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(1).      DESI NORI SAHPUTRI

A.      Demograph

Title          : Theories of Semantics: Merits and Limitations

Searcher 1: Saleh Mustafa Ramadan

From         : Al-Zaytoonah Private University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.

Searcher 2: Taleb I. Ababneh

From         : Irbid National University- Jordan, Irbid, Jordan.

Pages        : 9

B.      Content

This discussion will cover some of the well–known theories of meaning formulated in the last century. Mainly referential theory of meaning, non– referential theory of meaning and generative grammarian theory of meaning are discussed. Some assumptions, merits and limitations for each theory are also described.

C.      Result/Finding

Meaning as the Relationship between Words and Objects

Greek philosophers say that there is a relationship between words and objects. In other words, the best way of indicating the meaning of a word is to refer to the object represented by that word.

Meaning as a Triangular Relationship

The symbol is the spoken or written word; the reference is the information that the spoken or written shape of the word conveys to the reader/ hearer; and the referent is the thing or the object we talk about.

Bloomfield’s View of Meaning

Bloomfield (1933) stated that the context of situation was an essential part of meaning. He defined the meaning of a linguistic form as the situation in which the speaker utters it and the response which it calls forth in the hearer.

The Non–Referential Theory of Meaning

The non–referential approach as suggested by its name doesn’t take into consideration the context of situations or the reference in determining what meaning is. There is a relationship between language and the outside world because language doesn’t exist in vacuum. Therefore, this may indicate a weakness in this theory.

The Generative Grammarian Theory

This approach was based on the assumption that syntactic rules operate independently of meaning. Chomsky and others believe that changing the active into passive structures does not change the meaning of the sentence.

D.     Strength and Weakness

Strength : the author expose many theory based on many experts . So it make sure as a reader to used this theory to add more knowledge about semantics. Also, it is easy to understand to get point in this article.

Weakness : this article much give theory but a little example about it. So, it make the readers to hard thinking to search what else the example about this theory means.

E.      Conclusion

The researcher has discussed the main principles of three well–known theories of meaning, namely the referential theory to meaning, the non–referential theory to meaning and the generative grammarian theory to meaning.

(2).      NABILA FIRDA ASY’ARI

A.      Demograph

Title          : Semantics and Theories of Semantics

Author      : Abbas Bukhari

Pages        : 15

B.      Content

This article shared the meaning of semantics and make the difficulties in the study of meaning will be clearly. And it discussed the different aspect of meaning and also some term and distinction in semantics.

C.      Result/ Findings

How is language organized in order to be meaningful? This is the question we ask and attempt to answer at the level of semantics. Semantics is that level of linguistic analysis where meaning is analyzed. Meaning is related very closely to the human capacity to think logically and to understand. So when we try to analyze meaning, we are trying to analyse our own capacity to think and understand, our own ability to create meaning.

Meaning can be any of the following:

1. An intrinsic property of some thing

2. Other words related to that word in a dictionary

3. The connotations of a word

4. The thing to which the speaker of that word refers

5. The thing to which the speaker of that word should refer

6. The thing to which the speaker of that word believes himself to be referring

7. The thing to which the hearer of that word believes is being referred to.

D.     Strength and Weakness

Strength : the explanation and theoris of semantics is very completed. For bigginer its easy to understand with the interesting topic in this article. Many example we can see and you will be more understand and know about what is semantics.

Weakness : so many word in this article but the author not arrange and in the last section I had got confused to see what the author means until he wrote it . I do not know what the topic in the last he wrote.

E.      Conclusion

The problem of ‘meaning’ is quite difficult; it is because of its toughness that some linguists went on to the extent of excluding semantics from linguistics. A well-known structuralist made the astonishing statement that ‘linguistic system of a language does not include the semantics. When we talk about meaning, we are talking about the ability of human beings to understand one another when they speak. This ability is to some extent connected with grammar. Also, The sound patterns of language are studied at the level of phonology and the organization of words and sentences is studied at the level of morphology and syntax. These are in turn organized in such a way that we can convey meaningful messages or receive and understand messages.

(3).      SUSI LESTARI

A.      Demograph

Title          : Frame semantics a brief introduction

Author      : Diego Gavagna

From         : Aarhus University, 2013

Pages        : 12

B.      Content

It tries to give a comprehensive explanation on how meanings are structured and associated to words in a semantic structure and how these provide access to our conceptual system, the inventory of structured knowledge that we use to navigate the world.This view gives account for relations between words that cannot just be ascribed to structural semantic relations like hyponymy, synonymy orantonymy. Instead, it describes the interdependencies between words based on background knowledge that humans acquire through experience and store in long-term memory.

