The Blink is Dusk.
Goodbye Bamboo Shack
The morning was a little cloudy, the gray clouds shut off the morning sunlight. Apparently, the rain all night did not clear the black clouds in the sky. Talutuh drops are still left in the forest foliage. Some squirrels are jumping on the branches of trees. A group of birds flew across the air. Some butterflies inhabit the flowers of star sites planted Areha around the hut.
"Tock. Tok.Tok." Grandma Miss Rumi cut firewood. He often uses firewood for cooking, so that the gas does not run out quickly. The cloth he wrapped around his head to block the small droplets that fell.
"Grandmother, what woven is ready to be sold." Aram said he was busy preparing. Take the wanker, the plastic sack, the bottle of drinking water from the former Aqua mineral water bottle.
"That, nyirau and the rice basket. It's all done." Grandma answered without looking.
"Look there are four, five rice baskets. I brought all of Nek." Aram said, then took the rope and hung one by one on the outside wall of the cart for people to see. Grandma's breeding, she's done chopping firewood.
"It's good that you rest today, still drizzle." Grandmother said. Aram says drizzle is not so heavy. Then Aram said goodbye to grandma, Luran and Figan wanted to come along. But Aram banned them because they came yesterday. Later in the day also drizzle, will hurt.
Aram also did not want his two sisters to be too tired. Both of them just look at Aram going from behind the hole of the forest wall.
"Close the door of Laran wall hole. Come, join grandma in picking up bamboo for webbing." Grandma said, afraid that some crazy person would come in. Both were willing, and rejoiced that they would take a small bamboo to make bamboo beds for their toys. Arriving near the bamboo grove, the grandmother cut down the bamboo stems. Find a bamboo shoot and pick it up too.
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SURVEY TEAM.
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Two Avanza cars one silver and one black stopped on the side of the highway. The streets were crowded, so they could not park the cars on the roads. Then get a little off the highway. The silver car had five people, and the black car had six. They were all wearing yellow work helmets. Carrying a camera, a book, a ground dena, a compass, and a manual meter, trifoot, supplies, and drinking water. Two members carry the stairs. Which can be drawn longitudinally and shorten.
"It's the boss's forest." Said the young man in his thirties asking while looking around.
"Yes, this is the location." Answer the fat and short man.
"The area is also the forest, can-can be until the afternoon we around this." Answer the youngest.
"Come, let's start. The sooner the better." The senior replied, he's the leader of the survey team, Mr. Katara's right hand. He's a senior in the field, if the project has gone, he can become a field foreman.
"Dio invite your friend to put down the stairs, we enter the wall. Two young men brought dates. The two walked first, jumped a bush and walked tens of meters towards the wall. The one named Dio pulled the long staircase. Then put it on the wall. He went up, and asked a friend to give him the stairs he had brought to him. Then he put it on the inside of the wall. He gave the code ready. Then followed the others, and entered into the walls of the forest.
"I didn't expect there to be a large forest on the edge of the city." Said one of them.
"About 30 acres of everything." Said the Team Leader. They began to walk to review the situation while deliberating. Arrive at a strategic location.
"Sir Budo, I think here is suitable to make a parking lot, and basecamp the workers. The ground is flat, and not too much dredging or hoarding. Simply 'surrrrr' push, done." Said the survey team leader. His hands demonstrate the motion of pushing the machine ground.
"I agree with Mr. Lotu. Start, make a peg, sketch and dena." Answer Mr. Budo. All those responsible for the task began to work, some made temporary stakes out of wood, and made dena.
"The fence was torn down, the road straight up here." Said Mr. Lotu while pointing and calculating. He hours later, they finished the task there, now checking the location entirely. Start walking around the forest again.
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SHOWER EDGE.
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"Eh, this bamboo is often taken by people, I guess often too." Dio said, everyone is watching.
"It's new." Said one of the other members.
Trees and wood that people often take. They thought the surrounding residents were taking, so it was not discussed. Now they're approaching the swamp. Estimate how much land is needed for hoarding. Ensuring the area and width of swamps and their water utilization.
