School of Life

27Feb16 Terlambat pulang Dipeluk awan berserak Rembulan pudar Tak hendak pulang Kilau awan memikat Surya mengejar Bulan memucat kerling surya menghujam Waktu beranjak 26Feb16 Dawn has broken Waiting for the bus Watched by my beloved Dark and rainy No bat come for food I took all ripe fruit 21 Feb 16 Sunyi memagut Hujan kucing dan anjing Menembus genting Jiwa yang lelap Hujan kucing dan anjing Menembus genting Air pancuran Kasur jadilah danau Tetap bersyukur 20 February 16 Early in the morning All we can see, hear and feel lesson in our life As the light shining Gently through the insane -cloud It may shine her heart Sun's shyly shining Horizon's wearing veil Nude woman insane Starring at the light rain Hope she covers her body Warm and healthy  May rain wash away All sins and dirt she had done Healthy body -mind Can;t do anything Just prayer that she's fine God embrace her Shiny cloud Feeling warm deep insi...

Recently I browse in internet to find my own name, whether it is exist or not, and surprisingly I found so many names, of course including mine. There are lots of people named Mardiningsih, which is I never imagine. Since long time ago when I was a child, I always feel that my name is rather strange. But I am quite confident because it’s similar or even taken from my Dad’s name, Mardiyanto. Beside lots Indonesian names such as Sri Mardiningsih, Endang Mardiningsih, Nining Mardiningsih, Suci Mardiningsih, etc there two interesting Mardiningsih. These two are Mardiningsih Olivia Nowak, which is an actress  and Mardiningsih Arquette, a poet and myth-maker and they aren’t Indonesian. It’s really surprising since I always believe that Mardiningsih is Indonesian names. Or do they have any relationship with Indonesian? May be their parents or grandparents or grand grandparents are Indonesian? Well, today I wanna write every things about name or given name. Our name is given by our pare...

Hi, today I'll write a list of some known and rare vegetables. If you ask me why I'm doing this, it's simply because I love vegetables and I realized that so many people don't know that we have many many vegetables beside spinach, carrot, cauliflower or broccoli.  Some Well known and Rare vegetables that I know: 1.      Spinach We make spinach into sayur bening, Pecel or urab. But, don’t be surprised if you find spinach chips or spinach juice. The last one, I really don’t like it. 2.      Kangkung It is a leafy vegetable growing in water.  We usually make kangkung into oseng-oseng, Jangan asem, pecel or urab. We don’t eat this vegetable for salad. I also never know people make it into juice,  please let me know if you do. 3.      Kapri or Snow peas It is cooked into Oseng-oseng, Sambal goreng, soup etc. 4.      Greenbean or buncis Oseng buncis is one of my favorite. But we c...

14Feb16 PAgi yang entah Surya merayap senyap Di ujung rindu Angin mendesah Kelelawar berebut Hatiku senyap Malam merayap Rintik hujan menyapa Sunyi rasaku 13Feb16 Under the tree misssing the flock of pigeons Feeling lonely Silvery cloud In the East the sun smiles Feeling warm inside Looking at street lamps Shining through the morning bright Wasting energy Putih berarak Menyapa terik surya Mendekap rindu 10Feb16 Hujan-hujanan Riuh di atas genting Redam gemuruh Hamparan hijau Kambing menatap langit berpacu waktu 7Feb16 Pagi beranjak Mendung putih menggantung Hati merintih

Bagian 3 Sore telah beranjak malam saat aku sampai di gubug kecil tempat ibu, aku dan Ratna, adikku tinggal. Ratna sedang melipat pakaian dan Ibu tengah menjahit baju seragam batikku yang robek sakunya.  “Assalammualaikum.” “Wa’alaikumsalaam…Alhamdulillah kau sudah pulang le. Ratna sudah menunggumu dari tadi.” Ibu dan Ratna tersenyum lega. “Wah, kayaknya Ratna mau kasih coklat lagi nih sama kakak,” meski aku tahu Ratna menungguku untuk membantu mengerjakan PR nya, meledeknya benar-benar menyenangkan. Tapi anehnya Ratna benar-benar punya coklat, padahal uang sakunya seminggu pun tidak akan cukup untuk beli coklat sebesar itu. “Iya kak, ntar kalau PR nya dah kelar Ratna kasih coklat deh.” Ibu dan aku berpandangan, ternyata kami sama-sama terkejut. Ehm, pas tanggal 14 Februari kemarin Ratna dikasih coklat sama Agus, Ulin, Satrio, mas Dani dan mas Akmal. Aku dan ibu semakin terbeliak. “Busyeeet!! Siapa mereka? Pacarmu?” tanpa sadar aku sudah memberondongnya dengan pertany...

