scorpio

Ciptanti,
Your choice of clothes could attract the wrong kind of attention. What seems ordinary to you might be considered scandalous to someone else, and for completely ridiculous reasons.

I VISITED LUKMAN last Sunday in his residence in Jalan Gotong Royong, Ragunan. He got a serious illness, some brain’s vein disorder. I received a short message from Handi regarding his illness. It stroke like a thunder, I felt deeply sad for Lukman. He is such a good person, a bold young man. He was my junior mate in IKIP. We mingled well and actively involved in our campus youth organization, HIMA. With his less fortunate appearance–his right-side face is wrecked of childhood accident–Lukman became the #1 person who led the organization in his second year. He has a positive attitude and confidence, that’s special. We also had this business arangement couple of years back, regarding a marketing book translation with Indeks Publishing. Unfortunately he couldn’t meet his best performance since he got more tempting work offer from EU. So he transferred the project to his wife whose level is below my expectation. I kinda disappointed to Lukman at that moment.

I haven’t heard anything from him ever since. Then there was the news from Handi. I asked him whether I could join him (and his ‘94 mobs) visiting Lukman. Well who couldn’t resist my wish? Hehehe. So I called for Dani at Pasaraya that Sunday, and met Handi in Warung Buncit. We waited for Yayan while having Dohr prayer and together hitched our automobiles away to Lukman house.

When we arrived, there were some companies like Wiji, Nana and Toni of 94 around Lukman and his wife. Dani mentioned her as “sabar, berbakti kpd suami kinda-wife”. Can’t argue her though. At that day Lukman definitely looked like himself, jes a bit fatter. Until he spoke with this unfocus sight, I finally realised his condition is dropping down to the bottom line. This “giant acme” inside his brain has endangered his conscious and had troubled his eyesight. He mentioned at that time he had lost his left-eye sight and practically blind. It was a terrible thing to happen, but he told his pain in a very casual way, no regret or sorrow. I really admire this young man..

Meanwhile, this visiting event was completely accomodated every one’s expectation. Since we haven’t seen each other for almost 10 years or so, there were many updating news we shared. Yayan has a daughter from her previous marriage (she’s divorced), and still lives in Pramuka. Toni has moved to Reuter’s, owns a Hyundai’s Getz, and stays in an apartment in Kelapa Gading with his wife and daughter. Nana, well he said “he’s still in previous school” which I forgot where (LOL). I barely asked him since he seemed so convince that I knew it. Wiji just starts her new career in mbak Esti’s Exxon office in GKBI and she believes it’s for good. I missed to see other 94 gals, but Wiji told me everything. That’s enuff for now. Ah I forget one person; Handi. Dani’s description over this good fellow: handy (helpfull?) yet busy and quite successful mate with high phone-calls intensity (that’s why he needs this bluetooth gadget in his ear, she said). We met firstly after a long period in Gramedia bookstore when I engaged an ‘unsuccessful’ DM session last July. He gayly greeted me, it was a shocking. He’s a bit fatter, but mostly do not change a lot. I guess only me and Dani who dramatically switch our outter look. Dani, by nature. Me? Superficially. Haha.