"It's the edge of people's baths, and a lot of fishponds." Said Mr. Lotu watching the edge of the bath on the edge of the swamp. There is a wet cloth when bathing. The bath is also a slippery sign every day there is a shower there. After they finished there, they continued the survey. Towards noon they rest in a spacious ground location. Eating and drinking while joking around under the shady trees.
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SELL WEBBING.
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"Rice rice balls, rice baskets. Smell to order rice. Fifteen thousand." Kata Aram offers his merchandise, while going through the residential complex of residents. Sometimes Aram look around at the place until the residents, if there are used items, such as cardboard, plastic bottles, iron, cans, used books, glass bottles, he took. Then continue to offer his merchandise.
Aram passed by in the crowd of mothers, I don't know what they were talking about. Next to them is a lively hawker shop, with meatballs and chicken noodles. Aram offers his trade while taking a slow step.
"Sik, take a look." Said the mothers who were pregnant.
"Good, the mothers of rice baskets and the noise." Said the mother. Some of the mothers approached and took a look as well.
"The comfort is tight and neat, like my grandmother's plaits in the village." A mother said while showing the plaits.
"How much is that on." Ask the pregnant woman.
"One, it costs fifteen thousand, ma'am. Either nyirau or rice basket." Answer Aram.
"Well, that's cheap." Answer a mother. Hearing the price is cheap, all so approach and choose.
"I bought one mistress and one basket." Pregnant women pay immediately. Finally all the plaits Aram had been bought by the mothers there. In fact, there are mothers who are not part and feel disappointed.
"Yes, it's up." Said the Mother.
"Mother, just kept quiet and didn't care. Sit down and hang on." Friend says.
"I think it's as expensive as it is in the market, that rice basket if the market costs seventy thousand." Said.
It is very different, with the selling price of Aram. Aram smiled happily because the woven sales were selling. He also got quite a lot of used stuff that day.
"Aram heard the Azan Ashar prayer from a mosque. He then stopped and prayed ashar. Since there was a grandmother Cik Rumi Aram always prayed because the advice of the grandmother he always listened. Includes advice that he always pray anywhere. Aram also put ten thousand in the charity box of the mosque when he was going home.
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BAMBOO SHACK.
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Meanwhile, the site survey team continued to step around the forest by circling. Eventually they found a bamboo hut. The roof and walls are made of bamboo, ground floor. They hear the crowing of the rooster and the crowding of the sound of the chicks.
"Tars. Tars." The sound of the explosion of bamboo beds and followed the cheers of children. The survey team felt strange and kept approaching the bamboo hut. Looking around the hut clean, many flowers beautiful flowering star sites. Plants such as chili, Laos, lemongrass, tomatoes, turmeric, kencur thrive. A grandmother was cutting and splitting bamboo. The sound of cutting bamboo was heard by the survey team.
"Kukrakk."
"Kot. Cot. Typewriter. Cot. Cot. Type." The sound of the hen laying eggs.
"There's a hut, there's also people who occupy this forest like it." Said Pak Lotu. All were breeding and they kept approaching the hut. All were astonished and wondering.
"Assalamualaikum, good afternoon, Grandma." Dio. Grandma Miss Rumi was surprised to see many people coming out of nowhere.
"Wassalamualaik. What's up." Ask the grandmother who does not know sit down.
"Sorry Grandma, we asked for a moment. Previously grandmother had permission with the land, build a house in this forest." Ask Mr. Lotu full of investigation. Old grandma just answered. After taking a deep breath he answered.
"We don't ask permission on those who have, just hitchhiking without permission. We know this is the land of the rich. But we'll leave if the owner asks us to leave. Are the fathers all owners." Grandma answered while asking. Grandma stopped weaving, she invited those who wanted to sit on the porch bench of the hut. Areha, Luran and Figan approach grandma.
