Sobat Steemians dan audiens, kisah ini terjadi beberapa tahun silam, belum lama ketika saya menamatkan studi sarjana. Kala itu, Banda Aceh baru dilanda cuaca buruk. Sebagai akibatnya, terjadi pemadaman listrik di beberapa lokasi.
Steemians and audiences, this story happened several years ago, not long ago when I graduated from undergraduate studies. At that time, Banda Aceh was just hit by bad weather. As a result, there is a power outage in some locations.
Pada hari itu saya ingin berangkat untuk menemui seorang teman di kafetaria yang ia kelola. Kafetaria itu letaknya berdekatan dengan kampus.
On that day I wanted to go to meet a friend in the cafeteria he manages. The cafeteria is adjacent to the campus.
Entah mengapa, hari itu ia tidak bisa hadir tepat waktu. Maka untuk mengusir kejenuhan, saya berjalan-jalan ke pertokoan di sebelah kafetaria.
Somehow, that day he could not be there on time. So to get rid of boredom, I walked to the mall next to the cafeteria.
Seingat saya, toko pertama yang saya perhatikan adalah galeri pakaian alias butik. Gadis penjaga toko tersebut tiba-tiba bertanya kepada saya, "Kenapa ya Bang, listrik lama sekali padam?"
As I remember, the first store I noticed was a boutique dressing gallery. The girl of the shopkeeper suddenly asked me, "Brother, are you know why the electricity is long gone (blackout)?"
Saya sedikit terkejut karena rasanya saya belum pernah mengenal gadis itu.
I was a little surprised because I never knew the girl.
"Oh, iya, saya dengar karena cuaca buruk--makanya ada pemadaman listrik," tiba-tiba saya teringat baru saja pagi itu saya membaca surat kabar lokal yang membahas hal itu.
"Oh, yeah, I heard it because of bad weather," I suddenly remembered just that morning I read the local newspaper discussing it.
Saya beranjak ke toko di sebelahnya lagi. Sebuah toko jasa fotokopi. Saat masih kuliah, saya sering memfotokopi bahan kuliah di tempat tersebut.
I went to the store next to her again. A photocopy shop. When I was in college, I often photocopied lecture materials at the shop.
"Bang, sudah lama sekali pemadaman listrik ya. Kapan listriknya bisa hidup lagi?" tanya penjaga fotokopi.
"Brother, it's been a long time for a power outage, when will the power go on again?" the shopkeeper asked me.
Saya semakin merasa ketakutan dan bingung. Namun saya menjawab seperti jawaban sebelumnya.
I was increasingly frightened and confused. But I answered like the previous words.
Memang, sudah dua hari pemadaman listrik dan bukanlah hal yang wajar. Meskipun pemadaman bergilir saat itu cukup sering, namun belum pernah sampai selama itu.
Indeed, it has been two days of power outages and is not a natural thing. Despite the blackouts at that time quite often, but never had been that long.
Kabarnya memang ada tower listrik yang rusak akibat cuaca buruk. Warga pun diminta bersabar selama masa perbaikan.
Reportedly there is an electric tower damaged by bad weather. The citizen was asked to be patient during the repair period.
Karena teman saya belum kunjung datang, maka saya memutuskan shalat sunat dhuha di masjid kampus. Masjid kampus letaknya berdekatan dengan kafetaria, jadi saya pikir tak akan butuh waktu lama.
Because my friend has not arrived yet, so I decided to pray dhuha circumcision in the campus mosque. The campus mosque is adjacent to the cafeteria, so I do not think it will take long.
Baru satu langkah kaki memasuki pagar kampus, sekelompok mahasiswa yang duduk berkumpul di taman memandang ke arah saya. Mereka bertanya kepada saya, "Bang, kenapa ya listriknya padam?"
Just a footstep into the campus fence, a group of students sitting in the garden looked at me. They asked me, "Brother, why is the power outage?"
Weleh-weleh, batin saya dalam hati. Benar-benar hari yang aneh.
What a day, I thought to myself. What a strange day.
Dan itu juga bukan hari ulang tahun saya. Jadi, apa yang salah?
And it's not my birthday either. So, what's wrong?
Dipenuhi rasa kebingungan, saya melanjutkan langkah menuju mushalla kampus.
Full of confusion, I continue the step towards the campus mushalla.
Ketika saya akan shalat, barulah saya menyadari penyebab keanehan-keanehan di sepanjang hari itu.
When I am going to pray, I realize the cause of the oddities throughout the day.
Hari itu saya mengenakan kaos berlogo PT. Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). Kaos itu pemberian abang saya yang bekerja di perusahaan tersebut.
That day I was wearing T-shirt with PT PLN (National Electricity Company) logo. PLN. The shirt was my brother's gift. He works at that company.
Biasanya saya mengenakan kaos itu untuk berolahraga atau saat santai. Hari itu, karena rencananya pertemuan dengan teman saya dalam kondisi tidak formal, saya pun memakai kaos tersebut.
Usually I wear that shirt for sports or while relaxing. That day, because the plan of meeting with my friend in informal condition, I was wearing the shirt.
Siapa sangka, karena itu saya dikira sebagai pegawai PT. PLN. Rasanya tidak karuan saat itu.
Who would have thought, therefore I was mistaken as an employee of PT. PLN. It was not so good, awry, at the time.
Apalagi hari itu saya tidak membawa baju cadangan.
Plus, that day I did not bring any more clothes.
"Hahaha, Bang. Untung saja kamu tidak kena komplain dan disemprot mereka," ujar teman saya saat kami bertemu dan saya menceritakan kejadian konyol tersebut.
"(Lol), Brother, luckily you do not get complaints or being blamed by them," my friend said when we met and I told the ridiculous moment.
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