Kamboja - Refleksi Perjalanan 2

Di Kamboja saya mengunjungi dua kampung yang letaknya sekitar 7-8 jam naik bus dari Phnom Penh. Mohon jangan tanya nama desanya, karena sangat susah diucapkan, apalagi ditulis mengingat hurufnya keriting-keriting. Kedua desa terletak di Distrik Memot, Provinsi Tboung Khmum, hasil pemisahan dari Provinsi Kampong Cham oleh pemerintah tahun 2013 akibat gejolak politik. Di sebelah timur, Distrik Memot berbatasan langsung dengan Vietnam.

Kamboja - Refleksi Perjalanan 1

Di suatu desa kecil di Kampong Tboung Khmum, Kamboja, kelompok muslim yang minoritas membentuk rumah-rumah panggung kecil di sekitar satu2nya masjid di seluruh desa. Masjid tak hanya jadi tempat ibadah, melainkan tempat berkumpul komunitas dalam berbagai kegiatan.

Being Twenty-Something in 21st Century is Stressing. Really?

You may want to study abroad, but with the grades of yours, you don’t know which university would accept you. You see your friends do a lot of voluntary activities, like taking part in gender equality campaign, looking for donation for Green Peace activities, joining movement for peace in Middle East, or feeding the poor. Some other friends are even building startups. Seems cool, working on their laptop all the time, hanging out in cafes, talking about tech or some languages you don’t understand. You hear they got a huge investment. All of them are cool, but you can’t decide which one really suits you.

Padi Gabug Menantang Langit

Semakin padi berisi, semakin ia merunduk. Yang tak berisi alias padi gabug akan tak tahu malu menatap tegak ke atas, menantang langit. Barangkali jadi gabug pun mengerti, itulah satu-satunya cara ia terlihat tinggi.

Target Oriented dalam Dakwah

Dalam Alquran terdapat 3 panggilan spesial dari Allah: yaa ayyuhannas, yaa ayyuhalladzina amanu, dan yaa ayyuhal kaafiruun. Yang pertama, yaa ayyuhannas, adalah panggilan atau seruan kepada manusia. Semua yang manusia dan yang masih merasa manusia. Kedua, yaa ayyuhalladzina amanu adalah seruan bagi orang-orang yang beriman. Mereka yang mengimani Allah, rasulNya, dan hari akhir. Dan terakhir, yaa ayyuhal kaafiruun yang merupakan seruan bagi orang-orang kafir.

Perfect Day

Right after I start swaying the pedals, all things become much slower. I didn’t realize that it’s almost the harvest time on the field. The green paddy fields turn into yellow and some of the plants fall down as a sign of being ready to be harvested. Grandpa must be expecting a good harvest this time, after some bitter experiences of the previous harvest. Last year his fields didn’t fruit as much as he wished. This year harvest should be able to cover up all the efforts he and his fellow farmers made. I never knew that biking could be this fun.