Between Maghrib and Isya

First Day in Pesantren

“Nara wake”, say Lili

“hah... What time is this?”, ask me

“sholat tahajud yuukk”, replied Lili

“aduuhh I'm still sleepy. Yodah you guys deluan aja”, replied I am still loyal with a blanket shades of blue.

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Allahu Akbar Allahu Akbar

The dawn prayer has been reverberating.

“Nara ayuuk wake up, ntar got angry ustadzah not praying dawn”, explained Lili

“iya yes I woke”, answer me

After a clean clean, the three of us walked to the mosque for morning prayers berjama’ah. After praying berjama’ah, Abah Faiz delivered his tausiah until 6 am.

haii morning.. this time my greeting “morning mam and morning yah” I no longer say. Morning was the same as the morning before. The sun is shining from the east. The sound of birds chirping and fresh air that adds to the spirit to start today's activities. Dew is still visible on the green leaves. I love to see water on the leaves.

This morning after coming out of the mosque we had breakfast together in the boarding school.

“morning Nara. How was your first morning at the boarding school nak?”, asked umi Henni who accidentally met in the cafeteria

“eh umi. Thank you umi”, I replied

actually feel quite surprised by the activities on this first day. Wake up tahajud, wake up to dawn prayers before the adhan, take a morning shower before dawn prayers, which I have never done before.

“Aalhamdulillah's. Want breakfast?”, ask Umi again

“iya umi”

“eat a lot yes. Yaudah if that umi want to go back to home first”, saut umi

“iya umi”

After finishing breakfast, the three of us returned to the room. The three of us washed our clothes together, hahaha funny. The bathroom in our room was very spacious.

I swear, I've never washed my own clothes. You know, the feeling when I get into this pesantren, I it's like I'm entering another world. The things I never did, I did suddenly. Want to not have to be done. My body was tired, just the first day. I want to tell my mom, but my phone is held by Umi. It feels so good if you ask for my phone, only on the first day.

“ya Allah I want to go home”, I say in my heart.

“Dit, I want to nanyak same lo”, saut me when I was on the bench outside the room

“mau nanywhat Nar?”, asked Lili

“lo it will just enter the pesantren yes. This is the first new hemm, right?. You do not feel tired or surprised by the same activities in this pesantren?”, ask me curious

“why? you are surprised huh?, if you are tired of resting just Nar, reasonable it”, replied Dita

“not, I want to nanyak aja”, reply me

“oh. Actually not really. I'm used to this activity. At home I also confess the same thing as here, for example aja kayak nyapu, dishwashing, dawn prayer, for example, just that washing clothes is rare because it is if at home using a washing machine continues if my tahajud prayer is also rare, most if it is awake. I have been taught by my brother and sister, they are also pesantren. I yes Nar, although my style is tomboy but if the business ginian mah yes I admit. Relax Nar, over time you will also get used to it. On the first day of course the body is surprised, you take a break if tired, it is not yet a schedule, has not entered the lesson schedule. Later if you have entered the waah lesson schedule you see later, it is difficult for the time, which one learns, ships, clean rooms, and other activities”, explained Dita at length

“aduuhh I can not yes. Honest on the first day I was like uda nyerusah gitu”, reply me

“lo can definitely Nar. We are the same fighting ya”, said Dita

“what is this? You guys discussed what the hell. Kok seems like serik”, asked Lili who arrived coming from the direction of the room

“gak papa Li's. This is Nara she was surprised by the same activities today”, replied Dita

“oh. You are strong Nar. Ana is sure you can”, said Lili cheering me on

“how about we make a list of pickets for clean room? Want to?”, asked Lili

“can also tuh”, answer me and Dita simultaneously

“ok then starting Monday we start ya”, explained Lili

“you are Li”, answer me

“ok then Ana starts a clean Monday clean room. The second is Dita and the last is Nara. So the schedule was repeated. Ok, agree?”, explained Lili

“agreed”, answer me and Dita compact and spirit

“ok”

“oh yes, it looks like today the santri has arrived. Tomorrow Monday has started active pesantren kita”, explained Lili

“here santri putri and santri putra joined?”, asked Dita

“eng. If santri princess in our neighborhood, well while santri son is back there. Anyway our mosque is the barrier, the direction of the mosque there is the male part”, explained Lili while pointing in the direction she said

“oh gotu”, Dita replied

“lo want to see santri putra?”, ask me while laughing small

“just fine Nar can wash eyes. If so I often go to the mosque so I can wash the eyes of santri putra”, Dita timpal followed by his typical laugh

“ih you are yes Dit, beware zina loh”, connect Lili

“Astaghfirullah”, say Dita

“oh yes, here if you want to call a woman or guy is different?”, ask me

“iya Nar. Here later you will often hear kayak ukhti for women and aki for men. Rarely do people call meyak name gitu”, explained Lili

“waaahh aki.. aakhh”, connect Dita with a face that smiles at her own smile

“lo why Dit? Youn't you? Smile smile yourself”, say me

“gue again fantasize aki aki handsome, wear peci, white leather, wear sarong. I’am future husband”, say Dita

I and Lili can only laugh and hear the words of Dita who is fantasizing.

“my future husband time Dit”, timpal me

“eh yes salah”, reply Dita who lost embarrassed

“english language you are proficient Nar?” ask Dita

“lumayan Dit. So it used to be fitting in Paris, I was home schooling because at first I could not speak English let alone French. So during my home schooling, I was told to use English with my teacher. Not allowed to speak Indonesian, but different again if outside the home schooling schedule yes. And thankfully my friend there speaks English, so every time I meet you speak English. They do not understand Indonesian, there are 1 my friend from Indonesia as well, so yes, I also learned a lot. Hemm so miss my best friend there”, obviously I'm at length

“waahh really great lo Nar. I yes, English only I value 50, let alone have another language like French, can explode my brain “, timpal Dita

“not great times too anyway, I also often misspoke kok”, said I

“gue has never had a friend. Want to have a friend”. Timpal Dita

“loh time anyway you do not have a friend”, continued Lili

“iya, so I first before entering the pesantren, I prefer to be alone. My style was tomboyish, so people wriggling I was just like a strange aja. yes but still I have friends, but if that friend I do not have”, explained Dita

“hemm. If so now you must have a friend. I'll knowin” later, say I

Lili and Dita were confused by my word.

Not the diamond-membered but the peci-macothed

Not white because of skincare but because of ablution water

Not the ones that come because of a fight but the ones that come with certainty

It is not he who invites to the road of worship but he who invites to the road of halal

My future husband

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