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episode 5 MORNING ACTIVITIES

Every morning, Paddy Bulik does cooking activities to make pea rempeyek (with a variety of nuts) there are peanuts, green beans, or soybeans. He did this every night after Isya and before dawn. With painstaking bulik Paddy frying rempeyek one by one with mold to form a circle and attract buyers.

Once upon a time Olif and I liked to help him if there was no college assignment that required me or Olif overtime in front of the laptop.

In front of the fireplace is a tiny furnace that still uses firewood. I sit down on a small bench so that my legs do not tingle easily because of the slow squatting. I'm still watching how Paddy's bulik fries the rempeyek.

Kula angsal nyobi? " (Should I try?) I'm curious to try to help fry.

But the fact is it's not as easy as I saw when Paddy's bulik did. Laughing in shame I handed back the centipede of the mold I was holding,

"Ngapunten bulik lha kok even failed niki, pangeh panjengan even loss " (Sorry bulik lha kok even failed this, but instead failed this, niki, and even lost money, afraid of bulik will lose) my reason with me to put both my hands in front of the chest and the crisp laugh of Paddy's bulik sounds sincere when my stupid behavior is seen.

"Yo ra papa mbak, mako can be tried maneh" (Yes ga papa mbak later can be tried again) with patience bulik Paddy calm my heart while petting my back.

"Njih bulik, nyuwun pangapunten" (yes bulik apologies)

"Wis kono sampeyan nek meh adus mbak Olif wis completed kae, mako mundak herd ngampuse" (There replace you shower, it's Olif is done, it's done, later even bad luck to the campus) said bulik Paddy told me to take a shower.

"Njih bulik" (yes bulik) I replied as I moved from the small stool I occupied.

Now it's Olif's turn to take my place to sit there.

There was a joking laugh between Olif and the bulik Paddy that I heard quite loudly from the bathroom. It seems my failure in trying to make a beautiful work of rempeyek experienced also by Olif, so it became a laughing stock together.

"Wes sampeyan karo mbak Ifa ki on wae, wes a year try kok durung successful fried rempeyek, lousy. suck" while chuckling bulik Paddy takes over his job.

That was our activity almost every morning for a year yesterday. Although we have often tried frying rempeyek with molds but our efforts can not be said to be successful, because it seems our experiments are less serious.

Olif, he's my friend since Elementary School, Junior High School until now we are studying at the same faculty and majors. Even though I was familiar with him just in Junior High and we included activists in the organization of OSIS and exkul in our school.

Olif including a sweet girl who is glimpsed by many men from peers, upperclassmen and teachers who are basketball. Actually, the body is not very good, but his sweet black face does have its own charm. That's excess. His son is simple. His father was an ASN in DEPAG well established for the economic size of the people in our village.

Only in terms of academic achievement I am superior to him sorry not want ujub ya. Adalagi the plus point of her is loyal to her boyfriend who in fact is the upperclassman of Junior High.

# Flash back

That afternoon was after school when I entered Khadijah's room in block B (building 2) in our tahfidz boarding school, Pesantren, I sayup I heard a sobbing sound that was not too loud but quite disturbing my eardrum.

Slowly I entered and an unusual sight I saw in the corner of the room that I used to use as a dream knitting throne.

Olif was sitting curled up with her legs bent and hands tightly holding her knees. His sad face was clearly in trouble.

Obviously my curiosity has arisen

"What is it? " my inner

"Patiently, the name is also a trial. Living a long-distance relationship (LDR) is full of risk if an unfaithful couple is considered normal" Winda advised Olif in his words of wisdom.

"Especially among you there is no official bond as husband and wife or official fiancee approved by both parties of your family" he continued

"If my advice you split up I mean break up your relationship, not in our religion is also prohibited? " Bak Yani chimed in

"Not we want to incite you Lif, but for the sake of ignoring you too, you can focus more on learning, the mind is not divided must think of the "Him" there" he added.

At first I didn't understand what was going on. But from the words of Winda and Kak Yani I just ngeh. It turned out that Olif had just been cut off by his girlfriend through a letter he had received from Mr. Post at school.

Slowly I tried to get closer and I hugged Olif

" Spirit, do not despair, in the Lord God has provided the best soul mate for you who is currently still a secret" comfort me

If I knew this ahir, I would have accompanied Olif when he said he wanted to go home first. We didn't go home today because I had a picket class. So I have to be responsible so that my class still looks neat and ready to use the learning tomorrow morning.

"I'm surprised there's no wind there's no rain but he's suddenly knocked me out" his sobbing is getting louder

As I hugged his shoulder I sat down next to Olif While some of my roommates just sat quietly watching Olif.

"What's my fault? Rizal did not explain what to me." he explained "If indeed I was wrong to say good dong is good" still in a sad mood his eyes look swollen

"Yes I know" I said softly empathizing with the situation of his heart that was unstable.

"But what does this keep? " many

"Yes now calm your heart first, later if it is calm then we discuss again, ok! " rayuku

Lama Olif was silent with still holding tight because his nose was still full of snot that had been flowing nonstop.

"Now rest first, wash your face continue to rest first so that it is calm"

Slowly he nodded but still reluctantly moved from his place. And one by one we left Olif and gave him space to think clearly to finish his business with his girlfriend.

Rushing I took a change of clothes and walked to the bathroom to change clothes and took water ablution to perform dhuhur prayer.

My mind started saying "yes what's the point of dating, we're busy thinking about her but she's not necessarily us in her heart"

Huhhhhh.... I breathe out violently. But my little heart kept saying "Will God not give us trials that we cannot bear? "

I just hope Olif can get through this matter well.

Actually, many of my classmates put their hearts on Olif, from the point of view that I saw until the teacher exkul scout also seemed to put their hearts on Olif. But it seems that Olif deliberately closed her heart to another man because she felt she already had her upperclassman boyfriend in Junior High first.

This is the form of loyalty he shows to his lover. But dear Olif's lover doesn't seem to know this.

#flash back off

"Lif yuk is ready at seven" I asked while pinning a safety pin on the hijab I was wearing.

"Bulik, nyuwun pangapunten boten saged nerasaken help fry njih " (bull, sorry can not help fry again) pamit Olif to bulik Paddy.

"Wait a minute I put on the veil first huh" while opening the small closet where we store clothes, "Fa, Mr. Fachrudin what time is the lecture? " continue

"Jam eight, right? Oh yes do not forget to bring the book, usually if you forget to bring the dictate on the reef he likes not allowed to enter his lecture" answered I reminded.

"Yes" she said

"Lif we eat at the front warteg campus aja yes, my peeut has been wrapped asking to be filled" I asked

"Ok, ready"

"Yuk "take Olif when we are equally ready.

"Belik we left first yes" while extending our hands to kiss the hand of Paddy's bulik.

"Mbah nyuwun pamit, assalamu 'alaikum "greetings we say

"Ya mbak sing ati ati muga muga form of science sing benefits, ojo lali breakfast ben ra semaput ya mbak" (Ya mbak heart may be useful ilku, do not forget to eat breakfast afraid of fainting later) message mbah Darmo accompanied our departure to campus with a smile.