The first day of school, a love note, and a recipe with a significant mistakes
When Rima was in the first day at junior high school, she met someone who made her uncontrolled herself. She felt like he loved her so much in that time. She always wrote in her note about him. She called it a love note. She felt happy at that time. Finally, she was shocked when she saw him was hugging woman behind the class, and apparently she was his girlfriend. After that, she felt that she had already made a significant mistake loving someone who already had a girlfriend.
Poem
Theater!
Who says the world is a shelter?
Who says the world is a place of happiness?
Who says the world is a full of beauty?
Who suppose the world like venom of snake!
What to be proud of?
What to be expected?
What to look for?
And what is gained?
Luxury always comes without stopping
It is like the shining of sun
Lightning
Then, dim again
Wake up!
This is only a temporary stopover
Mortal
Then, disappear
Short story
The reciprocated kindness
“Dear! Today my merchandises are not sold out and just sold very little,only this I can give to you”. Heri said to her wife while giving the money for daily needs. “What? Just this you can get? Do you think this is enough for us? Not dear, this inadequate! Please, work harder! If it happens again in the future I can`t live with you anymore”. Heri`s wife said. “I am sorry dear. Please, forgive me! I promise to work harder tomorrow”. Heri said to his wife.
The next day, Heri went to work bringing all the merchandises to the market. In the middle of way, he met an old woman that looked confusing. He tried to approach her. “What happened to you?” Heri asked to her. “I want to go back to my home but I don`t have money, may I ask for your money? Please, help me”. The old woman asked for heri`s money. “I am sorry. I only have a little money. For eating is also difficult, but it is okay, I believe that our sustenance already set by God. “Heri said to her while giving the money. “Thank you very much son, I will never forget your kindness. May you have a happy life forever and your God will give easy sustenance for you”. The old woman prayed for him. “Amiin”. Heri said. “Let me accompany you to the bus station”. Heri said while accompanying her. When they arrived at bus station, the old woman said thankful to heri. Heri just smile while facing up her. After the bus came, the Old woman entered it and the bus left that place. Heri hurried up to the market to sell the merchandises.
When he arrived there, he started to sell. Unfortunately, he felt sad because he waited so long but no customer came to him. All the merchandises were intact. He confused, what he would say to her wife. “How is this God? Why is no merchandize sold today? What will I say to my wife?” Heri said in his heart. After that, he decided to go back home because the time was already 05.00 p.m. When he arrived at home, he looked for her wife. “Where is your mom, son? Why she is not at home this time?”. Heri asked her son. “I don`t know dad, when I came back home until now I haven`t seen mam”. Heri`s son said. “Are you sure? Have you eaten before?”. Heri asked him. His son only shook his head. “let`s go to kitchen, I will cook some food for you”. When Heri was cooking at the kitchen, his wife came. “Where are you from? Why do you go back home overnight? Why you didn`t cook for us before you went utside?”. Heri asked her. “Why did you ask me like that? Have you ever taken me outside like most of my friend`s husband did? If you want me to cook where is the money? I will ask you now, how much money do you get today?”. Heri`s wife answered angrily. “I am sorry. No merchandize is sold today”. Heri answered. “Hallo stupid man! Poor man! What can you do? A partner that is not reliable!”. She said while leaving them. Heri`s son cried while leaving Heri in the kitchen. At that time, heri felt really broken heart knowing his wife talking like that to him. He cried in the middle of night while pray to God to strengthen him facing up her wife.
The next day at a morning, Heri couldn`t wake up from his bed. He felt sick. He called his wife to help him go to toilet. Unfortunately, his wife didn`t want to. “Please help me! I want to go to toilet”. Heri said. “Go by yourself! Do you have feet? Use your feet! I will never help you, I want go to my friend`s party. You only can validate me!”. Heri`s wife told like that while leaving him alone in his room. Heri attempted himself sucked on the floor went to toilet. Unfortunately, heri fell in the toilet until he passed out. No one realized it. After an hour, his son entered the room and shocked because his father already passed out. He was panic, and he looked for his mother but she was not at home. He straight away went to his neighbor for asking for a help. After that, the neighbors came and brought heri to the hospital.
