A Poached Corn

 

It was 5 pm, when i had just arrived to my boardinghouse. I felt so tired, because of some activities I had done in the day. After I took a bath, I saw some corns in my kitchen. Suddenly, I wanted to eat a poached corn. So, I turned on my stove and I boiled the corn in a pan. After that, I went to my room. I lied my head on my pillow while I was waiting for the corn was done. Later, I heard many people were so noisy at the outside. I didn’t know why they were. I felt quite disturbed because of them. Apparently, I slept when I was waiting for the corn to be done. But, at the time, I didn’t remember about my corn at all. I just felt so tired and I wanted to take a rest. So, I didn’t care them. And then my door was knocked loudly. Finally, I got up from the bed. But, I smelt a bad aroma and there was a smoke in my room. Suddenly, I remembered about my corn. I felt so panic at that time. I went to my kitchen and I turned off my stove. I opened the top of the pan and I was so surprised seeing the corn. It was so dark and I think it couldn’t be eaten at all. Some people still knocked my door. And now I knew why they were so noisy. Then I opened the door. With smiling, I told them what happened and said sorry. I knew, they smelt a bad aroma from my corn, so, they worried that it would be a fire. Next, I apoligized to the owner of my boarding house, my homemate and everybody there. And I promised that I wouldn’t do it anymore. They forgave me and some people among them saw my corn and they laughed.

                                                                                                                                               

 January 2012

Mimpi Burukku

Saat ku tiba dirumah, terkejut melihat hal yang begitu tak terduga. Halaman dipenuhi tenda-tenda berwarna biru muda, dan dihiasi berbagai jenis bunga. Janur kuning melengkung indah pertanda akan adanya sebuah acara.

Berdecak kagum ku melihat semuanya, dan tanpa kusadari yayu (panggilan Mba menurut bahasa jawa)  menarikku dan mengajak kedalam rumah. Seorang wanita tua namun masih terlihat cantik menegurku

“ Inikah adik calon pengantin perempuan?”

Ibuku datang dan menjawab pertanyaan itu “ Bukan ini anak saya yang akan menikah dengan anak ibu, Memang terlihat lebih kecil dbanding adiknya yang memiliki postur tubuh yang besar jadi ibu salah orang”.

Ibu melihat kearahku dan berkata “pergilah kekamarmu, disana sudah menunggu penata rias yang akan merias wajahmu nak. Dan disana pula kau akan melihat calon suamimu.”

Aku sangat terkejut mengapa secepat ini aku harus menikah. Sedagkan aku baru saja melanjutkan kuliah disemester pertama.

Perlahan ku berjalan menuju kamar, aku sangat tak percaya orang tuaku yang dulu sangat mengekangku dalam menjalin hubungan dengan seseorang kini tanpa sepengetahuanku menikahkanku dengan orang yang benar- benar tak ku ketahui.

Saat melewati ruang tamu, ku mendengar Ayah berbincang dengan pakde membicarakan uang jujuran yang dibawa oleh pihak laki-laki, dan uang sumbangan yang begitu besar dari para keluarga maupun sahabat ayah. Disitu ku mendengar ayah menyebutkan uang sebesar 10.000.000 dari ibu Aminah dan suaminya yang mengaku sangat senang bila ku segera menikah. Padahal setahuku Bu Aminah sangat tidak suka bila ada seorang anak perempuan yang menikah sebelum dia dapat berhasil melebihi kedua orang tua anak tersebut.

Sesampai dikamar ku melihat dua orang laki-laki dan seorang perempuan sedang dirias. Fikirku mereka semua merupakan anggota keluarga pihak laki-laki ternyata salah saatu laki-laki tersebut merupakan calon suamiku dan dua orang lainnya merupakan temannya sejak kecil.

Novi merupakan nama calon suamiku dia mengatakan sangat senang bahwa dia dapat meminangku.

Dia mengajakku berbicara tetapi ku hanya terdiam. Yang ada difiranku yaitu bagaimana dengan kuliahku, bagaimana dengan orang yang kusukai akankah ku harus menikah dengan orang yang benar-benar tak ku kenal dan tak kusukai, bagaimana dengan kedua orang tuaku dimana cita- cita mereka sejak dulu yang sangat mereka banggakan untuk dapat mengkuliahiku sampai selesai, karena setelah menikah pastinya ku tak dapat melanjutkan kuliah disemester berikutnya karena menjadi seorang ibu rumah tangga.

