Angel In Poetry

New Life

A small boarding room measuring 5x6 M contains one wardrobe where to put clothes, there is a cold and hot water dispenser, one rice cooker, with one private room measuring 3x3 m. And one room next to it with the same size serves as a kitchen for cooking, there is one gas stove with 3 kg gas tube, teflon pan, pot, knife, taranan and several dishes, etc, glass and spoon. There are also small jars that contain sugar, and salt. At the back there is a bathroom as well as a toilet and a little open space where it hits clothes. This place has 10 rooms with the same shape with opposite positions so it only has 5 rows with a spacious yard and usually used by children as a place to play badminton in the afternoon and nightfall. This hostel is specifically for men. Some of them are already working and some are still in college, with rent per room of Rp. 500,000 per month and for the sake of lightening, the owner of the boarding house deliberately receives payment once a month so that the host does not feel burdened.

Afkar who has been accustomed to living independently since high school is not at all difficult, although living alone in a city that he never lived in, but briefly in this city has made it comfortable

After praying Isya and having dinner, Afkar settles down on a small mattress-clad cot he bought yesterday in a market called Sudimampir market that sells a complete range of daily necessities, in addition to Afkar mattresses also buy pillows and bolsters and 2 bed linen sized cots.

Sudimampir Market is one of the wholesale and retail centers that stand in Banjarmasin City, located in the city center precisely next to Sudimampir Bridge, Jalan Pangeran Antasari, Banjarmasin. In this market sells all the needs of goods and services and market conditions are never quiet always crowded with visitors who are open from morning until afternoon.

This market in addition to selling retail, is the largest wholesale center in Banjarmasin, has long existed and is known as a market where fashion traders shop.

We can shop for many purposes such as clothes from children's clothes to adults, Muslim equipment, umrah equipment, household needs such as glasses, plates, curtains, tablecloths and carpets, etc, various accessories of women are no less spoil the eyes. Then there are more bags, wallets, towels, shoes, sandals, socks, children's toys, various souvenir trinkets are also equipped to provide eating and drinking utensils, types of date food, raisins, underwear, etc, flowers to Banjar special snacks.

Staring at photos on the walls of whitewashed rooms, photos of him and Alya while in Yogya, in pine gardens, labyrinthine gardens, airports, restaurants, small gardens, Alya campus, front of Flamboyan hotels, and, guitar shop, in Arga's car. Your smile and laughter Alya, kill me. Afkar opened the phone and pressed the green button

" Afkar Assalamualaikum"

" Greetings waalaikum, what are you doing?"

" Just finished dinner, it's relaxing watching television, how are you doing, son?"

" Thank God be good ma'am"

" How's the new place?"

" I'm happy ma'am, the boarding house is comfortable, there are 10 people here, but different rooms. I also bought cookware"

" Oh yes, wherever you live must be purchased first cooking utensils, hahhaa"

I heard mom's laughter. Afkar laughs, yes he is independent, and if he had time to cook he prefers home cooking than buying.

" How's the job, son? did you get it?"

" Alhamdulillah ma'am, a week ago I accompanied Tama's father to his friend's place, his name was Pak Jaya, he had a car rental. Tama's father guaranteed me to rent one of his rental cars with a rental of Rp. 4,000,000 per month.

I then signed up for Grab Car and the terms were pretty easy and simple. Grab Car is a Grab service that uses the means of transportation of cars or four-wheeled vehicles. I visited the official website and registered. Yesterday I heard by email and text if I was accepted to work as a driver in the grab car. This morning I started working" Mom"

" Thank God, but how can you forget the place, son, instead of you just two in Banjarmasin?"

" We have a special application ma'am, so we follow the one that has been directed from our application ma'am"

" Ooh, hopefully you can be comfortable there, son"

" Aamiin, thank you for your prayers ma'am"

" Oh yes Afkar, how is your home in Surabaya? is there any intention to sell it?"

" Why mom? still not going to the third year"

" Yesterday Andi called my mother, she said Raka would get married and she wanted to give a gift of shelter for her eldest son, she said that buying cash money was not enough, if you continue your house can, if you can, later he will reimburse how much you have spent"

" Ooh, I haven't thought of mom"

" Are you planning to go back to Surabaya?"

