Finara put the bills into her small handbag. Five hundred dollar for the English course fee per 3 months ...phew ! It's at jalan Martha Dinata street, an elite area in Bandung..all native speaker teachers it's ..her dreams since she was a teenager. Learning English with natives surely more expensive but reasonable,yeah , with the original pronunciation and ...more important for Fin was...she loves their styles ..the westerners..their enthusiastic way and lively means when they move and talk ..well it's a plus value and maybe even the most pleasant matter for her . 500 $ for attending a course would be impossible for her to afford before she married to the old businessman named Abdul Malik. Well alright,many things she get now after she married him . They say money can not buy everything,agreed, but who can deny the fact that money can get pleasure and satisfaction...? Sometimes when you feel lonely you can go shopping even not in need to buy anything..just to see sweet smiles from
The preacher define hell and heaven everywhere .Finara see how enthusiastic they are to define how goodness and badness will end there in hereafter...well yes ,it's agreeable...if there is no rewards and punishment how can ones do things without those guidelines...but how to live in this crazy world when things so hard ? How to make it easy n smooth to live and prepare for heaven ...that's the question. She asks that to Vid on their way home from shopping. Vid is her schoolmate secondary school who still on contact as she lives around the town .Fin don't know how to call herVid whether best or just good friend.Sometimes they quarrel on a disagreement of triviality or having be discussion on matters with differ points of views. Anyway they meet at any time they have .Well here they are reaching their fave cafe . Vid looks for the nicest corner where a waiter look at them and give a polite gesture while cleaning the table . "There ? " Fin looks at the site then nods . She
We better to talk more of better world for better hereafter...Well time has come to separate at the bus halt ...Vid move her point finger fast as a taxi come close in front of them "Bye " she said with thin smile ,giving a wave of phone call later on just before closing the car door .Fin smiles and wave back and stand for a moment to get on the bus she needs.Crowded as always .One get off after another .. pickpocket ....be careful are around public transportation.Work not easy mix with impatient of getting good way out ...social problems always part of daily life .But look ...a street singer who come around the bus ,asking money with lousy words saying threatening tone telling these passengers that he just got out from jail ..then coming around asking money with a razor blade ..it's such crime..look at the reddish eyes ,rude words and menacing gesture ...Fin would pray silently for not showing any fear at coming across such one...being calm and firm is better mean to face that typ
Fin look up again at what date it is .Her husband is going to accompany her to the course .He drive so smoothly whether at middle or high speed and he is type of car owner who likes to drive his car himself as maybe can not confide any chaffeur can do better in driving ...it's about safety and comfort...well ,the day has come for them to go.Sitting beside him make her always feel good in some way ,sure , it's about social class... everyone wants to get higher and higher in every way,if possible. The English course building is there..white ,nice ,with the European architecture..so wide yards for parking ..trees at sides and green grass all around. Abdul Malik look around with smile "Mmmm.. nice site" he said. Fin step ahead happily .lt was her past dream to have the best foreign language courses and now the dream come true ..native speakers.. Their look , style..works like she often watch on movies... The administration staffs really treat them nicely , professionally. They expl
In the circle and mechanism of time ,life is such short or long fragments.Sweet and bitter memories come along with future and present days ,mingle in fear and hopes . Screams ...how.could a shy quiet teenage of fifteen able that time to shout out loud till the limit voice can reach ...? She was a forgotten child of her mother and her mom fave girl always her sister Vinny . Vinny was always luck in every means.Always the best at her class almost each year from primary to secondary and high school,active at several organization and popular .She was smart intelligent funny maybe everyone like her including boys ..she was pretty and slim .full stop. What to do .Life should go on .There would be things to do to fight to get to conquer if possible. Fin was a bookworm.A daydreamer. Books teach ones to fight isn't it .Fin was about fifteen when that horrible experience occured .She was about to be accompanied by her dad as always to come back to her religion school but her dad had som
Barry smiles and said hello to everyone.Fin smiles back .She took a chair , a bit shy in realizing how tall Barry was.The English book contains was interesting with oily thick colorful papers ..the topics also admirable .. grammar.. vocabularies.. structure etcetera..there ,the lesson was about detective stories..a crime and after reading comprehension then talked about it in small groups...Barry asked what you would do first if the burglary happen to you .Fin answered ,"l would save myself first" Barry seemed attracted by Fin perfect English accent...many said so ... Barry even humorously asked why she learn English as her ability is already good .Fin said at her own heart ,she loves meeting westrener and that's the reason why ..any opportunity to meet and talk to them.. Barry often showed his being proud of her .Her serious means at study . He appreciated her skill in writing. Fin really admired Barry as a perfect teacher .. patients,funny, enthusiastic and all the professiona
