Trapped in 2001

Candidates

Mario is still glued to the notice board. He was still shocked after reading if his name was chosen to be a candidate in the physics science Olympiad to be held this year.

"Cav, Bri."

"Yeah."

"Gue ain't dreaming, is he?" ask Mario.

"Rubber..."

"Rubber..."

Cavin and Brian punch Mario in the cheeks on both sides.

"Sick, anyay." said Mario later. Cavin and Brian nodded.

"That doesn't mean dreams, bro." Brian said with a sinless grim face.

"Yes, but not full of vengeance is also nonjoknya." said Mario sewot.

"Hehe." Again Brian grinned.

"Can it be canceled, this?. Serem I hear it, olympics."

Cavin and Brian looked at each other.

"Where do we know, bro. Can't it be canceled?"

Mario shuddered in horror.

While from a distance, Martin looked at Mario with a vengeful look. He is now accompanied by his three gang members.

"Damn it, kid. Dare to fight you too." said Jimmy warming up Martin.

"Lo can't stay in them, man."

Glen made Martin more fiery, the teenager was seen growing furious. Shortly after, he left the place followed by his friends.

***

"Can't."

Stern words that came out of the lips of his homeroom class, enough to make Mario more stricken with feelings of horror. Because he had just applied for cancellation, on behalf of him who was a candidate in the science and physics Olympiad.

"Why mother?. I have the right to refuse."

"And I have the right to disapprove, you are the only representative of our class. And you must fight for the good name of our class."

"But ma'am."

"There's no buts, Mario. I'm not selling but."

"If it's a tape mom, it's not a but."

"Yes whatever, you have to go through the selection process to the end."

The guardian of his class also moved his hand, a sign telling Mario to leave. Mario then exits the room and meets Brian and Cavin who are waiting in front of the entrance.

"Where, bro.?" ask them both at about the same time. Mario shook his head in a doldrums.

"How should you try?" said Mario while throwing his gaze down.

"There are only two roads, bro." Cavin said later. Mario looked at his best friend.

"First, you learn and fight hard for the good name of the class. Second, you participate in the selection process, even if you know the answer is wrong. Lo lose, settle down." he continued.

"Well, why don't I think about it."

"And you, slow." said Brian.

"Sama, you're also Bambang." as well as Mario.

"Gue gives advice, I dong the pinter."  Cavin praises himself, while Mario and Brian compactly widen lips to ears.

"Udah, ah. Unplug yuk...!" take Mario later.

The young man steps up, but is stopped because Martin and his gangmate are suddenly in front of Mario.

"Uuu, there's one from the homeroom teacher apparently. Wh why?. Would you please have your name removed from the candidate list?"

Martin and the others sat for a moment while smiling mockingly.

"There's a fear, man." said Martin in an arrogant tone. Mario who was silent immediately spoke.

"Gue's not afraid of you."

"Times?" Martin's face really stirred up emotions.

"Gue tau koq, your capacity. Although you occupy the position of general champion to replace me, but I'm sure you cheat fitting the exam. The proof is that now you don't dare to take me in physics."

Martin is getting cocky, this time Mario is approaching.

"Gue just wants to make you more embarrassed. Because after I win your position at the general champion, I will also bring the school to win the Olympics. First champion, not third champion. The winner is one, not two, let alone three."

Mario hits Martin's shoulder and leaves the place, followed by Cavin and Brian. Brian turned around and repeated the movement. He deliberately nudged Christopher's shoulder, to look as cool as what Mario had done earlier.

"Mario, are you serious?" ask Cavin in disbelief.

"So it was cool, bro." Brian said excitedly. Meanwhile, Mario's head is full of burdens that are raging.

"Anjrit, why the hell do I have to do it" he murmured inwardly.

"It's cool, it's gonna curl my brain because it's the Olympics" he continued.

"Just have to fight, bro." Cavin.

"Yoi, don't lose" Brian said.

***

"What's?. Your name's coming in as a candidate for the science olympics?"

Deddy asked in disbelief to Mario. The burly man looked very happy at once. Mario himself is confused whether he should be happy or sad.

To be honest, he wanted to confide in Deddy, regarding if he was hesitant in joining this competition. But he himself had loudly told Martin, if he would not back down in the least.

But for the sake of seeing the expression of Deddy who was full of pride, Mario so undo his intention to vent.

"Yes, dad." she replied later.

