Echoes In My Heart
Batiks
After dinner the group will also travel shopping in Malioboro. Echoes and travel teams only accompany from a distance, sometimes they also participate in souvenir shopping for families at home. At that time Gema took the time to tell her mother. Before leaving for Jogja, Gema asked Lita, her neighbor to accompany her mother at home. Lita also cheerfully accepted Echo's request for help.
He reached into his phone in the bag, and immediately pressed the buttons listed on the screen of his phone. There was a waiting tone and finally the tone stopped when his mother's voice sounded from across.
“Hallo Nak,” greet his mother who is in a different city at the moment.
“Hallo Ma'am, mom okay there?” tanya Gema who missed her mother figure.
“Good mother, son, this again dinner with Lita. You how? The journey is smooth?”
“Alhamdulillah smoothly Mom. Now still in Malioboro, later tonight new to the hotel,” said Gema.
“Iya already, you be careful there. Do not forget to stop by your father yes,” mother Gema always reminds every Echo to Jogja, he must take the time to visit his father's grave.
“Iya Ma'am, tomorrow morning after dawn Gema ask permission of Mr. Asep as usual. I do not need to worry, Gema still fulfill the promise of Echoes to father. Yes, Ma'am, Gema returned to the group yes, later Gema bought souvenirs for all mothers and Lita,” Gema ended his call after his mother agreed.
Gema's mother feels proud of her son, even though he does not have a father, but he can be the backbone for his family. The increasingly violent life they can go through both in a city that 3 years ago was so foreign in their eyes. Over time they have become accustomed and easily familiar with the people around them who are different languages and customs.
“Bu, Mas Gema already in Jogja huh?” asked Lita after hearing the conversation of Gema and her mother.
“Iya Lita, now Mas Gema already in Jogja, again in Malioboro he said he would buy souvenirs for us,” said Gema's mother who made Lita excited, she already considers her own sister's Echoes, because Lita is an only child, she was happy when she had the opportunity to accompany mother Gema when alone. She has a mother whom she longed for.
Along Malioboro, Alana shop for souvenirs and handicrafts to be brought to Bandung. At first glance he went into a shop that looks lonely visitors, once he went inside, he saw a pair of batik clothes. For a moment he admired the motif of batik with blue and black colors that add to the impression of dashing when worn by men and impressed elegant when worn by women. He wanted to wear the batik during the family photo after Alka married Meta later. But there are 3 pairs on display in the store's display. Alana only wants to buy 2 pairs for her father, mother, Alka and Meta because the size looks appropriate and one dress stamp for her. He bids the shopkeeper for not wanting to buy a pair.
“Mbak, I want this shirt dong 2 pairs the same girl clothes,” Alana told the shopkeeper.
“Sorry Ma'am, this is not sold separately Mbak, if Mbak wants to buy means 3 pairs of clothes,” said the shopkeeper explained.
“Lah, my family is only 5 people mbak, the time can not buy this is separate,” Alana insisted with her stance. The shopkeeper tried to convince Alana again.
“There is a motive the same as this is not?” ask Alana.
“Ngak no Ma'am, which motif like that there are only 3 of that, because the goods are limited edition,”
“If I buy 3 pairs that one no one uses Mbak, dear dong,”
“Kan can make her boyfriend, her future husband, or make her husband Mbak,” said the shopkeeper while smiling.
“I haven't got a girlfriend yet, let alone a husband. Hadehh, just I want one,” Alana still insist on buying one shirt and 2 pairs.
“Ya can be saved Mbak, maybe out of Jogja meet prospective girlfriend, later the clothes can be used prewedding Mbak,” the shop employee's temptation so that Alana wants to buy 3 pairs of clothes. His name is a store clerk, inevitably have to seduce customers to buy his goods. Alana was momentarily affected, she thought again to buy the shirt or not.
“Alright, I bought 3 pairs. Who knows do’a people Jogja granted. Hehehe,” Alana said with a smile after her words were secured by the shopkeeper. Then he went to the cashier to pay for his clothes. “How much is everything mbak?” alana asked while taking out her ATM card.
“Total everything so Rp 4,500,000 Mbak, want to pay cash or use a debit card?”
“Oke, I use a debit card only mbak.” Alana handed him her ATM card and he received a payment receipt from the cashier and he walked out of the store.
Not felt 3 hours in Malioboro passed, they traveled back to the hotel to rest. After arriving at the hotel that has been booked away, they get their respective rooms. Mr. Alex and Ms. Anne got one room, Alka herself, while Alana got one room with Meta. The owner of Alana Jaya Tekstil did not want to be booked a luxurious room, they wanted the same facilities as their employees. There is no difference in the status of their superiors or employees on the trip. They just want to enjoy being together as one big family.
Echoes and teams have been in their rooms. The male gets one room containing 5 people and the other 5 women are divided into 2 rooms. The echoes have cleared themselves and laid her body on the bed. After seeing Mr. Asep come out of the bathroom and take turns with others, he approached him to ask permission to his father's grave tomorrow morning.
“Pak Asep, tomorrow at dawn I want to ask permission to my father's grave for a while Sir,” said Gema who replied with a smile by Mr. Asep.
“Iya Gema, without asking for permission, you can go right away. It is your obligation to visit your father, because not every time you can go there since moving to Bandung.” Mr. Asep always understood Gema, every time they brought the group to Jogja, Gema always asked permission to go to his father's tomb.
“Good Sir, thank you. Excuse me to go out, sir, look for the wind. It's very hot in Jogja sir, not kayaking in Bandung.” Echoes out of the room after Mr. Asep asserts. Echoes also take a walk in the hotel garden area that looks beautiful and cool plus the lights that illuminate the area around the park. Echoes sitting on a park chair while playing his cell phone. For a moment, a black shadow approached him.
