THE FLOOD
One Christmas
in 2007, I was joining a final test try out at school. It was held from 8 a.m.
to 2 p.m. One of my schoolmates, Rini, asked me for accompanying her to the bus
stop. When we arrived there, suddenly the heavy rain fell down from the sky.
Rini suggested me to go home soon while she was entering the bus.
It was still raining when I was home. The rain did not stop and became bigger when the night had come. People were standing in front of their house, hoping that the flood would not come. In the middle of the night, I got news that South Purwodadi had been drowned.
The next day, Purwodadi had become a flood area. All activities were paralyzed. No one went for work or school because the land had been covered by flood. However, I thank God for not allowing the flood entered my house. Even my house had been changed into an emergency kitchen. It was so crowded there. I and my father took a walk around the center market and Central Purwodadi. All that we could see was water and water. At night, the flood looked like a beautiful ocean with the moonlight on it. I felt as if I was one of the passengers of Titanic who was sailing on the sea.
Finally, the flood was starting to decrease in the next morning. I and my family cleaned our front yard together. That was the greatest flood that I had ever experienced in my hometown.
It was still raining when I was home. The rain did not stop and became bigger when the night had come. People were standing in front of their house, hoping that the flood would not come. In the middle of the night, I got news that South Purwodadi had been drowned.
The next day, Purwodadi had become a flood area. All activities were paralyzed. No one went for work or school because the land had been covered by flood. However, I thank God for not allowing the flood entered my house. Even my house had been changed into an emergency kitchen. It was so crowded there. I and my father took a walk around the center market and Central Purwodadi. All that we could see was water and water. At night, the flood looked like a beautiful ocean with the moonlight on it. I felt as if I was one of the passengers of Titanic who was sailing on the sea.
Finally, the flood was starting to decrease in the next morning. I and my family cleaned our front yard together. That was the greatest flood that I had ever experienced in my hometown.
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE TO BE AN ALONE BACKPACKER
I like to go out to
find a new place.
When I was in
second semester, I went to Bekasi alone to visit my friend. I built my strenght
to go there without knowing anything.
Firstly, I
went to Terboyo to find Sinar Jaya bus to Bekasi. Unfortunately, there was no
Sinar Jaya bus. A man in a locket told me to go to someone who could bring me
to Bekasi. I felt so happy bacause my planning would be happen. I just payed
money and got the bus. Everything was gonna be alright until the bus came to
Tegal.
In Tegal bus
station, a man in the bus asked me go out from the bus because that bus would
bus come to Bandung.,not Jakarta ones. I felt so confused because there were so
many strange men around me. After they talked for several hours, i was brought
to a new one. I tried to adapt in that bus. People around me said that was true
bus to Bekasi. I could not