"Mario, be a candidate" he continued.

"Well, daddy's son. Daddy is so cute." Deddy hugged Mario. Inevitably, Mario also returned the hug.

"Oh yeah, daddy's got something for you."

"Oh yeah, what dad?" ask Mario curious.

Deddy then approached a wall and, uh,

The wall turned out to be a fake wall connected to a room full of books.

"This?"

Mario approached, he was amazed to see the contents of the room. Like the library room he often sees in films set in the 17th or 18th century.

"This, you can use to learn." said Deddy.

"Why doesn't Mario know there's this room?"

"Now you, daddy, tell me. Because you've shown direction, if you like learning new things."

Mario was still amazed to see the room. Touch some books neatly arranged and clean on some shelves.

"Stying in the Harry Potter movies, dad." he said later.

Mario did not say wrong, because in the previous year the first Harry Potter film has been released. To this day, Deddy hasn't watched. But he knew about the film from the news and newspapers he often read.

"You likey?" ask Deddy.

Mario nodded.

"Oh yeah, this."

Deddy pointed to a line of books of the same thickness and cover.

"What book is that, dad?" ask Mario wonder. He was puzzled as to why Deddy had collected the same book that much.

"It's an encyclopedia." said Deddy.

"Huh?. What is Wikipedia, dad?. Oops."

Mario felt himself talking wrongly.

"There is no Wikipedia this year" he murmured in his heart.

"Yes, this encyclopedia is Wikipedia's forerunner."

"Koq daddy knows Wikipedia?" ask Mario wonder. He thought that Deddy remembered his future origins. Then Deddy answered,

"Wikipedia was created on January 15, 2001."

"What's up, dad?"

Mario himself never knew, he was just an internet user in his era. But never studied history or any development. Because it is related to learning, it is considered as something boring.

"Yes, but no one speaks Indonesian yet. May next year be there, let's make it easier for us too."

"By the way if daddy knows Wikipedia, it means daddy knows internet dong?. Does daddy want daddy come from the future?"

Deddy frowned, and the man laughed.

"You mostly watch Doraemon like that. The internet has been in Indonesia for a long time, Mario."

"Huh, time anyway?"

Again Mario was flabbergasted by the explanation of his cross-day father. He really doesn't know about it.

"You don't know?. It's normal you don't know, you're not familiar either."

"I mean, daddy?. What the hell is this?. Is the internet in existence today?"

"Well, do you know where the Internet comes from?. You know that the internet exists."

Mario stuck his own words.

"Mmm, yeah. Mario mean, daddy know not the history of the internet in Indonesia is like what?. How are they used so far?"

"The Internet, in America, has been around since the 1960s. At that time it was being made for military use."

"In Indonesia?" ask Mario.

"In Indonesia itself, it has actually been pursued since around 1984."

"Huh, seriously dad?"

Mario was more astonished and more in disbelief. Because he believed that everything that was sophisticated existed in his era.

"Serious, but at that time was still limited to several well-known universities. Yes it may be used to communicate or send emails, daddy also does not know exactly. But then, because of an obstacle. Finally the operation stopped."

"Because what?"

"Daddy doesn't know about it."

"Continue?"

"Around the 1990s, it was developed again. In 1994, IndoNet just appeared."

"Indomie-cornet?" ask Mario plain.

Deddy almost choked on hearing the boy's statement.

"No, it's called IndoNet. Yes it may be short for Indonesian Network or Indonesia Internet or something. It was the first commercial ISP in Indonesia."

"What's the ISP, dad?. Respiratory tract infection?"

Deddy laughed again.

"Internet Service Provider."

"Ooo."

"understand?" ask Deddy.

Mario is still gawking.

"Continue, if we're going to access it from where?" ask Mario again.

"If daddy, in the office anyway can. If you want, you can go to the cafe."

"Who has a cafe?"

"There's dong, but yes far away. Will daddy anter sometime."

"Internet, internet cafe. This means that this era is not very conservative." murmured Mario.

The next second he was also angry.

"Mario, you're not going to be together anymore, are you?"

Deddy begins to worry about the condition of Mario who suddenly split. From the usual course, confused, being cheerful all of a sudden.

"Ah, no koq dad. Hehe."

Mario then continued to explore the book space, there are many books that attracted his attention. Although in the future he is one of the creatures that is anti-reading, but in this period the book seems to have its own magical power for him.