Somebody has told me about the secret of human life, it is the birth, the death and the soulmate. Everyone would die, but not everyone could find the soulmate. The death slipped between the birth and the soulmate, because only death could break the fate. That is why every marriage promises end by “... until the death separate us ...”.

Beberapa hari yang lalu Picirili menelepon, tidak seperti biasanya yang langsung bertanya “Nyong ... keur naun?” sambil cekikikan setelahnya, kali ini ia memberi jeda dan menghela nafas sebentar sebelum akhirnya bilang “Nyong ... Miftah meninggal ...”

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Zonk!

Aku baru tahu dia adalah temanku ketika mendengar pengumuman di musholla, anggota IRM yang bertugas menyampaikan bahwa seorang santri baru baru saja kehilangan ibunya. Nama yang sama juga tertera pada kertas ucapan bela sungkawa yang ditempel oleh tim Mading di depan asramaku.

Karena santri putra dan putri hidup terpisah, aku baru tahu mukanya dengan jelas ketika rapat panitia acara Cerdas Cermat, bergabung di divisi paling rese se-Darul Arqam. PubDekDok (Publikasi, Dekorasi dan Dokumentasi).

Berada di divisi PubDekDok yang harus selalu stand by dari awal sampai akhir acara membuat kita sering meeting, sok-sokan ngobrolin dekorasi padahal nanti ujung-ujungnya minta disalamin. Tapi karena sering meeting itu kita jadi berteman dan ngobrol OOTT.

Ia ingin disebut Micah atau Hanamicah seperti Hanamichi di komik Slam Dunk. Aku baru mengerti kenapa ia ingin sekali disamakan dengan Hanamichi ketika menonton animenya di kampus, konyol dan sama sekali nggak keren haha

Meskipun sering roaming Micah termasuk orang yang bertanggungjawab, at least ia masih menyempatkan meeting denganku mewakili anak buahnya yang ngacir semua ke lapangan basket. Memberitahu hari ini mereka ada latihan untuk persiapan turnamen, karenanya ... untuk sementara tanggungjawab divisi PubDekDok diserahkan kepadaku.

Damn! *smirk

As a nice teammate, I agree with him. But, only in one condition ... semua kerjaan PubDekDok harus beres pas acara. Nggak mau tau gimana caranya.

Dan ... nggak tau gimana caranya juga, semua kerjaan PubDekDok bisa beres sebelum acara dimulai d(^o^)b Yeaayyy !!! We’re a team. A teammate.*baru deh diaku jadi partner

Bahkan ketika pada akhirnya kita semua lulus, urusan PubDekDok menjadi tanggungjawab Micah dkk yang jadi anak buahnya, kita mah bagian marah-marah dan sensi-sensi aja ... sering complain meski sebenarnya nggak penting-penting amat.

But he made it, itulah yang terpenting. Doesn’t matter how messed the condition, as long as it is done you had a great work!

Kadang suka kepikiran, kalau yang ngerjainnya cuma Micah dan Jajang terus yang lain ngapain aja? Nongkrongin sambil ngomentarin? Apa pura-pura nggak tahu? Wallahu a’lam bisshawab ...

BTW, It has been a decade ago ...

Micah lefted us. Ia tersengat aliran listrik ketika sedang mengganti lampu di rumahnya, tak ada yang tahu persisnya kapan, ia baru diketemukan adiknya pada pagi hari. Picirili tidak bisa hadir ke pemakamannya, namun ia menghiburku yang mendadak sedih dengan mengatakan bahwa temanku yang lain ada untuknya.

It was hurt to imagine how if my dearest friend left me as Micah did. Officially 6 tahun hidup bareng, makan bareng, tidur bareng, jajan bareng, ngeceng bareng, mandi bareng, ngebully bareng, apa-apa bareng but suddenly left.

Aku selalu mengira kita semua akan menua bersama-sama, melewati setiap fase kehidupan dengan sesekali ketemuan untuk curhat, menghadiri reuni yang diadakan 10 tahun sekali sambil menonton slide show berisi kelakuan bodoh tapi fakta yang cukup memalukan. I wish so ...

Di akhir teleponnya Picirili bilang “Nikah aja nunggu giliran ... Ya mati juga nunggu giliran”.

You can erase someone from your mind but getting them out of from your heart is another story (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

Because I’m still crazy about Harry Potter things and still into it, especially after watching Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, I can’t stop myself distracted hehe..

I spent my days by doodling, at this time I used Corel Draw not Power Point as usually. As I said before, practices makes perfect ... I drew Newt Scamander, Jacob Kowalski and Goldstein sisters for fun. Actually, I want to draw the beasts from Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, but there is only a few of reference pictures and most of them had a small resolution, so ... it’s delayed.

Maybe I would like to draw in watercolor version.

Sorry for the  unperfection, it’s only my expectation ...

Social media nowadays is very helping, you could know about somebody personalities just by checking their social media content. I’m not a stalker because they posted what they want me to see, the people whom think their life was spying is the real stalker.

Let me tell you, a personal background check and a friend personal background check is showed from where they were, a pictures and a places they are checking in is showed how the way they want people seeing them or what they want to be, a videos and a shared links is showed what they are interesting about, a chats and comments under pictures showed how they are lived.

Peoples whom gaved love on Instagram doesn’t always really love the pictures, sometimes they are only appreciated. Peoples whom does loving you is always checking your account even you posted nothing.

Peoples prefer to update their Instagram story than a reguler Instagram post just because they could see who was seen the post. As simple as remove it later.

Don’t blame someone who rarely share their love life on social media, no matter how much the tagged pictures or mentioned comments. Maybe it’s a hidden statement of an open invitation ‘I’m still available, come to get me baby!’. The truth is they are (still) waiting the right person that worth to post.

Do you still checking your Twitter? If you found someone whom like tweeting in ‘your time’ and keep retweeting about theirselves until spamming your timeline, don’t worry ... nowadays it called a self(ish) branding. They are just need you to notice their existence.

Path? Ohh ... a good choice social waving check hehe You don’t need to post a lot like Twitter or spammed, just be carefull to get dumped from inner circle.

But, if you really really really want to know about somebody, just check their blog or website. You would know their mind, a sort of daily live report in writings.