Bulan Sabitku

Beberapa waktu terakhir ini aku biasa menyempatkan diri, paling tidak satu atau dua menit setiap malam sekedar untuk menatap langit. Kadang bintang-bintang bertabur indah, berkelap kelip menemani bulan. Tak jarang semuanya serasa gelap, tatkala bintang-bintang itu tersembunyi di balik awan.

Satu kali, sekitar jam tujuh seperti biasa aku menebarkan pandanganku ke segala penjuru langit selama yang bisa aku lihat dan mataku terhenti di sana, pada sebentuk sabit di langit sebelah barat. Aku menatapnya bulan sabit itu. Aku menatapnya lama. Ya pada bulan sabit itu. Samar samar namun pasti aku melihatnya bahwa sekalipun berbentuk sabit yang terlihat jelas namun sebenarnya dia tetaplah bulat. Tataplah dan kau akan mengerti.

Sesuatu melintas di benakku. Seperti itulah impian, keinginan dan cita-cita yang menjadi pengharapan dalam hidup. Pada mulanya mungkin semuanya tampak meragukan, akankah setiap impian, keinginan dan cita-cita itu akan terwujud dengan utuh? Seperti itulah yang kudapat malam itu, awalnya sebentuk bulan sabit, hari-hari selanjutnya terus berkembang, semakin penuh dan di fase terakhir kita akan melihat semua bagiannya secara utuh dan terlihat jelas.

Ingatlah bahwa setiap impian, keinginan dan cita-cita yang ada itu akan utuh. YANG TERBAIK AKAN DATANG. Itulah satu siklus untuk 'sebuah' impian, keinginan dan cita-cita. Aku sudah membuktikannya dan akan terus membuktikannya, mungkin kaupun juga..

[august 2003 for a friend, elly]

#2 December this year

[ there must be some faith within… ]

Learning is a process. It takes time. Therefore, teachers should remember that instant result is not the real goal.

Learning is a process of change; from knowing nothing into something. It is a growth.

Sometimes it is discouraging to see and know that some students haven’t changed far from where they start, though we think we have done all effort that we are able to do.

Then sometimes these questions come:

·         Why don’t the students study?

·         Why can’t the students pay attention to the lesson?

·         Why do the students get attached more to FB, gossip,  etc?

·         Why do the students cheating?

·         Why are the students lack of confidence?

And more questions…

Back to my school time, I was so engaged to study [except for some periods of time]. I know that studying was my passion. The best effort I always tried to do. This attitude was grown inside because my parents have trained me so. I remember a sticker that my Dad put on my cupboard door: bermain boleh saja, belajar nomor satu. I enjoyed my study, I loved it.

In short, I got the motivation; both from myself and outside.

This is what I see so far, many students don’t have motivation to study. Maybe, they don’t know why do they need to study and go to school. And then why?? There are reasons.

With this fact, teachers know that they have a harder work: to motivate them to find their own motivation.

Feeling discouraged? Yes, sometimes and it’s normal, human nature, I guess. The important thing is to put away the discouragement and put on a little faith:

Education is a long term achievement. Therefore, the workers, the teachers are doing investment for future; 10 years, 25 years or even 50 years from now. The teachers must be sure that what they invest are the precious seeds. In time they are ready for harvest, they would bear sweet and good fruits.

Lets’ refresh our motivation again and again, we would ripe what we sow

Enjoy your December.

Draw me closer to YOU.

#1 December this year

[where there's hope..]

December has come. I found the excitement of it; mostly from FACEBOOK status. Well, glad anyway to know that many people are still expecting something. It means there’s still a HOPE. A hope during December is always close to CHRISTMAS.

I caught Christmas atmosphere as I entered a fancy store near my working place. I dropped by there after work with a friend to buy something. The owner, who was my college mate, was there together with the staff. There was a Christmas tree across the front door. The Christmas song was in the air. Oh, how I loved this kind of melody! The accessories for Christmas were around, too.

In the middle of our ‘lil shopping, there was an incident. A little girl in the age of about 5 was in the shop with a middle aged woman; not sure whether she was her mom or her untie or even grandma. She was looking for something maybe. Suddenly the little girl dropped a ball that was hung on a small Christmas tree in front of her. In short, the ball was broken. The shopkeeper said it has to be paid. Additionally, the balls were sold in a package of three. So, the woman should pay twenty five thousand rupiah. In the beginning she tried to bargain to take one broken ball only, but finally she agreed. That’s not the point. Everybody knows that: pecah berarti membeli – break it pay for it.

After the ball fell down, the woman was angry to the girl. The common phrase that I use to hear; “kamu nakal, sudah dibilangin jangan pegang-pegang, tuh sekarang jatuh, pecah, harus dibeli” with sort of tone that no kid would like. The little girl was silent with no words until I heard some voice of crying. I didn’t know what did she do, pulling her ears or something else maybe, but she did something. The other customers noticed it. I felt too pity to look at them. 

• I hope there won’t be more case like this. I know the kid was guilty. Yet, I don’t think it is necessary for adult to add another guilty feeling and public embarrassment.

• I hope the woman would explain to the girl why on earth she did that.

• I hope the little would be fine with her experience today.

• I hope those three balls will ‘do’ something in their family this Christmas time.

Put some HOPE along with you for HE is the GOD of HOPE.

Enjoy your December.

