Presiden SBY saksikan Latgab TNI. ©Rumgapres/abror rizki
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) as a military and politician so moncer. Thanks to the ability and sincerity in working to make believable in carrying out every assignment. That also makes him able to marry his adored girl, Christian Herrawati aka Ani.
Unlike Ani who comes from a family reside, where the father of Sarwo Edhie is a high officer in the Army. His father had served as Commander of RPKAD, even appointed as Indonesian Ambassador to South Korea.
SBY itself comes from a simple family who lives in a village in Pacitan, East Java. As a child, he dreamed of being able to pass on his father's blood to an AD soldier. This dream was achieved in 1970 after taking acceptance test in Bandung, West Java.
After undergoing training, the achievements he recorded made Governor Akmil Sarwo Edhie amazed. For that reason, Sarwo Edhie is willing to give up his responsibilities as the father of Ani to SBY. The two then married in 1975.
After marriage, SBY and Ani are not necessarily able to live luxuriously, they undergo the marriage of the household very simply. SBY salary given to his wife is not entirely enough, even Ani should look for additional outside the military.
Although living all-mediocre. But both try to provide the best nutrition for his two sons, Agus Harimurti and Edhie Baskoro. In fact, the position held by SBY is good enough, namely the Battalion Commander.
"President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Ibu Ani raise their children with great affection, although in the mediocre financial condition, Mr. SBY and Mrs. Ani always try to meet the nutritional needs of their children," wrote SBY in his book.
To fulfill it, SBY sometimes took extra food rations to bring home to her. The ration was a cup of green bean porridge from his office.
"Mr. SBY did not eat it at the office, but stored it to take home.Be at home, given to Mrs. Ani to be processed again by adding coconut milk, brown sugar and pandanus so that the amount of green bean porridge more and more can be eaten with the family," wrote the description the smiling family photo.
The simplicity of both continued until SBY was deployed to East Timor in 1976. Ani had to sell all her household appliances. That he did to fulfill life during the battlefield, other than that these items can not be brought to the field of duty of her husband.
Later, the green bean pulp was changed into green bean juice. This juice is often presented to SBY and entourage when holding a visit abroad or region.
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