A Friend to Jenna
Chapter 81. Miko in Jenna's Eyes

The black car was moving from the luxury residential area towards downtown Surabaya. During the trip, both were silent... Jenna has not had any picture in her mind to visit one of the famous attractions in the city of Heroes.

Though as a tour guide or a good host, this man should be more friendly to him. Or if he needs to babble, to introduce his hometown, to people who only visited Surabaya three times in his lifetime.

Since she first came to this city, her grandparents brought her to meet the invitation of her colleague and best friend Opa Damash. His grandfather Miko, Ramon Sugandi's grandfather who organized a wedding party for his youngest son.

Mana Jenna remembered all the events that accompanied her, because at that time she was only 4 years old. While the second visit last year, when the 19th covid period has begun to plague in Indonesia. He became a traveling companion of Aunt Ismaya who has long made friends and business with her best friend Mbak Rosalin. Only now, he can enjoy the hustle and bustle of Surabaya as the second largest city after Jakarta.

Well, if this is the attitude of Miko as a tourist travel business, it will cause a lot of losses! Where people or tourists want to visit tourist areas in East Java, especially the city of Surabaya. If the guide is silent! Men are suitable pinned as a four-door refrigerator, which is cold.

Not a sound. There is no sweetness, said the ad that explains the advantages of a mineral water product.

From her seat, Jenna continued to observe the attitude of the driver, who was more like the father of the chairman of the dormitory who brought his entourage from the education or training center for new employees. Sometimes Jenna had time to read the place they visited earlier . Even if it's just a minute or a glance.

The man was calm when he took his car to Surabaya city square and Pemda Hall. Jenna thinks the place is almost like the area in the national monument park of Jakarta or Monas, with four main highways surrounding it.

On each main road stood several offices and buildings that have a role that is not less important. Such as the local government office or Jakarta Regional Government, on Jalan Merdeka Selatan. There is the National Museum of Jakarta, or many people more often call it the Elephant museum on Jalan Merdeka Barat. There is also a state palace building, or the residence of our President on Merdeka Utara street!

Unfortunately, Miko did not take him to enter the Heroes Monument and the November 10 Meseum. Maybe due to limited time from Jenna's visit. The man just took Jenna around town.

According to Jenna, what do you want to see? Jakarta is also more jammed and more dense traffic! With thousands of vehicles that almost crowded every street in the capital of the country of Indonesia that every day!

On that beach, Miko decided to enter a tourist area with its famous beaches there. Right at the main gate it says Kenjeran Beach. Miko kind of circled around the road on the beach to find the most suitable place to park her vehicle.

The man had paid the entrance fee to the beach resort, for the two of them with a sheet of fifty thousand. However, the ticket keeper was still given a change.

" We're having lunch here!" said Miko while pointing to a pendopo or huts that are intended for visitors to the restaurant.

Jenna said manut or according to it! Although he still faces various food restrictions in certain types! Usually Jenna does not like the new menu that has never been tried at all. Moreover, this restaurant serves a lot of fish menus and the like.

Jenna does not like to eat freshwater fish such as catfish, catfish or a slightly creepy form of fish. If it's a sea fish, it avoids crabs and clams!

In fact he would shudder in horror at seeing one of the Korean foods using a live octopus! Besides fear and horror. Jenna seems to be a cannibal alone eating living things that are still breathing and moving!

While waiting for their order to be prepared, Jenna's gaze turned toward the beach that lay in front of the restaurant. Most of the visitors there are family. Especially the parents who bring their children to play the waves on the beach.

Looking at the happiness of the little family, Jenna recalls her childhood ... When he was a toddler, everyday he was only taken care of by Mak Isah. Doctor Arunika as a mother of three children, a doctor and a civil servant who works in the health department, was assigned to a health center in North Jakarta area...

The woman was forced to contract a house in the Pademangan area. He will return home on Saturday afternoon and return to the contract on Sunday night. Because the woman was unable to have to work every day commuting a long distance from her home in Pasar Minggu to her workplace in a health center in Tanjung Priok area.

Moreover, the woman also had to use public transportation, not to mention the traffic jam in the area... Even had to change public transportation, from buses to angkot to reach his workplace near the densely populated settlement.

For the sake of his duty, Dr. Arunika is pleased to leave his youngest daughter who is taken care of everyday by an ART that is very trusted. Mak Isah's.

So too when he's a little big. Jenna was returned to the care of Oma Frida, her mother-in-law who lives in Sentul. Doctor Arunika began to take his specialty at a campus in Australia. For almost 3 years more, the woman with three children according to the science there. Back Jenna lived and attended school in the Sentul area, nurtured Mak Isah who also lived together at the home of her employer's in-laws.

So until now, Jenna was even closer and familiar with Oma Frida and her father's sister, Aunt Amanda. Compared with his own mother who always preoccupied with the career.Since after returning from abroad, after completing his education, the career of Doctor Arunika increased rapidly. From the leader of a Puskesmas to serving in several large government-owned hospitals to well-known private hospitals.

"'Nam! It's food! Don't daydream, yesterday my neighbor's chicken died because of a lot of daydreaming!" Tegur Miko with her heavy voice.

Jenna was surprised by Miko's call... He was a little dreamy from remembering his unusual childhood. But hearing the chatter, Jenna smiled wryly.

" Fright, say Lo!" fast forward .

Eh, the Oppa Made in Surabaya is not medok from the way of speech, like other family members. But Jenna's getting better, you know!

" Are I a nut said crisp?" tanya's a little upset.

" That means your words are useless to know!" Jenna explained.

Don't know yet, he ! The young man in Jakarta has a different slang - different from each region. For example, the slang of Jaksel's children, who slip English vocabulary into everyday conversation. They created a mixture of English and Indonesian in conversation with fellow friends. So that slang is increasingly famous and widespread only the wearer. Because by using slang Jaksel children many people feel more classy and not outdated.

" If Neng, it is called Mbak for the people of Jakarta. We used to call it Ning !"

" Up To You, Sak Karepmu! !" said Jenna who was more interested in seeing the arrival of the waiters who brought their meal orders... They put the food on some serving plates. While the rice is in my place in its own container... So that the wooden table that was not too big was already filled with all the food orders of the two of them.