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Finding the Missing Ones (1)

Approximately 10 years ago, my father started his ambition to trace back our family's ancestors in China. My father is the second generation that was born in Indonesia and my great-grandfather, who originated from China, was the part of the uprising that occurred in the 1950s. He was recognized as a member of the rebel group and escaped from his country then finally settled on the island of Belitung. After that, he and his family were offered the citizenship by Indonesia's government. That is the story how Belitung Island becomes my parent's hometown.
My father, with limited information from our relatives, and no experience traveling the Mainland, started his journey to find the missing ones, the family that he has been looking for, for the past decades. He had saved his money up to afford this extraordinary journey, that may become his life-changing experience, and also for all member of our family.
Back then in 2008, the technology was poorly advanced, not like what we have today, with all wi-fi everywhere. My father only brought his old Nokia phone without the internet access. He had to change into several phone numbers in order to keep in touch with my family in Indonesia and the family in China. I could not imagine how he survived in the land of 1 billion population nation. Not to mention, he only speaks Mandarin, but could not read the characters. He only remembers his name character's in Mandarin, so the family could recognize him.

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