Short Story (Cerpen)

Bu Geni in December

For Bu Geni, all months are December. Last month, now, or next month means December. So if it relates to him, it is better not to rely on dates, but days. If you invite, say Friday two more Fridays. If you say the 17th, you can bother. The 17th is not necessarily Friday. If you order the 17th, Bu Geni may not come according to the promised day.

There are a lot of problems associated with Bu Geni. All residents who want to marry their children, the choice is only one: Bu Geni, the bridal makeup artist. Many other wedding fairies, but can't match Bu Geni. Even after many salons, the choice remains on Bu Geni.

According to what's been said, Miss Geni is no ordinary fairy. She was able to turn the bride-to-be into such a beauty that it was completely manglingi, unrecognizable. One of his specialties is to spray cigarette smoke on the face of the bride and groom. According to tradition, he said this was instituted, made like copper skin. Not gold. Almost all the wedding fairies wear the same way, but none of them equal the advantages. Once in one celebration, the host fainted because it was thought the daughter who was married ran away. The mother of the bride-to-be fainted, the father of the bride-to-be was embarrassed, and relatives began looking to his friends. The bride-to-be is at home. Even after it was found, the mother-to-be still refused: It was not my son. That's not my son.

If it's not your son, it's my son. Let's go home.

Only then did the bride-to-be's mother come to her senses, and say: How could my son be this beautiful?

Though Bu Geni is not always fun. The sound is loud, and makes the listener hot. This child is pregnant. Why are you hiding. Why shame? Having children, being able to get pregnant is a gift. Not covered, not squeezed with cloth. That's your own son.

If not wrong, the incident took place at the home of the Regent. So, the news spread and still echoed, long after the event was over. It was also almost foiled the wedding ceremony just because Bu Geni saw the face of a gloomy bride. Usually two or three days in advance, Bu Geni requires meeting directly with the bride-to-be. Why not with the bridegroom? His fate comes from here.

When meeting the candidate who is considered grim face, Ms. Geni said: Can't, you must be cheerful first. In fact, the invitation has been spread. The reception venue has been given a down payment. More importantly, the food was prepared. This story becomes commonplace when it ends with a cancellation. What is unusual is two days later there is a bus plunging into the ravine. According to the calculations, if the marriage was held without cancellation, most likely the groom-to-be entered the abyss, because indeed the plan was to take the bus at that hour. The story of Bu Geni continued when asked to decorate the minister's child—may be the coordinating minister, but replied: His son just tell him to come here. If I leave the ones here, many are harmed.

On August 17, residents around his residence waited, whether Bu Geni would put a red and white flag on his house. Because in Bu Geni's calculation it is the same as August 17. It turns out that Bu Geni told the pair. Is it wrong to raise the flag on December 17th?

The officials in the village were happy, because if Bu Geni did not raise the flag on the independence anniversary could be a problem. On December 31, Bu Geni did not mind a party at his house. But tomorrow does not mean new year, but December 1 again. Many say it ngelmu Bu Geni so it always looks young. And Bu Geni always looks the same, when a neighbor himself, until his son dirias too. His face and appearance remain the same. This can be proved by the portraits taken at the time, and the next 20 years. Or maybe 20 years earlier.

Marriage is the most senseless ceremony, very troublesome. You all make a fuss over what a good day, what uniform, and it has nothing to do with the marriage itself. Just look at those whose wedding speeches, which give encouragement, are the most boring, the least listened to. But always held. That's marriage. Somewhat strange also the words came out of Bu Geni, whose life was precisely from the marriage ceremony. It's weird, marriage is weird. Because the strange is considered natural, then the unmarried, the widowed or widower, even considered strange.

On a different occasion, Ms. Geni said: A soul mate is a strange word to hide fear or something we dare not answer. O, that's my soul mate, usually people say so. Or if it fails, o, it's not my soul mate. Then Ms. Geni laughed for a long time. Is my soul mate Mr Geni? Because I married Mr. Geni, it became my soul mate. Not because of my soul mate Pak Geni then I married him. Another if I did not become married to Mr. Geni before. That's not my soul mate.

Yes because it's time to get married, like everyone else.

Means not on the basis of love when married to Pak Geni?

As with any soul mate, once you marry yes it should be accepted as love. That's more important. Because if you rely on love before, it can not last. What you have is what you love, with previous love or not.

The question was thrown, because there was news that Mr. Geni would marry again. Yes let it be, later I'll make up the bride. The sentence was light, flat, almost emotionless. It is also forbidden to be difficult, and of no use. You may.

Maybe that's why Bu Geni is still willing to decorate a bride who will become a second wife, or third. Let people feel joy in their lives. For Bu Geni marriage is joy, joy. If during marriage you do not feel happy, you will not find another joy.

According to Bu Geni, no marriage fails, because marriage itself is not a success. All it takes is a little courage, and a lot of stupidity, that's mating capital. To get divorced, it takes a lot of courage and a little stupidity.

Did Bu Geni ever think of divorce with Pak Geni.

I never thought about divorce. If you want to kill him, often.

That's how Bu Geni, the bridesmaid, has decorated all the women in her village. It can be said of all those who are married and those who are not. The latter carried Bu Geni on the bodies of women who died before marriage. Before being buried, Bu Geni decorated completely. Many disagree, many regret, many become afraid themselves. Fear is manifested in marriage. Fear of being too happy, too free, too happy, so we bind ourselves to a marriage that regulates many responsibilities, regulates obligations. Including giving a living, raising children. Strange, but basically we are afraid of our own happiness, and limit it to the power of God.

Despite saying that the most shackling and frightening human invention is marriage, Bu Geni still continues to decorate by reflecting cigarette smoke. For a person who is able to create time for himself—though still tied in December, Bu Geni can decorate humans, corpses, also once decorate bridal statues and trees and buffalo. Bu Geni also gives a variety, as serious as fasting before applying makeup. Let the buffalo feel the excitement. As we all know that marriage is joy.

All of this, thankfully, only happens in December.