Merantau To Riau Islands

Ask for Mother's blessing

"Mother, let's hurry! It's late." My heart goes out to my busy mom Turn around here because my uncle hasn't come to take us to the airport."

"Yes, Na, I'm calling uncle who hasn't picked up Mom's phone yet. Angga, get uncle to his house tell him it's too late." Mom told Angga to pick up uncle. Duh, isn't it late?

"yes, mom!

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the sound of a car horn stopping in front of the house. Customers are wondering where are we going?

"that's it, uncle ma'am! angga Sahut.

"yes."

"Where are you going, Mom!" Ask a customer."

"you want to take Nana to the airport, you want to go to Batam."

"Who's there?"

"There's his brother."

"Ready, Uni! Nana! Gosher!"

"Euncle!

Lots of your stuff?"

"Yes. Little clothes, which many items asked to be brought by Bang Faisal.

Uncle put all the dus-dus into the trunk of the car, a proud lot might be charged more to carry it.

"Let's go in!"

"Wait a minute, say goodbye to the neighbors." Sahut.

"Mom, sir, Nana, go first, if something goes wrong, sorry Nana, yes!" One by one I salami and pamphit. Just friends who don't know, don't don't have time.

One by one, the Avanza car that drove us to Minangkabau International Airport. Monitor for your first yes make mixed feelings between happy or sad leaving your hometown and family. The city of Padang where I was born. Memories, the beauty of natural panorama, beaches and culinary will always be remembered by the children of nomads.

Modal Diploma, ID card, and 10 pieces of red money in the wallet, I left to be escorted by my parents, sister, and Uncle to Minangkabau International airport. At the airport we talked about a lot. Don't forget I asked my mother for do'a blessing.

"Yes, Na, I approve of your choice to go to Batam city, do'a mother will always be with you. Be careful there yes, take good care, do not leave prayers.

Mom and I hugged each other. For the first time away from mother, where later the voice of Mother in the morning woke me up already inaudible, mother's babble, sister's chatter, berantam same sister not song I feel. Because they will be far away from them.

"Na, remember Mom's message, yes, be careful there, take good care of yourself, do not leave prayer 5 times. Uncle's message, "frequently call mom, don't let me miss your voice.

"Sister, if you're working do not forget to send money yes, send clothes, bags, shoes, HP, additional snacks for me. I was dumbfounded to hear it. Angga My younger brother did not forget to express his wishes to me, not yet anything has asked for this.

"Female, your brother left not looking for work to spend. but, looking for fees for his college.

"Hehe, it's okay, ma'am, brother, every once in a while.

Me, Uncle and Mother just smiled in response. 

"yes, Mama!"

"Yes, Uncle!"

"Thank you, you have approved of my choice. I will always remember your advice and will not abandon prayer. Ga, if there is sustenance Insha Allah, I give you what you want as much as I can."

"Ah, don't bother focusing on your goals. Well, let's hurry, people have run to the plane "

"Yes, greetings first, Mom, Uncle, Ga, I went before." Assalamualaikum

"waalaikum salam."

I didn't expect, I would travel this far, far away from my parents and family. Friends no one knows, because after taking the degree yesterday, today immediately go when the files are not complete. let me take care of it in Batam later.

In Batam, later I will stay at the home of Bang Faisal my brother and Shela my sister-in-law. I'll stay at their house as long as they haven't got a job. duh, how is it? there is brother-in-law said the man-in-law deadly death.

I will try to live according to my ability whose name human may not fit all sometimes bickering with friends can, same husband or wife, same siblings, same neighbors and others.

From today I am away from my mother, I will try to take responsibility for myself, usually if tired of learning, there is a mother who supports me, maybe in the future no longer, bang faisal work, but, I'm gonna find a job, calling mom is not possible every minute and second.

it had been 10 years not to meet the Faisal bang, because the soul of his shepherd made him rarely go home. Fun with the world itself rarely contact the mother, even though it is still the mother who misses him that is the risk for a nomad.

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