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Adil....?

Ada dua buah cerita yang saya dapat hari ini tentang adil. Dua-duanya mengandung esensi keadilan dari sudut pandang yang berbeda. Cerita 1 Suatu hari ada dua orang kawan kedatangan seorang musafir yang lelah berpergian dan terlihat kelaparan. Dua orang tersebut hanya mempunyai roti untuk persediaan bekal mereka. Orang pertama memiliki 5 buah roti sedangkan yang lainnya memiliki 3 buah roti. Melihat sang musafir terlihat kelaparan dan menanyakan apakah mereka masih mempunyai persediaan makanan, mereka pun memotong tiap buah roti yang mereka punya menjadi 3 potong sehingga roti yang mereka miliki menjadi 24 potong. Lalu dibagilah 8 potong roti sama rata ke tiap orang untuk dimakan. Esok paginya sang musafir meninggalkan 2 kawan tersebut dengan 8 keping   emas. Cerita 2 Pada setiap pagi, ayah memberikan uang jajan pada kedua anaknya. Anaknya yang lebih tua ia berikan uang jajan lebih daripada anaknya yang lebih muda. Suatu hari sang adik mengetahui hal tersebut dan protes...

Come Back Home (read: back to the reality and looking forward for the future)

Well first of all I want to say "Happy Eid Al Fitr 1432 H" may our sin would be forgiven and we could come back as a whole new better person as if we born again as a newborn baby. It's been 2 months since I've came back to my home country, Indonesia. The "Honeymoon Phase" the stage where we were told we'll be facing during End of Stay Orientation has come to an end for me. When I came back the first time, it just felt weird. I was such in an euphoric state being back yet I didn't really know how to fit in again. I am talking in term of school and facility context. I indeed understand things will be different and I felt like I was just dreaming going to some faraway places then I come back seeing people whom I know are moving forward. Yet I haven't seen any big changes in my country unfortunately. It was still in "that" state when I left a year ago. Sadly enough to compare and contrast thing that is convenient which makes people lif...