C.      Result/Findings

Frame semantics can be thought of as the effort to understand what reason a speech community might have found for creating the category represented by the word, and to explain the word’s meaning by presenting and clarifying that reason.

From these word, beside the systemic interrelations between words and between the respective underlying concepts, emerges one further characteristic of frame semantics,namely, that knowledge is grounded in human interaction with others and with the world.Thus, frames are prior expectations and knowledge about the world that is the whole time strengthen, weakened and transformed according to the information our brain receives from the perceptive senses. 

So that boy would be defined as [human], [male], [young]. girl would be described as [human],[minus male], [young].The necessary and sufficient condition for it would be [human],[male], [adult], [minus married]. However this definition would include as bachelor also the Pope, proving that the accuracy of the definition is strongly undermined. 

D.      Strength and Weakness

Strength :  the author analysis is something new that we found of many article about semantic. I am so interested with the Frame semantics. The example is great. There are some pictures here. The letter that author used is so neat and will be easy to understand.

Weakness: the author said his dissertation is can not be considered exhaustive, but he have tried to give described the main terms of the theory.

E.       Conclusion

Many other authors have developed this framework, including the remarkable attempt by Lakoff & Johnson in describing the concept of reframing in political discourse based on frame semantics’ approach and the role of metaphors and metonymy in natural languages. Lakoff’s approach is particularly interesting because it is not just an analytical framework but very much also a set of practical tools usable in everyday life.Another important contribution is the one proposed by Fauconier and Turner describing the characteristics of mental spaces that pose the ground for blending theory.

This article give an account for frame semantics approach to knowledge representations as described by Fillmore and the researchers that have developed his approach, including Langacker’s domains’ description and Barsalou perceptual symbols.

SIMILE IN SEMANTIC

Simile

Simile Definition

A simile is a figure of speech that makes a comparison, showing similarities between two different things. Unlike a metaphor, a simile draws resemblance with the help of the words “like” or “as”. Therefore, it is a direct comparison. We can easy found the simile in literary cause this simile always use in the novel, short story, movie, poem etc. 

Example:
Taken from a short story Lolita written by Vladimir Nabokov,

“Elderly American ladies leaning on their canes listed toward me like towers of Pisa.”

This simile produces a humorous effect by
comparing old women leaning on walking sticks with the ancient leaning tower of Pisa.
Example:
Taken from the poem the Daffodils.

“I wandered lonely as a cloud
that floats on high o’er vales and hills.”

The poet envisions himself as a free lone cloud that floats in a blue sky above valleys and the mountains. By choosing this simile, Wordsworth describes his loneliness.

Thats all the little describe about simile, now bellow the text you can more understand about simile.

Subjectivity and Pragmatic Features of Similes 

The research has shown that similes are characterized by pragmatic features of modality, evaluation, transparency, and expressiveness, the set of which forms the notion of subjectivity in language. In modern communicatively orientated linguistics, the concept of subjectivity has broadened its meaning implying intersubjectivity and interactionality that are of the speaker/the writer and the listener/the reader. From some novel Capote’s story The Grass Harp (1980) has shown that similes in the former depict the objective reality in gloomy and dark colors, while in the latter they are very soft and romantic (see Examples 2-3).

Example
(2) Warren’s All the King’s Men
(a) It (the word) had disturbed like an itch that comes when your hands are full and you can’t
scratch.
(b) They had worked over his face until it looked like uncooked hamburger.
(c) My brain felt as juiceless as an old sponge left out in the sun for a long time.
(d) I got out of bed very carefully handling myself with awestruck care as though I were a
basket of eggs.
(e) In the town like Mason City… time gets tingled in its own feet and lies down like an old
hound and gives up the struggle.

Example
(3) Capote’s The Grass Harp
(a) The answer, a little while in coming was fragile as the flight of a moth.
(b) “You cold?” Dolly said, and I wiggled closer, she was good and warm as the old kitchen.
(c) Sunmotels lilted around like yellow butterflies.
(d) I loved those love collected inside me like a bird in a sun-flower field.
(e) It was almost morning, beginning light was like a flowering foliage at the windows.