" if you have a permanent job maybe I will just stay here ma'am"

" Later let Andi talk to you directly huh"

" Yes ma'am"

" Are you still calling Alya son?"

" No ma'am, I never called her again"

" Yes, don't make your past a hindrance and weaken your spirit, just make it something that makes you have to rise and succeed, succeed in the sense that you can get out of grief, make it a reality, and be better than when you were together"

" Yes ma'am, I have strengthened my resolve"

" Afkar mom wants to ask"

" Why mom?"

" Do you feel sad to take off your job in Surabaya which is already good and suddenly you go to another city without a brother, even now you become a grab driver"

Afkar laughed softly

" No ma'am, I've been an OB, then appointed as an employee at the om Andi company, then when I became a driver, I felt fine, I felt fine, didn't my late father and mother teach me to look for something halal and good, nothing to be ashamed of"

" Thank God, son, I'm just worried you're sorry"

" Don't worry about that, ma'am. Oh yes ma'am, if mom has cape later we connect first, maybe mom wants a break".

" Yes Afkar, may all be facilitated and you are always in the protection of Allah SWT, I will always pray for you"

" Aamiin, thank you mom, may you always be healthy and long life, I love mom, Assalamualaikum"

" Afkar's greeting waalaikum"

Clik.

Afkar looked at Alya's face hanging on the wall.

My love, you know this growing distance I think can wipe out all the seeds of love at once with a shred of longing, turns out to be wrong, I'm still with that stupid, longing love whose bow always leads to you.

Cooking rice in a rice cooker, and frying eggs and crackers, Afkar has yet to buy the ingredients to cook this morning as breakfast, so the impromptu menu is practically like this directly in practice when you see there are only eggs and crackers. With a glass of warm tea, enjoy her breakfast with gratitude. Accompanied by a mobile screen that played the news on the youtube channel, after 15 minutes of his own breakfast was completed, Afkar washed dishes and glasses in the kitchen. Making sure the electricity, water and stove had been turned off Afkar looked at himself at the mirror hanging on the wall. His tall body that now looks more thin, a few strands of hair fall on his thick eyebrows, said Alya my eyes shaded, from whereabouts yes, Afkar smiled remembering it. Today she chose a light gray collared shirt with short sleeves. Dark blue jeans and casual shoes. Taking the sarong cloth and peci that have been prepared so that later on time to pray, he just replaced it in the car. A mobile phone for personal and one for work had already fit into his little bag. Before moving to the door, approaching a special photo on a small table beside her bed, the first photo of her and Alya at the airport when Afkar was about to leave her for Surabaya the first time, Afkar held up a picture of him and kissed him

" I went to work first my bidadar, may our activities today be smooth and all business is easy, Assalamualaikum, emuuahh"

Afkar placed the photo carefully. His hand grabbed the hat that was located near the door so that he remembered to wear it, if Alya saw he would be angry

" Don't wear a hat like ka, it looks less cool, it's so cute"

His hand would take off Afkar's hat and shuffle a bit of his hair, he said it would be 5 years younger. Afkar was deliberately after parting ways with Alya will restore his appearance as before, which Alya said was squeaky and geeky. He used to insult me, but why did he love me first, even though he wanted me to, but why did he still refuse to let me go.

Walk slowly to the yard, greeting friends who are also doing their activities in front of the room.

Fendi who was playing badminton with Joy stopped the game briefly because Afkar will pass with his rental car to work

" I'm sorry if you'll interrupt me for a moment"

" Look out, bro"

Joy wiped her face that was beginning to sweat

" Don't you go to college, Joy?"

Warm Afkar greeting

" Oh yeah, I'm ahead, Assalamualaikum"

" Greetings waalaikum, good work, hopefully many passengers"

" Aaamiin, thank you"

Afkar stepped out of his legs, before entering the car his steps stopped hearing a female voice calling out to him

" Afkar, wait"

Afkar, Joy and Fendi turned. A long haired girl approached him

" Can I come? no need to go online, just offline, I want to go to college"

Afkar thought a little, indeed he has not activated the Grab Driver application

" Where is the campus?"