Aku sangat kecewa, sedih, marah semua bercampur menjadi satu.

Fitri teman Novi berbisik padaku

“ kamu sangat beruntung mendapatkan novi dia seorang yang ramah, pekerja keras dan kaya. Bisa kamu bayangkan susah mendapatkan orang seperti dia yang bekerja disebuah perusahaan timah yang memiliki gaji 2 kali lipat dibanding perusahaan tambang lainya.”

Aku menangis dan itu dikira novi karena aku sedih meninggalkan kedua orang tuaku padahal ku menangis karena semua ini merupakan mimpi buruk bagiku.

Tamu- tamu undangan datang pada waktunya sebuah akad nikah sudah disenandungkan. Ku berdua dengan novi dikamar rias mengganti pakaian dengan pakaian pengantin lainnya berwarna kuning keemasan. Saat tiba waktunya untuk kepelaminan, ku melihat novi bergetar wajahnya sangat pucat. 

Timbul rasa ibaku ku datangi dia dan ku memeluknya. Dia tersenyum padaku sambil berkata, “ Ku kira setelah kau menjadi istriku kau akan tetap tak peduli padaku karena kau tak mencintaiku. Mengapa kau bisa berubah secepat ini?”

“Kau sekarang telah sah menjadi suamiku, setelah kau melafazkan akad nikah. Ku iba padamu setelah ku melihatmu bergetar. Kau tak bisa menyembunyikannya.. bila ku membiarkanmu maka aku akan menjadi istri yang durhaka tidak menenangkanmu disaat kau benar-benar memerlukanku. Semua telah berlalu, walaupun ku sangat kecewa tapi semua tak bisa kembali sepeti dulu lagi, maka biarkanlah aku saat ini menjadi istri yang berbakti padamu walapun sekarang ku hanya bisa memelukmu menghilangkan gemetarmu.”

Selang beberpa waktu, aku hamil 3 bulan. Mertuaku sangat sayang padaku dan ku tak boleh keluar rumah selama suamiku pergi bekerja.

Setiap minggunya selalu ada kiriman vitamin, susu, dari mertua sepertinya mereka sangat senang karena kehamilanku ini.

Tapi keadaan di rumah sekarang berbeda, suamiku terlalu sibuk dengan pekerjaannya. Sehingga ku sering sendirian dirumah karena dia harus lembur bekerja.

Dia tak pernah terlihat tersenyum bahkan tak pernah menanyakan keadaanku. Seperti menganggapku tak ada.

Saat dia tertidur  kumendengar dia menggigau dan mengatakan

“ Istriku hamil, bisakah ku akan menemaninya saat dia melahirkan. Sedangkan ku sibuk dengan urusanku dan tanpa sepengetauhannya ku telah menjalin hungan dengan wanita lain”

Ku menamgis mendengarnya, dia terbangun terdiam melihatku. Mengambil selimut dan menyelimutiku dan pindah tidur di sofa.

Apakah dia tak mengerti bagaimana cara membuat diam seorang perempuan menangis? Apakah dia sama sekali tak mengerti perasaanku? Dan apakah dia sampai saat ini masih bersamaku karena aku mengandung anaknya?

Dalam tidurku ku teringat saat-saat dulu saat dimana ku merasa kecewa dan terus kecewa dengan keadaan yang benar-benar tak ku banyangkan sebelumnya.

Keadaan yang tak ku harapkan, ku ingin seperti dulu yang masih bersama orang tua dan adikku, yang masih merasakan bangku kuliah bersama teman-teman baikku.

Tuhan bila waktu dapat berputar maka ku ingin kembali kemasa lampau ku akan serius untuk kuliah hingga orang tuaku tak ragu akan keseriusanku  untukk kuliah hingga tak menikahkanku dengan laki-laki yang tak kusukai.

