Born Again To Love You
I'm Back to 1941
When I woke up and opened my eyes, I was in the Sam Poo Kong Temple complex. Unlike the previous Sam Poo Kong Temple I saw, this Sam Poo Kong Temple is not so crowded and there are not many new buildings. Still quiet.
The t-shirts and hot pants I was wearing were still stuck to my body. But my bag fell under a banyan tree near Nyai Kyai Tumpeng's tomb.
I woke up and was very scared. I stood up and immediately ran. Then walk very far away from Sam Poo Kong Temple.
I stood in front of the gate of Sam Poo Kong Temple. I closed my eyes and tried to remember what happened, but not many things I remember.
A car stopped approaching me. From inside the car came a handsome man who was driving the car. “Mrs Gouw, where are you going? Why are you walking so far from your home? And why are you wearing a shirt like this?” officer Bao Jia said.
With a bit of confusion I asked the oriental-faced handsome man, “Sorry, who are you?”.
Officer Bao Jia was getting confused. Unwilling to be seen by many people because I was wearing open clothes, Officer Bao Jia immediately pulled my hand and forced me into his car.
“Master, sorry, who are you? Don't think gini!” I said I tried to resist but officer Bao Jia just kept quiet and forced. Along the way he thought strangely. Occasionally glancing at my open thighs. He thought that Gouw Boen San was throwing me away.
Sometimes I break this silence. With a little fear, I started talking to him. “Why is Semarang so different huh?” my many.
Officer Bao Jia was confused by my question. “Beda? Same thing, Madam!” officer Bao Jia replied a little strangely.
“Why are you dressed weird like this? Do you have a problem with Mr Gouw?” Officer Bao Jia asked curiously.
“Mr Gouw? Who is Mr. Gouw” Tanyaku who is also curious.
Officer Bao Jia now doesn't think me and Mr. Gouw are in trouble. But she thinks I'm a strange woman.
“Master, why not answer? Could you please take me home?” I asked in a soft voice.
“My house is in Tanah Mas” housing.
“Land Mas?” Officer Bao Jia asked confusedly.
“Why ask, Sir? You don't know where Tanah Mas is? You are a Semarang person, should know Tanah Mas where!” I explained in a rather loud voice. Officer Bao Jia who thinks I'm weird just shut up and headed for master Wang Cheng Hai's house.
***
Almost half an hour I was with officer Bao Jia. We arrived at Mr. Wang Cheng Hai's house. It just so happened that there were masters Gouw Boen San, Lie Kun Lian, Han Kai Li and Wu Jiang.
I got out of the car and started to get scared to see the men.
While the men were also confused to see me using clothes from modern times especially I only use hot pants.
Still frightened, I walked slowly towards them. In my mind was very upset. I can't think
clearheaded. This is all so weird going on in my life. It doesn't make any sense. I was at Kyai Nyai Tumpeng's tomb asking to finish everything that's going on in my life right now, but right now I'm scared myself and want to run. As if I could not accept the reality.
Stuttering I asked them, “Gentlemen, where am I now?”
“You don't remember at all?” Ask Mr. Wang Cheng Hai.
“ Is it now year 2021?”
“Now in 1941” replied Han Kai Li. I was shocked to hear that answer and I was getting scared.
“I am where now?” I ask you again who still can't believe all this is happening.
“You are at the home of master Wang Cheng Hai” replied Wu Jiang.
“I can't believe you all! Whoareyou? It's just my hallucination, isn't it? At first I went to Sam Poo Kong Temple with my husband and children. I kept fainting and waking up here. It's just a dream. You guys aren't real. This could not have been 1941. Now it's 2021 not 1941. You guys are
hallucinations or just acting want to casting as an artist what the hell?!” my words began to stress not strongly accept this reality.
Gouw Boen San came up to me and hugged me slowly. “Honey, relax ya?” gouw Boen San.
“Charles, listen! You are what you look like. Let's go home! Where's Zefanya the same Zeline? Why are you living alone? No macem-macem as this! Our children pity alone at home!” I said pissed and stressed.
“I'm not Charles. I'm Gouw Boen San! Look, you're from the future! And now you're back
back in time after disappearing last night. Only last night have you forgotten me?” gouw Boen San said firmly.