In respect to similes, we can following general types and forms of evaluation offered by Wolf (1985):
(1) rational and emotional-expressive;
(2) comparative and absolute;
 (3) De dicto and De re forms.
We consider that the rational type of evaluation, which is based on the objective qualities of a thing, is realized only in ordinary comparisons while the emotional-expressive evaluation.

The Cognitive, Psychological, and Metaphorical Essence of Simile:
 Its Invariant Model

One of the universal ways of the world perception is the comparison of one object (a thing or an event) with another aiming to point out their common and differential features that leads to further penetration into the essence of the TO (target object) enabling it to be viewed from a new angle.
Simile: The word simile ids derived from the Latin word “Simile”meaning „resemblance and likenesses‟,

technically it means the comparison of two objects with some similarities. Shamisa (1383) has said simile is the claim of likeness of two things in one or two attributes. “Simile is fundamentally a figure of speech requires overt reference to source and target entities, and an explicit construction connected them”.

 In English, for this comparison some similarity markers such as, “like”, “as”. Mr. Smith is as changeable as a weathercock. He eats like a horse. In literary texts, simile is used with metaphors to enhance the effect and beauty of the text.

As metaphor is a covert comparison, simile is an overt one which explicitly and precisely explains the object and it the first and simplest method for conveying the beauty of message which is used in poetry, prose and also usual conversations. Even children talking about their desires, use simile as a means of
comparison.

Simile is much less investigated the metaphor, although it occurs in frequently in discourse. “Like metaphor, it is semantic figure, a mental process playing a central role in the way we think and talk about the world, which often associates different spheres”. It can may have an affirmative or a negative form: the affirmative form asserts likeness between the entities compared, as “the sun is like an orange” and the negative one denies likeness, as “the sun is not like an orange”.

 According to Fromilhague (1995), a simile has various functions: First, they serve to communicate concisely and efficiently. They are one of the set of linguistic devices which extends the linguistic resources available. Secondly they can function as cognitive tools for thought in that they enable us to think of the world in novel, alternative ways. In discourse, they can also fulfill more specific functions depending on the textual genre in which they occur.

In scientific texts, comparison and analogical reasoning play an important role. Simile also differs from anology, intended in its narrower sense, as former involves four.

Unlike metaphors,similes require individuation of both source and target concepts, and an evaluation of what they have in common, but unlike literal comparisons, they are figurative, comparing things normally felt to incomparable, typically using vivid or startling images to suggest unexpected connection between source and target. Similes have different types and classifications, too. Bredin (1998) remarked about a scale going from the most stereotyped to the most creative similes. At one extreme are situated the conventionalized and fixed similes, and at the other extreme are the creative similes. Between the two extremes, standard (ordinary) and original (fresh, but not totally unexpected) similes can be settled.

Simile Versus Metaphor 

The relationship between metaphor and simile has been a controversial topic in linguistics, philosophy, psychology, or rhetoric. The contextual-semantic study of the following structural elements in similes—like/to look like, as, as if, as though, to seem—has enabled us to regard like as the universal marker of comparison for the English language since it is most frequently used, establishing the relation of similarity between heterogeneous objects.

“Mrs. Dundee saw the long white face of Mr. Markham, thin and smooth as a piece of worn soap” (Hudson, 1978, p. 44). As for the two-component markers of comparison as if and as though, we consider them as synonyms, the first part of them as equating two heterogeneous events, while the other part if/though rejects the equation due to the meaning of condition, implied in it.

Besides, these structural elements are capable of merging two heterogeneous events so that both of them could maintain independence of their predications, realized in different clauses

Example: Verena was leaning a hand on Amos Legrand’s head as if he were a walking stick.

Example: Catherine tugged at my head as though it were an apple latched to an unyielding bough.

The absence of a formal indication of comparison in the metaphor makes the analogy it is based on more subtle to perceive. This difference between simile and metaphor leads some scholars to the belief that metaphor is more emotional and consequently more expressive, that it is restricted to more literary style, while simile is believed to be more logical and therefore better fitted to lend precision to the expressed thought due to which it can be used in any type of style.

Structural Types of Similes

we  have  singled  out seven structural  types similes the analysis of which we  offer below.

