GIRLS DORMITORY, 1 --The Relation Gender Novel

GIRLS DORMITORY

BY:

Dewi Linggasari

Prolog

Relina shocked, she seemed stuck in a veil of mystery that has puzzled. She tried not to believe that the situation has changed in a moment into a trap, a young psychologist is like a rabbit, confused and frightened. The interrogation room is similar right to the morgue, cold at the same time disturbing.

What have I done?

She was silent, she has even lost his mind, she kept wondering to myself, is there she has been in the proper place or he is an illusion? Thud of the doors tightly clenched bring Relina on consciousness, her position is now in the interrogation room, turned out to be true.

She was about to leave the gymnastics arena when uniformed officers to subdue him with a stare as cold as ice. She was the only person in the garage that was in the fifth floor of a mall in the heart of the city. Nobody saw anybody that when a pair of soft hands cuffed by force. The future seemed to keel over. She has become a convict. Relina want to scream for a rescue, but who will listen? She is a newcomer in town, singles over 30 master graduates with honours Universitas famous. However, what's the title of it? In an instant, she had sunk into a very poor man.

Relina chose silence. She had to work hard to adjust to the situation. Hostile gaze of the investigators as skinning his face. She can feel the sense of a woman without dignity, justice seems to have been waiting for, she will be lost to the pinhole. How she can find a way out?

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FIRST HALF

The dormitory building has lived nearly half a century. Scratches signature of The Proclaimers and the Prime Minister on the surface that has been engraved marble, complete with the date stamped, cause anybody know the exact age of the building? Seller gudeg and connect hodgepodge live permanently around the dorm, always said, that the dormitories were actually built on a burial ground. Ghosts are often manifest themselves as well as the beautiful flowering frangipani trees, that's the proof.

Overall though letter U-shaped building with one side shorter. There are 32 rooms with a size of 8 x 5 feet, 16 rooms on the first floor and 16 rooms on two floors, each room occupied by three residents. The fluctuations boarder is 80 students from the same university faculties and departments are different. Inside the building, there is also a living room, hall, library, prayer room, administration room, board room, parking, kitchen, dining room, well, balcony, bathroom and three dozen. Corridors and stairs connect each occupant from room to room. Along the corridor flower pots arranged uniformly contains various types of ornamental plants.

That afternoon, the golden  light falling skewed, illuminating the entire complex of dormitories in the perfect light. A pair of towering Kauri trees, tree Lagerstroemia, celong, frangipani, tiny brown and golden rain amid blooming universe looks as though the painting has fascinated every citizen.

Relina set foot, entered the dorm with doubt, she is a new resident or prospective resident, she had to adapt specifically to be accepted as part of life in this place. She felt it was hard, but this hostel has the sides of the unique life and he loved it. Relina get a new experience, tense, but exciting. This dormitory will be the place to stay for education until he was able to finish it.

The second-year psychology students were kept going, past the little gate, heading for the stairs back to our room on the second floor, at the end of the section. She had returned to college, damaged motorcycle, she left it in the garage located at the end of the road and then walk away, a distance of about 100 meters before arriving back at the new residence.

Residents of the hostel was deep in the busyness of each, there are visited college friends, no one to fix the room, taking care of plants, sat huddled in the corridor-grumpy-reading or chatting on the balcony bathed in evening light facing directly onto the highway. Relina passed a sign that read letters of blood as red paint reads "GUEST MEN KEEP" that stands near intercome, block D block corridor, then up the stairs. He met with several senior who rushed down the stairs, because it has been waiting in the living room. Relina nodded with a smile, but the senior did not give any reaction. She seemed just a stone that is unacceptable invited greeting. She was just an aspiring citizen presses so as to humble herself and accepted the surrounding environment.

Relina feel uneasy crawl veins, but she was trying to suppress those feelings. She held the official student card from the university. She was right, too, live in the dorms as a child state to be maintained, as well as other dorm residents. Relina through the hall measuring 20 x 20, negligee and some people dressed in shorts and T-shirts were sitting huddled together staring at the screen colour television with 24-inch sizes. Their attention was split when it looks a shadow flashed Relina, wearing jeans that are new to the hem as blue as the sea, large spotless rooms leather shoes and handbags. Relina back nodded and smiled, her tongue tastes bitter soon, a senior who was watching television simultaneously looked away, glancing sarcastically, and whispering.