Yordan will be his next destination before America .It was long before America banned tourist with middle east names .After going Hajj and did some more businesses there were a few states he would visit .Trade and business ways seem to most people as road to richness..and it really is .They who really dream and fight maybe achieve a top line in their class with struggle and so so .AbdulMalik began his small trade by bringing and taking goods each year he pilgrims .He took goods from mid east then sold them with higher profit in lndonesia and vice versa ,taking goods from lndonesia to mid east which having much higher price ..at first stage he could cover all the ticket fee to go and fro abroad then when the trade ran well he got higher and higher benefits so from time to time he saved money till he was able to build a factory.He was proud each time telling Fin how he reached that level become a factory owner ." I did try several kinds of business..buying second hand cars, had th
Fin was fourteen when she knew Yan the funny intelligent radio announcer.Her brother Sham handed her a radio transistor as he knew Fin was alone in her room and might need something to listen ."Do you want to use this radio? I just repaired it " he said it while he met her at the stairs.Fin was excited..it was her great entertainment...she smiled happily and took the radio."thank Sham ! "Sham smiled.It is always good to please others .She held the radio while sitting and moving the button to search an interesting program...mmm.. Continental radio..here it was..A clear pleasant voice ...The radio announcer name was simple to remember and pleasant to say " Yan " .The program was interesting...he talked about social problems politics , culture in clear funny way ..he was so smart and giving positive aura ..making her wanted to friend him ...she listened to that program intensedly ..She was so happy to plan of writing him a letter ..From that day she knew that he will be her best
They walked out of the airport area and found a cafe to stay for a while before going to Fin house . Fin called the girls not to pick her up at the airport.. they knew that Tim already there to do it .He would fullfil his promise last time they met to take her home by his motorbike.Fin must get a helmet first .. Fortunately there was a street seller for helmets . Tim face was like a kid in a candy store when he knew that Fin had broken up her marriage since 5 months back .Tim told her how he tried 3 times to find her but all in vain and at last he got an important information from Praga .Tim also told him that she tried to call him but the the receptionist at the course told her that he was busy .Writing him a two full page letter also she did to contact him but all failed. ,Are you depressed ?' ,,For the first 2 months yes ...but then l know that's the best way out for me ,Tim . ,,Did you find someone suitable? ,,,No ...." ,,Me too..,,,,She looked at him affectionately..an
Fin called Lydia .,,Tell Laura to come here .l need to talk to her ..and you both ".,, Alright, Miss" ,,Laura ..l need to go for a week or two .So l delegate all these to you ..I know both of you are trustworthy, as we have gone for a few months before and you can handle this boutique when l was out .Now please do the same . I will contact you often and you can contact me too to the hotel I will be in " ,"Certainly,Miss ,excuse me for asking ,where will you go to ?",,I'm not sure yet , Lydia, maybe Bali ..Batam and Padang ...there are things I must handle.",,Great Miss , where will you go ? Tomorrow?",,Ya , tomorrow morning .Please check the flight to Bali first ,then see Padang " .__After more than an hour leaning on the tree waiting for her to come ..and none he could get ..Tim felt the frailty inside him .Then he thought about something.What if he try once again to get the info from Praga about Fin ? Even he showed the hardiness and secretive manner but there must be so
Primavera brows some articles about operational manager work ..which made Charlie looked so hectic.He come back home late sometimes then going out and having trip a lot intercity .Sometime he came in for lunch .Then came back to the office .Prima supposed that it's his way to respect her , accompanied her for lunch ,or there was something empty inside his soul that demanding an affinity .She recalled his problem with his past as ex marine ,his lost of his young wife ,his divorce with the second one,and the one betrayed him , a girl from Maduba who ran away to Germany after getting much money from him.He considered her as healer..so he always saw himself as a sick man .She knew that he got businesses links with several VIP s ,beside his position in the oil company.With these superiority...he was a man with serious problem.She wanted to understand him better, so it's good to imagine how busy he is .. browsing things related to it ..**The roles and functions of operations managers
Hazel was Leslie wife's name.She'a taciturn person . Her expression showed such despondency.It's contradictory to the boys .She seemed to have her own world , whilst Leslie was a happy go_lucky one . She accompanied the two boys at the little playground behind the boutique store which arranged by Fin to make convenient for customers.Having playground while the adults seeing the store .Hazel bought hosiery .She was an editor at the same magazine where Leslie worked .What work as an editor look like ?What made her look so mawkish..or ..not that .. serious? strained....does she work in tedium ? Ones wondered ..what if someone prod her ..will she resent ? They wanted to check out why ..so they look for some information from Wikipedia*responsible for planning and creating written materials. A few of the main duties of an editor are editing copy and improving on it, educate writers on best practices, identify ways to improve the flow of materials, and advise writers on content pieces.