Analytical and  Synthetic Similes 
Analytical  similes are  realized in a three-componential  structure, having for its central  component a  P comp. through which the heterogeneous objects are brought together  within the conceptual  model

( Example )  His  mouth was perfect  like  a  Cupid’s  bow.  (Hardy, 1986,  p.  47)

( Example)  The  sun  hid  behind  the  great  torn  leaves of  the  plantain  and  then  shot  a  gold  ray  like outstretched  paw  of a Persian cat.

Synthetic  similes  are represented  only  by  two  components,  the  language  markers of comparison  like  and look  like  having merged with  the  name, denoting  the RO.

This  causes  the  change  of  their linguistic status from that  of a functional word to  a suffixal  morpheme  which  reduces a three-componential structure  of simile to an attributive syntagma. Here are some  examples  of synthetic similes

Example: The raftlike  tree-house  seemed to  be floating  over  the vaporish waters.

Example:  She saw a fresh  flowerlike face.

Ordinary and Inverted Similes 
In ordinary  similes the TO  stands in  pre-position. And the example about this simile below:

Example:  Indeed,  like  gulls resting  on  a ship’s mast, they  were sitting  in  the  absolute  tower  of the  tree.

Example : Like an inspired frog,  Riley hopped and  caught  hold  of one of  the sheriff’s dangling boots.

Patent and Latent Similes 
We define  as  patent  those  similes in which the  comparative predication is  always  explicitly  realized  by  a three-componential structure.

example: “The rain  had thickened  like  a deepening scale of  piano notes, it struck  its  blackest  chord  and drummed into  a downpour that  did  not at  once  reach  us”

.  In opposition to  patent similes,  we  define  as latent those  similes in which  the comparison of heterogeneous  objects  is only  implied,

The  italicized  attributive syntagmas in  the  above-given examples can be treated  as latent  forms of similes as they  can be reconstructed  in  the three-componential sturcture  of similes: “Those cornflower-blue eyes” = Those eyes that were  as  blue  as cornflowers;  “her magnolia-white  skin”  =  Her skin  was  as white  as  magnolia;  and “apple-red cheeks”  = cheeks, that were  as red as  an  apple.  The research  has revealed  that the comparative predication can  be made implicit mostly  in those similes in which  the  TO is qualified according to  some  color.

Conclusion.

We can found the simile in daily activiti. Everywhere and anywhere some ecample maybe you can found the simile can found when read a novel. Simile is majas that compares something with the other with use the word connections or said pembanding in Indonesia. It can be concluded that simile is a majas that comparison explicit or not immediately using words: as a comparison, the same, as, like, laksana, similar and so on. In the Java language literature kias simile often referred to a move.

Semantic

Semantics

    Semantics is a brances of linguistics. Semantic and semantics is a study about meaning. From this course we can learn waht is meaning on language in writing or when we heard.
    Semantic we can found in daily conversition everyday. Because in language so many expression. By the gesture or body language, action etc all that have a meaning. And semantic also knowledge of any speakers beacuse that speakers communicate fact, feellings, etc and then they imagination to understand what they communicate to him or her.
     Semantic not only the study of linguistic but also related with the way other knowledge in the world such as philoshophers, psychologists,scientists, anthropologists, and sociologists.
     Have two type meaning on semantic, that is lexical meaning and grammatical meaning. Lexical meaning is the meaning of base of roots without any prefix and suffix. And the grammatical meaning is the meaning from the atructure or word from grammar.
    And also bellow is different aspect of meaning as word as:
1. The logical or denotative meaning
2. The conotative meaning
3. The social meaning
4. The tematic meaning.
     And in semantic have terms and distinctions:
1. Lexical and gramtical meaning
2. Sense and reference
    That is explained earlier that sign refer to concepts as well as to other sign or symbol.
   
 And also the sense relation include:
a. Homonymy
b. Synonymy
c. Polysemy
d. Antonymy
3. Sentence meaning and utterence meaning
4. Etailement and presupposition

     And in the semantis have a theories of semantic

a. Traditional approach
b. Analytical / referential approach
c. Functional approach
d. Field theory of meaning.

