I Admire A Ghost

by Nurul Fajriyah


For a moment, Mulan felt a sense of enchantment with Giring’s beauty. She looked Giring seriously until forget to switch off the washbasin. Giring wished that Giring came to her.

"Excuse me Miss, please switch off the washbasin if you don’t use it anymore!” Giring said softly.

“Oh, yes …” Mulan ashamed.

“Is this your first time to come here?” Giring asked friendly.

“Yup. I’m less interested to accompany my sister who shops so I have an idea to hide in this toilet,” Mulan replied.

“O,” Giring said briefly and lifted a pail which contained dirty water.

“Where are you going, Giring?” Mulan asked.

“I will clean the next toilet,” Giring said. “How do you know my name?” Giring confused.

“Your name is written on your shirt,” Mulan smiled. “I think the closet number three is still dirty,” Mulan said.

Giring caught what Mulan’s mean so he cleaned the third closet.

… You can stand under my umbrella ella ella…(the sound of Mulan’s mobile phone ring tones).
Mulan answered her mobile phone.

“Hello!” Mulan turned her body. “Sister Dani, I’m still in the toilet. I don’t want comeback to that place again because I’m dizzy to hear the weird voice from the buyers,” Mulan whispered because she worried that Giring heard what she said.

“It’s OK if you don’t want comeback to this place. I will wait for you in the car parking,” Sister Dani replied.

“OK,” Mulan closed her mobile phone. Giring can I …,” Mulan turned her body again.

Mulan wrinkled her forehead because Giring suddenly disappeared.

“Huh…it’s because Sister Dani called me so Giring went away,” Mulan angry.

Mulan went hurriedly to the car parking and obviously Sister Dani already waited her.

“Where have you been? You are very so long,” Sister Dani complained.

“Whatever!” Mulan was angry.

She entered the car directly.

“You are weird, Mulan. I asked you to go to the supermarket but you dislike it. Instead, you like to go to the toilet out there. What is going on in that toilet?” Sister Dani also angry.

Sister Dani entered her goods to the baggage.

“I don’t care about your goods so you don’t need care about me. Do you understand?” Mulan said angrily.

“I’m tired to talk with you, Mulan,” Sister Dani resentful.

The morning sun still hid behind the cloud and the air was still cold to be inhaled. Nevertheless Mulan not felt those. She already stood until 30 minutes for waiting the supermarket was opened.

“Uhh…it’s very so long,” Mulan said resentfully.

Not long time after that, the supermarket gate was opened. Directly, Mulan asked to the security who opened the gate.

“Excuse me Sir, is the supermarket already opened?” Mulan confirmed.

“Is it you who already stood about 30 minutes in front of the supermarket?” the security asked.

“He…he…yes, Sir,” Mulan smiled. “Are you bored with my question?” Mulan laughing.

“It’s you third question,” the security bored. “The supermarket is already opened so you can enter right now,” the security pleased Mulan.

“Well, thank you Sir,” Mulan happy.

“I think she doesn’t want miss the sale…,” the security wondered.

The security’s pronunciation stopped because he looked Mulan went toward the toilet that placed beside the supermarket. He wondered why she not entered the supermarket entrance. The security approached Mulan with many question in his mind.

“Excuse me, Miss. This is a toilet and that is the entrance door,” the security explained.

“Yes, Sir. I know it,” Mulan was resentful.

“Mmm, you are here because you want to shop, right?” the security interrogated.

“That’s right if I have time to shop,” Mulan explained.

The security confused with Mulan’s explanation. He not asked any question anymore because he was worry that he will more confused with her explanation.

“When the toilet is opened, Sir?” Mulan asked.

The security looked Mulan with wonder because she wanted to enter the toilet hurriedly.

“I want to enter the toilet hurriedly because I want to urinate, Sir,” Mulan explained.

“Oh…so you want to urinate,” the security said. “I think it’s better if you use the toilet which placed inside of the supermarket, Miss…,” the security suggested.

“Mulan, my name is Mulan,” Mulan said her name. “No, I want this toilet, Sir,” Mulan compelled.

