Always Gonna Be You
46. The Cup of Tea

Rendra

He was telling Amin about what to do during the event when a sporty black metallic boxy MPV entered the front page. Followed by the emergence of a sturdy person who several times he had seen appear on the television screen.

"Assynnya!" said the person while guiding a boy about 5 years old.

"Wa'alaikumsalam!" he answered, extending his hand to shake hands. "Sugeng rawuh (welcome) in our hut!"

The first guests, Inne and Riyadh - who are currently serving as the Director-General at one of the*Kementi**and their two children, Rayna and Ryden.

"The hut suffered terribly. Can't be late," Riyadh punched his arm with a laugh.

"Oh, different Bang. If this one is a hut full of love and warmth," he replied followed by the laughter of the two of them.

This was not their first meeting. It was initially clear that Riyadh was present at her wedding reception almost 8 years ago. But at that time they only had time to chat pleasantries, enough to know that their ancestors came from the same area. Yes, Riyadh's father who is a retired Lieutenant General of the TNI is the Dotulong generation. While he has Kalesaran blood from Mama. Both men have the blood of Manado. Makes them seem to have their own bond.

After that, he met with Riyadh several times at an official meeting. While still busy by the hustle and bustle of ManjoMaju. With Riyadh's position as an expert staff seseMinistry.

Riyadh also became the first person to introduce ManjoMaju with PARA Group. A conglomerate with business units in the fields of developer, property, hotel, broadcasting, lifestyle, entertainment and automotive. More because the CEO of PARA Group is a schoolmate of Riyadh. What a fun coincidence, right? Channels and links sometimes just form without planning. Until now in the era of Rakai leadership, the cooperation of ManjoMaju and PARA Group is still ongoing.

"We're the first ones like him?" seloroh Riyadh for the sake of seeing the front page is still empty, just filled by his vehicle.

"Nation leaders are different. Always leading in giving guidance," he was cheering, along with his children who came scattering.

"So when is the President called to be a minister?" it was a moment of laughter from Riyadh.

"ASAP (As Soon As Possible)," continued Riyadh as he continued to laugh.

"Let's say hello to our first guests" he told the children who had been among them.

"Well, this is the real meaning of productivity" Riyadh shook his head as Arung, Saga, and Daka greeted him.

"What's his name?" arung asked as he asked Ryden to shake hands.

"Aiden..," Ryden replied while blushing.

"Ryden" Riyadh said.

"Pi, can I have Ryden play ball?" Arung asked her permission.

"Come," he nodded. "Now try to ask Ryden if he wants to not play ball, continue permission first to his father," he pointed towards Riyadh.

"Would you like to play ball?" it was Saga who asked Ryden.

Ryden nodded, "You."

"Om, can you get Ryden to play ball?" ask Arung to Riyadh.

"Come," Riyadh nodded.

"Horeee!" the kids screamed happily. Then all ran towards the green open field located beside the bamboo house.

"Applying the concept of efficiency of an integral system in your real life, Ren," continued Riyadh, shaking his head as the children began to play ball on the grass.

"It's only three," he laughed. "Two more are still the same mother inside. Please come in," he said towards Inne who had just got out of the car while carrying a sweet banded delivery, with a beautiful daughter standing next to him.

"How are you Bang," Inne first regretted it.

"Alright, thank God," he pointed his hand at the house. "Here you go, Anggi's inside."

"If so Mother into first Well," said Inne towards Riyadh who nodded.

"Udah has a daughter Lu Bang!" he shook his head as Rayna experienced it and then ran after Inne into the house.

"Top grade SD."

"Well, same with Arung."

"Oh yeah, same? Arung your first child?"

He nodded. "It seems that soon again has begun to install the look of the serem if there is an ABG guy playing at home."

Riyadh laughed, "Originally not as much as his father when he was young is still okay."

"Loh, that's a crucial capital, instead" he laughed. "As a crocodile it is not possible to copy. Especially the same as the new ABG exploded."

They're back laughing.

"Yes," Riyadh shook his head. "Don't let our daughter experience the same thing as her mother."

"Obviously" he said quickly. "Now we have an important role to break the vicious circle of the player."