"Her clothes are always fashionable."

"She's a snob".

"Too cool".

"Stubborn"

"Speaking frankly speak out."

"Understandably ...."

Despite whispers softly Relina was caught in the ear, it seems she was always regarded as a strange creature from another planet. The overall behaviour and appearance is always considered as a spotlight and gossip. Whatever is done is always wrong. However, Relina should not bother with all those words. She never bothered anybody and all citizens were brutally attacked the hostel did not, he would have assumed there is no any problem. It concentrates on the main goal, which is "ngangsu kawruh" study. Life in this place is a specific environment that required her to adapt. Senior citizens so loved living in this place. They seemed familiar with each other, having a mother like you and enjoy day after day are interspersed various activities. Relina sure, after time after time he shall become part absolute dorm life and bonding between fellow citizens.

In the corridor, a resident of Block E looks were sitting huddled together, enjoying one big basket rambutan, by-by Vida from Bandung. Twilight is golden, beautiful temple is affecting green foliage, making it seem as a stunning panorama. Abort the breeze rustle the branches and foliage. Relina momentarily stunned, the Creator of the middle man through a panorama spoil the name of the light.

"Relina, let's eat rambutan", Soraya, commissioner blocks greet her, as she put expression, the rambutan is chewed really sweet and tasty. Relina had no reason to refuse, when Vida and all citizens of Block E offer the same price, she immediately joined, enjoy a sweet and fresh rambutan it.

"Hey, Block E the party itself, it was certainly delicious rambutan, who has?" A shadowy figure emerged from the end of the corridor. She was Sunarti, proctor who will soon end his assignment. Sunarti stay in block B, on the floor, she was wearing shorts with knee limit white T-shirt, her hair curls lose.

"Every food on the table must belong to the university, all citizens have the same right through. Come on, before it runs out ", Soraya again answered.

Suasanapun grew crowded, Relina feel the warmth, after residents of the blocks to ignore even half-pressed. The hostel consists of eight blocks, each block consisting of four rooms. Block means family, the first layer that can teach you how to socialize in life "weird". The commissioner responsible for guiding blocks so that new residents are concerned can adjust. She could not afford to be apathetic to the prospective residents.

"You know what? Ma'am side in block A is still frequented ghosts, exactly every Friday night. The ghost was apparently a well-dressed girl, sitting back to ya side in bed ", Sunarti open conversation, and suddenly the atmosphere changed suddenly become tense, Relina even felt her neck fur bristling.

"Then what happened?" Pure, brother Relina rooms are almost graduated ask.

"Ghost complained that she and his whole family was killed, she did not rest in there. She is looking for relatives who had stayed in the room ya side, demanding that the perpetrators were arrested.

"Ups, horror!"

"Why not pray side ya?"

"She was memorizing verses chair".

"When I was a new resident, I've met a senior at the mosque, but for months living in this place, I no longer see it. Finally, when one day I looked in the mirror, I see my face no longer, but the senior's face it. Apparently she also includes spirits, "Pure said.

"O ya, cook had a more exciting experience. Early morning, when the middle cook rice, they saw no people with long hair, dressed in white, standing back to the stairs. When Ya-Ya's reprimand, the girl turned to show the face.  Do you know what happened? "Soraya commissioner block ended the story by asking questions.

"What happened?" Simultaneously, all who were asked to chew rambutan

"She was face flat, without eyes, nose, mouth and eyebrows."

"Hiiii .....!" Compact girls screaming, terrified, especially Relina, when she was a child she witnessed a terrifying horror movie called Ring of Blood and the hunted sin. The story of women who were killed while the soul is a ghost, to haunt revenge killer. The show is always a fear, especially when she is alone in the dark. Stories about ghosts residents in new homes has revived fears.

Apparently in this old building has settled a ghost anyway!

Meanwhile, slowly but surely fading golden light, sombre, and soon turned into darkness. As a replacement, the stars are scattered, full highway enthroned as a red giant gemstone. Muslims all residents immediately establish prayer, there is do in the mosque, some are done in the room.

