One day, when I was in seventh grade, Mrs. Indra provided a puzzle to us. She asked us a question in English instead of Bahasa. “I have…
Having finished the prayer,I did not take additional pray, or dzikr as usual. I chosed to sit with the campus’ chick on the sofa. She was holding…
Chapter V Healing Pieter I have entered the first grade of my elementary school. Therefore, my uniform has changed. Now, I was wearing a beige shirt and…
Now, in big zero grade, I started to get a reading lesson. Unlike most other children which were learning to read using “Ini Budi”s book, we in…
I was surprised and watched my crackers. Mrs. Maryam was true, my cracker’s piece seemed smaller than crackers cut by my other friends. I immediate assault my…
Our laughter had not have finished yet, suddenly, the leader of the group of monks shouting gives the cue again. “Not showers.” “What a smeeeeeellllll.” We came…
This time it was a craft session. There were painting pattern at the poster board that was given to us already. We would make a hat from…
Chapter II My Mom’s Spell The sound of bell brass pinged from a distance by Mrs. Yanizar. All my friends cheered. It was the end of the…
“Hands on”, exclaimed Mrs. Yati as she raised her hands above his head. My friends soon mimicked what was done by the teacher. I raised my hand…
Father ordered me to enroll in SMAN 6 in Buring Village. Buring Village was indeed close to our residence. He said that having schools everywhere were the…
Some friends then invited me to join and joke until almost nine sharp, when we were going to went home. One by one friend started saying goodbye,…
“Nit, please ask Ira’s address in the Netherlands,” I told Nita, Triarsi Yanitasari. A good friend who was quite tall for most of us. She was beautiful…
We, the former eighth graders, the last class at our Junior High School, held our own farewell parties. Eight B class had their own party, as well…
All of my friends were mingling at school. The classes where we previously conducted the exams were left blank. They were laughing and tell stories in the…
I really fulfilled my promise to my mother to study for the evaluation exam in the afternoon until the evening at that day. But afterward, I relapsed…
“Why?.” “The lesson is all so easy yet, never needed to learn them anyway.” My mother smiled wisely, apparently, she could understand my annoyance. Like other children,…
Chapter XI God Save The Queen I entered the eighth grade, the last class in SD / SMP PPSP IKIP Malang. That year meant I had to…
“You startled me, Mit!.” “What if I become a nun?.” To me it was so impossible. Ira joined the Islamic Religion class that Pak Abduh to us…
I had been starting to notice Ira about my second semester in seventh grade. At that time, Mrs. Indrawati placed us sitting next to her English lessons.…