Riyadh still shook his head while laughing. Then pointed to the vast rice field that was right across from his yard. "Head bought Ren?"

"Udah," he then explained the boundaries of his land that stretched from one end to the other.

"What plans do you want to make?"

He excitedly began to tell his big dreams about the one stop learning area. "Solution for all education needs."

"Bamboo house for education center based by theory and book. It's less representative because more and more children are coming."

He pointed to the vacant land to the west of his house. "The plan is to create a new, larger bamboo house. It's just still on process. Due to raw material constraints. It used to be time to wake up this bamboo house is also quite long."

"There are also my friends who are concerned in ecological materials, especially gambling" said Riyadh to make him interested.

"Have a private workshop that explains everything from the selection of bamboo types, ways and times of harvest, to the preservation process and ready to use."

"He is a specialist in everything smelling green and sustainable building. Principle reduce, reuse, recycle."

"Maybe you know before? The project is often covered specifically by architectural magazines," said Riyadh while naming a row of leading architectural magazines in the country.

"It has not been long ago won a competition of sustainable urban development that was held with the Royal Malaysian government."

He shook his head, "Not yet." The scope of his introduction to the architects was not too broad.

"He already has his own link, directly to many bamboo farmers in some areas. So raw material constraints can be minimized."

"Well, you can bang," he's getting interested.

"Home in Bandung. College friends first. Later sometime we make an appointment to meet the three."

"Ready! Waiting for the good news," he smiled because he felt the benefits of having a relationship with quality people.

"If that's what?" Riyadh pointed in the distance to the south of the house. Where some Junior High children look to be pulling goats out of a building.

"goat farming. Take care of the village youth here. It was only about three months ago that college kids who run bamboo houses submitted proposals on empowering school-age children."

"They work?" Riyadh frowning.

"Oh, no," he said. "Children of Junior High and above, for those who are willing, can register to become a member of Team Indonesia Gemilang."

"Team whose mission vision is focused on honing independence and soft skills of children of the age of responsibility. The main goal is actually to help children around grow and find their identity in a conducive environment."

"One of his duties is, yes, helping to take care of the farm."

"Now there's chicken, duck and goat. Cow yet. There's been a plan there but there's still a lot of obstacles."

"Yes, there's a catfish nursery as well. If the catfish has been on the road since. Including the initial program."

"Have you got a bureaucratic handle?" Riyadh frowning. "Activity, although it is positive, involves children sometimes many are opposed to the reason of being underage."

"Udah was sorted out at the beginning of that Bang. Before acc, the cave asks the children to do public hearing first to the community."

"Starting from explaining the purpose, purpose, benefits and all things related to this Gemilang Indonesia activity."

"Ijin RT, RW, village, subdistrict, until the district all in order."

Riyadh nodded in understanding.

"All of you teach organizational children the importance of understanding the ins and outs of government bureaucracy. It could be them going forward. Not like the cave first must be battered when first dealing with bureaucracy," he said.

Riyadh laughs. "Experience is a valuable lesson. Raw pande defender."

"Exactly!" he laughed too.

"If it's on track like this there are still obstacles?" Riyadh wants to know.

"The obstacle to whenever there must be. Which differentiates. But the response of the surrounding community was beyond all our expectations. Justjust wonderful. There are even parents who ask Indonesia Gemilang to be a kind of sustainable program. Not just stop here."

"Because most parents are worried about the development of information technology that increasingly erodes childhood. Millennials who hang their lives on small boxes of unfiltered information. Double-edged knife, cell phone."

"Parents are mostly confused to find the right educational alternatives and parenting patterns at the same time they also have to work so that the kitchen remains thick."

"Including tutoring children and other activities outside of school is definitely not the best solution, because all require a lot of costs."

"So our offer was immediately welcomed by the public."

"Rather than children all day playing mobile phones continue to Mas," he said citing the sentence of one parent who diligently followed the public hearing.

"Mending to participate in activities like this," he continued.

"But we also have terms and conditions."

"What?"

"All of these activities should not interfere with school performance. So if there is a child whose value even goes down after being active in Gemilang Indonesia, we will give a chance to break for a while before being able to reactivate."