“But…,” the security said reluctantly.

“Hurry up Sir, before I urinate in here,” Mulan said while humped her body to make sure the security.

Without taught anymore, the security ran to his office to take the key.

“Sorry Sir, I deceive you,” Mulan said while mocked to the security.

A minute later, her behavior became soft when Giring came.

“Hi, Giring! Would you like to open the door for me? I can’t restrain my urine,” Mulan said with spoiled.

“OK! Have you been here for a long time?” Giring asked.

“Oh, no. I just have been here and suddenly I want to urinate,” Mulan replied.

Giring opened the door then switched the lamp. After the door was opened, she went quickly to the third closet. Giring cleaned the washbasin and prepared to clean the floor whereas Mulan was still in the closet almost half an hour. Obviously, she prepared some question for Giring as chat matter. Finally, Mulan came out from the closet.

“Mulan, I think you are unconscious in the closet because you are so long in there,” Giring said while cleaned the washbasin.

“Oh…it’s a girl business,” Mulan smile. “By the way, how do you know my name?” Mulan wondered.

“That’s also my business,” Giring replied.

“Obviously, you also can joke,” Mulan mocked.

Mulan and Giring were laughing, joking, telling, and mocking together.

“I think you like to do some strange things,” Giring said.

“Mmm, how do you know that?” Mulan asked.

“It’s better if you not do the stupid thing because you will regret it,” Giring said seriously.

“Why?” Mulan also asked seriously.

“Don’t do it,” Giring said in a loud voice.

Mulan felt scared.

“I used to do stupid thing and I regret it right now. I can’t do anything anymore.” Giring regretful.

“Never mind, Giring. The important thing is you have to rise up right now. Don’t give up!” Mulan cheered to Giring.

Giring was quite and didn’t say a word. Mulan was more interested in Giring’s beauty. Unconsciously, she is already talked to Giring until two hours.

…You can stand under my umbrella ella ella eh eh eh…(the sound of Mulan’s mobile phone ring tones).

“Hello, Sister Dani! Oh my God, I forget it. All right, I will shop right now,” Mulan shocked.

“What happened, Mulan? Why you look so shocked?” Giring worried.

“I forget to shop my sister’s orders. See you, Giring!” Mulan said while went out from the toilet.

Giring gave sweet smile which made Mulan flew. Mulan went to the supermarket to buy her sister orders.

“Finally, I can finish my shopping,” Mulan relieved.

She went toward the toilet to meet Giring again.

“Mulan… Mulan…!” came the scream.

“Haaa! That’s Sister Dani’s voice,” Mulan said to herself.

Mulan turned her body. That’s right, the woman who screamed her name was Sister Dani.

“Sister Dani? Why you are here?” Mulan was resentful.

“Why you are so long? My orders are not much but you are shopping until two hour,” Sister Dani was angry. “I suspect that you come to that toilet again so I come afterward from home for you,” Sister Dani was angrier.

“I’m sorry, Sis. I…,” Mulan apologized.

“Come on! Let’s go home!” Sister Dani ordered.

When they were on the car parking, they met the security who was deceived by Mulan.

“Oh, you are the girl who wanted to enter that toilet, right?” the security ascertained. “I looked for you but I can’t find you. That toilet was not used for a long time,” the security said seriously.

“Ah, you are joking, Sir. I just come to the toilet… Oops!” Mulan closed her mouth directly.

“So, what I said was right. You went to the toilet,” Sister Dani resentful. “Let’s go home!” Sister Dani ordered.

Mulan entered to the car directly without defense whereas the security still confused with Mulan’s said.

The next day, Mulan came to the supermarket again. But at that time, there was a “CLOSED” writing that hung on the supermarket gate. Mulan confused and decided to find someone who could be asked. Fortunately, the same security as yesterday came out from the gate.

“Excuse me, Sir,” Mulan came toward the security. “Why the supermarket is closed?” Mulan asked while peeped from the gate to see the supermarket.

