Favorites Books

Avridita's favorites book montage

Twilight
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Si Gila Belanja Punya Bayi (Shopaholic & Baby) - Shopaholic Series Book 5
Si Gila Belanja Akhirnya Kawin Juga (Shopaholic Ties The Knot) - Shopaholic Series Book 3
Eragon
Eldest: Yang Pertama
Brisingr
Inheritance
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: Harry Potter dan Tawanan Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Harry Potter dan Piala Api
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Hickory Dickory Dock: A Hercule Poirot Mystery
4:50 From Paddington
Eclipse: Gerhana
New Moon: Dua Cinta
Awal Yang Baru
Box Set The Hunger Games
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe: Sang Singa, Sang Penyihir, dan Lemari
The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader: Petualangan Dawn Treader


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Sabtu, 14 April 2012

Sepotong Roti Bakar

14 April 2012 

Tempatku mengajar suasananya tidak berubah. Hanya saja hari itu suasana hatiku yang sedang berubah. Semua itu karena flu yang menyerangku sejak seminggu yang lalu, dan aku terlambat pergi ke dokter. Aku baru pergi memeriksakan flu akut ini sehari yang lalu. Saat aku merasa sudah sangat tersiksa dengan hidung meler, tenggorokan yang sakit setiap menelan makanan, dan sariawan yang memperparah semuanya. Hari itu aku dorong diriku untuk mengajar. Tersenyum seperti biasa, menggunakan nada bicara yang biasa aku gunakan saat aku bersama anak-anak, dan intinya mengajar seperti biasa.

Saat itu aku baru saja selesai mengajar anak-anak kinder, murid-muridku yang paling muda. Aku terduduk di depan meja registrasi sambil sedikit-sedikit mengobrol dengan Miss Eva. Aku melihat Fauzan, seorang murid baru yang baru saja keluar dari kelasku belum pulang. Ia masih bersama ibunya di dekat perosotan sambil menyantap roti bakar. Saat pandanganku mulai buram dan tidak fokus itulah aku melihat ia menghampiriku, lalu memberikan potongan roti bakarnya padaku. Aku kaget, dan otomatis mengarahkan pandanganku pada ibunya. Ternyata ibunya juga kaget.

“Oh, buat Miss-nya toh rotinya. Dikirain buat apa dipotong,” ibunya berkata sambil tersenyum.
Reaksi spontanku memang tidak terlalu bagus. Jadi aku hanya bengong disana memandang wajah polos dengan mata besar, dan tangan mungilnya menyodorkan sepotong roti bakar padaku. Ia ingin berbagi denganku. Aku takjub. Aku terdiam beberapa detik menikmati adegan ini. Sampai akhirnya aku menerima pemberiannya.

“Aduh, thank you, Fauzan”, itulah reaksiku yang aku nilai cukup buruk di situasi yang menakjubkan ini.
Fauzan adalah murid baru, dan ia sangat pendiam. Maka tindakan ini aku rasa sebagai tanda kalau ia menerimaku sebagai gurunya. Tahu tidak salah satu dari sekian banyak hal menakjubkan saat kau bersama anak kecil (apalagi sebagai murid)? Mereka menjadikan tindakan kecil berarti begitu besar. Itu semua karena ketulusan. Saat kau tulus, sekecil apapun kebaikan yang kau lakukan, maka akan berarti besar. Aku belajar dari muridku. Aku selama ini banyak belajar dari mereka.

Fauzan nampaknya juga cukup pintar untuk mengetahui.. kalau sepotong roti mudah ditelan oleh gurunya yang sedang sakit dan sulit menelan makanan.

Selasa, 06 Desember 2011

Lovely Grief




Today I went to my workplace as usual.  Since I arrived earlier, I saw my two students, Karin and Fanny were playing swings at the mosque's park.  I let them play and went on walking.  Then, I heard them calling.  I turned my head so I could see their faces, smiled, and continued walking.  They were following me.  They saw me wearing headset and tried to snatch it from me.  Soon I ran away while trying to release that thing from my ear.  Finally I met Mr.Sam and I gave it to him.  Okay, what a start! I was thinking today would be harder than usual.

"Miss, let's read!", one of my students, Fanny took a storybook and sat down beside me.

Well, we were only looking at the pictures. Then Dum came. Fanny and Karin kept saying something like : 'What is that?' or 'This is you!' or any comments that made our activity was sooooo fun for me.  Their comments are so..well..imaginative.  I wasn't the one who read the stories for them, but they were making up the stories for me. Even Karin tried to draw a moustache on the face of every single character she met.

" I wanna pray, guys!", I told them.  And then they were...following me.  They accompanied me until I was about to enter the bathroom and warned them with a look in my eyes.

Today was the time for their English in school.  We decided to study about 'Family Members'.  After I wrote on the whiteboard, I told them to write about their family members.  I read it after they had finished, and Subhanallah.. their family really had to read it.  Dum kept saying that his father was the best, and also his mother.  Sweet, isn't it? I put their papers on my bag.  Maybe I would show them to their family.  Dum's drawing was sweet also.  He made a sea, and some fish in it.  Each fish had a name.  The names are his classmates in i-tutor, and one bigger fish with the name : Mr. and Miss on it.

And Fanny, Fanny oh Fanny.. she was sitting on my lap, and hugging me (and talking too at the same time, of course).  She did it frequently, she kept coming back to me.

Time to end the class.  I signed their reports and their points as usual.  Well, talking about points..it reminds me of Dum.  It happened maybe months ago.  At that time he got a satisfactory score in English at his school.  So, I rewarded him 77 points (one point paper).  Ehem, so I signed his point paper 77 times.  He was staying beside me while my hand began to numb.  Then he said : "Miss, pegel ya? Itu tuh, jasa seorang guru namanya".  I could answer it with nothing but a smile.

Before Karin left the room, she kissed my hand.  But there was something different.  She held my hand soooo long as it was really hard to let go.  I could do nothing but staring at her.  When I was about to go home, Karin pulled my hand.

Karin : "Miss, I'll take you home with me!"
Me  :  " What do you think I am?  A souvenir?"
Karin :  " Yep, and I will lock you in my bathroom."
Me:  "O...kay?"

I don't know why, but today's class was..hmm...sweet.  A good bye has to be sweet, right?

Kamis, 04 Agustus 2011

Karina Jodie


I entered the dark class room.  My students were watching a movie.  When I was walking through the door, closing the door, and having a thought to lock it, Karin shouted : “What??”.  It seemed like she wanted to protest.  I said this to her :  “Me and Miss Jojo take turn to keep an eye on you,guys”.  Then I took a seat in the corner of the class.  With limited eyesight I watched when Karin was approaching me, laid on the floor near my chair, and grabbed my hand.  She let go of my hand for a minute, so I pulled my hand, but then she screamed : “Aaaargh!”.  Then I gave back my hand to her.  She was holding my hand while watching the movie.  My heart was smiling.  Finally, she let go of me.  When I stood up to leave the class, she grabbed my skirt.  I looked at her in the dark.  My heart was smiling one more time :)