Draw me closer to YOU.

take it or leave it?

been a while again without posting for some reasons [excuse :p]

then few hours ago i dropped by here http://www.salamatahari.com/2010/11/day-1-sebuah-perkenalan.html#moreand then here http://maradillasyachridar.tumblr.com/post/1068851754/30harimenulis

tergelitik..

should i?

"Let's go to museum"

Hari ini bersama murid-murid dan beberapa teman guru aku mengunjungi beberapa museum sekaligus di satu tempat, Gedung Pertemuan Daerah yang lokasinya berseberangan dengan Ramayana. Ya, hari ini hari terakhir museum keliling buka di Salatiga dan beberapa sekolah mengirimkan murid-muridnya untuk berkunjung ke sana.

Meski hari ini bukan Jumat sehat, kami meninggalkan sekolah dengan berjalan kaki sekitar pukul 10.30. Sepanjang jalan anak-anak beberapa kali berhenti sejenak untuk jajan, "Lapar, Bu," "Haus, Bu." Begitu mereka memberi alasan ketika kadang kuingatkan, "Hayo, tidak baik makan atau minum sepanjang jalan."

Ketika sampai di tempat tujuan suasana sudah ramai. Rupanya banyak sekali yang datang saat itu. Hal yang pertama kutangkap di halaman gedung adalah berbagai macam jajanan dari para pedagang yang cukup laris dikerubuti anak-anak. Ada siomay, ice cream, cimol, asinan mangga, aneka minuman segar dan beberapa jenis lainnya. Laris manis, laris manis.

Beranjak ke pintu utama, kami melihat bahwa memang suasananya penuh sesak dan panas. Beberapa anak yang sudah sampai terlebih dahulu mengatakan sambil kipas-kipas dengan bukunya, "Bu di dalam panas sekali, sampai nggak bisa nafas, makanya keluar."

Memang betul, kira-kira suasananya seperti ini:

Disamping kehirukpikukan dan keramaian yang ada sebenarmya cukup banyak stand yang memberi suguhan yang menarik. Berapa museum mini yang ditampilkan diantaranya museum Ronggowarsito, Museum Pers Nasional, Situs Candi Gedhong Sanga dan Museum Benteng Vredeburg. Dari dalam petak-petak tersebut banyak hal yang pastinya jarang ditemui dalam keseharian kita. Berikut ini beberapa potong gambar sebagai oleh-oleh.

Koleksi yang ditampilkan cukup memberi pengetahuan untuk para pengunjung. Yang lebih menarik adalah melihat kesungguhan anak-anak dalam menjalankan misi mereka, mengerjakan laporan alias tugas. Let's see...

Ada juga penampilan dari beberapa sekolah. Yang sempat kulihat tadi adalah adik-adik yang menari dengan semangat ini :)

Yah, itu sepenggal cerita hari ini. Disamping fasilitas tempat yang kurang, setidaknya hari ini aku bisa mendapat beberapa hal baru, dan tentu saja, foto :)

 

Sebagai penutup, penyelenggara pameran museum keliling ini pastinya memiliki harapan. Salah satunya yang kutangkap pada sebuah poster yang dipasang di sana:

Sebuah ajakan untuk mengunjungi museum untuk belajar dari masa lalu, memperkokoh identitas bangsa dan tentu saja melakukan sesuatu yang baik sebagai tindak lanjutnya.

Kalau melihat tayangan film luar negeri, tampaknya asyik mengunjungi dan belajar di museum. Mungkin juga hal ini bisa terjadi di Indonesia. Go go go!!! ^^v.

The English Teachers of the English Teacher

Last Thursday I met one of my junior high school’s English teacher. I think he was my 2^nd English teacher. He replaced my previous English teacher because of maternity thing. From his appearance maybe people would easily consider him to be a funny teacher. He always has a smiling face.

I am impressed with him because of the comments and pictures that he used to put on our test paper. A simple thing but memorable and I think is worth to do. [ Well, I can’t draw well, so I do another thing, anyway ^^v]

When I told him that I often see him lately around the schools, I found out that he delivers his only daughter to school. At first I thought his daughter was an elementary school’s student. In fact, she is a student in my school and I know her, a calm girl with a medium straight black hair.

Ow… I have a student that used to be my mom’s student and now a student who is my teacher’s child ^^v

On the next day I also met my another English teacher. She taught me at the third year. In my memory she was an energetic teacher, and is still ^^v. At that time she was still a new teacher, maybe just like me now ^^v. Well, after I work here, I have met her few times; when we accompanied our students in competitions, when we attended a wedding party of our friend, or just when we met on our way home from school like that time.

We talked about some random thing along Kartini street until Kaloka – yes we were in the same public transportation, mostly of course about teaching. And in the end she paid me the fare --- ah thank you, Ma’am ^^v. She was with her two daughters, one with the same uniform that I used to have – from my junior high and the other one was --- if I’m not mistaken in the 4^th grade of elementary school.  Sometimes she chatted with them in the middle of our speaking. What a mother!

I was not closed to both of them when I was a student. I was sort of calm student anyway. Yet, as teachers I can say that they are friendly and inspiring… ^^ Thank you Sir, thank you Ma’am. I’ve forgotten the things you’ve taught me, yet your personal being as a teacher is what I’d always remember.

It’s been about ten years since my junior high. What will be in ten year time from now on? Let’s see.