"You're a new resident, better pray in the mosque in order to get acquainted with other residents. Later the white paper will be divided, each new citizen must go from room to room to ask for a senior signature. You should be able to memorize the names, room, department, class and status in the dormitory. If it's just a little signature is obtained, you will not be welcome here. Many new residents are dating then left, having failed to adapt ", advising Murni to Relina, her voice cold unfriendly.

Relina actually want to set up a prayer in the room, she wanted to actually own, when middle taken with the creator, but the attitude of the Murni will definitely hostile when she did not follow the advice given. Much better to think of the cold war broke out in the room. "Well,  yes".

The girl immediately took the water, grabbed mukena then started toward to the mosque that just down the block H on the second floor. The church is getting ready to set up the first rokaat, hurry Relina adjust, she also soon be devout worship. God is great there.

Finished their prayers greet, doing dhikr, and pray. The event closed with prayer together introductions, there were 17 new citizens received Relina classmates together. They include, Inung, Ica, Amali, Via, Ratna, Ika, Mira, and Siti, the others being absent or Christian religion. New residents immediately sat huddled together, lamented.

"Ya-ya is so arrogant, they behave and speak as if we do not have feelings", she complained.

"In this place there is no democracy, the older seniors, the more evil. They are too long in school, trouble getting diploma graduate, her increasingly bizarre, "Ika said.

"But there are also good ya-ya, my sister, Siis very good," Cica denied.

"Your sister always visited definitely ghosts, ask for retaliation for the death of all members of the family". Relina chipped. "Your room is haunted."

"We are people of faith, we are more or less obliged to take refuge in the Lord establish worship," Inung replied the quiet in a sure voice.

They spoke with great relish and intend to continue the issues, but a senior citizen pass, giving warning sarcastically, "Let coup! Coup! Mosque is not the place for gossip! "

"Let's go back", which was originally silent Amali finally voiced.

So they broke up. Relina mukena folded, hair smoothed random then hurried away to leave the mosque, alleged "coup" of the seniors really made it feel like shit. The new residents through the corridors of the block G are exactly facing eastwards. For a moment she was stunned, she could see stretched a star-studded sky, while the moon goddess enthroned like a night with halo rings that refracts as the Supreme Kingdom. Chaos careful, because the warning "coup" the senior instantly vanished, emerging now is a sense of wonder, she found grace a pair of eyes to witness all the glory.

Relina kept going, she was as if he were being pampered, bathed in moonlight. On first down the stairs leading to the kitchen and dining room, there was a senior citizen was standing staring at the moon. She wore a white blouse from very fine cotton cloth with span jeans skirt dark blue embroidered butterfly on one side. She was tall fitting a model, as a calf and as yellow grains containing olive fruit. Image countenance typical Javanese girl, to be interesting, because a cheerful smile that always expands.

"Good evening ya, sorry ride through", Relina said in a tone as smooth as can be spoken, he was half bent when passing near the senior citizens.

"O come, let's go ahead, sister definitely new residents Block E, his sister Ms Pure", it sounded friendly, like a bird prenjak, quite different from the sound of its citizens were more often sounding cynical, even painful.

"Right, sorry I introduce Relina, Faculty of Psychology second year", Relina hand.

"I Puspita", they shook hands and each judge. "I'll play to the room, okay ...."

"Well ....".

"Hi, Puspita. Soon the quiet hours we have a quiet time in the living room ", a shadowy figure suddenly flashed up, put his arm around Puspita later embraced both walked away with a very familiar as old friends.

When the shade is time to come together and pray together for the people of the Christian religion. The number of Christians is one-seventh of the population with a Muslim majority, and the two people are Hindu. Quiet time once a week in the living room after quiet hours and every dorm residents are no longer allowed to receive visitors. In the quiet time, every citizen Christians will gather, exchange ideas, and to pray to the Creator.

Relina glanced Puspita shadow flitted away with a friend and then walked down the stairs, intending to go to the dining room. However, up at the front door step soon stalled. Inan, senior oldest known stern and haughty look was seriously reading the newspaper "People's Sovereignty" austere and threatening manner. In the name of love boarding Inan and other senior citizens often attacked with less words like a sharp knife. Relina appetite suddenly gone, she immediately play back a step to the right, walk past the barn water pump, and Volley tennis until she was getting the steps with a width of one meter, climbing, and back to his room.

