Parade Tegal Arum
July 13, 2009
After all my business at UI’s dormitory had done, at 12.15 I went to UI railway station immediately. I used KRL ekonomi AC to Jakarta Kota station. About an hour on the way then I arrived there. Soon, I bought Tegal Arum ticket cost 15 thousand rupiahs. I thought it is very cheap, compared with Kaligung ticket which cost 25 thousand, just reach Semarang.
KA Tegal Arum had been on its base at that biggest railway station in Jakarta since 13.00. After the ticket was in my pocket, I walked quickly to platform 9, afraid of unable get a seat. I moved in second coach from the end of the train. Fortunately, I got a seat.
This Tegal Arum is really the citizen train. Especially, really belongs to Tegal people I think. Everyday, this 12 coaches train carries traders, students, employers, tourists, even job searchers from Tegal to Jakarta and also otherwise. From Tegal, the train starts move at 06.00, arrives Jakarta at 13.00. From Jakarta, the train goes at 15.00, arrives Tegal about nine .
The atmosphere inside this crowded train definitely different with outside. Within Tegal Arum, there were no more sounds like ‘Lo-Gue’ or ‘saya-Anda’. There were just ‘kula-panjenengan’ or ‘enyong-koen’ users, even ‘remu’ users. Yup, people talked each other used Tegalnese, their beloved language.
This train is like ‘moving market’. Why? Because every time, every second along the journey, I always heard traders shouted, offered their stuffs. They walked forward, moved back, all the time while marketing. So many kinds of traders inside. There are drink and food seller, CD seller, toys seller, stationary seller, manual fan seller, newspaper seller, even singing beggar. Beside crowded, the train was so noisy.
Here some scenes inside the train that I remember. May be you can get the preview of the train looks like nowadays.
Scene 1,
The crowded train was moving. An old woman looked in hurry, walked to the toilet. She asked to an unseated man.
“WC ne bisa dienggo?”
“Ora Bu.” Replied the unseated man.
“Sih bisane? Laka banyune?”
“Banyu ta gampang, gari nggawa aqua. Masalahe, wong-wong pada ndokon barang-barange nang WC. Deleng bae oh, ana ban, pipa, karo pit!!!”
Scene 2,
“Pecel, peceelll! Pecele Wak gambreeeng! Olih ngutang!!” an old woman sold her ‘pecel’.
People, “temenan???”
Wak gambreng, “Olih ngutang, rong menit bayar!!! ;D”
People, “karepe dewek tok…”
Scene 3,
ZZzzzzz….. I slept well
Scene 4,
A man and his friend brought a lot of stuffs. Then, they sat in front of me. The man asked to his friend,
“koen ora ngelih?”
“Ora ah, wetenge lagi ra enak.”
“belet ngising?”
“rada sih, tapi pime maning, WC ne ra bisa dingo.”
“nyekel watu bae sing kenceng! Jare wong tua bisa nggo nahan belet.”
“ader??”
Scene 5,
While walking, a CD’s seller put some CD (not original I think) on my thigh. He did it in order to promote his stuffs, so that we could choose which we want. Most of them are MP3. Not so long, the seller came back to take his CD. He asked to a man in front of me, (NOT to me)
“BF? Ana oh, kyeh…” while showing porn CD.
“heh? Ora!” answered the man.
“temenan? Aja elom loh!! Ngko kamitenggengen! Haha”
Scene 6,
A man in front of me stopped the book seller.
“tuku sing endi? Rong ewu ana sing isine siji, ana sing loro” the book seller showed some very thin books.
“I take this one.” Paid, and took the book.
I got curious of what kind of book he bought. After he finished reading, I borrowed it. I read the title, ‘TABIR MIMPI: ARTI KEDUTAN, BULAN LAHIR, DAN KEJADIAN LAINNYA’
(Useless book I think)
Scene 7,
Suddenly I heard an old woman said loudly to a 10 yrs old boy,
“koen dewekan maring Jakarta? Ora wedi?”
“wis biasa bu” replied the boy.
“bapa ibune koen nang endi? Ora nggoleti?”
“nang umah, neng Tanjung.”
“pentol nemen sih, ora wedi. Mesti koen bocah MBLATANG!”
Scene 8,
It was already night. I was very hungry. then I heard a seller shouted,
“nasi goreng bungkus! Pake telor, tiga ribuan!”
I stopped the seller, and bought that 3000 fried rice. Before I opened its wrap, a man in front of me said to me,
“aku ta ora biasa tuku panganan neng nduwur sepur. Es teh sewunan, dewek beleh ngarti banyune mentah apa mateng. Sega goreng kaya kue, ora ngerti bahan-bahane apa. Apa maning nganggo endog. Neng darat be regane ora nganti murah semono.”
“ora papa lah, ngelih nemen. Nggo ganjel weteng tok um.” I replied.
Then I opened the wrap, started eat. The fried rice was salty, but not bad. There were ‘dadar’ egg inside. But, wait! It was not egg! I watched it closer. It was flour! The flour that was modified like ‘dadar’ egg!


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