If I were a Magician

Everything in this world can happen by a trick or illusion, right? How easy it is, if I can do anything by a clap. I begin to interest about magic when I was 15 years old. I like to watch the TV program which show a magic. One person who makes me interest is Pak Tarno. He is the one of old magician from Indonesia. He is well known as a magician who always say “bim salabim jadi apa prok prok prok”. I know him from his first perform in TV program of The Master Season 3. He can make the audience interest by his perform. One thing that I like is… when he plays it and then there is a bird appear from his hat. It makes me to say “waw”.

I like a trick of magic, it is not only from Pak Tarno but also from another magician like Dady Corbuzier and etc. Sometimes, I want to study about magic, but it is never happen because a lot of task that should I do. Until now, I cannot do a simple trick of magic, but one day in the future, I have a little dream to study about magic. Magic is not about mystical. If you think study about magic is a fool for one’s pains, it is completely wrong, although magic just a game, but you will find that… all the things in this world is guileful. I imagine if I were a magician, I would tour and perform a trick of magic in front of audience until they give me applause.

Now, the problem is… Is it okay in Islam? My friend says to me… you can study anything, except magic. She believes that magic is a one thing that prohibited in Islam. It belongs to “syrik”. One another friend says to me that… it is okay, because magic just a game and it depends on our confidence. She also says that, “maybe” it can be a “syrik” if it involves the part of body, like Limbad do, he is the one of magician in The Master Season 3 who use the power of his body to show his magic.

Yet, trick of magic that I want to study is not about that, I just want to know the trick of magic just like Pak Tarno do. If I browse in internet, there are a lot of opinion that say… Magic is forbidden or it’s fine to do a trick of magic. Yet, I cannot judge all that opinions directly, I think, one of my friend is true... “It depends on our confidence”.

Study about magic just a little part of my dream after I reach all of my biggest dream in my life. Become a magician just the last thing that I want to do. It belongs to the last but not the list. Maybe, it can be happen or not, I still don’t know. One important thing is… it just about hidden dream.

      NEW INDONESIA

     Indonesia is a country which really rich and having good human resources. Indonesia also has a lot of culture. From Sabang Island until Merauke Island, you can find the beauty of traditional dances of Indonesia. But, mostly we forget about our culture. One question for example is… when we are given a question about, “Can you mention the kinds of culture from your own country?” I cannot give a guarantee that Indonesian person really know about it. Although we cannot remember one by one the name of our culture because it is innumerable, it doesn’t matter that we forget it.

      As a student, we just need to respect it. We have to keep our struggle to develop our culture. Feasibly, we can join some culture clubs as a one of our struggle to make alteration for our country. Where, the meaning of join that culture clubs are persuading someone to see and learn more about Indonesia and so that, they know.. how rich Indonesia culture and how proud to be the part of Indonesia. And also it can be our nest egg to build Indonesia become the best.

      Each part of island in Indonesia has different language also. But the miracle of Indonesia is... we still be one of big family and we can communicate to each other by Indonesia Language as a lingua franca.

      One onother thing that we have to know, we are young generations who have a big task to build new Indonesia. Start to be altruism person who always take care to others and protect Indonesia from enemy.

The Sweat Tears of The Girl

I was born in Malang on July 21^st, 1997. When I was child, I was include as a naughty child. My mother often said to me… “Actually, when there is your friend who walk in front of you… directly, you hit her or him without any reason…” Until now… I felt that I never did it. I just remembered the first time when I went to the kindergarten school… At that time, I was very hate to go to school. I remembered… when my mother delivered me to go to school… and when we already arrived there, my mother came back to house to do some activities… and directly, I accompanied her from her back side and she didn’t know it and…when we arrived in the house, I was hiding on the back side of the door to make surprise. On that situation…I thought, she would be happy with my arrival, but…the fact was… she was little bit angry to me and delivered me again to the school. In the school… when the lesson would be started, I cried so loud because I wanted to come back my house… but the teachers locked all of the door in the classroom. I still cried and tried to open the door, but because of my body was too short… so I could not open it. At that time… I just thought that the teachers were really mean to me.

I also ever had experience… when I was around 5 years old, I was given green bean snack (       I forgot, whose person that gave that thing to me). I didn’t eat it directly, but I played it. I put it into my nose cavity, and… suddenly I could not take it out and I was very afraid… I cried and called my father. My father was very worried about me and he asked me to squish it and… Alhamdulillah when I did it… the green bean succeeded going out from my nose cavity and I stop crying.

