The Love of Habib
Season II: Senandung Missing (4)

"God willing, the spirit yes, Gisel. Hope you got interned here with other friends. I hope when we all meet later, we're all successful in our respective fields." He was shocked to hear the news of Gisel's apprentice here. But even though he was surprised he immediately congratulated and prayed that Gisel be accepted with other friends.

They've been living in this room for months and she knows how Gisel is doing. He thinks Gisel is good, just like Dira and Aish. So he wished something sincere to Gisel.

Gisel smiled shyly, "Thank you for your prayers. I wish you all the best."

After packing her things, you can take the initiative to help other friends pack their things. He also wanted to escort them to the door of the cottage but they did not allow him to help him go to the apprentice dormitory. But Gisel also refused. He didn't want to put off the other friends.

They then give up on each other. Give each other a brief hug and say goodbye words that remind the heart. After that who will go home to go to the front of the boarding school cabin soon I myself go to the internship dormitory.

Walking for a few minutes he finally arrived in front of the apprentice dorm building. The location is behind the soup kitchen so if Gisel works here, he does not need to spend a lot of time redeeming the trip because he only needs to go back and forth from the soup kitchen to the dorm building only. It takes 4 or 5 minutes which is very convenient.

Outside Gisel stared at the apprentice dorm building. People say this is the staff building of the boarding school. But Gisel preferred to call it an apprentice building because the dominant ones living here were the ones who were apprentices in the lodge. Permanent workers mostly live in the building next door, which is quite close to the dormitory.

This is a female-only internship building. While the male-only apprentice building mixed with the male dormitory. Standing outside the Gisel building note that this building is not too broad and not too high. Only three floors and not too many rooms.

Gisel got room number 11. The staff who directed him here said he would stay with a roommate. The staff had told him who he was but he had forgotten his name.

Anyway that person is senior Gisel. It has been 2 years here and will probably turn into a full-time worker this year.

Gisel also hopes that one day he will also change his status to a permanent worker. You see, if the worker remains a fairly high salary, the facilities obtained are also much better than the internship building. Honestly working in a boarding house is also very promising. He can't wait to get to work.

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"Assynogaal?" He knocked on room 11.

Lucky and get the 1st floor because Gisel is not too fond of other than this floor. The reason is very simple. Being on the 1st floor can make it easier to accommodate yourself such as sending heavy goods, carrying heavy goods, or complicated things. The 1st floor is much safer than the floor above. For example an earthquake occurs, if he is on the 1st floor escaping does not take much time. Different from upstairs. They had to run through the stairs with a crowd that was both anxious and panicked. Accidents are not rare. That was so horrible.

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"Waalaikumsalam, Gisel, yeah?" The woman who opened the door was a glasses lady with an ordinary appearance.

She is not beautiful but not ugly. His face was clean with large glasses at the base of his nose. When she smiles people immediately get a good impression and think that she is a fun woman. At least that was how Gisel felt when he first saw this woman.

"Yes, sis. It's me, Gisel. The staff of the boarding house said I would stay here while waiting for the announcement from the office." Gisel introduced himself humbly and politely. If he was accepted then from that day on he would stay in this room as well. But if he's rejected then he'll have to put his feet up. At least he had a place to sleep for the next few days until the announcement from the office came.

"Please enter. I've been waiting for you since this morning since I got the news from Ustadzah. Actually I do not like to sleep alone so when I get the news that I will have a roommate I am very excited and immediately clean the room. Well, this is my bed. You can sleep next to the window." The woman excitedly brought Gisel into the room.

As he just explained. Especially to welcome the arrival of Gisel, he cleaned this room and tidied up the things that had been messy. Removing his belongings from several places for Gisel to occupy.

This room has two beds. One on the wall and the other on the window. Inside this room were also two simple dressers, just like the one Gisel got in the dorm. There is also a one-door wardrobe. There is no bathroom in this room. Just like the rooms in the dormitory, if they want to go to the bathroom then they have to go out. The distance is not too far either. Somewhat close to their room.

When Gisel put his stuff down, he smelled the smell of food. When he turned his head to the side, there was a small folding table in the middle of the room. On the table was a large bowl of boiled noodles with a variety of toppings. Then there are two glasses of water on each side. The woman had obviously deliberately prepared this meal to welcome Gisel.

"I'm sorry I prepared a potluck meal. The food stock in the cafeteria was limited and they had not gone to the market to buy any more, so I just bought some potluck. Good thing there are still sausages and comrades, though not many but enough for both of us." Said the woman while helping Gisel arrange the clothes in the closet.

Gisel felt overwhelmed. This was their first meeting but this woman was very kind to him. He was so grateful to have a roommate as good as this woman. And he hopes to have a good relationship with this woman.

"God, brother, don't bother making food. I don't want to trouble you, brother." Gisel said ashamedly.

The woman waved her hand in disagreement. He obviously did so purely out of the will of his own heart.

"What to bother. I'm glad to do it. Let's move your stuff so we can eat it before the oil expands." The woman urged Gisel to immediately move all the items.

