Muammar Al Khadafi

At night I used to learned  homework with my room mate, Mr.Hasibuan,  high school student in Padangsidempuan, North Sumatera, Indonesia, a town with moslem environment. If I made any trouble or noisy, he will pull open his Quran book and start to recited loudly, and surely it made me quiet untill fall asleep and then he may starting learned again in quitely

My other classmate, next door to my house, after working our homework together, in the afternoon we walked side by side to the river a mile away to take a bath, each using sarongs. He used black cap, but I didn't as a sign that I was not moslem. I had to waiting for him to finished magrib praying at the river side, before going home. He was faitful moslem, pray regularly, 5 time a day as moslem religion said.  We become longlife friendship ever since untill today.

Some other time, I used to take  "air wudhu",  cleansing ritual, to rinse my body parts from face, ears, elbows and the forehead, before going home, after went to restroom. I did this to honor the sacred place, even I was a Christian.

Since we were a very bossom friend, after high schooll graduation, Mr.Hasibuan and me agreed to extend our education to University level, and leaved to Yogjakarta, Java island by bus, ship and train  for applying to Gajahmada University. We kept as a room mate for the first  year. So my friendship with him never ending until we married.

Another friends of my wife a group of Senior high school from Jambi, South Sumatera, had a Haj status, up until today get together and kept a good relationship. One of them, a spouse, spend overnight at our house when they came to Jakarta from Jambi. This relationship tied from high school until we were married.

In 1986 when I was a BRI Branch manager in Kudus Branch, Central Java, a costumer, a Bookstore owner, send me a gift. After open the case, I felt astonished and suprprised to see a Quran book (photo), Goverment  edition version  in two languages Arab and Indonesian. Then when we transfer to another city, exactly on Idulfitri 1987, for the first time in my life, I had the opportunity to read the Quran, Indonesian,  in front of BRI personnels and their families in Surabaya branch, East Java.

I love to read the Quran book to enrich my knowledge and understanding, then become aware how to appreciate the good verses of every Holybooks.