In the room Murni and Dita still chatting at the table. "The new kid was talking bad, her apathy, she did not care about the rules in this place", Dita voice.

"She live well, have motors, typewriters, tape recorders, clothes, and good shoes. Allowance above-average owned all citizens. She also had a camera and odd trinkets on his desk, " Murni said.

"She thinks this hostel has ancestors and can be arbitrarily me, consider themselves too important", Dita complain.

"I will soon leave this place, my studies done. Relina would still be your sister, I do not have any business. "

"Looks like I'm going to face trouble, she snobs, unlike most people ...."

The conversation was suddenly interrupted, because suddenly appeared from the direction Relina stairs carrying mukena and mat folded in her hand.  Murni already stand, "I'm going to the streets of Solo, there to be purchased."

"I'm going to Elin’s room ", Dita stand too, they two go together leaving Relina newly arrived. Elin is a new resident to the privilege, that she the youngest son of the governor of eastern Indonesia. The existence of Elin in a dorm cause wonderment for all people, why would a governor suggests beloved princess lived in a dorm? Elin may not stay at an exclusive residence? While residents have even argued, that the hostel is a facility for children "abandoned" state that must be maintained. However, the governor apparently intends to provide a good education for mental beloved daughter.

After the death of Murni and Dita corridor Block E became silent. Relina entered the room a quiet niches and cold, put the mat in the backrest mukena and iron bed and then reached into the bag lecture. She had bought burgers and hot dogs on campus Mirota, she better eat fast food than to sit in the dining room, chewing rice, vegetables, and a piece that has a cold side dish with no taste.

The girl was sitting on a chair in the hallway staring at the road, chewing food with a book in hand and then pursue the pages. While the night has really fallen, silent foliage, as well as an asphalt road snaking then split the intersection. Silence continues after a day filled with busyness, while dormitory buildings still stand firm, the old walls have yellowish moss on some parts. Frames, doors, and windows gloomy seaweed, seemed haunted, because the lights were dimmed in the corridor.

In the hall, in front of the television most of the people gathered to follow the show being aired. Boisterous parlour by a visit from her fellow citizens. In the kitchen busy cooking some people super noodles as a substitute for the daily menu. There are people who are keen to read the book on a desk in the room, there is also a fun grumpy in every corner of the hostel which is used to greet.

Relina remain alone, she is immersed in the atmosphere of silence had never felt before. Suddenly, the sound echoing shocking, "Relina, you become a new resident here?"

The girl turned to the source of the sound, she immediately caught a shadow approaching. Her memories immediately turned to the past, when she was a newcomer in the fourth-grade elementary school. Relina recognize a face with fresh plump body as a brother in the sixth grade. Three years later, when she went on the bench junior high school in the figure re-emerged as a third-grader at the same alma mater with shrink weight, so that she looked as if pretty daughters.

Three years later, Relina again recognize faces when sitting as a new student at a high school class. A figure that is quiet and sincere life is. Now, when she in hurry-ass adjust to the new residents, the figure reappeared unexpectedly. So far only known as sister Relina class without ever as a playmate. However, on the ground overseas, when they were studying together, bring back the hostel existence.

"O, sister  Ita,  you live here?"

"Yes, that's two years old, why not play to the room?"

"I just found out that sister Ita stay here".

"I was in block G, room 26. Comrades many of them high school in Yogyakarta, sometimes we met. How? It's at home in a new place? "Ita said.

"Life here is truly unique, the atmosphere is nice, but the attitude often odd. They look at me as if an alien from another planet ".

"It's just a mental test. Life is very hard, we are becoming an essential part in it, and it should be acceptable to the surrounding environment. Only new residents need to humble ourselves and it could not hurt. Later, after graduating scholars will join us in a community as a newcomer, we will know how cruel society unless we have the tips to be a part of it ".

"Sister Ita also experienced this sort of thing?"

"All the experience, new residents are at the proverbial still ambiguous or liminality. You just left the neighbourhood where you live a long time and has not been fully accepted in the halls of residence. But, you see, the longer people live in this place, they are more at home. We have many friends, whose name is a small community, there are a thousand and one kinds of attitude, a lot we can learn. "

Relina silence, she realized the truth of those words, she was elated. They continued talking until suddenly the voice of gong struck eight times, time for quiet hours. That means, the times to visit and talk is over. Every citizen must return to consciousness for learning, people who typed assignment or paper should work in the dining room, so the noise of the typewriter does not bother your roommate.