“Oh, you again?” the security wondered. “Miss Mulan, we were demolishing the building which placed beside the supermarket. Therefore the supermarket is closed,” the security explained.

“Demolishing the building, Sir? Which building?” Mulan was confused.

“The toilet that you entered yesterday,” the security confirmed.

“What!” Mulan was shocked.

Mulan entered the gate. It was right that the toilet was demolished. It was a place where she and Giring met for the first time. But the toilet that she saw was very dirty not like yesterday that the toilet was very clean.

“Why the toilet was demolished, Sir?” Mulan asked with a weak voice.

“After held some investigations, there often happened some odd things,” the security replied.

“What do you mean with odd things, Sir?” Mulan asked anxiously.

“I ever heard a man cried or sang in the toilet, the sound of water that flowed from the washbasin. The toilet was closed for a long ago since there was a man suicide,” said the woman employee.

“What? Suicide? Who?” Mulan shocked.

“Do you remember with the incident which happened three years ago?” the woman employee asked to the security. “The man was leaved by his fiancée to marry with another man then the man felt desperate and suicide in that toilet. He was handsome but did stupid thing,” the woman employee explained.

“Who was the man’s name?” Mulan asked with scare voice.

“GIRING,” the woman employee replied briefly.

“Giring??? No way!!!” Mulan shocked. “So during this two days, I talked with… Nooo…,” Mulan cried.

Mulan was unconscious. The security saved her and carried her to the security office. Suddenly, her sister arrived and brought her to the home. In home, Sister Dani placed Mulan on a bed.

“Mulan… Mulan…,” Sister Dani called softly.

Mulan opened her eyes slowly.

“Where I am?” Mulan asked with a low voice.

“You are in home,” Sister Dani replied.

“Sis, I don’t want come back to that supermarket anymore. I don’t want come back to that toilet anymore. Hiks…hiks…hiks…,” Mulan cried while embraced to her sister.

“It’s OK right now, Mulan. Cup…cup…cup…,” Sister Dani calmed.

“He is a ghost. I don’t want with him anymore. Hiks…hiks…hiks…,” Mulan was still crying.

“I know. All of the employers were confuse when you entered that dirty toilet…,” Sister Dani said.

“Hah, dirty? But the toilet was clean and neat,” Mulan sobbed.

“Never mind, Mulan. It’s better if you take a rest,” Sister Dani suggested. “I will take a cup of tea for you,” Sister Dani said and went to the kitchen room.

A few minutes later, there was a smell of tea.

“This is your tea, Mulan. Drink it while it’s warm!”

“That voice is…,” Mulan whispered.

Mulan opened her eyes.

“Hah!!! Gi… Gi… Giring…?!?” Mulan was shocked.

“Hi, Mulan!!!” Giring greeted softly.

“Noooo…!!!” Mulan screamed.

Mulan was unconscious again.

Semarang, December 25th 2007

Three Maskentheers

By Vera Shelviana

Early morning on Friday 13, in a big green house that is completed with beautiful garden and swimming pool. A black car is parked in front of the house. Nothing special about this house but let’s see what happen inside.

“Aarrgh!” Tini screamed. “It must be Mas Popo’s creation.”

Tini went to Mas Popo’s room immediately called Mas Popo many times.

“Mas Popo! Mas Popo! Mas Popo! “ Tini shouted.

When Tini arrive in Mas Popo’s room, she found that Mas Popo was sleeping. She was pushing Mas Popo’s body until he fall down but he keep sleeping.

“Oh God!” Tini said. “You sleep like a dead!”

Tini got more and more angry so she ran to take a bucket of water. She would splash the water on his face and Byuuur….

“Oatz!” Mas Popo shocked. “What wrong with you?”

“Get out of my house!” Tini said in a bad tempered.

“What the problem?” asked Mas Popo.

“Are you mad? You gave my little baby a bottle of beer!” Tini said angrily. “He is very drunk now and it was because your stupid things. And it is hard for me to forgive you this time so get out of this house!”

“Are you sure wanted to eliminate me from your house, my lovely sister?” Mas Popo asked innocently.