He laughed, "There's nothing like this Bang. There are many people out there who are more useful to many."

"But at least you're moving" Riyadh said, pointing to the north of his house. "That's an outbound facility?"

"Yep! Complete with rice fields, fields, and vegetable gardens were also flowers," he nodded.

"Now a new way for the surrounding community. Not going public yet."

"State schools from SD to SMU in Kecamatan..," while calling the name of the District where he lived. "Rutin outing activities here. For free."

"If TK almost all. Even from outside the district has many who use educational facilities and outbound here."

"On a note, for schools that have stable financial conditions, we charge. Not big indeed. That's important enough for cross-subsidies."

"Not hypocritical, we also need funds for maintenance costs and others."

Riyadh nodded. "Aren't you trying to find a partner? CSR its PARA like there's still a slot."

"Now not yet," he shook his head. "I don't know in the future."

"The two still have idealistic concepts. If the partner is worried too much interference that the edges deviate from the initial vision."

As they were still talking about the entire neighborhood of his house, a white premium MPV slowly entered the courtyard.

"Well, this is our boss" he said as Rakai and his wife and two children got out of the car with a big smile.

"I went to Mba Anggi first Bang," said Rakai's wife as she led Anwa after shaking hands with her and Riyadh.

"Yes, come in, wait inside" he nodded. While Rakai was shaking hands with Riyadh while holding Diga who was only 7 months old.

"The great guest has arrived first, it turns out," seloroh Rakai. "The fresher our brother is this one."

Riyadh shook his head, "This is it!"

They spoke again, this time about ManjoMaju's latest project related to the Ministry where Riyadh is based.

"In the future there will be many urban derelict land transformation projects to be used as public space" said Riyadh.

"Because the government is intensifying the form of public service to the community."

"Minimal functioning of abandoned land that is scattered throughout the city. Which is usually just a shallow dump or even an unofficial trash can. Let more can be felt the benefits by citizens for free."

"Yesterday we just got a revitalization project of the historic area..," Rakai said the name of a historic area located in Central Java.

"Yes, the Ministry program?" guess Riyadh.

Rakai nodded, "Actually there are three who enter, only one can be taken. Two outside of Java. Not yet able to."

"A lot of targets are indeed..," while naming the Ministry outside where Riyadh is located. "Including revitalization of tourist areas in some areas. Then there's also the re-design of certain areas and buildings."

The three of them were still immersed in a quite serious conversation when Anggi came from inside the house.

"Excuse me, gentlemen," said Anggi with a smile.

"Well, this is the new hostess out," later Riyadh shook hands with Anggi. While Rakai just raised his hand and greeted, "Hi, Nggi?"

"Dragon, why don't you come in? It's even hot outside?" Anggi frowned at him.

"This is another candidate for minister" he continued to be followed by Riyadh laughter.

"Inticed to invest like him," later again, again followed by Riyadh's laughter that gets louder.

"What's wrong?" whisper it towards Anggi. Approaching must be because there is a purpose.

"That was the schedule of emam (eating)," said Anggi while pointing at Diga who began to fuss. It seems because bored since just invited to stand by Rakai.

"Oya, here Diga, follow Bi Anggi first," he reached out to Diga who was just silent while linking his eyebrows. Intended to take Diga from Rakai's hand and then handed over to Anggi.

"Aren't you going to join Amang?" he pretended to sneer.

Rakai laughed, "I don't know this cave boy was as good as you Ren."

"Yes," he knitted his eyebrows. "Never wanted to be invited. Come on, Diga, don't sell expensive."

"Suspicious cravings before you Ren," rattled Riyadh, followed by the laughter of the three of them.

"It could be," he bearded as well as shook his head and then a second and then chuckled.

"Yuk same Auntie yuk," now Anggi's turn reached out and in an instant immediately greeted Diga with pleasure.

"Well, the discrimination is in the first place" he pretended to grumble. While Rakai and Riyadh laughed happily.

"Let the fathers, I go in first, the little boy wants to eat," Anggi said goodbye to go back into the house.

Rakai and Riyadh nodded.

"Abang, take the guest inside," Anggi said before stepping away. "Let's go while you're coffee."

He nodded. But in reality the three of them went back to talking about another interesting thing.

