Kembara Hati Mawar Safiya

Today, the world decided to run again. And I had to run with it. The fever is gone. The pain in my bones is gone. But the slowness, the quiet, the rest… it is all gone too. My sick days were hard. My body was a prison. But today, my work desk feels like a different kind of prison. The computer screen is awake. Beep. Beep. Beep. An email comes. The phone is awake. Ring. Ring. Ring. Someone is calling. My to-do list is awake. It is a long, long snake of words. Work, work, work. Rush, rush, rush. Just a few days ago, my world was my bed. It was a world of pain, but it was a simple world. Now, my world is this chair, this desk. It is a world with no pain, but it is not simple. It is a noisy world. A fast world. My body is better. But my heart feels tired. It misses the quiet. So, in the middle of all the noise, I do my secret magic trick. I reach for my box of treasures. My box of postcards. My box of quiet little worlds. My fingers find one. It is not a shiny, colorful picture. It is a dr...

 Today was a loooooong day. Like, really, really, really long! The sun was still sleeping deep in its bed when my eyes opened. (It was 5 o'clock in the morning!) The moon was already playing high in the sky when I finally came home. (It was almost midnight!) Right now, my body feels like a sleepy, floppy jelly. Wibble wobble. Why was the day so super long? Because Kak Mawar went on a work adventure! Far, far away to Johor! My mission? To help some very nice people. They use a special computer system that my team built. Sometimes, computer systems are like tricky puzzles. They hide the answers! My job was to be a friendly helper, showing them the secret paths to solve the puzzle. The Zoom! Part (Going There) To get to Johor super fast, I took an airplane! Zoom zoom! Up in the sky! But airplanes are a bit bossy. They say, "You must come early! Very early!" So, wake up fast! Rush rush rush to the airport. Put bags here. Get ticket there. Wait, wait, wait. The Wait! Part (Oh ...