"Look, we are just employees and run the duties of the company and of the landowner. The plan, Monday, next week, the forest will be cleared with a bulldozer. Then it'll be dredged, or flattened." Mr. Lotu said. While Mr. Budo, Dio, and his colleagues were silent while observing the surroundings.
"Oh, so. It's okay, we'll go. But give it a day or two, we'll find a contract and transport the goods." Said the grandmother.
"Alright, if grandma understands. We didn't kick grandma out, we just told her and we were just employees." Mr. Budo said.
"Yes, grandma understands there's no need to worry or you feel guilty. We will move, indeed we have planned for the amendment. So that grandchildren can go to school." Answer grandma.
"Grandmother's father is at work, what." Ask a colleague.
"They are orphans, just the grandmother of their family in this Palembang City." Said the grandmother who made everyone feel concerned. But they can't do anything either.
"If grandma wants to, we'll tell my boss to get some compensation." Said Pak Lotu.
"No need, we've occupied no permission like this is sinful enough. It's a shame that we're asking for damages." Answer grandma. They talked to Grandma for a long time. After that, they continued their work.
"I feel no stranger to that grandmother. Feelings often meet, but don't know where." Dio.
"I feel that way too." Said Mr. Lotu, when they began to leave the hut Aram.
"Pity too, they." Say one of them, and everyone feels the same.
"Small bamboo huts, without electricity and clean water. His grandchildren no longer go to school, nor are they orphans." The others said.
After that, the survey team continued their duties. Walked straight up to the stairs they entered this morning, and then went home. When Azan returned home Ashar prayers were heard from the mosque not far from there.
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SEEKING CONTRACEPTION.
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Aram arrived at the bamboo hut ahead of magrib. He bought kerosene, some pack snacks for his sisters. Vegetable kale one tie, and know twelve pieces. When the magrib entered, they all prayed and Aram became a priest. Grandma's taking them to dinner. In the light of the oil lamp, they ate voraciously. After she finished eating, Grandma talked to Aram.
"Aram, tomorrow you don't look for used goods first. But looking for a contract for us to rent." Grandma Said.
"Why suddenly, Grandma." Ask Aram.
"So there's people coming, they say that this forest will be trashed and the land will be dredged." Obviously grandma.
"Oh, so. Okay, Grandma, Aram's gonna find tomorrow. But, the contract is how we rent." Aramaic.
"Search for cheap Aram, we can pay every month. In the suburbs it's okay. If you can, near SD. So that your sisters can go to school." Grandma said, while Areha, Luran and Figan played together.
"It's the woven money just now, sold all of Nek." Said Aram, giving a hundred and sixty thousand to grandma. He also said, the other one he spends on vegetables and tofu. Grandma was breeding, and receiving money. Then he took his wallet. Spend money and combine all.
"Yes Nek, Aram will find a contract that suits our money." Said Aram.
"If you can find one that costs four hundred thousand a month. Because two hundred thousand, grandma will use to make cakes. The rest is for our shopping." Obviously grandma.
"Basket and container for the sale of grandma's cake is ready." Ask Aram.
"Basket is already, there is a basket that has not been. But tomorrow I'll finish it." Grandmother said.
After that, the night wind blew and went inside the hut. Not how long the rain falls. They're all sound asleep. In his sleep, Aram dreams of meeting Yuzaka. Yuzaka came to see him in the hut. Then he invited Aram to school again. But Aram was embarrassed and he didn't want to. But Yuzaka still forced so that Aram went to school despite wearing weathered and dirty clothes because he often brought scavenging.
"Aram, whatever happens and whatever your circumstances, you have to go to school." Said Yuzaka in Yuzaka's dream.
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CONTRACTED ALPINE.
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Bang Jon and Arip arrive at Alpin's contract. Arip wants to play with their college classmate, in Alpin's contract. They like to get together young people, and like to watch football together.
"Bang Jon, stop by first. Asdi is here." Get Alpin. Dani sat down and Adi played guitar. Asdi also waved at Bang Jon.