"Okay, it's quiet hours, I was into the room first, then play  ....", Ita take leave.

"Well, thanks for coming".

Ita passed by voice echoing footsteps, the whisper and finally disappeared behind the door of the hall. Residents living on the first floor can definitely hear clearly the voice. When it grew quiet atmosphere, the sound of water poured into a glass from the top floor, sometimes sounding anyway. There are times when the sound of footsteps in the corridor upstairs without being of unknown origin. Suddenly the sound appeared then disappeared. Residents of the hostel concluded, it is the voice of a ghost trail.

Relina read the book, she opens the pages without realizing diligently, the night wore on. Silent so perfect, grass and leaves as well as if she had fallen asleep, the streets deserted, broken by the occasional sound of a bike or a passing satay seller then the rain fall. The air becomes cool, the silent atmosphere of the hostel. Doors and windows in the living room had been closed, all visitors have taken leave, residents devout Christian quiet time. Another dorm resident busy with each.

Relina feel sleepy eyes, she intends to lay down on the bed, but when entering the recesses of the room, she felt her neck fur bristling. This room is cold, lonely, and scary. Relina Slowly withdraw, leaving the room back into place. She still heard the sound of footsteps, the sound of the door clasp then the humming motor vehicles in the distance. She did not actually own. Eye Relina really been sleepy as beams when there were footsteps  Murni has returned from Solo street. She is going back to the room and even then, she had to rest in bed.

                                  

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 The afternoon was a commotion in the dining room, said salt is smooth with no residual, monthly treasurer neglect to this one. A resident who was studying agriculture careless act by putting urea in the cupboard eating. The cooker thought the white object is then sprinkled salt into a large pot of vegetables.

Relina feel hungry right after college. After parking the motor under a Kamboja tree, she immediately went to the dining room, new residents are happy, no senior citizens were put in this room haunted face. She was the first citizen is entitled tasting vegetables and all the lunch menu. She rose grabbed eating utensils, scoop rice and vegetables and a fish fry in the cupboard. And she sat down and started eating sweet food, a few seconds later Relina felt something strange on the tongue pushed slowly into the stomach, dizzy and her head was spinning. She needs to run to the trash to pour the entire contents of the stomach, the plates on the table were thrown, shattered the entire contents scattered.

"Relina, what are you doing?"

"Re, why?"

Some residents closer, massaging her back. They looked worried, while Relina felt so weak after throwing up the entire contents of the stomach. She was carried to the room nearby, laid and rubbed with oil wind.

"It was pretty weird vegetables, such as mixed drug", Relina whispered, suddenly she felt so sleepy. Puspita comes with a cup of warm milk, shove the Relina. "You have to drink milk, possibly poisoning", Relina gulping milk it by force. True, she was feeling better despite a cold sweat kept dripping.

Sunarti, proctor came tumbling out with a frown on her face, she had also heard the commotion in the dining room. "What is it?" She asked.

"Relina eat rice with vegetables, it feels like a drug, vomiting continue to limp," replied Puspita.

With hurried steps Sunarti left the room, heading to the dining room, immediately check the pot of vegetables, vegetable soup she sniffed, tasted and then ran out, spit on the ground. The girl needs to pour water, rinsed her mouth and then went to the cook room located near the food warehouse.

"Ma'am Tati, how were you and others cook vegetables? New residents poisoning. What if she can not be helped then his family sue?” Sunarti cook it looked sharply at her, she should give it a reprimand for negligence.

"I cook as usual," replied Miss Tati fear.

"But Relina poisoning!"

"That salt is depleted, the treasurer is locked pantry. I see there is salt in the cupboard eating, I sow salt into a vegetable ", Ginah, cook the other replied.

"The salt which one? Show me! "

"Let me show you", Ginah walked into the dining room, open one of the eight rows of wooden cupboards later showed the white powder to Sunarti. "It is salt."

