Time is a friend. Time is
an enemy.
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| Tasya (second, left - front) |
Belum lama ini saya ditemukan oleh mantan murid saya, Tita,
di Facebook. Beberapa hari kemudian kakaknya, Tasya, yang juga adalah mantan
murid saya ikut meng-add saya di Facebook.
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| Tita (Tasya's sister) at far left |
A former student of mine in
kindergarten has somehow tracked me down through Facebook. Tita and I are now
connected through Facebook, followed by her sister, Tasya, who was also my
former student in the same kindergarten.
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| Tita & Tasya |
Hampir tidak percaya saya melihat foto-foto mereka. Sudah
jadi remaja yang cantik-cantik. Rasanya baru kemarin kita main petak umpet,
gelitik-gelitikan dan bermanja-manja bareng. Kontak terputus setelah mereka
lulus dari TK.
I look at their pictures
and hardly believe they have grown into beautiful teenagers. It seems like
yesterday when I played hide and seek with them, tickled and cuddled them. I
lost contact with both of them after they graduated from kindergarten.
Time, where did you go?
Kira-kira bulan lalu saya mendengar kabar tentang
meninggalnya ibu dari mantan murid saya. Mobil yang mereka tumpangi terbalik di
jalan tol. Ibu ini meninggal seketika. Dan untuk beberapa hari setelah
mengetahui tentang kematiannya, saya masih sulit menerima kenyataan bahwa saya
masih bertemu dengan dia beberapa minggu sebelum kecelakaan itu terjadi, dia
masih begitu hidup, segar, sehat, ceria dan kami mengobrol lumayan panjang. Dia
cantik, lebih muda dari saya, cerdas, enerjik dan anak-anaknya masih di SD.
Last month I heard a news
that a mother of my former student in kindergarten was killed in car accident
in the highway. For few weeks after I heard that news, I still unable to accept
the fact that she has passed away. We met few weeks before that accident. She
was so alive, fit, healthy, cheerful and we had quite a long chat. She was
beautiful, younger than me, smart, full of energy and her two kids are still in
elementary school.
Time, what have you done?
Menjelang tutup tahun 2012, seorang senior saya di tempat
kerja mengalami sakit yang tidak lama. Beliau segera kembali sehat tapi kami
sulit percaya kondisi daya ingatnya amat sangat menurun sampai beliau menjadi
seperti seorang yang hilang ingatan. Dibutuhkan waktu sampai lebih sebulan
untuk beliau mulai bisa mengenali orang dan bisa merespons ketika di ajak
bicara.
As the year 2012 drew to a close, a senior at my work got ill. It was just for a few days but the
impacted shocked us all because he nearly lost all of his memory. It took him
about a month before he could regain some of his memory and could respond when
we talk to him or ask him question.
Time, what did you do?
2 bulan lagi saya akan berumur 42. Saya melihat ke belakang.
Sudah panjang perjalanan hidup yang telah saya tempuh. Saya melihat ke depan
dan bertanya-tanya berapa panjang jalan yang terbentang di sana.
I will turn 42 in another 2
months. I take a look at the road behind me. It has been a long journey. I look
on the road in front of me and wonder how long it is.
Time, where will you take me?
Setiap saat di rumah, saya mendengar dan melihat hal-hal
yang berkisar tentang kondisi fisik orang tua saya. Kadang saya merutuki
hari-hari yang telah lewat karena tidak memberikan kesempatan untuk membuka
jalan yang dapat memberikan solusi untuk memperbaiki kondisi mereka.
Whenever I am at home, I
see and hear things about my parents physical condition. Sometimes I curse the
days in the past for they did not give ways that could solve our hardship.
Time, will you take our side from
now on?
5 tahun sudah saya dan Andre saling menjalin kasih. Kami
memang cenderung berhati-hati dengan hubungan ini. Siapa pun akan demikian
kalau sudah berkali-kali mengalami kasih yang terputus di tengah jalan.
Terutama saya. Pengalaman masa lalu membuat saya ekstra hati-hati, hampir bisa
dikatakan kehilangan selera untuk merajut mimpi tentang Cinderella menemukan
Pangerannya.
It has been 5 years for
Andre and I having this relationship. We tend to be careful with this
relationship. Anyone would do the same after experienced many broken
relationship. Me particularly. The past makes me live my life with extra
caution. In fact I have lost any interest to dream that Cinderella is finding
her Prince Charming.
Time, you are dream builder and
dream destroyer…
10 hal apa saja yang akan anda lakukan sebelum meninggal?
Pasti ada banyak yang ingin dilakukan tapi disederhanakan sajalah menjadi 10
hal karena jumlah yang sedikit lebih memungkinkan untuk diwujudkan.
10 things to do before you
die, what would that be? There are many things we want to do before we die but
10 are more convenient to make them come true.
Kalau harus membuat daftar 10 hal yang ingin saya lakukan
sebelum saya meninggal, maka saya akan menuliskan hal-hal ini; punya duit
banyak supaya orang tua bisa berobat, bisa betulin rumah, bekerja sebagai guru,
kuliah lagi, bisa beli kamera digital super canggih, pindah ke Amerika supaya
bisa tinggal dengan Andre, menulis buku tentang pengalaman hidup, punya sekolah
dan rumah sakit, terjun payung dan belajar berenang.. hehe… eh, serius, itu
hal-hal yang paling saya inginkan.
If I had to make my list of
10 things I want to do before I die, I would put these things in that list; to
get lots of money so I could afford any expenses for my parents to get their
physical condition fixed, renovating the house, work as teacher, go back to
college, buy a sophisticate digital camera, move to America to live with Andre,
write books about my life experiences, have my own school and hospital, go
skydiving and learn how to swim.. haha.. seriously, those are the things I
really want to do and have.
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