Raffles
Get lost

The porters who returned to the resort to buy groceries have returned to camp. We ate well today. It wasn't the meat or chicken side dishes we ate, but today we were able to eat with egg and vegetable side dishes. Actually, the porters brought some live chickens but the memeis kept them first to prepare for our last day. Says memei meraknya last day there should be good food.

Today almost all squads look relaxed. Those who usually return to camp at night have returned since azhar last night. We've been stacking up at camp all. Raffles and I have been playing hammock ever since. Every now and then I see memeis watching us from their kitchen. Some people prefer to sleep alone and some others they play cards.I rarely join the game because I do not understand how to play. Ever come once, uh, always lose so my face is full of charcoal charcoal charcoal black graffiti from the memei kitchen.

But even so the card game is our only entertainment at camp. There was no signal and not even a cell phone battery made us prefer the game to spend time in camp.

The night came quickly. Not feeling soon we will leave this forest.That night we had dinner together, sitting coiled on the ground accompanied by a dim light of teplok lights that almost ran out of power. But that's the thrill, everything looks the same, nobody feels better than everyone else.

After dinner, we washed the dishes in the river. At that time Ayu and I were in the picket section, so we rushed down to the river carrying a dirty plate used to eat and with a light from a flashlight on our head called a headlamp. It turned out that Raffles came to the river.When we washed the dishes, he just played water near us. His name is also a small child, said Ayu saw the behavior of Raffles.

Soon there was a porter who came carrying a plate in his hand.He was late to eat because of sleep. I asked for her plate to be washed but she didn't give it to me. He just wanted to wash it himself. Then he asked me, "whose grandfather? tanyakanya. Sumatran people bang, I replied accordingly. Is there a girlfriend? ask again. Hah, I was a little surprised to hear that question. Ayu who was rinsing the dishes beside me was just a smiling smile hearing the conversation. "Nothing, why? I asked him back.

"Oh good if so later sa ask for his phone number e, he said very clearly. I who did not think the direction of the conversation was just a smile just responded I did not answer yes or no. Then the porter brother left with a smile and occasionally a smile towards me. "Cie back there is someone who can mess with it like, Ayu teased me. Duh what the hell.Btw why did he say that? I asked Ayu.

Ayu looked at my hand. You don't wear a ring? askanya.Engga, from the first day nyampe already opened his ring abis not at home, I replied. Oh pantesan he said that because on your finger there is no ring explained Ayu. I get it now, so because of that damn ring anyway.

It is said that every woman going to a field or somewhere far away or entering an indigenous community is advised to wear a ring on her ring finger, so as not to be teased or harassed by local youth. The ring is a sign that a woman is already tied in a relationship.No matter whether the ring is real or not that important on the girl's finger there must be a ring.

Ical who accidentally passed by because he wanted to go to the toilet while we were washing dishes seemed to hear my chat with the porter's brother. After returning from washing dishes, ical came to me. Cie, what was it talking to brother X? tanyakanya. Nothing is not my answer. Be aware that you cannot turn back, be married****lo, tease Ical. Ihh basic instead of helping even mocked my answer and even more laughed at by him.

Entering the eighth day some squads looked more relaxed. Those who have completed the target data choose to stay in the camp and input the data into the laptop. We do carry laptops one by squad for the sake of it. It's just like the laptop I brought had run out of battery before use. After all, today my team still has to go back into the forest.We still have a target data to be completed.

This time we are not alone. Mr. Rahmat TNI who came with us offered to accompany.Untunglah, at least maybe he better understand the region, so we do not need far to find a way.Yang happened just the opposite. It turns out Mr. Rahmat has never been to this area. This time it was his first assignment after being transferred from NTT and he did not understand this forest area. Ah, it's the same.

What happened was that we were straying and spending half the time we had to find our way out of the forest. Why is it so complicated?Mr. Grace fired his gun into the air to signify that someone was lost. Who knows if someone heard the gunshots and they could help, he said.

After a long time of just turning around in the forest, we finally arrived at the riverbank. But how does it seem to get further away from camp? Ah it is important to have come out of the forest, said Mat.We only need to follow this river alone will certainly arrive at the camp. The fool is that none of us carry a compass. It made us confused to look for directions in the forest and when we arrived at the riverbank it was already afternoon.

We continued walking down the river and eventually the blue tent used as the camp came into sight. Turns out we just went around the forest and came back from the back of the camp. Because there was no other way, we had to go through the river to cross to camp and all the clothes we were wearing got wet. Fortunately it was almost the last day so there was no need to bother thinking about changing clothes and fortunately we could return to camp before night.

There is always a profit that can be taken from every incident.Through the incident of getting lost in the forest earlier we so learn to trust each other in determining the direction. Just imagine if we just argue in the forest because of different opinions, one wants to go in the direction of a one wants to b maybe until night we are still in the forest.