wiwid melayu

Walk? Why not!
Writen by: Wiwit Melayu

This story is about my own experience when i was in junior high school, grade 3. 

When I was in junior high school, I had an experience that could change my life. The story began when my father asked me to go to my uncle’s house in Petok. So I decided to go there with my youngest brother and a friend. From my home to my uncle’s it is about an hour by bus, but before that we must walk about 20 minutes from my village into downtown. Then we decided to get an Ojek from my home into downtown. At downtown we got a bus into Petok easily.

In Petok, I met with my uncle and his wife. My uncle invited us to go to his garden to get some fruits.  At the uncle’s garden we played and put some fruits there. After we played there, we decided to come back to uncle’s home and got permision to him to come back to my village, because the day was almost afternoon. Before we went home, my aunty gave some rice and some fruits. So, we had permitted with my uncle and aunty and took a bus into my village. When we were waiting for a bus to took us, Suddenly, I felt there was no money on my pocket, my wallet was lost.

I said loudly “Where is my wallet? It lost!”

My brother said “Really? How could it be?! So, what should we do? We did not have money!”

Surprisingly, my friend said that we had to walk to get home because we did not have to get the bus. Then, we decided to walk into my village. You know, it is about 20 Kilometers. We made a tasked that after two or three blocks, one of us must brought rice and fruits that have given from my uncle’s house. So, I decided to bring it first, after two or three blocks, I gave those things to my brother and so on until we got the home. But my friend, Kamal, when he brought those things, he ate one by one of them because he could not stand it, he felt thirsty and hungry.

After we walked for 10 kilometers, I saw the time at 3 P.M. But we still had 10 kilometers left to walk. We were very tired and thirsty. So we decided to eat one by one of the fruits that given from my uncle. After we ate it, my friend said, “Hey, look at there, there is so much water, I think it is clean and fresh to drink!”

Then he and my brother went to the source of water and drunk some water there. While they were drinking, suddenly it made me very sad and made me cried. I thought that it was my fault, if I did not lost those money, we must be get home soon. My friend saw me and spoke loudly, “This is my nicest trip in my life, this is our story. I will never forget this day, March 15 2009, is not it? I love this trip, so why you must be cry? Just enjoy it and fell it that we are having a pramuka’s trip!”

When i heard those words, I felt much better and my spirit come out. After we took a rest for a while, we continued our journey. It almost closed from my village, I heard that Mu’adzin had spoke up the adzan magrib, but we still at Sungai Pindahan village, it is about 6 or 7 kilometers from my house. We still went on and spirit to continue it until we got home. After we got Pasar Dalik, we took a rest for while and the time was at 8 P.M. While we taking a rest at a bridge, I saw a car that I thought, “I must be know this car”. That car belongs to my friend, then I stopped that car and say, “Bang, may I join with you to get home?”

He said, “Of course, but where have you been? You look so tired”

 “Jalan-jalan paniang bang!” I Said.

Finally, I got home and I saw the time it was about at 9 P.M. When I met my father, he was very surprised because we looked so tired and down. After I got took a bath, I told about my journey from Petok until we got home. He was very surprised of it and said that he will never asked me to go to my uncle’s house anymore and I said, “It does not matter yah. I felt tired, thirsty and hungry, but in fact, this journey makes me realize that this is the real life. I have grown up now, thank you for give me this lesson, I love this journey!”