Valuable Time

Valuable Time
Group Learning



At six o'clock in the morning, Gigi woke up her sister Gege who was still soundly asleep on top of their place. He wanted to take his sister to take a bath together before going to school.


"Ge's awake...You're not in school? It was morning. We'll be late if you don't wake up." While shaking Gege's body which seemed to be still lazy to wake up.


After a few minutes, Gegepun finally woke up from his sleep. Sitting for a few seconds, she got out of bed and followed her sister from behind.


Because at home there is no bathroom or where they clean, so they take a bath in the land owned by neighbors who are right behind their homes. Actually they entered the school at 07.30 WIB, but they had to bathe in the darkness so that the well was not disturbed. Fortunately the well is not too deep, so even in a dark state they can draw water to bathe.


"Brrrr..duh very cold brother." lamented Gege who was cold when he poured water on his small body. She shivered in the cold while rubbing the soap on her small body.


"Patience well deck, if not shower later bauk loh. No one wants to get close to you. Do you want to like that, shunned by your friends because you don't bathe...?" Answer Gigi cheers her adek.


"Sister." Sahut Gege understood with his brother's words that had a point as well.


After the bath they rushed back home and continued other activities. Wearing a school uniform and not forgetting Gege asked for help the mother to braid two long hair a minute. Unasked, Renata did like braiding two Gege's hair. Sometimes two braids come off, sometimes two braids are braided. So Gege always look neat at school, because his hair never forgets tied by mother Renata.


"Thank you bun. oh ya bun, later go home school I permit to the house of a group study friend can not?!!" gege asked after her hair had finished braiding in two.


"It's okay, but it's fine at people's homes. Don't make a mess." mother Renata did not forget to advise her son to be nice to come to someone else's house.


"Good bun..." Gege nodded and said goodbye to school while kissing his mother and brother's hands in turn. So did Gigi, doing the same thing while holding a snack of sweet potato chips made by Renata's mother.


Although Gigi and Gege are one school and they bring sales each, chips made by the mother of Renata are very famous delicious. As much as they bring to school, it will certainly run out without rest. There are even those who do not miss, because each teacher sometimes buys more than 5 packs.


Arriving at the school gege was immediately approached by his friends.


"Ge later so do not study groups at my home...?!." Said Umi one of the friends who often studied groups with Gege. Umi was the son of the village chief at the time, she had a weak physique and her body was thin yet tall. Although the tone of speech is very soft, Umi is an angry woman. He has a strong character and likes to lead. Therefore, if you want to study more often at Umi's house than other houses.


"I'm okay, how do others agree?!!." Gege answered while glancing at his other friends named Point and Iris.


"OK.." they answered almost in unison.


"But then so bring lunch no?!!," said Gege when he entered the class and occupied his stool.


"Of course donk, let's have lunch together. Can do his job until the afternoon." Iris chimed in on Gege's speech standing in front of her desk.


Cring...Cring...Cring...


The clock on the way home from school rang. All the children cheered happily and immediately scattered out of the classroom without forgetting to say goodbye first to the teacher in front of the class.


Gege and three of his friends walked casually out of their classroom after saying goodbye to the teacher.


"Ge, you'll stop by my house firstwell, let's walk together to Umi's house." Said Point whose house was adjacent to Gege's house.


"Okay, Iris we'll wait at the intersection of Umi's house." Gege replied while looking at Iris.


"Wheel..." Iris answered briefly. While walking on foot towards their homes.


Once at home Gege immediately replace school uniforms with home clothes. He prepared the necessary books and put them in a bag. Not to forget he took lunch that will be eaten later with his group study friends. After feeling all was ready, Gegepun came out of the house and stepped his feet towards the house Point.


"Assalamualaikum Tik...are you ready to blom?!!" Gegepun calling Point when he had arrived in front of the house Point.


With a little run Point approached Gege and said, "Udah donk, let's go."


They also stepped foot to the intersection of Umi's house and it turns out Iris was waiting there.


"Yet you came too. I thought you guys were gone first." when he saw Point and Gege approaching him.