In the hospital, when the neighbors and Heri`s son were waiting for heri, her wife came. “What is this? Why your father could be in this hospital? We don`t have money to pay all the cost”. Heri`s wife said to his son. “I don`t know mom, suddenly when I entered the room I saw him already passed out on the floor. I straight away asked our neighbors to help me”. Heri`s son answered. “Your father only can bothersome me!”. Heri`s wife said that while leaving thee hospital. Two days Heri was in the hospital, finally doctor said if he was allowed to go back to home. Finally, Heri went back to home with his son who had accompanied him two days in the hospital. Talking about a hospital cost, actually all Heri`s neighbors helped him to pay all the cost, because they felt pity with him. The neighbors knew that heri was a kind person, so they willingly helped him. According to heri, this was a help from God. He believed that all our kindness to people would be back again to us.
When they arrived at home, heri was suddenly shocked because he saw his wife together with another man at home. Heri was really angry, but he couldn`t do anything because he still felt sick. “Enter to your room please, son”. Heri told to his son. His wife and a man were also shocked and wondered why he could go back earlier from hospital. “What are you doing here?”. Heri asked while holding his chest in pain. Unfortunately, his wife ordered the man to leave the house. After he left the house and Heri`s wife scolded him back. “Why do you back home? I think you will stay forever in the hospital. If you are here, you can only bother me”. His wife said while angry and left the home. “Oh God, what`s wrong with me? Why my wife treated me like that? Please God. Give her awareness to know of her mistakes”. Heri said that while crying.
Actually, two days had passed after she left the house and didn`t come back. Heri felt fidgety why his wife didn`t come back until now. He looked for his wife anywhere he knew. He went to his wife friend`s house to look for her, but he found nothing. Unfortunately, at the middle of way when he went back home, there were many people there. He felt curious and tried to approach it. Finally, he was shocked when looked his wife laid down with bloodstained. Heri and the people there tried to bring her to the hospital. When they arrived at the hospital, she was immediately handled by doctor. “Oh God, help me please! Give me a power to face this disaster, save my wife please. I hope from this disaster she became a better person”. Heri said while praying to God. 5 hours had passed as he waited for his wife in the hospital. Suddenly, the doctor was out off the room and looked for the family of the patient. “Where`s the family of Mrs. Suryani?” the doctor asked. “I am her husband, doctor”. Heri answered. “Ok Mr, Let me tell you about your wife`s condition. Now, your wife is in a critical state and we need two bags of AB blood, find please it immediately. If you cannot find it I cannot help your wife”.
“Actually, what is your blood type”? the doctor asked heri. “My blood`s type is O doctor. Actually, I will try hard to get the blood and you must promise me to will help my wife”. Heri told to the doctor. “God willing Mr, all our life is already set by God. We are here only try to do our best by the permission of Allah.” The doctor answered. “Ok doctor, I will try it and thank you for your helping”. Heri said. “Actually, I will simplify your way to get the blood. In room 231, there is an old woman that always donates her blood for the patient who needs it. She is a rich people, but she is a very kind person. Maybe, you can try it.” The doctor said to Heri. “Thank you very much doctor, I will try it now.” Heri ran to that room.
“Excuse me.” Heri said while entering the room. Finally, heri was shocked knowing the old woman that was told by the doctor was the one he had helped before. “What can I do for you, son”? The old woman said while smiling to heri. “I am sorry before, I don`t know if you are here. My wife is in a critical state, and she needs two bags of blood and I don`t know what will I do now remembering that you are the old woman that I had helped before, and I cannot bear if you can help me.” Heri said while crying. “I will help you, son. I will reply all your kindness to me, and your wife should be healthy as before in order to make your family happy.” The old woman said while smiling. Heri was really shocked, he never though if he would be in this condition. Heri cried while praying.
After that, he went back to the doctor bringing the blood. “Doctor, I got the blood and I hope you can heal my wife now.” Heri said. “Ok mr, I will do it now. Please pray so that your wife can be well.” Doctor said. 3 hours had passed as the doctor in the room handled heri`s wife, but there was no sign from the room. Heri was really panic and afraid if there was something undesirable.