"Other times, I'd like to write on a blog, a writing practice schedule." Answer Bang Jon.
"Almost Bang." Arip.
Next time Bang Jon replied, then immediately gas. Thirsty, he drank a few cups. At the contract Arip told the incident with Bang Jon earlier.
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ARIP'S STORY.
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Two young people were walking pushing a motorbike on the highway. Both of their clothes were soaked in sweat. Cars and motorcycles run slowly like ducks. The endless horn sounded from the impatient rider.
"Buy drink first Bang." Said the young man behind him, looking tired to push the bike.
"Okay, Rip." The two then went to a box-shaped shop. The merchant sat in that narrow shop.
"How many samples of research mosque Abang." Ask Arip.
"About thirty out of six sub-districts." Bang Jon.
"How much, how much you need." Ask Arip.
"A lot of it." Bang Jon said, then he drank mineral water. It feels cold in the throat.
"In a moment, we arrive at the crater of Tengkurep. What data are you looking for." Ask Bang Jon.
"Interview first with the pigtails." Arip Sahut. "How about the Asdi research, it's done as well." Ask Arip.
"Not yet, three months in the village, he fell in love. Not a single bit of him working on the thesis." Bang Jon. Both laughed lightly hearing that.
"Young people." said the two while laughing.
"Motor why not live bang. Cook, new bike, it's jammed." Ask Arip.
"I don't know about Rep. Not alive." Answer Bang Jon.
Then Arip stepped up and tried to revive. He turns the ignition lock, when he starts the motor immediately. Arip's listening to the sound, great.
"It's a living Bang. It's already pushing thirty kilos of meters." Arip says protest while hitting the handlebars of motorcycles. Bang Jon smiled, then they headed to the burial site of the Sultan of Palembang.
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"Ha. ha. ha." Dani, Alpin, Asdi, and Adi, who were gathering at Alpin's rented house laughed loudly, hearing Arip's story. Until their stomach hurts.
"Brummmmhmm. Tin. Tin." A car comes along turns out to be their classmate, Ririn and friends.
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MOTHER NURUL'S CONTRACTION.
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Aram walked to and fro, he went in and out of the population complex. He had been looking for a contract for half a day. Now he was walking down the road to a long-standing housing estate. Known from the houses seem to have changed shape and some are collapsed. Brick walls do have an age limit of durability. The road looked many holes, and was destroyed.
"May ask Mom, there's no contract around here." Aram asked a mother who was mowing the grass. A gallon deliveryman came. The mother asked to put it on the porch of the house. After paying the gallon handyman go drop off somewhere else.
"So boy, but don't know if anything's empty or not. Kids just go this way, follow the gallon guy. At the intersection of the road it turns right, straight. There is a contract there. The owner's house is on the front of the contract." Obviously the mother, then she continued to mow the grass. Aram followed the mother's lead. Then found a five-door contract.
If Aram notice it looks like the contract is not much different from their contract first. Walled boards from bottom to top. Only the floor looks new in the cement. On the terrace looks mothers gather, and on the top of the bedeng there are two young people sitting around playing mobile phones. Sometimes he smokes his cigarettes deeply.
"Mom, may I ask. Contract is there's no empty." Ask Aram to the group of mothers.
"There's the one on the other end and the one on the other side. Find a contract." Ask the mother.
"Yes ma'am, how much a month, and who's got." Said Aram.
"My owner, if the monthly four hundred and fifty thousand. That's five million years, mother love." Said the skinny and rather short mother. The sapodilla skin matures and wears a robe and a wide hijab.
"Oh, I'm just monthly ma'am. Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow we move." Said Aram.
"Can you agree and pay in advance." Said the owner of the contract. Aram agreed, he gave DP a hundred thousand, and asked for proof receipt. Aram asked if there was an elementary school in the vicinity of the complex. The mother told me that not far from the complex was a state primary school.
"Whose mother's name." Ask Aram.
"My name is Nurul." The mother replied, asking for Aram's name. Aram told him, then Aram returned to the bamboo hut at the edge of the forest.
