A tribute to my teacher

Today, July 13th 2008 marked the day when my piano teacher got cremated. She passed away after battling with "getah bening" (lymphoma) cancer for 1 year and 3 months last Wednesday. I studied under her for three years during my high school year and that was about 4 years ago. Yet, her teaching, her strength, her views of life will remain forever etched in my memory.

During the ceremony, this song was performed. It was one that she hold dear in her heart through the death of her daughter ~6 years ago, it was one that we sang during the death of our fellow Indonesian student, and now it was one that we all sang to honor her life.

Apa yang kau alami kini mungkin tak dapat engkau mengerti
satu hal tanamkan di hati indah semua yang Tuhan bri
Tuhanmu tak akan memberi ular beracun pada yang minta roti
Cobaan yang engkau alami, tak kan melebihi kekuatanmu

Tangan Tuhan sedang merenda,
suatu karya yang agung mulia
saatnya kan tiba nanti kau lihat pelangi kasihNya

With that, a tribute to teacher: Taylor Mali on "What teachers make"