Once upon a time there was a region  called  Duchy   Paranggaruda .   T he regent had a son named Raden J osari  or more popular as Menak J osar i. He was ugly and physically disabled. Menak  Josari  fell in love with Dewi Ruyung Wulan, a daughter of  Puspo Handung Joyo from  Duchy Carangsoko. “Dad, I wanna marry Ruyungwulan….owh, she is the most beautiful girl in this world, don’t you think so daddy?” “ Of course my dear…. Tomorrow we will propose that beautiful angel.” Dewi Ruyung Wulan didn’t like Menak J osari ,  so she asked him a condition to find a set of Gamelan that can play by themselves without anyone playing them. Menak Josari was so upset with this request. He wasn’t used to Then his father asked Patih singopati and Yuyu Rumpung to find that kind of Gamelan. “ Both of you must find the Gamelan. I don’t want to make my son disappointed. Never come back before you find them!” Yudhopati said. Fortunately, after se...

Bagian 2 “Today is the ‘show your skill day’…..please prepare to present your Haiku! I’ll give an extra point for anyone of you who present it the first time.” Tak seperti biasanya, pelajaran bahasa Inggris kali ini membuat nyaliku ciut. Sungguh aku kaget dan ketakutan mendengar kata-kata Mrs. Enje. Sekilas aku melihat Arif, melirikku dan tersenyum puas. Segera aku bangkit dan maju kedepan mendekati Mrs. Enje yang tengah mengeluarkan daftar nilai. Senyum ramahnya menyejukkan hatiku tapi tak mampu mengusir gugup dan gundah yang kurasakan. “What’s the matter, Alief?” “Emm, I am so sorry Mom. May I talk to you?” Mrs Enje tersenyum geli, “We’re talking now, aren’t we?” “Hehe…Iya bu.” Hatiku mulai tenang mendengar candaan bu Enje. “Mom, I apologize….saya belum mengerjakan tugas Mrs. Enje. Saya salah bu, karena saya tidak masuk minggu lalu dan saya juga lupa bertanya pada teman-teman tentang pelajaran minggu lalu.” “Well, you know that you are wrong. So, what will you do?” ...

Bagian 1 “Saya nggak mau satu kelompok dengan Alief bu, saya ikut kelompok Eko saja.” Arif melirikku sinis. “Waduh, enggak bisa Rif, masing-masing kelompok terdiri dari 5-6 siswa. Kelompok Eko sudah pas 6 orang.” Bu enje tersenyum lalu menambahkan, “ Alief kan jago Bahassa Inggris, kamu malah beruntung Rif!” “Hah, beruntung? Buntung ya iya….orang egois gitu kok. Udah pelit, sombong pula.  Gak asyik deh!!”  Arif menggerutu dan tak mau beranjak dari bangkunya. Aku pura-pura tidak mendengar dan bersiap pindah ke bangkunya Arif. Lebih baik mengalah saja lah, dari pada pelajaran terganggu. Ternyata usahaku sia-sia. Saat pantatku baru saja menyentuh bangku di sebelahnya, Arif langsung berdiri. Bu Enje, saya masuk kelompok Eko saja bu. Miss Enje nampak menghela napas, berpikir langkah apa yang akan diambil untuk mengatasi Arif yang memang keras kepala. “Biar saya yang masuk kelompok Alief bu,” Hendri mengemasi peralatan sekolahnya dan berdiri.  Dalam hati aku bersyuku...

The Definition A syllable is a part of a word pronounced as a unit.  It is usually made up of a vowel alone or a vowel with one or more consonants.  The word "Haiku" has two syllables:  Hai-ku; the word "introduction" has four syllables:  in-tro-duc-tion. "Haiku" is a traditional form of Japanese poetry.  Haiku poems consist of 3 lines.  The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables.  The lines rarely rhyme. Here's an example of Haiku: I am in the crowd I see nothing hear no sound- Just whispering wind Since Haikus are such short poems, they are usually written about things that are recognizable to the reader.  Animals and seasons are examples of recognizable topics children might enjoy exploring. What  am I? Haikus: These haikus act like a riddle.  The writer uses the Haiku to describe something.  The other children in the class can guess what the poet was describing after...

By; A A Nafis Looking at this neglected mosque reminds me of “kakek”, an old man who once stayed and took care of it. He was an unemployment. He fed himself from the alms he gathered every Friday. He also got ¼ of goldfish harvest twice a year and once in a year people gave him obligatory alms or we called it Zakat Fitrah. Well as a Garin (that’s what we call it) he wasn’t very popular. He was known as the knife grinder because he was an expert. People usually gave him chili sauce (sambal), cigarettes or money for grinding their knives but he never ask for anything. Moreoften, he got smile and thank you. I still remember that day, when I visited him. He was sitting at the corner holding his feet and resting his head on his knees. He looked so sad even he didn’t answer my greeting, something he’d never done before. “Whose knife is this kakek?” “Ajo Sidi’s.” “Ajo Sidi’s?” He was silent. For a moment I thought about Ajo Sidi. He was an unusual story teller. He always told a s...