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MOVE AWAY.
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Aram pushed his wagon full of their belongings. Early in the morning Aram set out alone to transport goods. Grandma and her sisters are getting ready. Including catching and tying chickens.
Aram went to deliver the goods and took the keys from the landlord. Also pay the remaining rent. After that, he put the items in a new contract. Aram went back to pick up his grandmother and sisters.
"Keookkkk. Keoookkkk." Some Aramaic chickens thrashed when put in a cart. Grandma also brought bamboo for matting and finished woven products. Plants that can be carried are then dug up and picked. Grandma digs laos, lemongrass, saffron, kencur and harvests chili and tomatoes.
"Later to plant also if allowed the owner of the contract." Grandmother said.
Once completed, they then began to leave the bamboo hut that they had been in place for more than a year. They walked hand in hand, Luran tote his cars. Figan also brought his robots. Areha carries dolls and used comic books and magazines.
"Koyong, when are we here again." Ask Figan who doesn't understand.
"Somewhere, maybe when we're rich." Answer Aram. Because Aram knew from Grandma's story that the place would be built an elite housing complex. Aram also replied.
"Yee, we'll be rich." Figan said Figan doesn't know what it is to be rich.
Before exiting the wall they all saw their bamboo huts one last time. Then with a sad look they stepped away. As they left, the atmosphere was quiet and desolate. The wind blows and the leaves fall. Only that bamboo hut left his master gone. Slowly the yard began to be dropped by dry foliage. A few lizards peeked, then slowly crossed the courtyard. Lizard rang from behind the wall of the hut. A farewell song to the poor children.
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BAMBOO SHACKLES COLLAPSED.
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On Monday, according to the schedule of forest clearing work from company partner company Pak Katara, began work. They found the hut was empty. Looks like dry leaves have filled the yard. Chili and tomato, where the fruit has returned large and bushy.
"Have gone his grandmother and grandchildren." Said Pak Lotu. Mr. Budo breeds, and keeps a close eye on their men working on bulldozers and kobelcoes. Both of them were observing the hut and its surroundings. Both of them stood on the side of a rather large tree. It says the words on the bark of the tree." Dad, Mom, now we have a good grandmother. Dad, I don't worry anymore. Her name is Grandma Miss Rumi." Mr. Budo and Mr. Lotu feel familiar with the name.
"Bummm. Mmmm." The sound of a bulldozer, then followed by the roar of a fallen tree. Mr. Katara's car stopped and noticed the location of his business. He followed the driver and two of his men.
"Rom." A large piece of wood collapsed and hit the bamboo hut of Aram. The hut was destroyed.
"It's a people's house." Ask Mr. Katara to Mr. Lotu when he arrived and saw the incident. Then dozens of trees collapsed and Aram bamboo huts were also pushed so that it was flat with the ground.
"Before that hut was in the house of his grandmother and grandchildren. His grandchildren were orphans and they left on their own accord. We're just saying that the forest will be cleared and dredged, then built an elite housing complex." Obviously Mr. Luto.
"Grandmother, and her orphaned granddaughter." Said Mr. Katara. "Why not tell me." Said Mr. Katara.
"Sorry sir I forgot, they left on their own accord, we did not expel. Even we have offered if they want, we compensation or temporary residence to the father. But they refused and will seek a contract." The answer.
"Right sir, that granny doesn't seem like an ordinary granny. He has a strong life stance." Said Mr. Budo.
"There's a picture of you, the grandmother and the granddaughter." Mr. Katara asked again. Both answered no. Mr. Katara looked disappointed and he was very curious about his grandmother and granddaughter.
"Brum." Bulldozer voice.
"Ranmmm." The big wood fell here and there.
"His grandmother and grandson were orphans." Many times Mr. Katara thought curiously. Then ordered some of his men to search around. Mr. Katara will compensate the hut even if the hut is wild. Mr. Katara is afraid that he will get the wrath of God.
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