Another story… when I was in elementary school, grade 2, I ever had bad mark in mathematics… Ya... I got zero and I told to my friend “Hey… don’t tell this to my mother, please.” But… suddenly, when my mother picked me up… she said it without any reason and I was very angry but, I tried to keep silent in front of my mother. On the way to go to house, I said “Mom, don’t tell father about it”... In the evening my father checked my tasks that I got from the school and he looked my math mark. He was not angry, but he said, “What is this…? Why you can get it?” At that time I just kept silent and my father tweaked my ear. I felt that when my father did it, it was like... my father just touched my ear. But… I didn’t know why, suddenly I cried. Maybe… at that time I felt so sad because I got bad mark. After my father tweaked my ear, directly I came to my mother to get protection. My mother tried to make a play for me, so that I stopped crying.

And… when I was four grade, mostly my friends said that our math teacher was like vicious person. But… I thought, it was wrong, I tried to understand him by looking to another side and I succeeded to do it. I tried to learn more what is actually mathematics for.And…because of him I began to interest in math. You could say that he was the first person who made me believe that “The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.”(By: S. Gudder). Although sometimes, I thought that math could make me crazy because difficult to me to find the answer. But… there were something special in math… m-a-t-h was a foundation and basic to study another lesson and every time you would meet thousand number that relate with math and when we had to face the question about math, we didn’t only have one way to find the correct answer but we had many ways to find the perfect answer.

***

In this senior high school, I found my new life, it was started in the dormitory of SMAN 10 Malang. The first time when I entered this dorm, I often had a feeling of homesick, because I miss my family,and although I was Malang student… my parents often visited me here. But, step by step I could face my new life. I tried to enjoy with activities in this school and dorm,although it made me so tired and when I related it with activities when I was in Junior High School, it was “very” different. Sometimes, I felt so stress because of that, especially when there was one off-day, but… school or dormitory side still organized the event and it was held all day full. Sometimes, I thought that, it should be student day to take a break after long week we studied.  But… it was my real life and I had to face it although it was hard and I had to be smart to manage my time.

I was not alone, I had friends here who help me to give color in my real life. And... they were my second family who close to me. So... sometimes, when I felt down, I could think that, "They can face their life and me too."

 

One story left, the first time on the MOS section all of student grade 10 were divided into 9 houses and I was the one of Dove House member. At that time, I didn't know, the meaning of “house” in this school. And, because we still didn't know each other I felt so gauche to talk and I ever thought to move in the other house. But… step by step I knew… about the meaning of house… and we were gathered because we had same characters with each other. And... until know... I thought that it was true.

ARTHUR GOES TO CAMP

One day, there was a mouse, the name was Arthur. He sat beside the river. He was looked so sad and very confuse about something. Then his friends came to him and said something.

“Hi Arthur… What are you doing? Are you wait some fishes come to you?”

“Exactly, no… I am very confuse Luna. I lost my father’s watch. I am afraid, if he is angry and he asks me to clean the bathroom as a punishment. What do you think? What should I do? Should I run away?”

“Hahaha… It is impossible Arthur. How cruel your father are. Are you just kidding? I think… you just need to say the real fact and say sorry to him. I promise, if your father give you a punishment, I will help you to clean the bathroom” Luna said.

Luna was Arthur’s new friend. She came from London and went to England to help his parent job as a farmer in an elite farm. And now, she met Arthur as a new and first friend in England.

Now, she met Arthur again in sad condition. She just wanted to help Arthur to get problem solving. She tried to make him smile by sang a song and stood up comedy in front of him. Actually she could not do that, but she just wanted his friend had good mood and forgot all Arthur’s problem.

Finally, Arthur laughed, because he looked funny action from Luna. Luna was very happy until

She jumped and without careful, she fell down to the river. Arthur was very happy until his tears came out and he could not stop laugh.

Soon, Luna stood up and went to her house to clean her cloth. At that time, Arthur still laugh. After 10 minutes, Luna came back and used dry cloth.

            “Hi Arthur, STOP LAUGH!!” said Luna.

            “I am very happy with your action today, thanks a lot to help me forget my problem.” Said Arthur with his good mood.

            “Hm, you just say THANKS? I don’t need it...”

            “So?? What should I do for you?” said Arthur with still laughed.

            “Emmm… I know… you have to join camp with my new friends and me!!”

            “Exactly, NO. I will not do that, I don’t like it. I will stay in my house and watch the movie.”

“Oww… so, you just say thank you to me, without give me something? If you are not do that, I will tell your father that you throw his watch into the river...!” Luna said.

