"We, They and I”

This is a reflection story of my life in searching for identity of an established life. I am a person who loves  and enjoys art, especially the art of drawing. The passion that becomes hobby, leads me to be able to make t-shirt business with my own brand ‘ALOR CREATIVE 100%’. I created and pioneered this business while studying at campus in Yogyakarta, but the business stopped when I returned to my hometown.

I found many factors that hinders my passion to develop this business. Starting from the raw materials availability and the biggest obstacle to develop this business in NTT due to brokers (person who buys t-shirts for consumers) prints all in Java and Bali with cheaper and faster manufacture and delivery.

The circumstances that hamper the creativity of screen printing business made me reflect longer, it hampers not only my future but also my surrounding where I live. The situation of the environment like a proverb saying "Rats dying in rice barns", which means we have abundant natural sources, but we do not know how to make them fulfill our needs.

This deep reflection encourages me to choose to be a "modern farmer" as my first step to keep my life and  the rest is I want to make people in my village have a better life through "self-help business" by making bamboo handicraft for indoor house ornaments and virgin coconut oil so they will have a higher selling price.

My reflection page has an end-hope that we can share many things in our life as sharing can complete our shortcomings. Finally, thank you so much for my ‘family’ in Stube-HEMAT which remains accompany and guide me faithfully in my efforts.

Hopefully, there will be evidence of love

and effors that I can share

in the future - Amien.

(Petrus Maure)