Ali And Erika

Erika Nashwa

A bright morning came again, I always greeted her with a smile as well as today.

My name is Erika Nashwa

I am the son of my brother who is an ustadz in a pesantren in east Java, I graduated from a university in Egypt, my current busyness is teaching religion and art in pesantren owned by abah, I also helped abah to advance this pesantren to become a pesantren with the best religious, public and artistic qualities.

A lot of offers came to me to teach at favorite schools in and out of the region, but I'm more interested in teaching in a school that's far from a favorite word because my desire is to make what used to be nothing into something worthwhile, may Allah grant me what I desire.

"Maomi..."

"dalem abah's..."

dalem in the Javanese language kromo alus means to answer a call which means "iya abah"

I ran towards the abah who was in the fish pond was sprinkling pellets to eat the fish this afternoon.

"nopo bah?"

"what's bah?"

"bocah prawan kok playon wae to nduk nduk..."

"girls running to kid"

"he he he sorry that let me just stop by, what's wrong call Nashwa"

"ituloh santri-santri who yesterday you taught the tambourine art what is it on can?"

"alhamdulillah bah some even already proficient because Nashwa love the same additional teachings that do not follow extra sewing"

" thank God then, have you taken a bath, prawan yamene sek kecut kabeh ra isin karo iwak iki to? iwak wae wes bar adus manganese wisan bar"

"alhamdulillah then, yes already there shower, girls at this hour still smell asem not ashamed of this fish to? fish has finished the bath finished eating"

"iii. abah mosok anak e di padakne karo iwak to"

"iih.abah cook his son in samain sama fish to"

"ha ha ha ya already there shower if you don't want to be in the same rich fish this abah"

"remain..."

"yes..."

inggih in the Javanese language kromo alus also has the meaning yes.

I have two sisters. My sister, Edenia Niswa, teaches out of town and my sister, Eliza Namira, also works out of town, is my only standby in my village with my brother. Umi has already gone to face the khaliq, this is also the reason I settled here is to accompany abah.

I hang out with the lodge students who almost all call me "ning" except for one santri who is also my best friend, Salsabila, he was my friend from childhood when we were both in Kindergarten until High School, until I finally left Salsa to continue S1 in Egypt.

Salsabila is an orphan who was deliberately cared for and made the first santri in the abah boarding school, until now Salsa is the one who takes care of the princess cottage. Salsa settled in our house which is commonly called "endalem abah" which means the abah house. Salsa was like a sibling to me and my two brothers, and I never thought of Salsa as an outsider but as her own daughter.

Abah financed Salsa school until graduation from High School, I wanted to study Salsa but Salsa refused and chose to study her religious knowledge with my brother, so Salsa my friend, my sister was also my best friend.