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Perjalanan karir dimulai.. (to be continue)

It was the first day of class. Two of her new ESL classmates wanted to know where Tara was from. They were both from Iraq. Because Tara looked Iraqi, one of the women asked Tara, in English, if she was from Iraq. Tara replied, "No, I'm not." Then the women took turns asking Tara if she was from Iran, or Syria, or Jordan. To each question, Tara responded with a simple no. Laughing, one woman said to the other, "She's not from anywhere!" The two went to their desks, talking to each other in Arabic. The next day, the teacher divided the students into groups of four. The students in each group asked introductory questions of each other. A student in Tara's group asked her, "Where are you from?" Tara answered that she was from Iraq. The two women who had questioned Tara the day before were sitting only a few feet away. Both of them heard Tara's response. "Aha!" they both exclaimed. "You ARE from Iraq!" Tara smiled and s

Udara di bis ini terasa semakin sesak bersama anganku yang tak kunjung berhenti memikirkan seperti apa tempat tugasku nanti. Namaku Rezy, seorang sarjana pendidikan yang baru beberapa bulan yang lalu lulus dan saat ini sedang dalam perjalanan menuju tempat pengabdianku yang pertama. Serangkaian tes yang diadakan oleh Dinas Pendidikan memutuskan untuk menempatkanku di sebuah dearah antah berantah yang jangankan pernah mengunjunginya, mendengar namanyapun baru sekali. Enam jam sudah kulewati waktu dengan bermenung di perjalanan ini hingga akhirnya bis yang kutumpangi memasuki sebuah terminal yang tidak terlalu ramai layaknya terminal di kotaku . Terlihat jejeran tukang ojek yang sibuk menawarkan jasa pada setiap orang yang melewatinya. Aku menghampiri salah satu dari mereka. “Ojek mbak .. “ si bapak tukang ojek menawarkan dengan ramah. “Iya Pak .. Tolong antarkan Saya ke Km. 8 ya Pak .. “ “Waduh,, jauh emen tho Mbak, lima puluh ribu yo Mbak .. “ “ Kok mahal sekali sich Pak

Bill and Steve were discussing being in love. "I don't know what love feels like," Bill said.  "I've thought I was in love three times." "Thought?" Steve asked. "What do you mean?" "Well, three years ago, I cared very deeply for a woman who wanted nothing to do with me," Bill replied. "Wasn't that love?" asked Steve. "No, that was obsession," Bill explained. "Then two years ago, I cared very deeply for an attractive woman who didn't understand me." "Wasn't that love?" asked Steve. "No, that was lust," Bill replied. "And just last year, I met a woman while I was on a cruise. She was gorgeous, intelligent, a great conversationalist and had a super sense of humour. Everywhere I followed her on that ship, I would get a very strange sensation in the pit of my stomach." "Well, that must have been the real thing," said Steve. "No. I

Ya aisyah jangan engkau tidur sebelum melakukan empat perkara, yaitu : 1.        Sebelum khatam al quran 2.        Sebelum membuat para Nabi memberimu syafaat di hari akhir. 3.        Sebelum para muslim meridhoi kamu 4.        Sebelum kau laksanakan haji dan umroh. Bertanya Aisyah “Ya Rasulullah.. Bagaimana aku dapat melaksanakan empat perkara seketika? Rasul tersenyum dan bersabda : 1.        Jika engkau tidur bacalah : Al-ikhlas 3 x seakan-akan kau mengkhatamkan Al-Quran . Bismillahirahmannirahim Qulhuallahu ahad’ Allahushomad’ lam yalid’ walam yulad’ walam yakullahu kufuwan ahad’ 2.        Membaca sholawat unutkku dan para nabi sebelum aku, maka kami semua akan memberi syafaat di hari kiamat. Bismillahirahmannirahim Allahuma sholli ‘alaa Muhammad wa’alaa alli Muhammad 3x 3.        Beristigfarlah unutk para muslimin maka mereka akan meridoi kamu. Astaghfirullahaladzim aladzii laa ilaaha illaa huwal hayyul qoyuum wa atuubu ilaih 3x 4.        Perbany