Instantly Sunarti eyes widened, almost out of the petals. "O my God! This urea fertilizer! You're so reckless Ginah! Remove all vegetables, not to all citizens of poisoning! "

Meanwhile, the dining room was crowded by people who come for lunch. However, they were stunned when they saw a large pot cook vegetables lift back yard near the volleyball court and then spilling all its contents. Residents of dormitory wonder.

"Why discarded vegetable?"

"We ate what?"

"Hey, what happened?"

The faces can not hide their astonishment, saw the act cook today. Astonishment was answered when Sunarti explanation. "We are sorry for all the people, today there is no vegetable. I do mistake to cooks, think urea is smooth and sprinkled salt into the vegetables. A resident of poisoning, so that other citizens do not suffer the same fate, had discarded vegetables. Once again apologize ".

Explanation of proctor greeted with disappointment reactions of all citizens. "Well, we are unlucky today!"

"Let nich hungry!"

"Just what we want fertilized plants?"

"Idiot!"

Residents boarding passes while grumbling, they must find a way to get the lunch menu, lunch was really lacking without vegetables. Ginah, the cook who was careless, silenced a thousand languages, realizing his mistake. The atmosphere in the dining room became uncomfortable. While people choose to go to eat out, buy gado-gado, gudeg or empek-empek as menu replacement.

Above the bed Relina looked asleep for some time, when awake, Murni, Dita, and Soraya has been at her side. Relina still feel dizzy, nauseous, and weak, but she had to go back to the room, lingering unease in the room to evacuate residents. "Are you okay, Re?" Murni ask her room sister's face looked pale and tired, the pain had wrecked her pride.

"Still dizzy and nauseous, but better get back to the room", with difficulty Relina rise. She is against all sense of reluctance, she nodded to the owner of the room, then walked unsteadily toward the block E to return to the room. She climbed the ladder to become limp and breathless when lying back on her bed with a thin mattress. Residents of Block E to arrive, there is a rub with oil Relina wind, some hot tea, some are massaging her feet. Relina back feeling very sleepy, after sipping tea she lay back down, she looked at the faces that looked anxious. At first it seemed so hostile face, now turned into a friend. Relina understand, it started to become a part of life in this place.

The next day, the atmosphere in the dining room back to normal, but the monthly treasurer make scrambled eggs menu. Some people grumble, some looked at the cold face, others take the road to the purchase of warm or make fried eggs. Relina bought five eggs, fry in the kitchen, the other three items she put on a plate on cupboard eat. As a result, other people looked at her unhappy, they turned away, glancing whispering.

During the day after classes Dita admonished her coldly, "Relina, you're a new resident, ate what was available at the dinner table, no need to fry the eggs themselves. The hostel is small, the walls could talk, if you do wrong, your sister reprimanded, busy talking, you're frying eggs for breakfast in the kitchen ", after speaking Dita passed and not give an opportunity to Relina to answer.

Relina silent, how Dita reprimand is very inhumane, it established itself as a supervisor and a right to admonish anyone with her own rules and procedures. Relina suddenly felt like a tiny creature, but she did not want to be embarrassed in this way. She remains in force as usual, as Dita never said anything.

Evening when opening cupboard to take the remaining egg Relina stunned, three eggs are now gone. She intends to make fried rice with Murni, Dita will not be reprimanded, because she cooks with senior citizens who are ready to graduate. "Sorry, the eggs disappear", Relina complain.

"There must be a nosy", Murni rushed asked to borrow a pen and a piece of paper in the room closest to the citizens and then start writing.

                Sorry, return my eggs.

The paper was placed on the former site of the egg then invite Murni and Relina out to buy a side dish on the sidewalk. Vegetables are cooked in the morning has become cool, not appetizing. Coming home from five feet Murni and Relina chew food with gusto, with all gudeg it was really tasty and filling. This time can not be wrong for Relina, because the new residents in the block instead of eating in the dining room. Relina involved "event" with Murni. "Let's eat Dit", Murni mince words.

"I was the coming man, Bon appetite", Dita passed away without looking, leaving Murni and Relina. Not long after that another resident came E block, joined at the dinner table and the atmosphere became crowded.

"Yesterday I saw Mina home benighted by the boyfriend. Ups, the gate is locked. Mirna need to call before arguing with the night watchman and then returned to the room, "Soraya opened the conversation.