" Tuh Afkar makes me sound old, just call Cindi"

Joy and Fendi laugh from beside them.

" Eeh even in the ketawain"

Cindi looked a little sullen, Afkar felt a little guilty

" Yes, sorry Cindi. Where's the campus?"

" At Lambung Mangkurat Kayu Tangi University, anyway later I guided, do not have to worry about the application deh"

Afkar nodded slowly

" I can open the door for a moment"

" No, I can do it myself"

Afkar enters the car from the driver's door and Cindi opens from the left.

The car drove slowly, the atmosphere of Banjarmasin morning was not as dense and chaotic as Surabaya, but it is usually Afkar using a motorbike, currently he uses a car and feels quite stuck if using a motorbike can slip.

" You're a real Surabaya Afkar?"

" No, I'm a Jakarta person, but I work in Surabaya"

" Why move to Banjarmasin? any brothers?"

Afkar always hoped this question never existed, but unfortunately everyone who met him must have asked that. He has memorized in advance the reason so that it is always with the same answer

" I moved because I was a field officer, but my physical condition was not very good to work on big projects, I often could not work optimally, he said, I'd better resign and find a job I can manage myself"

" Ooh, here by yourself?"

" Yes, I happened to have a friend while still working in Yogya, he went back to Banjarmasin, and he was willing to help me find a job here, and Alhamdulillah I met the boarding house has your mother".

" Yogya? said he worked in Surabaya?"

" Working in Yogya too"

Cindi nodded

" At the red light turn left Afkar"

Afkar turns his car according to Cindi's instructions

" What semester did you go to college?"

" Semester 6, this just wanted to do the thesis"

Deegg, my heart why it shook so much, I remember Alya again, she was also in the thesis, has she finished applying for the title huh? hopefully the guidance lecturer is a person who patiently guides him, may Alya always be healthy in living his days

" Afkar, turn right again"

Afkar realized, uuh I can not daydream, this is the street, I have to concentrate

" Dreaming what Afkar? boyfriend huh? hehe"

Cindi looks a little teasing, Afkar just smiles.

" Naah, we have entered the Tangi Wood area, here are some of the faculties at Negri University here"

" ooh"

The front gate we're going in turn left"

" Yes"

Afkar slowly turned his car, some students had entered the campus complex

" My campus is over there, if I ask you to pick me up, so you're not confused looking for me"

Afkar stopped his car right in front of Cindi's campus parking lot. Cindi issued Rp. 25,000

" Afkar, I usually take Grab from the boarding house this way, thank you"

Afkar refused

" No need Cin, I do not charge, count you have introduced me to KayuTangi"

" I don't want to, you can't refuse, I'm a passenger and you're the driver, later I'll often ask for your help, if you refuse I even bother to ask for help again"

" If I want to, but now it doesn't, I'm sincere"

" Afkar, there is no intention to offend you, but I was the one who asked for help, not you who invited, do not be rejected, actually later I will often ask for your help, really later I will often ask for your help, then I'll be sad"

Afkar saw Cindi's pleading face, it was not good to argue like this. Cindi opened the car door

" Thank you Afkar, don't be deterred, dah"

Tuup, door's closed. Afkar looked at Cindi from the windshield of his car, a sweet girl with fair yellow skin, her body tall and slender. Wearing a wide skirt and a neat shirt top. Her hair is on the back. She is the second daughter of her mother. Afkar looked around, a three-story building with a large parking lot, I miss my campus, I miss Alya campus, usually I will be in his parking lot when dropping off and picking him up for college. My love, what are you doing? are you currently on campus or are you busy with your pre-scripting? alright love. Afkar put Cindi's gift of 25 thousand into his wallet. Thank goodness this morning. Grab his work phone and start activating the Grab driver app. Just turned on and Afkar started coming out of the campus gate, his work phone lit up and entered a message, a delivery request to Dutta mall. Oh I know the place, Joy was there yesterday, but if from here I don't know the direction. Afkar immediately replied to a message

" Waiting, I'll pick up soon".

Bismillah, second passenger this early.