Obviously the effect that woman had on Gisel was very good. Gisel was a friendly man.

"Thank you, brother. By the way whose sister's name? I was the only one who introduced myself." While moving things into the closet, Gisel asked the woman's name.

The woman patted her forgotten teardrop. Because it was too cool to talk to Gisel he forgot to introduce himself.

"My name is Larasati, just call me Laras. I'm your senior at the boarding school. I didn't go to school and chose an internship here. The staff must have told you that this is my second year of internship and maybe by the end of the year I will officially become a permanent worker. Just pray, I wish I could officially work here." His name was Laras.

Besides that, Baras thought ahead. If he graduates from here he doesn't know where to look for a job. Because he did not want to take a headache then once he graduated he immediately applied to become an intern. Thank God his salary can cover the daily life of his family in the village. While he is here no longer need to worry about food because the cottage has guaranteed it.

After a long wait to work here, he finally got the good news from the office. If he can finish his internship well this year, then it is certain that next year he is officially a permanent worker at the boarding school. This is very important news for Baras.

"God is safe, Brother Laras. I heard that from the staff of the cottage. And I'm happy for brother." Gisel was also pleased to see the big smile on Laras' face.

After chatting for a while, it was not felt that all of Gisel's belongings had already entered the wardrobe. And items such as skin care and the like are placed on the dressing table. They are not santriwati here so they are free to use skin care. In addition, there will be no officers who come to raid because they are workers not students.

Beres put the goods down, the two of them could finally eat. The noodles are no longer as smart as before but can still be eaten. It tastes good with a rich variety of toppings. Gisel really enjoyed this meal. For months he had not touched food like this because the boarding house had provided them with food three times a day.

"Enak, brother." Gisel stared longing for fruiting food in front of him.

He ate a lot today. Most of the food went into his stomach. While Laras was tired of eating noodles so he was not too greedy.

"I'm glad to hear that. We will make this food again sometime. But after the canteen fills the stock back up. You see the stall is already perforated on some shelves, we are not satisfied to choose food. And actually sister doesn't like this flavor noodles. It feels too light for brother." Said Laras while taking the package of instant noodles that had entered into the trash and showing it in front of Gisel.

They don't have a kitchen here. The reason why Laras could cook in the room was because he had an electric pot. So if you want to cook simple, just use an electric pot whenever you want. No, no one will know.

"Okay, brother. I actually like to eat noodles. Stay good." Especially after fasting for months, eating noodles tastes very good.

After finishing eating, Gisel took the initiative to wash the tableware they had used earlier. Then just rest in the room.

As soon as his head touched the bed, he immediately fell asleep. Maybe because he was too tired to go and fro to pack and move his things, or maybe because he was too tired to cry because this morning Dira had gone out of town.

Dira left a large enough envelope for him. It's about 25 million. When holding that much money Gisel's heart immediately pounded. He didn't know where to put this much money. Afraid and anxious, she felt like she wanted to run out immediately to save her money in the bank. He was afraid that if he held onto this money, the tragedy of losing would repeat itself.

He kept reminding himself to immediately look for opportunities out of the cottage and went to the bank to save money. He had to secure this money to be safer.

In the afternoon when the Ashar adhan roared, Laras woke Gisel and invited him to pray to the mosque.

All people either santri or do not have to go to congregational prayer in the mosque. They are not allowed to pray in the room except for some tolerable reasons.

The bathroom was not too crowded so Gisel took a short shower before going to the mosque.

At the mosque he and Laras took a rear saf because in front was already filled with santriwati. Once the prayer was over, he and Laras returned to the dormitory building while the santriwati or santri stayed inside the mosque to recite the Koran or give up memorization.

After putting the mukena in the room they both rushed towards the soup kitchen. There are already a lot of people there. From permanent workers to some internships.

Gisel was initially awkward. But Laras kept talking to her and introduced her to some people so slowly she started to get comfortable.

"Today we'll cook what, brother?" There were a lot of vegetables and meat on the table.

For the flesh he did not dare to hold it. Meat is processed by experienced people. While he and other interns were told to cut vegetables, peel garlic and onions, wash vegetables, wash dirty utensils.

The work is relatively light. But to prepare a portion of thousands of people, light work instantly becomes heavy and tiring.

For example like peeling red onions and garlic now. Due to too much, Gisel's eyes turned red.

"If you can't do it, give the job to someone else. We have to take turns so as not to hinder the cooking process." Baras immediately took the task of peeling the onion while Gisel took the job he did earlier, which was peeling garlic.

"Yes, brother. I'll take turns with brother peeling the shallots." Gisel smiled thank you.

It was fortunate that Laras was accompanying him so that he was not confused.

After helping the kitchen here and there, Gisel was finally able to rest because it had now entered the final process. Most of the food is ripe and some of it just needs to heat it on the stove.

"Who has soaked his seed?" A kitchen cook asked.

Gisel happened to be nearby.

Gisel saw a large basket of vermicelli on the table that was still not soaked.