10am in Point 10. today is a rest day for me.

then i walk around for a while, trying to follow the map that Br. Jean-Patrick gave me, and took some photos. then join the Midday Prayer at 12.20. then have a lunch in Tilleul and a little chat afterwards. then i go to sleep until the supper time, 19.00.

every supper, it seems that ever boys who stay longer have a supper together with some brothers in the Community. then have a meeting with Br. Adam (Indonesia) for preparing the Asian Workshop for next Saturday.

then join the Evening Prayer at 20.30.


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One Year Ago : Gare de Lyon

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Gare de Lyon, Paris

my plane landed at Charles de Gaulle, Paris on 13.00 Paris time. passport check and claim baggage, 14.00 i get out and start to looking for Air France Bus that will take me to Gare de Lyon. the bus is at Gate 2, Terminal 2. bus' final destination is to Montparnasse, and Gare de Lyon is the first stop. bought the ticket from the driver, 15 Euro. around 1 hour of driving. along the road, i saw some kind of yellow plants in the field (wheat or something like that?)

arrived at Gare de Lyon on 15.00, i directly asked the officer where i can buy the TGV ticket to Macon-Loche. 53,70 Euro and depart on 17.50 thich mean i have to wait here around 3 hours! okay. bought a telephonique carte, 7 Euro, and called Taize to give them some news about me. and my guess is true, i'll arrive at Macon Loche around 19.25 and there's no bus anymore to Taize. so they said i'll be picked up.

ok. i walked around this big station, taking some photos. and i took a pee and! i have to paid! for my pee! so true what people said, take a pee on Europe is expensive! i have to pay 0.50 Euro and it's equal to Rp. 7.000 only to take a pee! darn...

the weather is quite cold here, with some winds.

yeah! see you at Taize!


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