All Chapters of In the Name of the Sacred Tree: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

"WHAT is going on? You seem interested in my grandfather?” Kacey asked."Nothing," I said.I then stopped at the traffic light. Even though I said it was nothing, my mind was still trying to relate everything I was going through. Are they related, or do they occur independently of each other?"Now that you know my grandfather's name," said Kacey, "it's your turn to tell us about your adventures.""Good. Since you like culture, I will tell you about one of the oldest cultures on the coast,” I said."Very good. What culture is that?” Kacey asked."The Milkfish Market," I said."What market?" Kacey asked."The milkfish market," I affirmed."Tell me," said Kacey.The Milkfish Market is one of the hundreds of years of tradition that is still carried out by residents of the Grisee Regency to welcome and end the holy month of Ramadan. What makes the tradition of the milkfish market special is its long h

"The Grisees are so funny," said Kacey."Oh, you haven't heard everything," I said. "Would you like another story?""Is there anything more serious about the Grisee?" Kacey asked."You can see Matt," I joked.“I mean the story about the Grisee. Is there anything more serious?”"There is. But this story is set in today and mixed. But remember, this story is just a story. Not sure if it's true," I said."Okay," Kacey agreed.Then I started my story.This person introduced himself as Jagalpati, the nickname of Mu'talim Jagalpati, his full name. He is one of the survivors as well as a living witness to the tragedy of the Kalamunyeng massacre in 1517 AD. At the age of almost 560 years, his body still looks solid. One thing that is unique from his appearance is that there are cut scars across the face. The incision injured his left eye which made him one-sided blind.That afternoon, we met at a well-known universit

"Now it's my turn!" Kacey said."Turn for what?" I asked."I wanted to tease you," Kacey said."You mean?" I asked.“Some time ago, a friend sent a private message via Whatsapp. The message sent is a 46-second video. At first, I ignored the post because this friend's nature really likes to share his sexy video collection. Usually, I'm not necessarily attracted to play it immediately. But especially this one, I couldn't hold it in any longer. I thought you'd like it," Kacey said with a mysterious smile."Let me see," I saidLike Whatsapp private messages in video format, before downloading, the video preview looks blurry. Moreover, it is not accompanied by additional information about what the video is about.But, somehow for this one. My instincts are urgent. In the dim preview, she looks like a woman wearing only pink tank tops and thrashing around with her lower body clad in a batik-patterned brown bag. He looked like he was b

Since he was an adult until he entered college, the feeling of pity from people continued to haunt Titus. He was furious. Titus can no longer stand discrimination against persons with disabilities. His heart stirred. Titus also decided to join as a member of one of the organizations with disabilities in the city of Surabaya. It's just that, as long as Titus has been a disability defender, Titus' progressive ideas have not found space where they belong."My ideas, such as holding seminars to distributing brochures, were rejected," said Titus. "Maybe because I was a junior at that time," he added with a chuckle. "Oh yes, it is often said that there are no funds."Titus could not do much to defend his fellow man. Discrimination is still a scourge for people with disabilities. The government, continued Titus, was accused of being one of the culprits. You see, at that time the government only built school buildings for people with disabilities up to junior secondary level (

The car I was driving with Kacey as a passenger finally arrived at my house in Certajava. I purposely went back home to pick up some luggage that I had to take to the airport.When she got out of the car, Kacey looked serious as she saw the front of my house being ravaged with a police line in front of it. I then invited her into the living room.Jenny – my little sister – greeted Kacey warmly. Vice versa. They then chatted about what had happened while I went to my room to get the luggage that I had prepared beforehand.As I was about to leave the room, I thought of Julia. I thought back to how she arranged all my needs ahead of Ryg's concert. As I said before, Julia was the one who makes me famous as Che the Bassist with the Mask.I took my phone out of my pocket and considered, should I call her to say goodbye, again?I then put the phone back in because I thought I had told her a lot. Even I said that she is the person I've been wai