A Horoscope, Make Up, and a Missing Tooth
One day I read a horoscope on my Instagram account. The horoscope said that âif you want to be rich, you should save money everydayâ. I thought itâs hard for me to save money, because when I went to the mall I would see everything, especially make-up. Then, I realized that I crashed the wall. âO my Godâ, I had just lose my tooth.
MY COUNTRY
Oh my beloved country
You are rich in wealth
You are rich in culture
You are rich with harmony
Oh my beloved country
Many are jealous of your wealth
But that was then
But now only the tie mouse
Feels good
Oh my beloved country
Do you feel what I feel
Recover please
Oh my beloved country
Give it back as before
The First Time Going to Yogyakarta
A year ago, when I was in a boarding school I always imagined about campus. I always asked someone who already studied in a college outside my hometown. I always asked about it, and I started to get interested to live in the campus life at the time. In my opinion it must be happier because I would have so many friends from outside the area.
A week later there were many students from various colleges visited my boarding school with in a really cool suit and they brought so many brochures, and one of them was brochure from Respati Yogyakarta University. I thought those were very cool, and I started choose one college for my study in Yogyakarta. One of the reasons was because Yogyakarta was the city of history. The second reason was because there were so many colleges.
There were many problems came when I asked permission to study in Yogyakarta, because at the time I was not given to take university anywhere. Because my desire was so strong, I already planned to leave with my own money. Even though I did not have much money at the time, I always convinced that God was always with me.
I always prayed to God until my family would allow me to study in Yogyakarta.
The next day I kept asking permission and continued to make my family believe. Finally, they gave me permission, and how happy I was at the time because I would visit the city that I always wanted and settled down. I started to set up what was needed in Yogyakarta, and after that I called my friend who also wanted to continue the study in Yogyakarta. Two days later after I got permission from my family, my friend and I left the hometown. We went through a journey for 13 hour, and when I was in Yogyakarta I met different culture. I thought Madura was not so crowded and it was still fresh and calm. Yogyakarta was more crowded, but I knew from my friends that Yogyakarta was still attached to tradition and culture. Of course I was shocked with the lifestyle in Yogyakarta taht most of which were free but I still must t follow some rules because I was only an immigrant and had to be brave to adjust culture.
FIND A WALLET
For many days I waited for a vacation call. It was a bad day, because I donât know where I have to do. My activities were only sleeping, eating and watching movies, and I was really bored. I wanted to have my own business but I did not have enough money. One day, I intended to meet my friend to share about my problem. As I walked to my friendâs house, I found a black wallet beside the road by the end of the sidewalk. I approached the wallet, then I opened it, and saw there were KTP, SIM A, some important papers, fantastic savings, and a credit card inside. In my mind, a voice appeared and said that I could use what were the inside the wallet.
But no, I had to return this wallet to the owner. Not long after I went out from my friendâs house, I returned the wallet. I adjusted the address on the KTP, and I found the house in an Jln. Petung no 10D Carturtunggal Depok Sleman. I rang the bell and then the door was opened it by one of the residents of the house.
âExcuse me mom, is this really Mr. Sutomoâs addressâ, I asked.
âYes thatâs true. Who are you?â, asked the mom.
âI am Idha, I would like to meet Mr. Sutomo. There is an important matterâ.
âOkay, please come in, Mr. Sutomo there is insideâ, the mom invited me to come to the house.
I walked shyly into the magnificent house of the owner of the wallet I found
âWhat is wrong? Who are you?â asked the owner to me.
âI am Idha, sir. I am sorry before I found your wallet on the near the hotel.â
âoh, please sit downâ
I sat near him and handed over the wallet I hand found.
âWhere do you live, son? And where do you work?â, he asked curiously.
âGg. Ampel, sir. I am still unemployed. For months applying but I havenât been able to get a call.
âWhat bachelor do you have?â
âEconomic Management, sir,â, I replied.
âOkay, son. my company still needs the staff administration, if you are interested you can meet me tomorrow at 9 am. This is my ID card. âMr. Sutomo said while give the ID card.
âAre you sure sir?
â I am sure. I need an employee that have honestly like youâ
âThank you so much. sir. â
It was like dream, and It was like miracle.
After that I went to my friendâs house. I told to my friend everything that happened today and I was so happy because I was not an unemployed anymore. My friend said, âThat is the power of honesty, continue to do honesty because honesty is a noble quality and you will got a response goodness from Godâ. Then, I took permission to go home, because I had to prepare the files to bring to the company tomorrow.
Sakina Mawadda
Sakina Mawadda or often called âKinaâ is a Master student in Gajah Mada University. She takes Linguistic program. She was born in Sumbawa Besar, April 06 1999. Her father works as an entrepreneur and her mother is PNS. She has one older sister and one younger brother. She is the second child from her family. Her older sister already working and just Kina and her younger brother that still in the learning stage. Her father is a law graduate and her mother was D4- Health Analist. That is why she is smart woman now, yes, because she comes from an education family.
Basically, she started her education all until University mastering in Linguistics. The first, she studied in Bayangkara from TK, SD 2, SMP 1, until SMA 1 Sumbawa Besar high school. After graduation from her school in Sumbawa she continued his studied in Respati Yogyakarta University in English Literature. And she is smart woman and of course she beautiful. However, she just finished the the study in just 3.5 years and got the best graduation. It was amazing!
When she was in Respati Yogyakarta University, she was active student in their University. Why I said like that?
Because I saw of their achievements.
She was a valedictorian.
She was the best speaker of UNRIYOâs debate representation 3 years in a row (2014-2016).
She was UNRIYOâs representative to go to NUDC (National University Debating Championship) for 2 times
Actually, I only wrote the biggest achievements she got. Therefore, still many achievements that she got when she was in junior high school and senior high school. There was one of achievement that I really amazed to her and I really needed to improve in myself. That why I was motivated by her.
Kina has a good personality, and she give me some tips to be smart and became best graduation she said, âAlways want to know and not give up on something that we donât understand, but still eager to learnâ, That why I was always motivated by her persistence in learning and achieving all her desires, and I have to apply the tips from Kina in myself. Good luck.
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