Jogja At A Time
11. Mantrijeron Cost

Asri brushes her teeth. Take a glass of water in the kitchen. Walk towards the tivi room. Approaching Linda and Tyas he saw were watching the ball on RCTI.

The other hostess residents are already cool in their respective rooms.

"Cieeee ... The new way is just as dreamy," Linda teases Asri again.

Asri feels her cheeks hot hearing Linda's temptation.

"Mbek Sigit po Lin ?" Tyas who knew Sigit was approaching Asri interrupted curiously, looking towards Asri.

"Ah knows you are Yas. It's so much the same Sigit." cut Linda. "So I saw Asri's friend coming. Still shy of his son. Yas's handsome oath." 

The more heart floated Asri heard Linda's eyes.

"Origin not the same as Sigit. I'm not as happy as Sigit." added Tyas.

"It's not Sigit Yas. I also disagree Asri with Sigit. All the women seduced her," a fierce tone came out of Linda's mouth.

Asri laughed a little at their debate. His annoyance with Sigit was apparently the same as the annoyance of Linda and Tyas.

Linda and Tyas took turns telling stories, that they had also been seduced by Sigit. But clearly the seduction was more to the seduction of body closeness only. Not the closeness of heart.

"Who was your friend's name As ?" linda asked to shift the debate about Sigit.

"Sati. It used to be one High School." replied Asri Short. Still shy about telling Seti about Linda and Tyas.

"Oh, you're dating" Linda laughed curiously.

"We're close by." blushed shyly. Missed the very word he expected out of Seti's mouth later in order to answer firmly Linda's words.

"Don't let go of As. He looks good. Suitable for you who are tall and beautiful" said Linda again.

Asri's little heart seemed to fly. Justifying Linda's words. He will not be easy to leave Seti again because of the stupidity of his presupposition. I hope that Setipun does.

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Asri entered the room after asking Sri to mbak Yem. I want to get the boy to sleep in his room.

Apparently the boy had been asleep since.  Said mbak Yem tired all day invited Tyas to Shoping looking for books.

I often hear that word. Asri wants to take Seti there. From his college friends, many text books are cheap there.

Open the diary as usual. Asri began writing about Malioboro, Joe, Seti and of course Kost Mantrijeron who was getting warmer.

Starting to be familiar with Linda and Tyas and of course Mbak Yem and Sri make Asri not hesitate to share the feelings of women to them.

Feel like you're getting sleepy. Asri turned off the lights. Can't wait for Seti to pick her up tomorrow.                               

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In his room Seti kept the Silent Letters. Hiding neatly on the sidelines of his thick books. Make sure no one knows.

I don't know, ever since Joe took her to Asri's kost. Kost Mantrijeron that captivated Seti's heart. 

The more he knew Asri in Jogja, the more quickly he wanted to convey his heart. It was just a matter of the right time that Seti was waiting for. Do not want the jealousy in the saung used to be repeated.

The closeness to Silence tries to slowly arrange it into a tangle of closeness of brother and sister. Seti's confusion was his need for a figure who could help compose it without any injuries.

Silent letters every month he read sometimes tempt Seti to express another word of closeness.

But after the repeated closeness with Asri in Jogja, the strands of words in the reply to the Silent letter revealed more of his affection for Silence as Hans felt for Grettel. A childhood story she had read.

The story of a boy who desperately protects his younger sister from a cruel stepmother who throws them into the woods and a cannibalistic witch who wants to eat them.

Whether you understand it or not. There is the privilege of each of the two women. Asri and Silence were like two pieces of metal currency side attached to Seti's heart.                              

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"The chicken cole Set from Mbah Jum," Muji placed the bushel next to Seti.

"What is Ji's way ? Tumbens." Seti opened the lid of the bushel. Surprised by its full content. "Make me or both of these ?" it was still astonished Seti asked again. Tasting a piece of meat.

"Make you." Muji replied. "He said the slametan nglarung nakakanya Mbah lanang event. That's a lot right. Mine's still half. I've warmed up for Dibyo tomorrow." 

"What heirloom ?"

"Kris said. On Sunday night, Dibyo delivered watermelon, Mbah Jum chatted about the sound of gemlodag in his closet every night. Then Dibyo looked at him. Tell keris relics of Mbah lanang in the warung."

"Paslah same lecture Dibyo .. Javanese literature." Seti.

"Hopefully don't go back for that keris."

"Can't you Ji ?"

"It could be that the ube is less ramped."

Seti knew such mystical things while in Dibyo village. One day I saw a large teak tree wrapped in mori cloth. Natural caves that have sprinkles and incense.

Maybe because of the harsh nature of Gunung Kidul or the myth of Nyi Roro Kidul Dibyo version then there is a mystical cause that Seti does not understand. Like the masangin he tried with Asri.

Some believe Gusti Prince created the universe with the uniqueness of each said Dibyo at that time. Form, logic, and so on.

"Ah it's important the chicken gule is delicious Ji. Unfortunately I was too full. Let me warm up tomorrow." Seti diverts his mystical talk with Muji.

"Where was Set ?" ask Muji later. Take a glass in the cupboard and make coffee as usual.

"Main to a friend's place of sale in Malioboro."

"Rame ?" muji asked while stirring the brewed coffee.

"So pretty damn it. I'll take you there sometime."

"Sip" said Muji, "I'll be giving extra lessons tomorrow to Stella Duce's hostel. Titip clothesline if it rains."

"Well, I'm going to hook Ji tomorrow. If you can fish, cook here. May it not rain tomorrow."

"Where fishing is it ?"

Seti then told about the fishing pond near the APMD campus in Timoho. Fishing of tombro fish.  If you can, pay after weighing. 

Seti found out about the place at lunch at Joe and Doni's boarding house. He said he finished fishing the game in the fishing pool for lunch. The price is cheaper than accidentally buying fish to Beringharjo.

And suddenly the place inexplicably flashed in Seti's mind when Asri wanted to know Samirono boarding. 

"Tomorrow if you get a lot. Cook it at the Mbah Jum Set. Ask for mangut please," 

"What is a mangut ?" Seti wants to know. Just heard that dish from Muji.

"Sweet anyway. Just try tomorrow. Moga can be a lot" Muji said. "Well, I'm gonna take another tick. The coffee I brought ya." continued Muji as he stepped out of the room carrying a coffee cup.

Seti closed his chicken gulai. Take him to the kitchen and heat him up. Hope Dibyo happy tomorrow.

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*Mbek: in Javanese.

*Nglarung: washed the relics of the dead into the sea.

*Gemlodag: the noise of wood in Javanese.

*Ubo rampe: requirements in Javanese.

*Prince Gusti: Sang Khalik in Javanese.