Yogyakarta in My Mind Eps 9

All is in My Hand
By Debby Zunta
Part 2 - Yogyakarta for the second chance
            I sought to have a temporary leave from STIKES at the end of semester one. I bade farewell to my classmates and roomates.   I didn’t give them any reasons. I only said I wanted to have a break and left them all wondering.. They might think I was getting married, pregnant, or some might know that I would go for SBMPTN again. They had so many questions but dared not ask. I was relieved and all set to leave for Jogja.
            First thing that I did in Yogya was to meet my friend who knew about a good tution centre in Yogya.  She recommended Inten. I trusted  Inten because there was one of my friends from JB High School being accepted in UGM, and he was in Inten for the intensive study. I called some of my Jogja friends, not all of them. Actually, I didn’t have good relation with most of them. I had negative thinking. Some of my STERO friends might be happy with my failure in fact. Whatever it was, I didn’t care. It was heartening that there were still some of them who cared for me.
            I enrolled in Alumni class in INTEN.  Alumni gave me the opportunity to study together with friends who also had similar experience as me, failed last year. But to qualify, not all of them failed, I remembered four of them were already accepted in public university like UGM, ITB, and UNY. They were now with me.  I didn’t know what their ambitions were.  I thought they were already in good positions, but human being could never be satisfied.
After I got a place in Inten. I sought for  accomodation. Luckily,  I got a boarding house closeby. It was about three houses away from the Inten. It was convenient for me to take additional classes. The most important thing was it saved me energy and transport fee.
            It had taken me only 3 days in Yogya to settle everything. I got the place for study and accomodation to live. All looked perfect. I went back again to Cilacap to set right my leave letter. Maybe you wanted to ask me why I took leave. Okey, here were the answers.
            There were so many probabilities that might happen in front of me. You would realise that going to college was not cheap. There was a possibility I might fail and to enroll into a new university would incur more fees again. I only made two options for myself, hoped to get a public university or returned to STIKES. There was no more for another private university. I was poor. Another reason was I felt assured of a place for study if I failed.
 I also had in mind 3 possibilities for the future and wrote them for record. Okay let me tell you. First, hoped to be accepted in Faculty of medicine Gajah Mada University. Secondly, hoped to be accepted in faculty of medicine or faculty of dentistry in another university, and thirdly hoped to go back to STIKES if the first two failed to materialise. I also added other expectations and actions like getting a scholarship, joining organisations, doing some research, etc. I promised to myself to succeed by all means; but anything could happen. In any eventualities, I would accept it with all of my heart. Writing down all of the possibilities was like a map for me. At least, I won’t be blind for  I had set my goals.
I was focus. I had chosen to become a doctor or dentist. You would have realised in Indonesia all were called ‘dokter’. I forgot another majors.
After having finished the administrative procedures in STIKES. I said goodbye to mamah. I could not hold back my tears. I felt so sorry for mamah and I hoped that she be  blessed and always be with me. I went to Yogya by train with a heavy heart but hope for a brighter future.
I started my learning ‘Journey in Yogya’ again. Yes, it was the second chance. I only brought along a little luggage. All I had was plenty of hope.


…..to be continued ….Part 3

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