Ayah menggunting lipatan kertas yang jika dibuka seperti orang-orang saling bergandengan tangan. 4 orang. Daud melihatnya sambil tersenyum senang. Lalu menggamit tangan bunda. Dan ayah.
Sejenak kemudian dilepasnya tangan kami. Lipatan kertas tadi dilipat sehingga yang terlihat hanya 3 orang. “Tiga. Ayah, aku, bunda!”, katanya.
*bunda menghela nafas* Iya, nak. Masih kurang satu di sini. Sabar, ya.
Bunda: “Wah, macet, yah. Jumat sore pula.”
Daud: “Asik… macet.” *sambil senyum-senyum*
Bunda: “Eh? Daud kok asik, nak?” *merasa salah dengar*
Daud: “Asik. Kan jadi lama.”
Ya… begitulah cara pandang lain dari kemacetan. Bisa dinikmati oleh anak-anak karena bisa lebih lama bareng orangtuanya. Walaupun 15 menit kemudian sih dia ketiduran. Sampai pagi. Yang pegel ya emak-bapaknya.
Ayah mengajak Daud mandi, sementara bunda menyiapkan piyama. Karena bunda suka kuning, ya… bunda ambil yang kuning (selain karena piyama kuning ada di tumpukan paling bawah).
Habis mandi, Daud pilih-pilih piyama sendiri dan ambil yang biru.
Bunda: “Itu lho, nak, sudah bunda ambilkan.”
Daud: “Tapi aku mau yang ini.”
Bunda: “Baiklah.”
Daud: “Hmm… Ya sudah.” *taruh piyama biru kembali ke lemari, lalu mengambil piyama kuning yang disiapkan bunda*
Bunda: *awww….*
Sederhana saja, kok. Tidak ada yang istimewa. Kadang Daud mau ‘mengalah’ mengikuti pilihan orangtuanya, kadang berkeras dengan kemauannya sendiri.
Kalau sekadar pakaian, yang penting sesuai dengan keperluannya. Walau ada kalanya bosaaan… karena kaos yang dipilih yang itu-itu lagi. Bukan apa-apa, kaos itu umurnya sudah lebih dari 2 tahun. Untungnya mau berhenti pakai ketika dikatakan padanya kaos itu akan disumbangkan, sudah kekecilan. Continue reading…
There are times in our lives (could be many, or less) when we met people who hate us. From a slight dislike to a hardcore hater. Either one, we should thank them. For they don’t gain any advantage from us, yet they dedicate their minds (and -if not admittedly- their lives) for us. Voluntarily! Well, not happily, but they do it without asking us any reward.
Lovers may love for something in return from the other significant one. But haters could not hate for something pleasing in return from the other significant (yes, meaningful!) party. They think about us, they dig about us, they peek into our lives, they comment on whatever they would like to comment about us. Even the God-given one such as teeth, nose, or even toes. They would not care much. They hate us. They would just despise every inch of anything about us.
For dealing with people like this, my husband just simply said, “Why bother? Leave it alone. Gak penting.” Hail to my husband the Mr. Simple 
While me, the Mrs. Ribet, still holds the grudge although agreeing to his sentence without reserve.
You see, it actually is a bit addicting. When you know that somebody is interested on you (in either extreme, love or hate), you may grow interest, too. For the sake of your own ego. You are being discussed. You are remembered. You are THAT significant! Regardless how much the other party despises you the whole blog in months. You affect one’s life in a magnitude. You are meaningful. And to feel that you mean something for one’s life is part of life’s pleasure.
So when you found yourself having a hater (or some), just greet yourself. Congratulations, self! You’ve got yourself an admirer. “Hello, somebody! Thanks to add colors to my life. That is such a part of your life to have me in it, hm? Enjoy it while you can. And when you’re done, get a life! A new one. This one is pitiful, in case you didn’t notice.”
Leave them be. May God bless them for the volunteering work they have done. Put their hate behind you. And walk by. You have your own important life to walk on. Enjoy your life. Don’t mind them. For they do it because they don’t have ‘enough’ life to get.
Get a life, shall we?
This new academic year, I will exploit blog and Twitter more for my chemistry class. For that purpose, I made a new account (and lock the previous one) and asked the students to follow that one for news and updates about school stuff.
Since Edublogs.org only provides 20 MB quota (which is proven too small for my uploaded files) for Quick, it’s chemistry!, I’ll be using inirumahku.com server to house the files. There will be broken links but it’ll be fine. Posts are updated anyway.
Tweets are for short notice & urgent updates. If you’re my student (or not), you can follow me at litachem. I would appreciate if my students only address school-related questions to that account.
What’s the news?
I have just been assigned to be the new academic coordinator for international class. This is a huge trust and I hope I can meet the expectation. And this also means I have to drop/cancel some offers (which one has already been abandoned, I know, my sincere apology). I just wish God will strengthen & guide me through this to be a better person and bigger purpose.
So… buckle up! And wish me good things
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