PROLOGUE
This is not my entry per se; meaning I did not write the entry. But it is definitely of interest for me and I am reasonably sure to many too. And I have posted the same entry at my rahmanhariri.fotopages.com - practically the same exact word, but that entry is dotted with more graphic pics of a humanitarian tragedy. If you want to see more pictures, please go to that site. The link is also on the side bar of this blog.
My brother Aboy and his friends Wan and Hafis went to Padang on the 9th Nov (or 40th day since earthquake hit Padang). Basically it was humanitarian mission albeit on a very small and personal scale, with many boxes of old but usable clothes and of course cash that hehad gotten from friends and relatives - anybody actually who is sympathethic to the plight of their own kind and brothers.
If you were to ask me during the Acheh tsunami, I had always thought that the main reason the mosques had stayed intact in many places in Acheh, when most other buildings surrounding it were in total annihilation, was that it was made of concrete and that they were better built than the others.
But I could not explained what happened in Padang. As pointed out by Aboy below, the earthquakes was centered at least 50 km from Padang, but the way Padang was destroyed was way beyond what our eyes could perceive. Some buildings were left untouched, some were in total ruins. I am not sure if you could explain it from the plate movement of the earth beneath.
All the pics were taken by Wan and Hafis.
Here by I post his entry with minor changes for clarity. OK Aboy, take over from here.
All the pics were taken by Wan and Hafis.
Here by I post his entry with minor changes for clarity. OK Aboy, take over from here.
Tigo Gunuang jadi makam besar
Perjalanan dari Padang ke Lubok Laweh mengambil masa 2 1/2 jam. Kami tiba jam 1245 wib. Ada dua laluan, satu melalui Sicincin kearah Bukit Tinggi, satu lagi melalui Pariaman. Kami guna laluan Sicincin.
Sicincin ni kira pekanlah jugak, tapi kena lalui kampung Tandikat, sebelum masuk kearah gunung dan hanya ada laluan satu lorong jalan jenis simen blok.
Kampung ni juga dikenali Tigo Gunung, sebab ada 3 gunung keliling, dibahagi kepada 3 dusun. Lubok Laweh, Cumanak dan Palo Koto (Kepala Kota).Terletak dilembah gunung sebab ada sungai mengalir melepasi ketiga kampung.
Here are the actual photos before they were combined using photoshop by Akmal.
Lubok Laweh 132 kematian, 51 dibawa keluar, yang baki tertanam hidup2 Cumanak 76 kematian, Palo Koto 32. Digunung sebelah kiri tu agak mistik sebab ada penemuan barang2 mistik spt bantal, lesung etc. katanya tempat bunian.
Caption: Hampir jadi padang Jarak padang tekukur di sini. Di lopak air tu bekas masjid yang dah hapusada gerai kopi sebelah kiri, semua di gerai mati, hanya nampak gerai aje. Bendera putih tu tapak kubur lama.
Direkahan sebelah gunung tu, tempat rumah pengantin yg sedang pesta, emak pengantin didapur mati, sementara pengantin dpt diselamatkan, Dihujung atas ada sebuah rumah yg masih tersangkut , hanya boleh dilalui dgn heli masa kejadian.
Nofaldi 28 tahun, dimasa kejadian katanya sedang tidur dirumah, dia lari keluar rumah masa gempa pertama, jerit emak dan adik 23thn, dan 2 keponakan yg baru 2-3 hari balik dari Jakarta bercuti di tanah Minang. Tanah waktu itu beralun, ada yang terangkat keatas dan kebawah, dan dia dpt lihat gunung yg kami berfoto itu bergerak kebawah sebelum menghempas kampung. Semua pokok karet (getah).
Selepas kejadian, dia merayau cari emak, tapi ada org kampung kata emak dia bawa cucu2 dan adik ke kedai. Hingga kini tak berjumpa. Sedangkan abang ipar dan kakak naik motor keliling kampung, hanya jumpa mayat, tapi motor hilang.
Caption: Nofaldi sedang diinterview team Padang.
Kalau NGO Muslim beri 1 gula2 kepada anak2, mrk beri 4!!
Secara keseluruhan , tak se-ngeri Acheh, tapi, trauma kepada yang hidup, masih ada yang berkhemah dihalaman rumah, dan masih ada gempa kecil. Sepanjang 2 mlm di Padang, kami tak rasa gempa .
Jarak pusat gempa is 50 km di Laut Pariaman, and Pariaman ke Padang is another 50km atau lebih, tapi mengapa Hotel Ambachang and sekitarnya menjadi sasaran utama, selain dari perkampungan Tigo Gunuang (kena ikut telo minang) Mssjid yang sentiasa di imarrahkan terselemat dr kejadian, yang sentiasa berkunchi, dikuburkan.
Hotel Hang Tuah, still kukuh, I rasa sebab owner muslim n dia tak benarkan pasangan bukan muhrim menginap, sedangkan hotel yg 4 atau 5 bintang, tahu tahu ajelah. Hotel Rocky di Jln Permindo, pun tutup.
Spt baca dlm harakah, Jln Dipenogoro yg kelam setiap mlm n dipenuhi waria, kini sepi.......
(Caption: The five star 'solid' Hotel Ambacang runtuh)
Yang kagumnya, mengapa ada yang terpilih dari Allah, hotel Ambacang dan sekitar, hancur, tapi kem tentera bangunan lama didepan mereka, steady aje. Begitu juga Kompleks Matahari, Ramayana, rusak teruk sdgkan toko2 disepanjang jalan tu tak runtuh pun.
Masjid di pergunungan, yang aktif dan penuh aktivity keugamaan, selamat, sedangkan yang sentiasa berkunci atau orang jarang solat berjemaah, hancur lebur.
Team ke Padang bergambar ramai - Hafiz, Aboy, Kak Yus, Wan and Pak Supir.
Air Asia - Memang appreciate dgn tambang kos murahnya, dan beri tiket percuma 3 hari lepas gempa. Tapi dari komen2 NGOs yang gunakan pkhidmatan Air Asia, mereka tak kompromi dari segi berat bagasi kpd kakitangan NGOs. Jadi, kos agak mahal bagi NGOs nak bawa masuk makan melebihi 15kg (RM10) 25kg RM55.00.
Sebaiknya, kos bagasi NGOs di beri diskaun sebab kerja2 amal. Group Amal paling aktif pada mata I, kira turun naik kapalterbang , mesti ada orang2 mereka silih berganti.
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