The Gema Shahadah Aisyah
The First Trip 2

At 12pm Atalie and her friends decided to hike. It was the right hour to see the sunrise and bluefire at the top of Ijen. The increasingly cold temperatures piercing the skin did not dampen their spirits. The thick jackets they wear are not enough to protect them from the cold temperatures.

The terrain taken is not too difficult even for beginners like Atalie. Among them, Atalie is the younger so Atalie's friends always make sure Atalie is okay. Atalie found it strange to treat them because at home she was an older sister.

"Eh be careful." Tio turned his head to see Atalie almost slipped because of the sandy road, he reached out to the girl.

"It's okay." Atalie refused Tio's hand.

Tio was forced to pull his hand back in disappointment. From the beginning he had suspected that Atalie was not a young girl approached. But by camping and climbing together like this they can be closer. Tio was hoping for a lot at a moment they couldn't do again after this. Tio never had a chance to get close to Atalie. Age can be young but Atalie's quiet nature makes those around her feel disinclined. Atalie talks a lot when she is with people who are really familiar with her.

Until halfway they decided to stop for a while at Ijen Miner Canteen which sells noodles and warm drinks for climbers. At the table also has provided crackers for friends to eat noodles.

Atalie was astonished to see her friends order boiled instant noodles even though this afternoon they had eaten instant noodles.

"What message attalie?" Ask Margie who suddenly served as a waiter, she remembered the order of her friends and would later mention it to the owner of the canteen.

"Tea is."

"Are you sure you don't want to order noodles?" Excited the others.

"The noodle here is delicious." Added Alfie.

Atalie just shook her head, everywhere instant noodles must have tasted the same. He chose to take out the yam they burned earlier. Atalie accidentally carried the rest in a plastic bag.

"Can't wait to see the bluefire." Sukma rubbed his hands together to reduce the cold even though he was wearing gloves.

"But we're pretty fast, it's only been an hour and a half." Juna turned on his phone to look at the clock.

"Normally it is that." Tio shook Juna's head to make the long-haired man grunt.

"It's a miracle because Atalie can rip with us." Alfi looked up at the star-filled sky as if Atalie's presence was truly a miracle.

"Thank you for taking me." Atalie nodded her head.

"Don't be so formal." Sukma elbowed Atalie's arm.

Although a little surprised, Atalie finally laughed with them.

"I want a yam." Tio plucked the roasted yam from the plastic bag Atalie had placed on the table.

"You ate a lot of it." Juna snatched the yam from Tio's hand. "Let's keep farting."

"Eating yam makes frequent wind ya?" Atalie asked hesitantly.

"Just like cabbage and mustard, sweet potatoes increase gas production in the intestine." Reply Alfie.

The order came instant noodles boiled with smoke still billowing making their mouths flood with saliva just by looking at it.

"Do you try?" Sukma pushed his bowl of noodles near Atalie.

"Not to be a child." Reject the delicate Atalie, he never eats instant noodles at midnight. What if his body is swollen tomorrow because most of the meal.

"Believe me, that stall noodle tastes different."

Finally Atalie scoops a little noodle and gravy, he blows it for a while and then devours the soto-scented noodles. Atalie's eyes widened, Sukma's speech correct. The noodles are very different from the ones Atalie used to make at home.

Atalie nodded slowly, she wanted to eat again but it was not her noodles.

"So much." Lirih Atalie's.

"Message gih."

Although Atalie admitted the noodles were delicious but she did not want to fill her stomach that was full. Finally he just sipped a warm tea and a baked sweet potato that was already cold.

"It's really pretty." Margi looked up at the sky.

The sight of the Milkyway hypnotized them. Not yet at the top but they were already presented with such a beautiful sight.

"Truly We have decorated the nearest sky with ornaments, the stars," Juna saw the expanse of the sky above them.

Atalie looks confused with the sentence Juna immediately realized by Sukma.

"That's one of the Qur'an." Sukma.

Atalie looked up, the view of the night sky was amazing. It seems that after this he occasionally has to look up at the sky to admire the beautiful work of God.

They continued their journey to the top of Ijen and then passed down the path to see the bluefire that there are only two in the world. The other one is in Iceland.

"That's great." They cried when they saw the bluefire after going through an uphill trip for an hour and a half and then decreased. A fairly tiring journey is certainly worth the sight.

"Why can that be?" Alfi asked questions to his friends who might not know like him either.

"When sulfur and oxygen gases mix at a certain temperature they eventually produce a blue flame as we see it today." Atalie answered Alfi's question, before he came here he had already found out about Ijen on the Internet. Atalie doesn't want this trip to be a waste, she has to learn a new lesson. But now he feels he has gotten more than he imagined.

"You don't know if yams keep us farting but you know about bluefire." Praise Tio.

"I read on the internet." Atalie didn't want to be praised just for something like that.

"Give me, he's not easy to get caught." Bisik Margi's.

"Bah Kakung ku also know that he is not easily deretin." Tio's murmur, with his handsome face he was confident to approach Atalie. Tio did not know that a handsome face alone was not enough for Atalie.

The sun began to peek from behind the mountains producing orange rays on the horizon combined with the blue sky. The warmth crept, all eyes staring in amazement at the creation of the Lord.

"How did God create such a beautiful sun." A pair of neutras belonging to Alfi sparkled.

"That's beyond our logic, dear." Juna responded which made Alfi blush from being called dear. "And the sun runs where it circulates . Such is the decree (Allah), the All-Mighty, the All-Knowing."

"That's the Koran too?" Atalie asked Sukma.

"Yes." Yeah." Sukma nodded without seeing Atalie, he was enjoying the sight before him. The sun started to crawl up but they were still there. It felt reluctant to go down, this scene was too beautiful to ignore.

They capture the moment with Juna's camera. With the background of Ijen crater which is bluish green, they pose in front of the camera.

While they are here, they do not want to waste time. After this they will soon be preoccupied with the thesis as the final task.