Alhan & Tasya
NEW LIFE

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A clear morning is not a word cloudy in the sky of Jakarta. Alhan got off the bus that had taken him to the stop. After graduating from school a few months ago, Alhan also chose to live a new life in the city of Jakarta and work there.

A city far from where he used to live. Not wanting to burden his parents too much, Alhan decided to work in Jakarta and live away from his parents in a village in east Java.

Alhan walked slowly on the sidewalk of the highway, while looking left right who knows there are job vacancies. He kept walking along the sidewalk, but never found a job there. After that Alhan sat in a long chair on the sidewalk of the road.

Alhan picked up his phone, then turned on his phone and there was a message coming in from his mother asking if he had arrived in Jakarta or not. Alhan immediately called his mother who was in the village, then his mother picked up the phone from Alhan.

"How was it in Jakarta?" asked Alhan's mother worriedly.

"Alhamdulillah has reached the mother." Answer Alhan.

"Thank God, son."

"But you got a job, son?" asked Alhan's mother.

"Not yet, mak, I'm just looking." replied Alhan.

"If the place where he lives?."

"Sama just looking for mak." replied Alhan.

"I hope you can quickly, son." said his mother.

"Yes mak, do'ain aja" said Alhan.

"Yes son, my mother always does'ain kok." said her mother.

"Thank you mak." said Alhan with a smile.

"Yes son. Yaudah, my mother used to call me." said her mother.

"Yes, my mother." said Alhan.

After his mother turned off the phone, Alhan immediately put his phone in his pants pocket. Suddenly Alhan accidentally saw the restaurant on the other side of the road, which looks crowded visitors. Alhan was so happy, who knew the restaurant was opening job vacancies for him.

Shortly after that Alhan arrived in the restaurant, Alhan immediately approached the restaurant cashier who was working.

"Mbak." call him.

But the cashier did not hear the call from him.

"Mbak." call him again in a rather high tone.

As soon as the cashier woman was shocked and after that approached Alhan, "Oh yes mas what is it?." asked the woman with a sweet smile that came out of her face.

"Bak there's no job opening?" asked Alhan.

"Don't know, for a minute, I'll call the boss first." replied the woman.

The woman went inside and called the owner of the restaurant. Shortly after, the owner of the restaurant came to Alhan. Lungabaya woman who may be around 50 years old was approaching Alhan.

"I'm sorry, I'm not looking for a job" said the woman with a friendly smile.

"Oh yaudah ma'am thank you" said Alhan with a friendly smile.

"Try the masnya to the bakery next to this restaurant, who knows open vacancies" said the woman with a friendly smile.

"Oh yes ma'am thank you, excuse me ma'am go first." said with a friendly smile.

"Yes, my heart." replied the woman with a friendly smile.

After that Alhan slowly walked out of the restaurant, looking around the right and left that many customers were enjoying the food so happily. Some time later, Alhan also entered the bakery as mentioned by the restaurant owner's woman earlier.

"Mas." a female voice called out to him from behind.

Alhan turned to the woman who called him.Seeing the beautiful woman with her long hair that is not tied was sitting on the chair in the bakery, Alhan immediately approached the woman.

"Want to find a job?" asked the woman with a friendly smile.

"Yes" replied Alhan with a nod.

"Here do not accept new employees mas, because the store is a bit quiet" said the woman.

"Oh that's it" Alhan said with a smile.

"Btw, I'm not a Jakarta person, right?" asked the woman with a very curious face.

"I'm an East Java man." replied Alhan with a smile.

"Oh very far yes mas" said the woman with a smile.

"It's a long way off" Alhan said with a smile.

After that the woman stood up, and stretched out her hand to invite Alhan to shake hands.

"Know my name, Clarista ayu pratiwi" said the woman with a smile.

The woman arrived to ask for Alhan's number, "Mas can ask for his number no, who knows later if there is a job vacancy I can help her mas." said the woman with a smile.

"Yes, I can." said Alhan with a friendly smile.

After that the woman gave her phone to Alhan, then Alhan typed her number on the beautiful woman's phone. When he finished, Alhan returned the woman's phone.