"Is that still empty?" point Riyadh toward a row of corn and peanut fields.

"Still."

"Why not make a villa Ren? In such an interesting place there are certainly many visitors who are interested. Stay promotional in the media. Can cross-subsidize a one stop learning program."

He shook his head, "If the villa has not. Too commercial. The cave even wants to make a school like a natural school," he said, pointing to a large rice field stretching in front of his house.

"Just still studied more in the same team. Friends here again many studies appeal to quality schools. Maybe another year or two can come out of the proposal Bang, if you want to be an investor," he continued with a laugh.

"The nature-based school is even more commercial Ren," Riyadh shook his head. "Too segmented. Only people with certain economic abilities can go to school in a plus place."

"Oh, we're different," he shook his head. "Our goal is obviously education for all. Not related to 'expensive' quotation marks'."

His remark made Rakai sneer, "Elu Ren, the student spirit is still being brought to the real world."

"Weight, Ren," Riyadh shook his head. "Good education with excellent facilities is directly proportional to the costs incurred."

"Yes, that's why it's still in the godok" he went back to explaining what his team is doing to bring quality education to all. When two similar MPVs like Rakai's slowly docked into the front yard of his house.

A car that is very familiar to him, because when buying he himself chose the type and model at the request of Rakai.

Yes, some time ago when designing this kangen reunion event, Anggi had talked to him about this.

"Bang, I think we need to facilitate the vehicle from the hotel to here deh. Rather than having to rent somewhere else."

"Okay," he agreed. "Just think about what your friends need to facilitate transportation while in Jogja."

"Most from the hotel to where we bang. Or for those who want to travel around the city. If from the airport to the hotel and vice versa there are already facilities from the hotel," explained Anggi who did handle hotel reservations for two friends who are now living abroad.

"Okay, so how many vehicles should we provide?"

"Most need two first. Make the Bayu family the same.....Dio. Others follow, waiting for news."

He nodded, "I'll tell Rakai to get everything ready."

And here they were, the next guests, Bayu and Dio and their families started to get out of the vehicle.

Once down, two Bayu girls immediately ran around the front yard. And the presence of a new group of guests immediately attracted the attention of the little guys who were playing ball. Even without having to wait for long, Arung and the gank had already gathered with them in the front yard.

"Well, whoa, whoa," Bayu smiled widely. "Udah on the gathering," while greeting Rakai, Riyadh, last hugging and patting her back hard.

"This is elo Ren?" seloroh Bayu's. "Kirain who. More filled with it."

He laughed, "He's handing over, what the hell is not for who already got a US green card," he said jokingly.

Bayu, since the incident beat him to the brunt nine years ago, has softened and no longer raise the flag of hostility with him. Especially after he and Anggi attended Bayu's wedding while carrying Arung and Saga.

When the session shook hands with the bride, it was not she who congratulated the marriage that occurred, but Bayu who said while punching her arm, "Sukses make Anggi happy now!" then pointed to Anggi who was leading Arung while laughing with the bride.

Behind Bayu and his wife followed Dio, holding a beautiful female toddler in his arms.

"Dio!" spontaneously they embrace each other while patting each other on the back.

"Well, what's his name?" his reply to the girl on Dio's arm, who unexpectedly immediately grabbed his hand for salim.

"Well," he shook his head in amazement. "Pinter once Ade."

"His name is Azami, who wants two years next month" Dio said with a smile on his daughter's face.

"Hello Azami?" he again greeted Azami who was greeted with a smile spread beautiful toddler.

"Let's go straight in, rather than the heat outside" he continued to all those standing in the courtyard. In the beginning Rakai who walked first. Then followed by another.

When he was just about to step up, Dio first said, "Where's the figure? My wife wants to see you."

***

Remarks :

Baku beking pande: the philosophy of life of the people of Manado, which means sharing intelligence with others

Green & sustainable building: the basic principle in the design of the building that was created to reduce the destruction of the environment so that it can be in harmony with nature.

Sustainable Urban Development: sustainable urban development as an effort to improve the quality of life of the city and its citizens without creating a burden for future generations due to reduced natural resources (Urban21 Conference, Berlin, July 2000)