Tiba- tiba, terbangun ku merasakan getar Hp. Hahh!!! Ternyata ini hanya mimpi bersyukur ku dalam hati bahwa semua yang ku rasa tadi hanya sebuah mimpi 

By. Latifah (Fkip Bhs.Indo Universitas Mulawarman, my roommate :)  )

when I get a stress

What Do I do to Handle my Stress?? As a students who lives alone and so far from the parents. Sometimes, i get the stress. Stress is the situation when i can’t do anything happily and I can’t concentrate to do everything. When I get stress, I usually want to cry and be angry. It’s generally because of some problems in my life. For examples, there are so many tasks from the lecturer that I must do, I feel broken heart because of somebody, I don’t have enough money and I haven’t gotten the money from my parents, there is a conflict with my friend and so on. When i get the strees, there are many ways that i usually do.

 1. Having positive thinking
I try to have positive thinking. I’m sure that in every difficulty there is a relief.

2. Sleeping
When I feel so tired and there are many burdens in my head. I usually go to sleep. After that, i can feel better than before.

 3. Laugh
I also like to chat with my friend who likes making a joke. I can laugh because of the joke and It can help to releave my stress a little bit.

 4. Listening to music.
It also helps me a little bit. I always listen my favorite songs when i feel depressed.

5. Remember the God
 Well, it’s the best ways to handle my stress. Because, when I get the strees, it’s normally because I think I can’t face the situation that happened to me. And then I try to remember that it’s a trial from the God and I must be patient and sincere to face it all.

Money can make or break people

Money is one of the most important things in our life. We all know that almost everything in the world needs money. Many people want to be rich because it can make their life be easier. Because with having much money they can buy everything they want that can make them being happy. That’s why many people said that money can buy happiness.

And then the question is can really money buy happiness? Some people seem to think so, they think with having a lot of money can buy them happiness. However it depends, it is true if we are poor in the whole life and then we becoming rich. Of course, it will make us happy. But, it is different if we have been rich already, so it won’t be extraordinary thing anymore, because having much money is usual for us.

Today, some people think that money is everything but do you know money also can bring down someone? Because, in some ways money can consume the life negatively that would not make the one very happy. For example, if someone is desperate for money so much and then he will do everything to get it. For instance, he perhaps will rob someone and it will make his life by getting in the jail. And second, if he is not desperate for money but he has much money and does not know what to do with it, he will become greedy. We can see it in our own country, Indonesia. There are many corruptors in the government. They make their life all about money. Therefore, they consume it in their obsession to get more and more.

It is also true that becomes hard to believe if we live without the money. Wouldn’t our life be much simpler or much better, if we don’t have enough money to buy food, new car or the great technological gadget? Money may not lead us to happiness, but not having it seems to lead us to feel of worthlessness. So the key is must finding the balance in life. We must be able to make our financial stable. It does not mean we are the richer person. But, we are always able to provide food, shelter, and amenities necessary for living, such as functional appliances in the home. There is also enough money to buy clothes, technology and the others.

According the above statement apply that money is not a guarantee for happiness. But, not having money can make the one feel of worthlessness. So to handle it is by finding the balance in your life.

The Character of friend

In our life, we must have various kinds of friends. They definitely have different character from each other. In my class, there are three kinds of character from my friend that I want to explain. They are worrywarts, book warts, and fatalist. Worrywart is the people who always worry in their life. Sometimes they worry about the small thing that I think it is not needed to be worried. For example, when they are late coming to campus or collecting the task from the lecturer, they will be so worried and look so scary. They usually do something earlier because they are afraid with the consequence that they will get if they are late. And commonly, they are quite stingy in sharing expenses because they worry if they will feel lacking of money. When in examination time, they also feel confusing and panic with the examination that will be examined. Whereas it will make them be down because of their over scare. Generally, they don’t success in making a friend with others because they are so difficult to socialize.

The second character is book warts. They are usually never late to do something because they always follow the rule which stated. They always make schedule of the agenda they will do. They always use their time as well as they choose a book that they will read. When they have more money, they will buy a new book anymore. When in examination, they never feel panic because they already prepare all before. Because almost all their spare time they use to read many books.

And the last character is fatalists. They are pessimism people, they will give up with something easily. Because they feel that they don’t be able to do it. They usually surrender before they try to do it. They also feel afraid with the fail that is why they don’t want to try the new thing in their life. Well, they are several kinds of character of my friends. Sometimes, there are few of character among them above will be difficult to get many friends because they have weakness that can make being difficult to make a friend.