Scarcity of birds typical serindit Riau

Blue-crowned hanging parrot bird or Loriculus galgulus is a typical bird Riau. Bird serindit wither set as a typical animal, mascot, or the identity of the province of Riau accompanying fauna Nibung defined as the flora identity Riau province. The scientific name of a family of small-sized animals are Loriculus galgulus Psittacidae (Linnaeus, 1758) is one among dozens of species of the genus members Loriculus (serindit). In English known as the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot. While in Indonesia has several local names such as Entlit and Talisok (Dayak), Lissak (Sumatra), Tripas kelit (Malay). Determination blue-crowned hanging parrot bird as a typical bird or animal identity is inseparable from culture Riau Riau people associated this bird. In addition to being a favorite pet birds, blue-crowned hanging parrot bird has been known in various folklore and a symbol of wisdom, wisdom, beauty, courage, loyalty, humility people of Riau

Blue-crowned hanging parrot bird populations (Loriculus galgulus) globally is not known with certainty, but BirdLife estimates that more than 10,000 head of an adult with a stable population trend.

Pros and Cons Installation of banners are prohibited from smoking in the Parliament building Pekanbaru

It seems that the Government's intention to make non-smoking Pekanbaru been started. Because, Monday (4/4) morning a banner measuring 1X5 meters, pictorial Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Pekanbaru, Firdaus-verse with the left side of the display Chief Medical Officer, Helda S Munir, mounted on the side of the fence the second floor of the Parliament building Pekanbaru. Banner that read, 'You Entered No Smoking, No 39 of 2014 Perwako' is, suddenly went up, Monday, April 4, 2016 by the Parliament Secretariat Pekanbaru.

Pekanbaru City Council member from the Democratic Party, Heri Setiawan, supporting banners were up. Because, with the installation of the banners, there are rules to respect people who do not smoke. "I agree (banner ban it), if necessary, be made Perdanya and sanctioned. The government made a rule must be a reason. Moreover, this (banner) good for a healthy lifestyle, "he concluded.

Pekanbaru City Council member from the PAN faction, Puji Daryanto. He regretted the action of tides display banners such as Pekanbaru Mayor installed in people's houses. "I do not agree banners (smoking ban) was installed. Why was given a place and why are installed here (the house of the people). The government's already determine the location, and there have been no-smoking places, "said Puji. Praise related SKPD asked to remove the banner, because it is unfeasible and not commonly installed in homes of the people, because the place is not a public institution. "Do banner was mounted in place haphazardly especially these people's house. Replace the many public and crowded places, and a lot of visitors, if that I agree, please install the neighborhood crowded places smoke-free area, "he said.
so I think the decision was correct installation of banners, especially to remind the younger generation is not to smoke either in public places or anywhere let alone smoke it will only cause negative impact on the youth.

Story- A Miracle in a Litte Bottle

A Miracle in a Little Bottle

            Tik.. tok.. tik.. tok.. jarum-jarum kecil dari dalam jam dinding bersuara yang seakan akan berputar dan menari dengan mengikuti waktu yang perlahan mulai menjauh dariku, suara yang begitu jelas terdengar sayup dan menyapa daun telingaku. Suara dentingan dari jarum-jarum kecil itu, serasa memebelah dan memecahkan sunyi dan heningnya malam ini. Kutatap keluar jendela kamarku, sambil mendengarkan dentingan waktu itu.

          Kumenatap jauh hingga rasanya, jiwaku sudah tidak berada lagi didalam kamar itu. Yang kurasakan hanya Pilu dan seribu satu pertanyaan yang satu persatu berhubungan dan berputar serta berjalan dibenakku. Pertanyaan yang kurasa tidak pernah ada jawabanya bagiku. Perlahan sebuah butiran butiran kecil tiba tiba jatuh dan mengalir diatas pipiku. Kuusap dan ternyata itu adalah butiran air yang mengandung sejuta pilu yang bersal dari mataku.

          Masih Segar dipikiranku apa yang terjadi 2 hari yang lalu. Sebuah kejadian yang tak pernah kusangka sebelumya. Pada hari itu penyemangat dan separuh dari diriku sendiri hilang bersamanya. Tak tahu apakah aku akan bisa berdiri dengan tegap dan melanjutkan hidup didunia fana ini. Dia adalah orang yang sangat tahu tentang aku, siapa aku dan bagaimana aku. Dia yang memberi tahuku pertama kali tentang indah dan buruknya dunia ini. Dan dia jugalah yang membuatku bisa berdiri tegap dan mengahadapi duna ini.