"Still mas, so have the phone number of East Java people" said the woman with a smile.

"Yes mbak same.Yaudah I say yes first." said Alhan with a smile.

"Yes my heart." said the woman with a smile.

"Yes" Alhan replied with a smile.

Shortly after that Alhan also went from the bakery, to want to find another job who knows there is a job, which is around him at this time.

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When adzan dzuhur reverberated, Alhan had not yet found a job. Although Alhan has applied several times in various factories and other places of business but no one received. So Alhan also decided to go to the mosque which is not far from its current existence.

Alhan slowly took off the shoes he was wearing, then put his carrying bag on the terrace of the mosque and first Alhan to the place of ablution to berwudhlu first.After berwudhlu Alhan was slowly walking into the mosque and sitting behind the congregation that is in the in the mushola.

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Shortly after that Alhan had finished performing dzuhur prayers in congregation at the mosque. After that Alhan also sat on the terrace of the mosque, while contemplating the fate that was rejected several times when applying for a job. One by one the pilgrims came out of the mosque, until now only Alhan left alone sitting on the terrace of the mosque while contemplating his fate at this time.

But anyway he must be eager to live this all, it is not possible if he will return to his village, although his parents are not too disappointed if he returns to the village, too, he will be so happy when he returns home. Because her first sister has also joined her husband living in the next village with her two children, while her second sister is also not much different. Her second sister just got married a month ago and now she lives with her husband outside her city. So that the situation of Alhan's house is now so quiet, there are only his mother and father who are at home.

Alhan laid his body on the terrace of the mosque, with his bag as a pillow. Alhan is confused by his current state that has not also found a job in addition he also does not have a place to stay. Alhan also had thought to be a beggar or not a busker and slept in the hallway of the city.

"No wonder why the cave think that cake."

Then Alhan took his cellphone in his pants pocket, Alhan turned on the phone and there was a message from his two sisters asking his current situation in Jakarta. Alhan also did not want to reply now, because the situation was still so difficult and Alhan did not want his two brothers to think about him, just he was dizzy with his current state.

Alhan put his phone back into his pants pocket, then slowly closed his eyes. But just closed his eyes, the sound of a car approaching him, so that Alhan immediately sat down.

Alhan saw a car parked in the mushola yard for a while, came out a fairly old man from the car, then the man slowly walked towards the direction of the mosque.

The man smiled towards Alhan who was sitting, "Mas." he said.

"Yes sir." Alhan replied with a friendly smile.

The man went to the ablution place, while Alhan again laid his body on the terrace of the mosque, while thinking about his fate in front of him.

"It's really hard to find work here, do I have to go back to the village again huh" he said.

Alhan's words were accidentally heard by the man, so the man felt sorry for Alhan and intended to offer Alhan a job, because it happened that the man needed an employee as well.

After that the man sat down beside Alhan who was lying down, seeing the man sitting next to Alhan immediately sat down.

"I see the mas again is that so?" asked the man with a smile.

"No ordinary sir" Alhan replied with a friendly smile.

"Again need a job?" asked the man.

"If you can be honest, yes sir." replied Alhan with a smile.

"It just so happens that I again need employees to take care of the store."

At once Alhan was so happy, "what store sir if I may know?" he asked.

"That food store and furniture furniture.You want to?."

"I want to sir." Answer with a smile.

"The truth is there are other jobs but so ob in my company. But because of you, an outsider from Jakarta, yes, this job might be suitable for you" said the man.

"Yes sir, thank you very much" Alhan said with a smile.

Then the man invited Alhan to shake hands, "Include my name Ardiono seto, call me Mr. Seto." introduction.

"Know also sir, my name is Alhan."

"Greetings yes, yes I want to pray first.continue after that I anterin you to your workplace" said the man.

"Yes sir, thank you very much sir."

"Yes Han." he said with a nod.

After that Mr. Seto entered the mosque to perform dzuhur prayer. While Alhan was still sitting quietly on the terrace, with a very happy feeling because Alhan had gotten a job.

Sorry if there is typo🙏

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