Her name is Alda. That's the way I call her. Full name, Aldarina Galfanora. My classmate. Absent number of 1, that's why she'll always be ready for everything that requires us to stand in front of the class and do some exercises. I never thought that she would be the strongest girl I've ever recognized until today. The strongest girl.
Last Friday, I went around Rungkut Industri to do my job as one of the 'fund-seeker' of 3FC. Car was driven by Fauzan, and I was accompanied by Daru and Nanda. On the way back to Smala, something so surprising, insipiring, and unbeliavable was told by Fauzan. First, I told them about a a big loss happened in Spensa in December. It was having two music teacher, one of them was very lovely, gone. Mr. Benny Manuputty passed away on December 18 and Mr. Herman was gone on December 25. Then Fauzan told everything.
F : "Kamu tau Alda?"
B : "Aldarina Galfanora?"
F : "Iya."
B : "Kenapa?"
F : "Mamanya udah meninggal sejak dari dulu. Terus waktu kelas 6, papanya meninggal. Akhirnya dia tinggal sama Pakde-nya. Beberapa hari kemudian, 10 hari kalo ga salah, Pakde-nya meninggal."
B : (speechless)
Look at your self. Have you treated your parents well? I just can't put myself as her. She i s so amazingly strong. STRONG. Her mother left her when she was very young. When everybody's competing to give their mother the best gifts on Mother's Day, all she does is giving the best prayers for her mother up there. When we ask our father to teach us how to drive a car, she'll ask another person. Not her father. She is an orphan.
She always smiles. She never cried. She never asked for our pity.
A girl without mother and father can still smile even super bitter memories never leave. The hard life has turned her into a strong girl.
And me? I have mother and father. But, sometimes I do some things that disappoint them. Make them cry. I said they were tiring. Exhausting. But how my life will be without them? I'll be nothing. I've learned a lesson from Alda.
Life must go on. It doesn't care if it's bitter or sweet, good or bad. You've gotta smile and don't let the world see how much you've been hurt as it spins.
Hmm. Thanks Alda for the spirit you give me everyday :)