Ode To Latitude
Athletic Reason
“Om don't tell mama yah” pinta Mia with a pinched face.
“Om will not say that you tell everything” said Genta calmly.
Mia happily recounts her encounter with the revelation pack and the Regata ban. Genta listens intently to Mia's story while guessing the real reason for Regata.
“Promise yes Om” Mia said at the end of the story while brandishing her little pinky, asking Genta to hook her pinky as a sign that their promise was valid.
Throughout the afternoon Regata stared at Genta and Mia suspiciously. Both of them seemed to be hiding something.
“You are the same about Genta where aja” asked Regata while whispering.
“Go back and charge gasoline”
“Mah, I have started to participate in the preparation of the race”
Regata recalls her daughter's homeroom teacher saying that an hour in the final subject will be Mia's practice time so that Mia can go home in her normal school hours.
Regata also prepared drawing equipment, and any other necessities his daughter would likely bring later.
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Arimbi cheered happily, when he heard the news that Mia was listed as one of the participants of the race to be dispatched to Jakarta. Soon she will meet her granddaughter whom she has been waiting for all these years. Arimbi prepared a mature plan so that her husband does not suspect until the day H of the race.
“What's the matter ma?” tanya Danu saw his wife's face look sparkling.
“Blood donation activity goes well” said Arimbi calmly. Arimbi did not lie completely. Blood donation activities carried out by the Thalassemia Foundation where Arimbi as one of the founders runs smoothly, even though his brain is thinking about other things.
Danu Atmaja tuned the television, before going to bed she always saw the last news of the day while waiting in case a phone came in from her office, assistant, or colleagues.
“Papa at that time there was an agenda to stop by where it was planned to be the capital of a new country, but already on the phone tell back” said Danu broke the silence between himself and Arimbi. Arimbi's response just nodded while scrolling his gadget.
The final news audience tonight came from the Badminton Sports championship, the Spanish open held on 11 - 16 March 2018 in Barcelona. Putra Indonesia's only representative, Lintang Wiryateja failed to advance to the final round after losing a straight game to Singaporean men's singles Kenny Liem with a score of 21-18, 21-12. The defeat set a record for Singapore heading into the final, after a title fast since 2004.
Thus the Ganda Putra sector Krisna Danar Rivaldi /Pijar Gilang became the only representative of Indonesia in the final after a win over compatriot Edgar Sumantri/Brian Rotinsulu with a score of 19-21, 23-21, 18-2111-C.
This news also closes our meeting, do not forget to watch the Indonesian Spectrum Morning at 06.30 to 07.30 West Indonesia Time, only on the TV Spectrum. I Diah Arunika resigned, see you.
“Lose again, I don't know when to win” muttered Danu while turning off the television.
“If winning is that easy everyone also wants to win Pak” reply Arimbi.
“The name is also the match, losing the win is normal, after all the audience will not know if the athlete has an injury or field conditions, the weather there how” continued Arimbi again did not accept.
“Well the usual reason papa has often heard is not lucky, hurt if the opponent has the motivation to win, Indonesian players always have a reason to lose” commented Danu.
“That is important there is a reward attempt to win, not just standing watching a cock on the field. This is also a tournament in a row his break time must have also reduced”
“Lah keep mama think the same state sponsors pay the medical team, physiotherapists, psychologists, and others what is the function for? after all, it's the risk of badminton” athletes
“Ya papa think alone where there are athletes who want to lose a match unless he ‘main soap’!”
Danu immediately typed a search on google the term soap play that his wife meant was acting dishonest in the match because of bribery or deliberately losing to his compatriot.
“Where can Lintang play soap with other countries athletes, indeed he paid?” ask Danu
Arimbi frowned. The conversation with her husband began to unravel.
“That's why I thought to myself. What is clear is badminton always bring Indonesia proud not like other sports, have eaten the big cost of champions also not!” said Arimbi while pulling the blanket and sleeping on his back to Danu. Let her husband be angry just consider it a satire for the football club that 20% of the club shares belong to her husband,