“What? Stupid question! Of course, I’m very sure.”

Finally Mas Popo got out of his sister’s house. He went to campus. Mas Popo note as a student of “MASKULIN UNIVERSITY”. He went to campus corner where a lot of couples are in love here until they don’t realize that Three Maskentheer was there. Mas Popo met his two best friends there, Mas Lana and Mas Dipo. They are best friends since they were born in this world. They are always together no matter what happen in the world. They are always be “the trouble maker” for anybody in anywhere and any situation. They sometimes do stupid things that make someone else angry. The combination of the stupid Mas Popo, the playboy Mas Lana and the nightmare voice Mas Dipo made them called “Three Maskentheer” that always do the stupid things that can made them in trouble.

“Pal, I was thrown out of my house,” Three Maskentheer uttered at the same time.

They surprised and they were laughing together like “Mak Lampir’s laugh” which is made all of the couples there thinks that they were already got mad.

“I was thrown out because I made my nephew got drunk. I gave him a bottle of beer when he was crying as if he wish somebody come to give him something to cure his dry throat, “ Mas Popo explained. “And I’m Mas Popo who be a little fairy for my nephew but my kindness made my sister angry and here I am.”

“You are totally sick!” Mas Lana replied. “ I think you must repair your brain until it can work properly. Hwahahahaa….”

“Don’t laugh me like that!” Mas Popo said. “What happened with you until you got here?”

“I made my Daddy in a high tempered,” Mas Lana answered. “I sold his lovely chicken and I use that money to buy a playstation’s cassette “The Adventure of Dani and Maya”. Oh, that’s my dreamed cassette which is finally I got, but my Daddy thrown me out of his house, hikz…hikz…”

“Cup…Cup…Cup…” Mas Popo tried to calm Mas Lana down.

“How about you?” Mas Lana asked to Mas Dipo.

“Because I sang when I was taking a bath.” Mas Dipo said.

“What?” Both said.

“Because of my voice, Frodo was dying.” Mas Dipo explained. “It is ridiculous but that’s the truth.”

“Frodo? Your little sister’s monkey? Hwahahahaha….” Mas Lana mocked. How stupid we are!

From this experience they got more convince that they are create by God destined to be together. And they want to prove to their family that they can keep living without their hand. They are thinking for a while.

“Guys, lets find a job!” Mas Lana suggested.

“What kind of job that we can do?” Mas Dipo asked.

They are thinking seriously and it take three hour. Huh…..

“ Ahaaa… Working in a restaurant? “ Mas Popo gave his greatest idea.

“How smart are you?” Mas Lana mocked. “it is rarely happened during your life, right? Congratulation, Pal! Hwahahaha….”

“ Heh…??? “ Mas Popo still don’t know what they are laughing about.

“OK! Lets do it, guys! “ Mas Dipo was in his spirit.

They went to “ Sakanane Resto”. They would like to apply for a job there. And luckily they were accepted on that restaurant as a ‘dishes washer’. They were work as good as they could. Firstly, it was running smoothly. But in the middle of their work, Mas Popo splashed the dishes’s water to Mas Lana’s face. Mas Lana replied that action. And finally they got chaos in the back sink until the place was getting dirty and disgusting. Because of noisy, Tono the manager was looked out what was happening. He decided to go to back sink but unfortunately Byuuuur….a bucket of water was poured into Tono’s body. Three Maskentheer were staring each other.

“Oh, God! I’m sorry, Sir!” Mas Popo apologized.

“ Arghhh…. All of you are fired, “ Tono said in a bad tempered.

“But….em…em…em…” Mas Lana tried to explained.

Unfortunately Tono has left the back sink. They gone sadly… On Saturday 14, let’s see what happened in the day.

“Guys, lets find another job!” Mas Dipo spoke up.

Priit….priit…priit…A parking man was parking a car. This situation became the good inspiration for Mas Lana.

“Pal, I have a good to do and it seems to be easy, “ Mas Lana said.

“What?” Both asked curiously.

“As a ‘parking man’, huahahahaha…!”