Gege and dot just smiled looking at the behavior of his best friend this one. Because Iris is a typical woman who likes to worry not because she is also a blood phobia. He would often faint if he saw blood directly.


"Udah, let's walk. If we do later Umi can rampage loh..!!!"


Arriving at Umi's house instead of doing the task, they were cool to play. Because Umi's home is a lot of toys and now they want to play at home.


"Hey, we're not eating?! Now it's 2 o'clock, even almost half three." said Iris who accidentally glanced at the wall clock hanging right in front of him.


"Geez, our tasks aren't done yet?!!" Gege chimed in Iris's words.


"We eat first, I'm hungry." replied Point who was hungry.


And finally they decided to eat first, just finishing schoolwork.


"Ge you brought what side dishes?!!" ask Iris who has always loved the cuisine of Mother Renata. In fact, they all really like the cuisine of Mother Gege.


"I brought fish rendang, will you not?!! I brought more...!!!" replied Gege who knew that his friends must be mintak.


Simultaneously they replied, "Mauuu...." And finally they eat with pleasure and calm.


After eating, they continued to complete their respective tasks, joking and laughing together.


"You remember that? Yesterday buk ndut jewer ear referee, he got grimy and pee dicelana loh...!!!"


"Haha..." Everyone laughed, until someone sputtered out of his mouth.


"Geez, you still remember that. Pity the referee to be embarrassed and ask to go home." said Titik while holding his stomach that almost cramp from laughing.


"Yes well, buk ndut even more angry with him and said spoiled child. It was mom's son. She called my mom to her mom."


"So of course, the breast came even more fierce than the ndut."


"Hahaha.." they laughed again until tears came.


"You're more afraid where Ge, mami Referee what buk ndut?!!" asked Iris while wiping away the tears in her eyes from laughing loosely.


"I'm more afraid of the same ndut buk, talking casually but his hands play. Play jewel..main pinch. Duh.ngeriii..." Answer Gege goosebumps.


"Yes yeah, I was pinched with ndut because I was late in. Duh..cubitannya very sick...!!!" timpal Point remembers the events of that time.


"You and Gege are both often late, but have often been angry." Umi did not remain silent, she also commented. While lecturing Gege and Point.


"Hahaha." everyone laughed.


"Yes you know, buk ndut's favorite student who has never been scolded, diomeli let alone pinched..duh..iririaa...!!!" said the three of them almost simultaneously laughed at Umi's favorite pupil buk ndut.


Time shows at 4pm. Gege and his two other friends say goodbye to Umi and her mother. They return to their homes. If there is a school assignment, these four friends are always gathered together to do schoolwork. They work on each of them even though they are gathered together and when there is one who cannot understand the answer, then the other explains. Without cheating, but finishing together. Hence their value must be different, because they are never willing to cheat on each. Except working together, so too when they exam there will be no interlocking lyrics or questions.


Until at home Gege immediately helped his brother do homework as usual. The older brother cooked rice and water, while Gege transported water from the neighboring house in front of his house. The neighbor's well in front of the house is for washing dishes, washing rice and for other needs. The land well belonged to the neighbor behind the house where Gege and his brother were hitching a bath in the morning. Because in the afternoon and on holidays they will bathe in the river while washing dirty clothes and taking water to drink through a sand well made on the river bank.


Gege and Gigi often fight over homework. Because Gege often forgets to play outside the house home late afternoon. So it can't help with homework.


And when their parents come home, they will both be angry. Because the next-door neighbors always complain to their parents about their quarrels.


"So let's take a bath in the river, now it's five in the afternoon." whine Gege on his brother who just finished copying the rice that is ready to be cooked.


"Yes, you took a change of clothes?!!" answer Gigi while taking her clothes.


"Sister, that's it." point to Gege who shows the change of clothes and towels placed in the bucket.


They walked out of the house to the river, after finishing all the housework.


Gege and Gigi's parents did teach them responsibility early on. So that later when their parents are not home, they can do everything themselves.