“Hey.. It’s not true. Don’t lie!!” Said Arthur with little bit angry.

“I will not do that, but you have to join us to go to camp. How? Are you agree? Luna said with happy feeling.

Finally, Arthur agreed with Luna. Next week, they would go to the Gnd (Ghost and Danger) Forest. That forest was very famous with kind ghost and that place had beautiful water fall. So, Luna thought that it would become the new experience for Arthur.

One week was coming. Luna and his friends were already to go to Gnd Forest with full of spirit. While Arthur… he was already finish with his preparation and he invited one person to go that place. He was Brian, he was a best friend of Arthur. While… Luna invited two new his friend. He is Cikraks and Topeng. They were neighbor and school mate of Luna.

At 08.00, they began to take a long journey by a small truck. On the way to go to that place, they sang many songs until they slept. Finally they arrived in that place. Directly, they descended from the truck and they began to go to Water Fall, to look how beautiful it is.

On the way to go to that place… Suddenly, the rain came…

“Hey friends… I think, we have to build our tents, soon. We cannot still here until the rain stops.” Cikraks said with bad expression.

Directly, we built our tent so that they could take shelter, soon. After the rain was stop, they still took shelter in the tent with cold situation. The condition was very muddy and cold. So, Topeng had initiative to move to somewhere and repair the tent.

They still walked and walked… until they found the right place. That place was near the river and that place was comfort and they could take water easily.

Soon, they built again the tent, while Luna and Brian were preparing the materials to make foods. Brian asked Arthur to go to somewhere and found the wood to make a bonfire.

“NO… why not you? I am so tired and I don’t know, where I should go, I don’t know anything about this place. I afraid if there is a lion that want to eat me.”

“Hey… It is impossible, this forest is sterile from that kind of animals. I guarantee that you will be safe.” Said Brian with optimism.

“No, I still afraid. How if I invite Topeng? Are you agree?”

“Up to you, Arthur. Just try to invite him.”

“Ya… Let’s go…” said Topeng with full of spirit.

“Oh.. God…” said Arthur with less of spirit.

Finally, they began to find the wood. They went to somewhere until he found the good quality of wood to make a bonfire. But, the night was coming. Arthur and Topeng turned on their flash light.

“Arthur… I think we need to come back and I think we walk too far from our camp site.” Said Topeng with worried.

“Ya.. You’re alright. I don’t want to waste my time in the middle of forest. Let’s go.”

They came back to their camp site. After they walked do far. Topeng thought that they were gone astray. It made Arthur so worry.

“Hey… Shut up, I don’t want to hear that sentence. We have to believe that we go to the right way.” Said Arthur with worried feeling but try to cover it by showed the calm feeling.

We still walked and walked… until Arthur hear something behind the banana tree.

“Are you hear something?” said Arthur with afraid feeling.

“No… I don’t hear anything. What’s wrong with your ear? Are you okay?”

They continued their journey to come back to their camp site. But Arthur fell that there is someone who walked beside them. Now, Topeng also heard it and tried to believe about what Arthur said. They began to walk faster and almost ran.

Suddenly…

“AAA…” Topeng screamed.

“AAA…” and now Arthur also screamed.

They looked a girl with long hair and used white cloth. Now, she stood up in front of him with smile.

            Directly, Arthur and Topeng ran as faster as they can.

            “Topeng what should we do...?” said Arthur with confuse and afraid, and they were still running.

            “I don’t know Arthur, we just need to run as faster as we can, so that she cannot find us…” said Topeng with worried and afraid.

           

After two hours they ran, they looked a light in front of them. Ya… it is their camp site… they begin to smile and very thankful to God. Directly, they ran to their camp site.

***

            “Hey… where are you?  What time now? Are you need long time to find the wood…?” said Luna with little bit angry.

            “Hey…shut up… we are so tired… you know… that we meet a ghost? And we run as faster as we can and finally we arrive to our camp site.” Said Arthur and he was so tired.

            “Is it true? I ever talk to you that this forest is contain of good ghost. So, when you meet them, you just need to say hi to them and they will be happy.” Said Luna with smile.

“Hey!!! Are you crazy...” said Arthur and Topeng.

“Ya… I am serious, my friend ever do that and they are the type of kind ghost.” said Luna

Arthur and Topeng could not believe that there is a type of ghost with that habit. They still thought that it was really impossible. But, the important one was Arthur and Topeng came back to the camp site with safe.

Now, they began to make a bonfire and they tried to make foods and warmed up their hand near the bonfire.

