I knew Etha when I was in the second year of Junior High, we were classmate. We both liked watching films on TV and somehow we bonded. We became closer when we were as one group in a competition in the class, drama/comedy competition.
It was Mrs. Indah (Bahasa Indonesia teacher) who made the competition for all of the classes in that second year. We were free to make script and choose the casts. We would perform in front of the class and she would be the judge. There would be "Best Actor", "Best Actress", and "Best Story" award (the award was just a certificate, but it was such a great recognition).
The group I had was called "Plencing" (we named it in the last second before performing), consisted of Etha, Dewi, Ulfa, Nanang, (late) Mifron and I. We had been already good friends since we mingled and played together, so it was easy to be a group. When most of the groups presented drama, we made comedy. Actually, I had made the script before the competition, so it was an advantage. With the help of the group, we recreated the acts and dialogues, to make it perfect.
I remembered doing the rehearsal in Nanang's house, how we couldn't stop laughing when we tried to record an opening of casts introduction and title, using dangdut song as the intro (I don't know the title of the song, but it said "Dua..dua..duaaa..." later on). We had prepared the wardrobe (I even borrowed my grandma's kebaya - I was the maid...typical hehe) and the properties. We made the fake newspaper and family photos too.
The title of the performance was "Hilang Ketemu Lagi" (Hahahaha... what a weird one) and it had the element of surprise, at least for one of us. We were so ready to perform that day, until something happened. Mrs. Indah wanted to have the competition in one day, but we ran out of time when we were about to perform, so she decided to have us the next day. It was a bit sad since my friends and I were ready to rock the world with acting and costumes. Mifron even put many stickers on his shirt to look more ridiculous (he was indeed). But, actually it was a good day afterall coz we would get full attention.
And the D day came. My friends gathered around the set. People from other classes also joined them to see. The introduction was disaster. Remember the recorded introduction for opening? It stuck. No sound of us (the casts) only dangdut song was heard. Everybody laughed. Finally we introduced ourselves without the tape. Shaking, man.
I didn't know what happened in detail, what I knew our performance made the class full of laughter, applause and interaction. I observed (in the middle of the play) that Mrs. Indah put down our script (she always compared the script and the play for other groups), closed the pages and just enjoyed our silly performance.
We felt the enermous of energy to make the play even hotter. There when we revealed our secret surprise. Mifron was called "Boneng" sometimes, regarding to his teeth though actually they were not that bad. So the sound of "thing" always reminded us of him. When Nanang came up with a riddle "Didemek mblenyek, dithuthuk mak thing! Apakah itu?" The class burst with laughter like a cannon ball was shot. We didn't stop laughing for so long, it dried our body fluid. Mifron was burned like a hot red shrimp! We didn't tell him that we were going to have that riddle in rehearsal. He was really punked. Totally.
I was sorry...but I enjoyed it...hehehehe... The performance was a big success. It gave us the best actor, the best actress and the best story. Yep, we got all the awards. I still keep those certificates by the way.
The girls in Plencing then became closer and we commited to be friends forever. We even made it official by signing commitment papers (my idea - again I was the weird one)...hahaha..
Oh yeah, do you want to know the answer of the riddle "didemek mblenyek dithuthuk mak thing?" It's chicken poop on the train rail (gross, huh?).
I'll tell you about Wiwin in the next posting coz the sky is definitely dark now and I have to go. See you later, dude.
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