In short, the doctor came out off the room. “Congratulation, your wife is saved”. The doctor said while smiling. “Are you sure? May I see her?”. Heri said. “I am sure, please see her”. The doctor answered. Heri rushed to the room to see his wife. Who knew, at that time heri`s wife asked him, why she can hold on until now? Who helped her? In short, heri told all to her wife about the old woman that helped him. She was the old woman that ever asked heri’s money so that he didn`t bring money home, and she was the one that donated her bloods to his wife. Heri tried to convince her wife that all our kindness to other people would go back to us. Suddenly, heri’s s wife cried and felt guilty to his husband that always tried to make her happy but she never assumed it. She awarded if she had many mistakes to his husband, she felt inappropriate to live because of her mistakes. Heri tried to strength her if she could be better and erase all her mistakes, God will achieve her kindness.
After that, his wife promises to heri and herself to be a better person. She was really lucky to have a husband like heri. They started a new life with his son and tried to make their own happiness. Finally, their family live happily ever after and they always did a kindness. She believed if they gave kindness to other people, it means they gave kindness to them selves.
Memoir
The first time loosing all my luggages when come back to Java
When I was in Islamic junior high school, I went back to my village for holiday. After two months, I came back again to Java Island to continue my study. I usually went back by myself, but at that time my father accompanied me. The trips usually needed three days because we took bus. Actually I never felt this accident before. I called it such an accident for me. My father and I put all our luggagein the bus luggage room, while we brought nothing inside the bus. Actually we really believed that all our luggages would be safe in their place. At day 1 we arrived in Palembang, the bus stopped and we had a break. All the passengers in the bus were out from the bus. They prayed, ate, took a bath and had a rest. After thirty minutes, we continued our trip. At day 2 we arrived in Lampung, actually our activities were the same liked the first we stopped. We continued again the trip, six hours from the place that we had a break in Lampung, we arrived in Bakauheni harbor to cross the sea that separated Sumatera Island and Java Island. After three hours, we went out from the ship to continue our trip. Actually we arrived in Merak harbor in Java Island. I still remember that we arrived there at 1 p.m. After going out from the ship, we entered again to our bus to continue the trip. Actually at 12 a. m the bus already reached java “Cilacap” it was our destination. However, we were really shocked knowing that our luggage were lost. I was really stressed at that time! “How is this come dad? My clothes, books, foods, all are lost. I don`t have anything anymore dad! What should I do now? How can I say to my teacher that I can`t enter class because I don`t have books and clothes”? My father said “calm down dear! Everything will be ok, trust me!” “How is this sir”? My father tried to talk with the driver. They said,” why? What should we do sir? We don`t know anything that happened to you. I am just a driver. We still have many to do. The passengers are waiting us. Then, we can`t take responsibility sir. Please feel free to contact our office”! After that the bus left us.
My father was really angry to them that treated us like that. None of them was responsible for that. However, we tried to be patience. I cried along the way. We stopped at a bus counter and took a bath. After that, my father tried to sooth me. He said, “let us buy the new uniform, shoes, and books before coming back to your boarding school using this potluck money first. Be calm dear! God will change them later! After that we went to market to buy my necessities. However, in the market all the seller asked us “sorry dear, where is your school? What will you buy? What grade are you now?” I answered them, “I am in the 2nd grade at Islamic junior high school at Darul Qurro”. They were shocked, “what? You are 2nd grade? Why do you just buy the now dear? Instead of you have already studied for a year? All a seller in the market looked at me. My father answered, “we got an accident in our trip, all my daughter`s luggage was lost. We don`t know how it can happen to us”. They said, “Oh my God! Be patient, dear, God will change them later. Actually, that was the disaster from God to test your patience in your study. Keep strong dear! We all pray for the best solution for you.
In short, all my necessities like uniforms, shoes, books, pens, and so on, were in discount until 70%. How lucky I was at that moment. Meeting people who really cared of me even though we didn`t know before. I believed and learned one thing from that accident. My God will change anything in the appropriate time. It also taught me to be more careful, and also never be careless.
