Pemakaman Opa
Satu bulan berada di Onatali Rote Tengah tak hanya membuat diriku menjadi makin gelap dan semakin gemuk saja namun juga membuatku beradaptasi de...
Demokrasi Mutiara Muda
Senin 23 Juli 2012, aku tiba di sekolah pukul 07.30. Pikirku aku terlambat, ternyata pintu ruangan di sekolah belum juga terbuka karena pak kepa...
Akibat Kapur Warna
Awalnya, aku menggunakan kapur berwarna hijau untuk mengajar materi pesantren ramadhan di kelas 6 yang dicampur dengan kelas 5. Murid-murid kela...
Farewell — Starting Out in Rote
I shall begin this with a farewell. Friday, 29 June 2012 was probably one of the saddest days I’ve had for months. It was a day of farewell, g...
Rote Series: Rainbow-winged ship and flying fish
“What is it called?” I asked. I stood by the railing on the top deck of the ship and looked attentively at the surface of the sea. I think I jus...
Rote Series: In the Dark of the Night
“Why do I feel that the sky is bluer here?” I asked my predecessor as we rode on an old motorbike past the savannah in Rote from town to the vil...