Pride of Love

Memories 3 Years Ago

The plane that flew Andra to Jakarta continued to go, from Kulon Progo to Cengkareng approximately taken within an hour. During the journey of Andra's memory goes back to the time of 3 years ago.

The Flash Back *01

Sunday morning at the residence of Hadiwiguna, a large house with classic European design stands firmly in the elite residential area in the number of Jakarta. Joddy sat in the dining room enjoying his breakfast.

"Where's Nur's Hydra? she didn't have breakfast?" Joddy asked the whereabouts of his son to his servant.

"For Father...." Andra came and went straight to the dining table with a small towel clad around her neck and her shirt drenched in sweat. He just finished exercising in the morning.

"Sit here for breakfast, there's something important I want to talk to you about."

Andra sat down while taking her favorite green apple and putting it in her mouth, in just a few bites one apple was already spent.

"Andra's... I want you to start helping me with my work at the office, from tomorrow you come to the office and start learning how to manage my business"

"Well... Andra is not ready to take care of the company, Andra is still too young, Andra still wants to learn, wants to pursue the S2 title first and Andra is not at all interested in taking care of the company Yah".

Andra had indeed finished her studies, but she did not want to spend her youth being a job slave. He still wants to be free to gather and hang out with his friends like a young person in general.

"Until when are you like this Andra, in your mind there is only fun, hurrah and women's play" Joddy said with a high voice.

Andra was silent and did not dare to refute her father's words. During this time he did prefer to gather and hang out coolly with his friends, "But....play women?? Hmmm!!" andra strongly disagreed with the last sentence her father said. Although some girls are often with him, not a bit Andra feels like to play with the feelings of her female friends. All this time even Andra never thought of a woman being her lover. He just went into a statusless relationship with some of his female friends, just a road friend and just having fun.

"Dad... Andra has enrolled at the State University in Jogja, Andra wants to continue studying there, only 3 years.." Andra ventured to speak to her father.

"What exactly is your brain, Andra...!!" Joddy's loud voice made the whole house shocked.

"People are competing to be able to study in Jakarta while you....!! Aaahhh... What is your motivation for that City...!!"

"Dad, Andra wants to study independently. If the time comes later Andra must replace Father as CEO at HW Logistics, Andra must be ready Well, mentally and intellectually ready"

"The self?? What kind of self? Without Dad you're nothing Andra!" Joddy stepped out of the dining room towards his room.

Andra just sat quietly in his place, his appetite was immediately lost to see his father who was so angry with him.

Andra is the most affected by his father's grief now, Andra feels neglected and rarely able to communicate well with his father. His once loving father turned quiet and angry. This is what prompted Andra to want to leave Jakarta for a while so that he can also forget his loneliness.

A few days passed the tension of Andra and his father has not ended. Joddy didn't even talk to his son at all. Until the day comes Andra must go to Jogja.

That morning Andra was ready with her suitcase to leave because the lecture next Monday was about to begin. Andra chose to leave 2 days early because there she had to find a place to live in the city.

Despite knowing her father was still very angry with her, Andra still ventured to meet her father at the dinner table. Andra tried to melt the atmosphere by accompanying her father to breakfast but Joddy only briefly looked at his son's face with a cold and meaningful look.

"Dad, Andra left for Jogja today, Andra said yes, pray Andra succeeds there." Andra ventured into opening a conversation with her father.

But Joddy's reaction was beyond Andra's expectations. Joddy got up from his seat while hitting the dining table in front of him. A great anger was emanating from the look in his eyes.

"Basstubborn...!!!" His loud screams stared intently at Andra's eyes. "If you still want to go and live independently... OK! I won't ban you anymore. Just be careful if you come back to this house and whine for my help, don't expect Andra. Is this the self you want to look for? From now on you enjoy your independence....!!" Joddy quickly left Andra.

Andra sighed holding all her feelings. "Life must go on" Andra did not intend to change his decision.

Finally Andra remained determined to go to the Special Region. It is not difficult for him to find a boarding place that is quite comfortable and not far from the campus where he will study. The cost of rent for a month has already been paid. In an envelope, he also prepared some cash to pay his tuition fees for one semester.

It was getting late in the afternoon, Andra felt her stomach start to rumble. Andra set her foot down a small alley out of her hostel to a nearby food stall. He ordered food and ate there. After eating Andra opened his wallet and paid for his food, which was where he realized that the rest of his cash was only a little. Andra walked out of the alley to look for ATMs around the area. After finding the ATM he was looking for, he just went in but when he wanted to take some money it turned out that his ATM had been blocked, even all his savings accounts had been closed by his father. In his wallet now only a few pieces of paper money denominated ten thousand.

"Dad proved his word to make me independent" he gumammya in his heart. "But Dad..... Andra won't give up, Andra will prove to Dad that Andra can succeed here without dad's help".

Andra continued her slow steps down the streets of the city without knowing where to go.

Among the crowds of visitors to Malioboro and in the midst of the turmoil Andra saw a group of young people gathered playing traditional angklung music and kendang combined with modern musical instruments. The song sung is also a contemporary song that is favored by young people.

That's where the beginning of his meeting with a friend who invited him to join the band. Andra was offered to be the vocalist of the street band.

The five new friends are Dimas, Aldi, Gods who also came from other cities to Jogya, while Joseph and Eko they are the original youth born in Jogja, and they all study at the same campus as Andra even though their courses are different.

After college usually every night they cram on Jalan Maloiboro sometimes they also get offers to play music at several cafes in the Prawirotaman area or at other hotel hotels in Jogja. From the money that the results of the snack that Andra can meet the needs of his daily meals.