          Yah setiap orang pasti memilikinya. Seorang malaikat yang dititipkan untukku yaitu ibuku. Namun  mulai sekarang tak akan aku rasakan belaianmu itu disetiap langkahku. Karena kau telah sangat jauh dariku. Tiba tiba butiran air itu serasa deras dikedua pipiku seakan ikut memeberi tahu dunia bahwa aku tak bisa merelakanya. “Tuhan, Kenapa kau mengambilnya dariku? Padahal kau katakan bahwa dia adalah malaikat dan peri pelindungku. Lalu sekarang siapa yang akan melindungiku?”Gumamku dalam hati.

          Itulah salah satu pertanyaan yang selalu menyeruak dari dalam hatiku. Namun tuhan tak pernah membalas dan menjawabnya. Mulai hari itu juga aku tak lagi percaya akan namanya keajaiban yang tuhan berikan. Ingin kuberbagi, namun aku tak tahu pada siapa serasa didunia yang besar dan luas ini aku hanya sendiri dan hanya ditemani temanku yang bisu yang hanya akan muncul ketika aku berada dibawah cahaya. Namun akan hilang jika aku berada dikegelapan malam.

          Tiba tiba kegelapan malam itu mulai memudar dan keheningan malam itu mulai hilang. Cahaya terang mulai menembus celah celah jendela kamarku. Suara hiruk pikuk perkotaan yang tak jelas mulai terdengar. Ternyata sang mentari sudah mulai mengambil posisinya. Akupun mulai terbangun dari lamunan panjangku. Aku berdiri dan mulai mengambil handukku dan berjalan menuju kamar mandi.

          Setelah selesai berbenah diri,dengan tubuh yang sedikit lemah mata yang sembab  perlahan akupun kembali melakukan  aktifitas rutinku yang kutekuni mulai dari awal tahun yang lalu ketika ibu masih bersama. Yaitu mengayuh sepeda untuk pergi menuntut ilmu disalah satu universitas diibukota. Sebelum berangkat, kusempatkan diri sejenak melihat fotoku barsama malaikatku yang telah pergi. Masih ingat dengan jelas bealaian tangannya yang selalu kudapat sebelum beraktifitas.

          Setelah itu akupun mulai perlahan mengayuh pedal sepeadaku dan menuju kampus. Tak lama sekitar 30 menit beralalu. Aku tiba dikampus tempatku menuntut ilmu. “Dinda, Dinda tungguin aku”. Sebuah suara terdengar memanggil namaku, aku pun menoleh kebelakang dan melihat darimana suara itu berasal. “kamu din cepet banget sih perginya, gak nungguin aku lagi” ternayata suara itu berasal dari temenku sekelasku liana. 

          Dengan tersenyum aku hanya bisa menjawab” maaf tadi aku bangunya agak cepet, takut kena macet”. Dinda itu adalah namaku dan do’a yang diberikan ibu dan ayahku padaku, aku adalah salah seorang mahasiswi dari sebuah universitas diibukota.ibuku meninggal 2 hari yang  Lalu. Dalam sebuah kecelakaan.ayahku tinggal dikota lain untuk bekerja dan mencari nafkah. Aku tinggal sendiri disebuah rumah kecil. Lalu aku dan temanku kembali berjalan menuju kekelas kami pada pagi itu.

 Setelah beberapa jam aku berada dikampus, dan semua matakuliah sudah kulewati. “bye dinda ketemu besok ya!” ujar beberapa temanku yang mengucap salam perpisahan hari itu. “iya sampai jumpa” balasku pada mereka. Hari semakin sore, dan teman bisuku mulai datang menghampiriku. Perlahan aku mulai mengayuh pedal sepedaku. Diperitigaan aku jalanku terhenti oleh sebuah lampu merah jalanan yang menyala.

Hiruk pikuk perkotaan yang ramai tetap membuatku merasa kesepian. Terlebih lagi ketika aku harus pulang kerumah, dan semua kenangan tentang ibuku kembali pulang ke otaku. “kak, beli donk kak daganganku, belikan donk kak danganku belum ada yang terjual, aku belum makan dari beberapa hari yang lalu, ibuku juga sakit kak” sebuah suara yang lirih menghampiriku.