“Don't joke, Ko! I was treated at the hospital and I was healthy . I can go home
same doctor. I walk with my husband and children. We went to have a meal at Eden's restaurant. The next day I went to Sam Poo Kong Temple. I never even knew Gouw Boen San”, I said, explaining everything.
I was silent for a moment. My eyeballs glanced upwards and I thought. “Gouw Boen San…? Gouw Boen San... Gouw Boen San...” I said repeatedly trying to remember as I had heard.
“Gouw Boen San seems like I've known him but where I forgot. Gouw Boen San ....” suddenly
I remembered all the flashbacks as I held the banyan tree near Nyai Kyai Tumpeng's tomb. My head turned and I almost fell while holding my head. Gouw Boen San immediately grabbed my arm.
“Gouw Boen San? That's you? Husband?” I said softly looking at Gouw Boen San's eyes and I felt sad while holding Gouw Boen San's cheek after remembering the flashback while holding the banyan tree near Kyai Nyai Tumpeng's tomb.
“You remember me?” Ask Gouw Boen San happy.
“I'm sorry if I don't remember you. So all this time, what I saw in my dream was true huh?”
“What really happened?” Gouw Boen San asked worriedly and curiously still holding my hand.
Lie Kun Lian came over to us both and calmed Gouw Boen San down.
“Mr Gouw, we better go home. I think Rahayu's health is not good. Let Rahayu rest first” said Lie Kun Lian.
“Good.. Let's go home!” take Gouw Boen San.
***
I took a nap with Gouw Boen San. I don't feel like it's getting late. Around 6pm I woke up and took a shower.
Mr. Gouw Boen San sat on the bed after I took a bath and I only used my body cloth. “I'm waiting for you outside. You put on your shirt first!” said Mr. Gouw Boen San.
I've been wearing clothes. I went out of the room to my husband. Gouw Boen San was engrossed in chatting with Lie Kun Lian and Han Kai Li. “My wife, come! Sit!” gouw Boen San said with a smile welcoming me.
“Tell me, what happened to you actually!” han Kai Li said.
While sitting down I started to tell stories. “That night I took a walk with Mr. Gouw. Suddenly I heard Charles calling me a few times. We were on Djornatan Street. And the Djornatan road slowly turned into the Kyai Haji Agus Salim road. Strange in my opinion! After that I fell unconscious. I don't remember anything about my travels to the past. I thought it was just a dream.”
“Djornatan Road becomes Kyai Haji Agus Salim road?” chirping Han Kai Li.
“Yes, all the buildings turned modern!” my answer.
“When I woke up, I was lying in the ICU room. And I don't know what happened to me before”.
“ICU Room?! Where's it?” Ask Lie Kun Lian.
“The ICU room is one of the rooms in the hospital. ICU Room or Intensive Care Unit is a room that serves adult critical patient care” I replied.
When Charles and the children went to buy food near the entrance of Sam Poo Kong Temple, I walked to the tomb of Kyai Nyai Tumpeng alone. Then I went to the tomb. There's a replica ship with a big tree in the middle.
I held the big tree and I saw the events with Mr. Gouw Boen San. At that moment I remembered everything. I held the tree again and I fell unconscious. When I opened my eyes, I was already in the past in the same location that is in the tomb of Kyai Nyai Tumpeng”
“So you can't remember us?” han Kai Li said curiously.
“Yes.. At first I thought it was my dream as usual” answered me.
“That you are experiencing really doesn't make sense” Lie Kun Lian replied.
“Betul” answer.
“Alright! Let's just forget about this. Importantly, we can still meet again now” said Mr. Gouw Boen San closing the story.
“Mr Gouw, may I request something from you?” I started to change the topic of conversation.
“Say!” replied husband.
“I want to go to Lasem city!” I was a little spoiled at my husband.
“Tomorrow I will try to ask Mr. Wang Cheng Hai” replied Gouw Boen San after thinking for a long time.
“But what is your destination to Lasem city?” Ask Han Kai Li.
“I wanted to meet my grandmother as a child in Lasem”.
***
The next morning Gouw Boen San went to Wang Cheng Hai's house and asked permission to take me to Lasem.
Wang Cheng Hai asked his destination to Lasem. And after knowing his purpose to please Rahayu, Mr. Wang Cheng Hai agreed on the condition that he go with Rahayu and Gouw Boen San to Lasem.