“Let’s do it again, guys!” Mas Dipo was in his spirit.

After a while…

“It seems to be a good job. It is easy, right?” Mas Popo said.

“Yeah…Not bad!” Mas Dipo replied.

It ran smoothly until….Daaarkgh…. A car was hitting hydrant because of Mas Lana’s careless. He parked a car while he saw a beautiful and sexy lady is walking through the parking area.

“Damn! God! A bitchy girl! “ Mas Lana shouted. “ I’m sorry, Sir. I don’t mean it”

“What have you done?” The Driver said angrily. “God damn it! You stupid dumb old jerk!”

“Em…Em…Em…I’m so sorry, Sir,” Mas Lana tried to apologize.

“What? You make my car broken and you just said ‘sorry’! How easy it is!”

Fuss and hot debate were happened between Mas Lana and the Driver. Mas Popo and Mas Dipo just be a good spectators. It almost take a couple of hour. Finally they were reaching a deal. Mas Lana would change all of the financial loss that he has made. Ang they gone sadly…. They kept walking and walking until a very bad voice break the loneliness.

“What will we do next?” Mas Dipo asked.

They kept in silence. No one answered his question.

“Come on, guys! Cheers up!” Mas Dipo tried to give a new spirit for his friends. “How about be a ‘street singer’?”

“Ahaaa… Great!” Mas Lana replied.

“Its show time, guys!” Mas Popo was in his spirit.

A guitar, a bottle of aqua and Mas Dipo’s voice were become their capital as a street singer beginner. Inside DAMRI, a good music was played in a good rhythm but when Mas Dipo begins to sing….

“ Oatz, Huuuu….Huuuu…!” The passengers shouted.

Everybody in that bus was shouting and mumbling. One passenger got sick until he has already vomit because of Mas Dipo’s voice. That’s very terrible.

“Hey! Is that your bad or very bad voice?” Passenger 1 mocked.

All of the passengers were laughing.

“Get out of this bus, Dude!” Passenger 2 said.

“Yes…Out! Out! Out!” All of passengers shouted.

Finally, they got down from that bus. It was happen again, again and again until they got very tired and sleep under the bridge. Wednesday morning, they woke up and they seem to be making a good decision during their life.

“I can’t stand it anymore,” Mas Popo said sadly.

“Me too,” Mas Dipo agreed.

“So do I,” Mas Lana replied.

“Lets go back home!” Mas dipo said.

“Yeah, Pal, you are right. There was no comfort and save place except home,” Mas Lana said.

“I will promise to my sister that I’ll never do that stupid thing anymore,” Mas Popo replied.

“OK! Let’s move guys!” Mas Dipo was in his spirit.

They went back to their home. They kept their promise and live normally and this is the end of Three Maskentheer adventure and C U Later...

Plera 21

Room A2 at 08.00 pm

13 October 2007

Student's story

THE TWO-TIME STORY

By Carrisa Andrelia

I had a boyfriend whose name was Rufi. When he was in high school, he had some classmates. One of them was Vinno. They quite close and often hang out together that time. I knew Vinno too, moreover he was my crush. One day, Rufi and I had broken up, but few months later we were back again. Vinno didn’t know about this, because we hadn’t told him.

A year later, Vinno, who was my nephew’s best friend too, called me. He told about his college and how his life was going, etc. The next day, he called me again. He was not only called me but also sent many messages to me. Then, he started calling me every single day. When my nephew visited me, he said that we had a possibility to become a nice couple. Meanwhile, I didn’t mention to them that I have had a boyfriend. Until the unfortunate event came to me…

That afternoon, Rufi and Tian, his neighbor, went to a movie rental in Solo. Rufi went inside first, because Tian still smoked outside the building. When Rufi was in front of the kids section, he saw Vinno and greeted him.

“Hi, Fella. What’s up?” Rufi greeted friendly.

“Fine, thanks. How about you?” Vinno replied.

“Fine, too. Are you going to rent DVD?” Rufi asked.

“Yeah, I return other films too.”