Ternyata itu adalah suara lirih anak kecil pedagang asongan yang mencoba menawariku daganganya. Aku merasa sangat kasian padanya badan kecil, ringkih dan kurus membawa dangan beberapa makanan ringan dan minuman. Tiba tiba aku tertuju pada sebotol kecil minuman susu yang dijual anak itu. Susu botol itu mengingatkanku pada ibu yang dulu sering membelikan ku minuman itu

.”yaudah dek kakak beli satu botol susu ini yah” ujarku pada anak itu.” Oh iya terimakasih banyak kak, semoga kakak selalu dilindungi Allah dan diberi keberkahan ” do’a anak itu kepadaku. “ iya Amin, makasih dek” balasku pada anak itu.Lampu hijau jalanan kembali menyala, suara klakson kendaraan bersautan sekan tidak sabar akan padatnya ibukota. Kembali roda sepedaku berputar dan meyusuri perlahan langkah demi langkah jalan menuju rumahku.

Tak lama kemudian diperjalan kemabali roda sepedaku berhenti dan kakiku berhenti mengayuh pedal sepedaku. Aku melihat seekor kucing jalanan yang ketakutan berada ditengah jalan yang ramai. Akupun berhenti dan berjalan menuju  kucing malang itu. Ku angkat badanya yang kurus dan kumal. Kubawa menuju pinggir jalanan. Kucing itupun menatapku seakan ingin mengucapkan kata terimaksih.

Setalah kumersa dia sudah aman akupun perlahan mulai meninggalkanya. Namun tiba tiba kucing itu kembali mengejarku dan mengigit kecil dibagian bawah rok yang kukenakan. ”Aku bingung apa mungkin kucing in berharap aku membawanya? Atau mungkin kucing ini sedang merasa kelaparan dan berharap aku memberinya makan?”, ujarku dalam hatiku.

Ingin kubawa kucing itu pulang dan menjadi temanku. Namun itu pasti akan sangat sulit sementara jarah rumahku, lumayan jauh dari tempat itu. Akupun ingat dengan sebotol susu yang kubeli dari anak dilampu meah tadi. Tak jauh dari tempat itu ada wadah kecil bekas tempat makanan. Kutuangan sebotol susu itu kewadah itu.

Padahal itu adalah sebotol susu yang membuatku ingat pada ibu.namun aku tahu bahwa susu itu masih bisa kubeli diwarung tapi nyawa kucing ini tak bisa kubeli dimanapun. Ternyata kucing itu sangat menyukai susu coklat yang kuberi. Dengan lahap kucing itu meminumnya. Tiba tiba selang beberapa detik setelah kucing itu minum sebuah suara yang sangat keras mengagetkanku dan terdengar pula suara teriakan.

Tolong....!!! ku menoleh kebelakang dan ternyata tak jauh dari tempatku berdiri sebuah kecelakaan beruntun terjadi, banyak anak anak dan orang dewasa yang terluka. Aku sangat kaget sekan  semua terjadi dengan sangat cepat. Kulihat kucing itu sudah berlari dan pergi karena suara dentuman yang begitu besar iya menyisakan sedikit susu yang berada diwadah itu. Orang orang mulai berdatangan ketempat kejadian dan keamanan negara muali sibuk dengan kerjanya.

Akupun kembali melanjutkan perjalan, sebelum sebuah macet yang sangat panjang menghambatku tiba dirumah. Sepanjang jalan aku mengingat kejadian yang baru saja ku alami. Dan kukaitkan satu sama lain. dan aku mendapat sebuah kesimpulan. Ternyata Allah masih sangat meyayangiku. Allah teah memberiku Kejaiban didalam sebotol susu itu.melalui perantara si anak dilampu merah dan seekor kucing yang ketakutan ditengah jalanan padat tadi.

Jika saja aku tak perduli dengan anak yang ada dilampu merah, dan aku tak peduli denga kucing yang malang itu, serta jika saja aku terlamat beberapa detik dan tetap melanjutkan perjalanan, pasti aku juga akan ada didalm kecelakaan itu. Tak tahu apa yang akan terjadi pada aku dan ayahku jika itu terjadi. Sebuah keajaiban yang tadinya aku tak percaya lagi. Sekarang aku mulai mempercayainya. Sebauh keajaiban yang diberikan Allah padaku didalam sebotol susu.

Percayalah pada keajaiban itu, maka ia akan datang. Namun jangan pernah kamu hanya menunggu dan mengharapkan keajaiban itu jika kamu tidak berusaha sebelumnya. Ingat Tuhan tidak akan memberikan keajaiban itu jika kamu tidak peduli pada sekitar. Dan lupakan semua kesedihan yang ada pasti Allah akan memberikan yang lebih baik lagi. Percayalah pada Keajaiban.