Bioghraphy
A. Khawarizmi Siregar
Aidhil Khawarizmi Siregar or often be called “Regar” is a magister student at Gadjah Mada University studying in Islamic Economic Department. He was born in Tanjung Medan, North Sumatera on January 13th, 1994. He was originally batak tribe, and also his parents. His father is a farmer, and his mother is a tailor. He has three little sisters and he is the eldest child in his famiy. Talking about his family, he lives in full of warmth family. His father is a hard worker person. When he was a child, he lived in common family. So that, from this condition he tried to be a successful person without bothering his parents. He studied hard from child until now. Finally, he can make his parents proud of him with his achievements. As we knew, batak tribe is one of the tribes in our country that is famous with their rudeness in language because of their accents, but here we must consider that batak tribe is also hard in his life. They always embed hard work and never give up to reach success in their life. It also happened in regar. He was a very ambitious person that I knew, and he never gave up to reach something that he wants.
Basically, he started his education in islamic constitution. The first, he studied in state islamic school tanjung medan. So, he continued his study in Irsyadul Islamiyah islamic junior high school tanjung medan. After that, he studied in Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah islamic senior high school Medan. After graduating from islamic senior high school, he subserved in islamic boarding school Nurul Iklas, Padang for a year. He also got a scholarship in islamic senior high school, the scholarship was only intended for fourteen students from three thousands students with the best score, and he was one of them. So amazing! When he was in university, he was an active student in and outside university too. Why I said like this? Because I saw his achievements.
- He was a chairman of HIMALABUSEL Yogyakarta 2016-2018 and 2018-2019, it counted three years in two periods. For further information, HIMALABUSEL is one of student districts associations in Yogyakarta from Labuhanbatu Selatan, Medan.
- He was a chairman of the youth organization Ngelo & KKN UIN 2017.
- He was a secretary of research development PMII commissioner UIN 2018.
- He was a minister of finance of student executive board UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA 2018.
- He got a best scholarship in Ar raudlatul Hasanah islamic boarding school 2010.
- He got 3rd place in English speech contest in level of student & student of college in North Sumatera Province
- He got 3rd place in English speech contest in level senior high school in North Sumatera Province
- He got 1st winner in quiz of history of islam in North Sumatera province
- He was a PMII Korp Brilliant`s chairman in lifetime.
He told me, “Actually, this position really helped me to learn to be well organized”. The most important thing was Regar`s friends agreed to vote him to be the chairman in this position for lifetime.
Actually, I only wrote the biggest achievements he had got. There were still many achievements that he had got when he was in islamic senior high school, but I didn`t write them. There was one of achievements that he got and I thought that was really inspired me. He was a writer, and his book was sold in gramedia and toga mas. Not only that, his book was also through the level of national. I am really proud of him. The title of his book is “Sepilin kisah dari kami untuk semesta” with a help from Prof. Musa Asy `arie the Rector of UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA.
Regar has a good personality, he never give up in his life. He has a strong determination to reach what he want and always keep continuing his life`s motto. “Bii Qodri Maa Ta`tanii Tanaalu Maa Tatamanna” which means “Your big efforts will return as big as your success” then, from this motto he tries so hard in anything in his life.
Actually, that`s why I choosed him to become a person that I wrote the biography for my project, because of him I also learn how to be more ambitious person to reach all that I want in my life.
He told me, “I am a person that is hard inside, but soft outside”. It means that he always imposes himself to do anything, because he knew if he pamperes himself he will not be like what he is now. In other side, when in organization he became a leader, he also applied this things. Before he commanding his member to do something he did it first. That the ost important thing is that I should be like that.
He also told me that, “We can`t choose from what family we are from, what religions we are with and what tribes we are from, but we can determine and create how our future will be. Actually, I am not from a rich family, so that I really considered my parents cannot give me more facilities for my education, and from that I tried to study hard to get scholarship to continue my study without bothering my parents. My parents don`t have treasure, their treasures are their children”. It was the deepest expression of him, I thought. He planned his life to be more useful andall the possibility had been already prepared by him, because he believed that God will determine the way we success. Good luck!
Testimony
Before starting my testimony about this subject during this semester, I would like to say thank you very much to my lecturer in this subject who helped me finishing my last project. Writing is the basic subject in English literature and I think my writing is not good as the other, so that from this subject I learned many rule how to write better than before.
