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Fire in the Building

Who would have thought that I  experienced fire in the building.  This is my first time living in an appartement. Of course I never chose appartement when living in Indonesia because it’s a real high risk when the earthquake happen. But here we are placed in an appartement. What got me relieved the first time that we are in the lowest floor so if something happen we will be quickly evacuated.  That’s what I thought.  Until it really happened.  We slept around midnight and abruptly woken up by the noise outside. I thought it was the drunk people just got back from night club or the restaurant next door was doing some deep cleaning. So loud that I had to wake up. My husband peeked outside and immediately said “fire brigade outside, you wait here!” I was just “am I dreaming or what?” I put on clothes, checked outside and saw a few of fire trucks. I checked the other side of the appartement and saw a few of police cars and ambulances.  “Oh no, something serious...

The First 365 Days


Dearest husband, 

Hari ini, 365 hari yang lalu, aku tak lagi tanggungjawab ayahku. Namun beralih ketanganmu, suamiku.

Satu tahun pertama, membawa tantangan yang luar biasa edan. Kata orang, tahun pertama adalah tahun yang rawan. Bisa dibilang, tahun penyesuaian.

Makin lama makin banyak sifat yang muncul. Banyak gesekan, banyak selisih paham, banyak perbedaan. Hingga terbesit pertanyaan, Apakah kita bisa bertahan?

Memang benar apa kata orang, pernikahan ibarat kapal ditengah lautan. Kadang badai menerjang, kadang pula lautan tenang. Banyak berselisih paham bukan berarti tak sayang. Semakin lama semakin membuat kita paham. Apa dan bagaimana arti serta kemauan pasangan.

Tak ringan tentu saja. Ibarat kata, ini nano-nano. Rame rasanya. Manis, pedes, asem, gurih, asin, tawa, canda, air mata, semuanya jadi satu. Kompromi menjadi satu hal penting dalam hal ini. Kadang dia yang mengalah, kadang pula aku yang mengalah.

Aku bukanlah istri yang sempurna untukmu sayang. Aku tidak bisa menjanjikanmu kesempurnaan. Aku hanya bisa memberi janji melakukan yang terbaik untuk kita.

Kekuranganmu kelebihanmu adalah kekurangan dan kelebihanku. Terima kasih selalu memberikan yang terbaik bagiku. You are one of the best things in my life.

Selamat satu tahun sayang. Banyak ujian kita lewati bersama di tahun pertama. Kini saatnya kita naik kelas untuk ujian selanjutnya. Aku sayang kamu. I love you

Your wife,
Prisca Lohuis

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  1. halo buk, lama gak mampir wkwkwk
    udah setaun aja nih
    duh nano nano yo
    aku kok jadi pengen
    eh.... amin semoga nyusul...

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    1. Iya udah setaun aja dan kamu pas bertransisi ke dotcom lol

      Makasi doanya.... aku ga nyuruh kamu cepetan nyusul tp kalo kamu mau nyusul ya bruan gih hahah

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