I didn’t know why suddenly Vinno put his mobile phone outside his short. Rufi, who was in front of him, accidentally saw the wallpaper of Vinno’s mobile. That wallpaper was a female sepia photograph. Rufi felt recognizing the wallpaper, but he wasn’t sure who the girl was.

Then Vinno asked, “Anyway, I don’t have your newest number. Please give it to me.”

“Okay. 081…..” Rufi answered and saw the wallpaper clearer.

“I have saved it. As matter of fact, I let u to guess who the girl in my wallpaper is.” Vinno said cheerily and showed his mobile screen.

Rufi blinked in few second, unbelievable, “Well…..I think….She is Shari?”

“Definitely, she is. Who the hell are you thinking?” Vinno said in a breathy, excited way. “What do you think?”

Rufi stared straight at him. His head started spinning. He was speechless.

“I…don’t….know….I feel my head is spinning.”

“Oopss.. Sorry, I don’t mean to hurt you or to remind about your ex-girlfriend. I admire her and want to make her mine. I just want to hear your opinion. Are you okay?” Vinno murmured continuously. “Rufi?” Vinno said worriedly.

“I’m fine,” Rufi said flatly.

“I have called her and sent romantic messages to her recently,” said Vinno

Tian, who was outside before, went inside. He shook Vinno’s hand and touched his shoulder friendly.

“How ya doin’, dude? Long times no see” said Tian surprisingly.

“I know. I think we have to hang out together sometimes, like when we were still in high school,” Vinno offered excitedly.

“Hey, do you know that Rufi and Shari have been together again?” Tian asked innocently.

“Gosh. Are you kidding? I think they have broken up,” Vinno looked at him blankly.

“Yes, they were. But they get back together again”, Tian explained briefly. “I never lie to you, bro!” added Tian.

Rufi, who was in the opposite of them, gazed them expressionless. “Tian, let’s go home. My head is spinning. I think I have headache.”

Tian answered, “Okey dokey, man!” He said goodbye to Vinno, “Bro, we have to say goodbye now. Glad to see you. Ciao!”

Rufi couldn’t believe what happened few minutes ago. He thought it was only his day dream. Until he arrived at home and went inside his bedroom. When my white wall-clock indicated it was 4 p.m, my house’s door was knocked. It was Vinno outside my house. I pleased him to come in and to have a seat. After I brought him a glass of water, I started to talk to him.

“Hello. What’s the matter?” I asked.

“Nothing. Have you had your lunch?” He said.

“Yeah. Thanks for your attention,” my cheeks blushed.

“To my surprise, when I went a movie rental this afternoon I met one of your ex-boy friend.”

“My ex-boyfriend? Who?” Inside my head, a pray is screaming. Not him, not him. But I smell a rat in here.

“Rufi. I have known it,” Vinno said.

Oh. No. This was definitely not what I’d intended when I talked with Vinno. “You have known? About what?”

“About your relationship with Rufi. I knew it from your friend.”

“Oh”, what was it. Oh. What was the right word beside oh.

“For the God’s sake, why didn’t you tell me that you have retrieved Rufi again?”

I’m dead. I’m so dead.

“Um…I was thinking to talk about it, but I wait the right time to say,” I said, wanting to die. Seriously.

“Wait the right time,” Vinno repeated slowly.

“I’m just… I mean-if I met you earlier, you would hear it from me directly. I can explain it to you” I stammered. I’m such an idiot.

“Ok. I understand. I think I have to go now, it’s getting dark. Bye.” Vinno left.

Meanwhile, that evening Rufi came to my house. He wanted to know what I had done with his friend. He asked me too what if his photograph was shown in other person’s mobile phone. I replied that I would be proud if it happened, because it meant I didn’t choose the ugly boy.

My problem hasn’t ended already. Rufi asked me for thousand times about what I’ve done with his friend. I admitted all my mistakes and my unfaithfulness. Happily, he forgave me. Since that incident, Rufi always has suspicions on me. If I remember it, I would laugh and smile how I have made a fool of myself.

Semarang, 9^th November 2007