***
On a clear morning, around 9am, Wang Cheng Hai along with Wu Jiang picked me up and Gouw Boen San. Mr. Wang Cheng Hai invited Lie Kun Lian and Han Kai Li to come along.
I drove with Mr. Wang Cheng Hai, Gouw Boen San and Lie Kun Lian. While Wu Jiang was in a car with Han Kai Li.
Wu Jiang asked Han Kai Li who was sitting in the car with him. Slightly hesitant to trust Rahayu, then Wu Jiang asked Han Kai Li.
“Mr Han, do you think you believe Rahayu's words that she is from the future?” Asked Wu Jiang.
“Evidence is in sight, still can't believe?” answer Han Kai Li.
“Petir snatching hard. Even Mr Gouw Boen San in the future came before our eyes, yes we do not believe?” han Kai Li.
“It is hard to believe that we see something like this” Wu Jiang said.
“If you think about it, indeed the old Rahayu and the present Rahayu are very different. If I'm not wrong, once upon a time he asked me about time. He asked what date and year he woke up. Precisely the day before meeting with Mr. Bao Jia”
“Ya already, we'll just see what people from the future will do” Wu Jiang said.
“Lie Kun Lian told me that Rahayu told me a lot about the future. He said the future of technology is very sophisticated. No Dutch colonize us” Han Kai Li's story.
“Next year Japan will colonize the Dutch East Indies. Oh yeah, he also told me that next year's name
The Dutch East Indies will be transformed into Indonesia. I am very curious about what the future will look like, continued Han Kai Li.
“Hopefully I was alive then!” cetus Wu Jiang's.
“In the future, as technology emerges, I, Mr. Gouw, Mr. Wang and Lie Kun Lian are reborn and mature. That means our age in this life is not long. Rahayu was born in 1988. As for me, Mr. Gouw, Mr. Wang and Lie Kun Lian are older than Rahayu”
“Lantas, how will I be in the future?” Asked Wu Jiang.
“Rahayu didn't tell me about you” replied A Li.
***
In the afternoon, around 12 pm we arrived in Lasem. I feel so hungry. Mr. Gouw Boen San sitting next to me asked, “You why?” and I said I was hungry.
Mr. Wang Cheng Hai who heard that, asked A Lian to find a restaurant near here.
Not far from our location, there is a restaurant owned by the Tiong Hoa people who sell non-halal food. Wang Cheng Hai asked that we head over there.
We got out of the car and ordered food. From inside there was a very beautiful 8-year-old little girl coming out. Suddenly the girl bumped into a handsome, tall 10-year-old boy.
“Ko, sorry I bumped into you” said the girl.
“It's okay. What's your name?” said the boy.
“My name is Lie Hua. Chen Lie Hua's! What's your name, Ko?” Ask the girl back.
“My name is Oei Gwan Thay” replied the boy.
Those two kids who were talking behind my back surprised me. I was sad and looked at the two children while standing up.
“Why, Rahayu?” Ask Mr. Wang.
“They will be my Kung Kung and Pho Pho! Because of them, I have”, I replied sadly.
I approached them and stroked the girl's cheek while weeping.
“Can I hug you beautiful boy?” the girl looked at my sad face and nodded her head.
I hugged and shed tears. I hugged her and thought of my long-dead Pho Pho. I miss my Pho Pho.
Suddenly the mother came out of the house and saw a stranger hugging her child.
“Who hugged my son?” Ask my Pho Thai or my great-grandmother from my grandmother's side.
The men who went with me were worried that Pho Thai would scold me for embracing Pho-Pho.
“My name is Rosalind Oey” I answered while staring sadly at the face of Pho Thai and remember Pho Thai who was old to sit in a wheelchair carrying me who was a toddler aged 5 months.
Pho Thai from my grandfather approached me. “Young girl, is it really your marg Oey? But your face is not like the Chinese in general” said Pho Tai of my Grandfather.
“True I'm surnamed Oey, Madam. Does the mistress stay in Lasem or go straight home to Juwana?” my many.
“Nona, how can you know if we are from Juwana?” Ask Kung Thai from my grandfather.
“Aah.. Anu's.. Emmm..”