Friday, December 22, 2006
LIFE - Mind Of A Mankind - Chapter Nineteen
AS THEY MOVE IN
I LIVE WITHIN THEM TOO
"Mas Robi, if you follow me to my world, its as though I've murdered you. Please forgive me."
Margarita (Bali, 1993)
"Mas Robi, if you follow me to my world, its as though I've murdered you. Please forgive me."
Margarita (Bali, 1993)
During Natalia's absence, Mas Anton, Soni and sometimes Budi, came to meet me. Mas Anton said that Nonik and Jean were always together and they wished to spend time alone most of the times. Mas Anton said that he had to carry Soni around when they went out to places and he felt like a baby sitter, but he did not mind it because he loved Soni too. Mas Anton said that his father from Jogyakarta had advised him to survey the market in Bali. His father would like to see Mas Anton do business in Bali since he loved to stay in Bali. His father would support him with the capital. Mas Anton said that maybe he would like to open up a travelling business in Bali.
Budi told me that he usually played with Soni at the riverbank most of the time. Budi would come to watch television or video movies or he would play the guitar and asked me to teach him more about guitar playing. I would relent to his requests most of the times. He was happy to be a part of the family now.
At this period of time, many of the neighbourhood's little boys and girls would come to watch the video movies at our home. They loved to watch these movies because I played all the good movies for them to watch. Yani and I did not mind at all of their presence and company. In fact we loved to have them around in our house because it made the house lively. Adi would play with them or talked to them but most of the times he was always out with his friend.
Soni would converse with me with his child talked and he would always ask me for Natalia's whereabouts. It seemed that he missed Natalia so much. I had to explain to him that Natalia and Gordon went for their honeymoon and I had to assure him that Natalia would return home soon.
One day while Yani and I were travelling in our car towards Denpasar to buy our groceries at the supermarket in Matahari Shopping Centre, Yani was in a dazed and then Margarita surprised me with her presence. I was so happy to meet her again after a long period of her absence. Margarita said that it was better for Natalia to forget about Mas Anton in Jakarta because he had decided to marry the daughter of his employer. His employer had promised him that the hotel business would be his if he agreed to marry his daughter. His employer's daughter was a handicapped and she was in a wheelchair. Mas Anton took the offer of his employer.
Later, I showed Margarita the Hyatt Hotel at Nusa Dua, where Natalia's wedding was held and she said "Wow!" She was very pleased with it. She said, "Natalia is lucky to have Gordon in her life now. She has suffered so much and I am very happy for her."
Mas Anton told me that when Margarita told him that she was my 'wife', he was shocked and he could not believed it. Budi met me to ask me whether the fat woman that adorned herself with many jewelleries assertion that she was my 'wife' was true or false. I replied to him "Yes, Its true." He was shocked and surprised too and then he left without any more questions. Nonik asked me the same question too and I replied to her with the same answer as I had replied to Mas Anton and Budi. She said that Ibu was shocked and surprised too. Then she left.
Margarita told me that she left Jakarta without her parent's knowledge and she came to Bali with her friends for a holiday. But her friends did not know her secret destination and intention. She would love to live in Bali with Yani and I. I was not so sure whether it was good or bad for her to come but it was a dream come true for her. As she always told me before, "I will know where you are and I love you so much Mas Robi."
I like to mention something here. When Yani and I were staying at Hotel Danau Toba in Jakarta, the owner and manager of that hotel was a cripple. He was bounded to a wheelchair.
Budi told me that he usually played with Soni at the riverbank most of the time. Budi would come to watch television or video movies or he would play the guitar and asked me to teach him more about guitar playing. I would relent to his requests most of the times. He was happy to be a part of the family now.
At this period of time, many of the neighbourhood's little boys and girls would come to watch the video movies at our home. They loved to watch these movies because I played all the good movies for them to watch. Yani and I did not mind at all of their presence and company. In fact we loved to have them around in our house because it made the house lively. Adi would play with them or talked to them but most of the times he was always out with his friend.
Soni would converse with me with his child talked and he would always ask me for Natalia's whereabouts. It seemed that he missed Natalia so much. I had to explain to him that Natalia and Gordon went for their honeymoon and I had to assure him that Natalia would return home soon.
One day while Yani and I were travelling in our car towards Denpasar to buy our groceries at the supermarket in Matahari Shopping Centre, Yani was in a dazed and then Margarita surprised me with her presence. I was so happy to meet her again after a long period of her absence. Margarita said that it was better for Natalia to forget about Mas Anton in Jakarta because he had decided to marry the daughter of his employer. His employer had promised him that the hotel business would be his if he agreed to marry his daughter. His employer's daughter was a handicapped and she was in a wheelchair. Mas Anton took the offer of his employer.
Later, I showed Margarita the Hyatt Hotel at Nusa Dua, where Natalia's wedding was held and she said "Wow!" She was very pleased with it. She said, "Natalia is lucky to have Gordon in her life now. She has suffered so much and I am very happy for her."
Mas Anton told me that when Margarita told him that she was my 'wife', he was shocked and he could not believed it. Budi met me to ask me whether the fat woman that adorned herself with many jewelleries assertion that she was my 'wife' was true or false. I replied to him "Yes, Its true." He was shocked and surprised too and then he left without any more questions. Nonik asked me the same question too and I replied to her with the same answer as I had replied to Mas Anton and Budi. She said that Ibu was shocked and surprised too. Then she left.
Margarita told me that she left Jakarta without her parent's knowledge and she came to Bali with her friends for a holiday. But her friends did not know her secret destination and intention. She would love to live in Bali with Yani and I. I was not so sure whether it was good or bad for her to come but it was a dream come true for her. As she always told me before, "I will know where you are and I love you so much Mas Robi."
I like to mention something here. When Yani and I were staying at Hotel Danau Toba in Jakarta, the owner and manager of that hotel was a cripple. He was bounded to a wheelchair.
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