being #jleb by fanny

fanny bukan anak yang bawel. she tends to be quiet and to be busy with her own world. tapi sering kali fanny dengan ucapannya yang blak blakan membuat kami para orang dewasa ter #jleb #jleb [bahasa sekarangnya begitu.haha]

suatu hari fanny mengganti bahasa inggris menjadi bahasa indonesia di pengaturan hape sie. I complained:

yaaaahhh kakak jangan pake bahasa indonesia.

she replied:

ih, tante, kenapa ga mau? kan itu bahasa kita sendiri. [hoho. first #jleb]

karena skeptis dengan bahasa inggris sie yang abal abal. she tested me.

badak bahasa inggrisnya apa?

me: rhinoceros

fanny:

landak?

me:

hah? ga tau. lupa.

this is the epic:

yaaaaahhhh tante, katanya ngerti! [second #jleb that ended my convo with her ]

natal dan alytsa

it was a long time ago since the last time I came by here,eh? a century? no? hundreds hours multiplied by hundreds miles? okay, then
well, it’s december already. I had my birthday as it always happens every year. thank god.
as it is december now, I found something interesting to write about christmas. it coincidentally connected with alytsa.
one day, alytsa:
tante, enak tau tan agamanya hindu.
me:
emang kenapa? [excited. as always]
alytsa:
ga islam. kalau ga, aku pengen agamanya kristen biar hari rayanya natal. [she went on with the thoughts]
me:
emang apa enaknya kalau hindu? [I was curious, was eagerly to find out the answer]
alytsa:
enak ga usah ikut pelajaran agama islam. bisa main. kayak putra sama dika. [they are friends of alytsa. I assume that they are not muslims]. tapi aku sering bermain dengan mereka kok, tan.
[I smiled to alytsa. deep down I was amazed]
I made some notes in mind. about alytsa’s whining on teaching learning at school [specially religion’s subject], about her tolerance, about her being a child who likes playing and playing rather than attending classes. I’m proud of you, nak
note: soal kristen, alytsa sedang grandung dengan lagu “we wish you merry xmas”