THE END

Tlogowaru Scenery

HOW BEAUTIFUL TLOGOWARU

Hi friends… This month is the second project of english… I will describe some picture that I think; it has uniqueness in Tlogowaru... I hope this blog can help you to feel proud with the scenery that we have in Tlogowaru.

When I look the scenery of Tlogowaru, there are a lot of wet rice fields. I little bit confuse, when I get this task, and I have to find the place which have hidden treasure. Last Saturday Katin, Melissa, and I go to one place on Wonokoyo. This place reminds me when I do “penempuhan” of flag raised scout. This place is recommended by Melissa to us. I don’t remember that this place has one thing that unique.

Ya.. I think, this is not important, but I will try to describe it.

On the way to go to that place, I find the pole of electricity. The shape is similar with Pissa Tower. Hmm..  I haven’t the special reason, why I take this picture. I just think, this thing makes me know that Malang has the tiny of Pissa Tower. The history?? I don’t search the history of this thing, because it is just the pole of electricity. I think, when I ask to the person around this place about the history of this thing, maybe they will answer “I DON’T KNOW.”And also,  It will be the strange question.  

Hahaha… when you look this picture, you will thing, this is juat a road. Yaa..I haven’t the reason, why I take this picture. I just want you to know the scenery of Tlogowaru on the way to go to special place that has the hidden treasure. It is different with the first picture, because there is nothing special on this picture. On this picture, you will see Katin and Melissa are walking (on the left side).

Hmm... I don’t know the name of the place that I visit. Suppose that the name of that place is “U-War”, U-nique Tlogo-War-u. The way to go to U-War, is very far. Before arrive there, Melissa, Katin, and I are very tired and thirsty. We just have the 70% of spirit and the 30% of our spirit are burned, because we feel so tired.

Finally, we arrive on U-War place. This is one good picture that I take. The scenery is little bit nice. Why little bit?? Because… This is just the small part of Tlogowaru scenery. If you look this picture, there is the mount scenery behind the coconut trees. Ya… maybe you cannot see it, clearly. But, you will know the beauty nature that we have on Tlogowaru. 

Beside me, there is a river and bridge. When I take this picture, there are some children who play something with this water. Actually, the water from this river is used to clean the body. But, the water from this river is subsiding and dirty. People that live around this river ignore it. They still use this water to their daily activity. Whereas, dirty water is not good for them, because it can make the people have the disease, like itch vesicle and so on.

But, there is one uniqueness, although the water is dirty, I seldom to look the people have a disease. Maybe they have high protection immune.

When you look this three picture, you will know, how green the wet rice field in Tlogowaru, with good scenery. On the first until third picture, we can take a look the scenery of high buildings in the city. On the last picture, you can take a look, how beautiful the flower. From that picture, we can know the richness of nature in our country, especially in Tlogowaru. Although, we have much richness, we still have many buildings in the city, and it can cause global warming. Haa.. I also remember that our country has many transportations and it all can cause pollution.

Actually, I can see there are a lot of wet rice field and forest on rural and that’s why the air on the rural is still fresh. Now… when we take a look to the city, maybe… we can count how many wet rice field and forest. Now, we can feel the fresh air in the city with the pollution.

Next picture…on the left side of my body, there is a river. It still dirty, but on this part, we can see there are a lot of water than the first river. Actually, this river is used by the farmers, to clean their foot after do farming activity. And maybe… this river can help them to irrigation process.

Haa… this place remembers about the past, when I became Junior. At that time the height of the water is very high, but… Now, this place is so drought.This place is used to “penempuhan” of flag raised scout. Where, I should walk and face my head down. In this place, I fell so afraid, because I could not face my head down and I never do that. But… there were some friends who help me to do that. And Finally, I can do that. But… I promise, it will be the first and the last time, I do that.

On the left, there is the picture of hut that used by the farmer as the place to take a rest. And on the right side, this is my picture when I take the blueberry fruit from the tree. Hm… the taste is so sweet… I remember, last time…I eat this fruit, when I still five or six years old, and now I eat it again on the 16 years old.

Finally… I arrive on this place, ya… U-War place. On this place, I can find the small monument, like Monas in Jakarta (Maybe…). This monument was built to remember the good offices from our hero that passed away on March 8, 1949. The heroes are Majoor Hamid Roesdi, Letnan Ismail Effendy, Sdr. Abdul Razak, Bpk Moesmari, and Sdr. Joendes. On the past, they were fighting with colonizers to protect our city and their family.

 

Ok… I think, this picture can describe the hidden treasure in Tlogowaru with beautiful scenery around us. Enjoy these blog friends…. See you on the next blog….