This post is in English.

On 27 May 2006 at 5:54 AM in Indonesian West Time (WIB), Yogyakarta was rocked by earthquake with magnitude 6.2. It was a tectonic earthquake. As known, Java, Sumatra and Bali are located close to Ring of Fire, where tectonic earthquake would be common to the area close to Ring of Fire. The death toll already reached 6,234. About 46,000 people injured.Most of the victims are poor people who live in Bantul, an area in South Yogyakarta. Some homes in areas that not far from the source also reported collapsed, the walls cracked, the roofs and ceilings reported fall apart.

The days after, it was reported that there were some rainy days that worsen the victims conditions. Those who lost their home due to collapsed or destroyed by the earthquake are living under awnings, after the rain they have to stand up under the awnings or squat because the soil were very wet. They are hungry, wet, helpless, cannot work and miserable. Some who were injured reported died because there were not enough blood stock available in that big scale natural disaster. They were not ready.

Worsen ever, some of the victims have to endured robberies from bad people who after food stocks given to them from donation, bad security problem because those robbers are after valuables from their collapsed homes such as motorcycle, cows, etc. Those robbers were reported giving those victims some poisoned food yesterday. After some victims reported sick and vomitted, people around them were helping them to hospital, while the robbers move around homes try to find valuables items. Those robbers are surely crazy, heartless, and sick.

Some Indonesian blogger who live in Yogyakarta or have family in Yogyakarta were not missed from this natural disaster. Thomas who build wdcreezz, my shoutbox, is okay but his parent's home was reported collapsed. Some blogger such as Ang Thek Khun is still volunteering to give approach those earthquake victims to give them food and basic need such as clothes, babies' need and women's need. Also there are a lot of help submitted from AirPutih Organisation, helpjogja.net, and especially Blogfam who are trying to organise donations and some people to go to Yogyakarta to help those victims. Blogfam is an Indonesian web-blog organisation which I joined a long time ago. It's not just a virtual community or family. It's really a real community with lots of care for each of it's member whenever they are. Blogfam make this banner below and expected lots of help from around you. You can be assured that any donations that you send to Blogfam would be used for those earthquake victims and Blogfam will make sure it would reach those victims safely. Please do help Yogyakarta. if you are Indonesian, just click on this banner below to get more information or send money to account number: 0020155393 belong to name: Parwita in Bank BNI, branch: Central Jakarta.

A lot of help from International organisation such as Red Cross, United States of America, Pakistan, Singapore, and other countries already pledged to help.

However, YOUR HELP are still needed. Remember this song?

There comes a time

When we head a certain call

When the world must come together as one

There are people dying

And it's time to lend a hand to life

The greatest gift of all

We can't go on

Pretending day by day

That someone, somewhere will soon make a change

We are all a part of God's great big family

And the truth, you know love is all we need

[Chorus:]

We are the world

We are the children

We are the ones who make a brighter day

So let's start giving

There's a choice we're making

We're saving our own lives

It's true we'll make a better day

Just you and me

Send them your heart

So they'll know that someone cares

And their lives will be stronger and free

As God has shown us by turning stone to bread

So we all must lend a helping hand

[Back to Chorus]

When you're down and out

There seems no hope at all

But if you just believe

There's no way we can fall

Well, well, well, well, let us realize

That a change will only come

When we stand together as one

[Back to Chorus]

PS: My uncles' families homes in Yogyakarta are okay. Their walls only got minor cracks. My dad in Solo, who is sick got a bit trauma because of his bed was rocking and it's in 2nd floor. He got fever for two days and is okay now. My mom was out of town with my godmother and she is okay.