"They are too busy going to forget the way home", the other a resident said.

"Remember the story of the past? When Lily Munir who is now active in women's magazines still live as citizens? " Murni opening story.

"I remember!" Soraya respond quickly, "the story of a resident who came home late and then got a goodnight kiss from his girlfriend and suddenly surprised, because there was a resident of the top floor is deliberately flush with water, so that the middle pair became engrossed soaking wet and certainly learned my lesson! "words Soraya met with laughter from the entire population explosion. The story is a story by word of mouth until this hostel was nearly half a century and continues to be derived from one resident to another resident, a funny story. They continue to talk until the gong sound came again, echoing eight times. Echoes of that is a sign, as to mingle up, every citizen must return to the original routine. Learning!

Relina rushed to the living room, she and 17 other new citizens have to go through a process of socialization standard for every citizen. That is, receiving the white paper to get signatures of all citizens. Some new residents have sat huddled together, in front of the living room. Wooden board inscribed, 'ROOM BOYS KEEP' still standing motionless. Relina down the stairs carefully.

"Relina, you've recovered?" Inung welcome Relina taking her hand. "I heard you're poisoning, cooks have a special menu, urea fertilizer as a food flavouring, ha ha ha ...." they also chortle.

Relina originally silent finally laugh, how silly incident, "Good thing I only ate two spoons, the right to life is still to come".

"You cured Relina?" Elin, new residents of the eastern tip of Indonesia come join.

"Yes, thank you for your attention".

The atmosphere became crowded when the 17 new citizens join. They exchanged greetings and laughter lose, unwind, after a severe stress such as new residents. But the laughter soon stopped when I suddenly looked a shadow Sunarti, chairman of the dormitory with the other core board flashed to come. The faces of the board there was no friendly, all appeared as dark grey lines. Suddenly, none of the new people who dare to speak out, all quiet like the buffalo that matched his nose.

After hours of calm, with most of the lights, had gone out, the living room alcove ancient buildings, quiet, and cool. Some of the carved chairs arranged neatly in place and silent. The floor tiles were old, faded, and white, while the frames of teak looks haunted. In the corner of the room stood a glass cabinet with carved teak frame. In it various trophies arranged irregularly, awesome guests who come, as the hostel residents were winners in every game. Customers were not a lot of thought, that trophy is carved cabinets that meet of a series of racing games, such as tug of war, sack running, baseball, and so on.

On one side of the wall directly facing the entrance of the president and vice president of the photos as if they were looking around the room in eternity. The painting R.A. Kartini was silent, her eyes seemed to record every change, she did not do a futile thing for women in the context of gender equality. Prospective undergraduate women who temporarily occupy middle boarding and fighting for a piece that's diploma as well as the development of character evidence.

"Well, thank you for coming, dormitory administrators knowingly collect her younger days for a standard thing for any prospective residents, and so I was invited to the proctor to convey a word or two," the secretary Amalia boarding to begin. She looked up at the face of every prospective residents with a cool attitude. Four years ago, in the same place she had ever been in a similar situation, small and depressed. Se's just a citizen candidate who can be treated with "arbitrary". Now, the wheel of life has been spinning, she is no longer prospective residents, but the supreme lordship, dormitory caretaker, she can do "anything".

Sunarti, proctor has the same face to the wall hard, her smile never read. She must appear authoritative, it has the typical image of a boarder attached to the outside community image, old, grumpy, and stubborn. Seventeen prospective new residents suddenly lose your nerve. They choose to remain silent because that attitude is emphasized by a senior. According better than the enemy collectively.

"Well, thanks for the presence of younger siblings all. Regulations require that every citizen receives dorm white book. With this book will get acquainted with prospective residents all senior citizens and asking for autographs. Write a good name, block, room, and remember majors, class, and region of origin. Younger siblings have three months. If within three months of the book's signature can not be met, then the concerned citizens failed as a candidate. Are there any questions? "

Silence.

Tensions continued to creep up, looked at each other Relina, Caca, mutual wink and decided not to ask. Candidates for other citizens to do the same. Amalia immediately distribute a thin hardback book white. Prospective residents receive a book with the giddy, as if to bless ticket to the gallows. A few minutes after the white book distributed, and even then the meeting broke up

.......to be continued....