As a senior journalist who worked at new magazine ,Leslie made permutations in a list of things he would do orderly .He would start from big,medium or small businesses or vice versa as he could not estimate the measurements by physical build only . Sometimes big business appeared small or vice versa .Say family business.lt can be small ran out by simple person with simple management ,it also can be ran by big and complicated business doers .He can measure it after observation, interview and conclusion.The length of time also can be considered .But he didn't care too much about big or small ,long or begin ner ,main point was, it's attractive or not .The attraction points could be estimated by many factors,including what's the idea of the business,the vision it convey and how it established and facing the up and downs which come out from time to time.The magazines he worked also relatively new It's not longer than a year back .Leslie managed the interviews on businesses doers al
Fin let her body relax after the long trip .It need time to adapt again even it's her own home after leaving for a few months .Surrounded by those suburban people and her foreign colleagues,it was only 5 hours ago .Now she was back to her city life . Facing the hours to do this and that .Well ...shower will do her good ..she walked to the bathroom while singing , Antonius song by Michael franks..Antonio lives life's frevoAntonio prays for truthAntonio says our friendshipIs a hundred-proofThe vulture that circles RioHangs in this L.A. skyThe blankets they give the IndiansOnly make them dieBut sing the SongForgotten for so longAnd let the Music flowLike Light into the RainbowWe know the Dance, we haveWe still have the chanceTo break these chains and flowLike Light into the RainbowWe still have the chanceTo break these chains and flowLike Light into the RainbowAntonio loves the desertAntonio prays for rainAntonio knows that PleasureIs the child of PainAnd lost
,,I want a difficult woman .",,I ...want a simple but sophisticated one ,,,, Simplicity",Rich woman , Beautiful inside outside,,Motherly ..not working woman.,,Nice and interesting,,Sexy ,, IntelligentAnd that's what have been heard from the smoky room which now is clearThose chatters know that what they want maybe will never or will be come true .None can fulfill any dream...can't one ?Fin was burying some seeds on the pots ,picking some wild grass , some part to throw away other parts to be put in a vase to ordinate her room . She watched the beauty of it ...why people name only rose and jesemine or daisy for pretty flowers ? Wild flower can make your day even better ,if you know how to ...She remembered things randomly...in the classroom with Mandy...She asked some tricky questions..,,Tell me , each one of you ,name one of your favorite color and say 2 adjectives for what things made you feel about the color ..Melvin ,who always wore black suits said ,,, Black..str
Hey little hummingbirdStay with me in this cold JanuaryAre you waiting for something to happen ?Meeting the beloved oneOr better years ahead..Let's talk with me little beautiful birdWe got same story to chat . .People come and go .Who stay and who leave ? ,,God always give a much better days than yesterday..yesteryears seems more wonderful since we have no time capsule,no spaceships,no vehicle ,no bike ,to visit it except our memories..Put them well and safe and keep on walking...,,Sit on the stoneFeel all here..tree branches as roof ..Water as moving bed .And the grass as mat ..sleep here with cute ants and grasshoppers..Rabby..Each moment we witness Your Omnipotent powerTo make life goes on in pain and joyIn the balance of nothing and everythingWe shake as our soul breath in hope and despairRabbyWe witness how good and bad work in their own way find their process to endYou witness everyone deedSpreading justice in multiplying rewards and punishmentNone of us c
If the number of human being as many as salts or sands in the sea ..imagine it ..we live in a cluster..Having our own family and that's the destiny started it's path...Do you believe in natural selection..the Darwin theory whose hypothesis were poked by some and trusted by some others as it was one of the pages in the text books and what the highschool study to get good score at biology subject?About the strong and the weak .The winner and the loser .It's copied by agencies to get good models ,singers ,movie star etc..Started on competition...so are at companies.. people applied for job ..people apply for university admission...all is about competition.The winner takes all? Is that fair ?Life is often unfair ..for the losers .It is really a choler .Those elites are bestial .They are hooligans.They are godless.Hard hitting.They patter a game to make every doors open for them .They are impish.In long ago battles,kings went fight !Now ,kings and leaders sit behind the d