Digital Manuscript of E. I. Dinazar

A sweet womem named Raksi was born in a humble peasant family at the unconquered land. During her childhood, she had always wore used clothes from her older sibling, or a rough home sewn clothes. When young Raksi wanted to change her life, she went to neighboring city, worked as textile trader's employee. It was like a dream job for her, since she could touch various hi-quality textile and garments, although not owning it, yet. She rarely visited her family back in the land, because there was so much suffering she endured there, and she was quite happy with her new life.  But for one moment, when she went back to her family's house, a fateful meeting happened. She was on a cart on the way home, when she saw several unfamiliar men near her family's house. Lord Baroush stood there dashingly, his brown  horse nearby. He was looking for a good tailor to make his men's uniform. His squad only had a formal uniform sewn by The Kingdom's tailors, but they also needed field ...

The Lord of The Unconquered Land (from now on we will call him by his real name, Baroush of The Jungle) was raised by a family of lumberjack. His father taught him about woodcrafting since his childhood, and although he wasn't not the brightest among his 7 brothers, he was a hardworker. He was always a man of action, did little talk and always focused on his goal. Not to say that he never taste fall, defeat or humiliation, but a determined one who always know to stand up after each fall in life. Due to his hardwork, he climbed his rank to be one of the kingdom's carpenter.  At the beginning, he was tasked to make a wooden weapon for the soldier to train, and he always delivered the best result. A wooden weapon was just meant as a mean to familiarize newly recruited soldier with real weapon, but he decorated each of it with a unique ornament, earning popularity among the trained soldier. Even senior soldiers often asked him to made them personal ornamental items. The King aknowl...

" Membaca adalah jendela dunia ", demikian kata salah satu pepatah yang paling kita kenal. Tapi, pernahkah kalian sungguh-sungguh meresapinya? Bagiku sendiri, rasa-rasanya aku tak hanya membuka jendela dunia melalui buku. Jendela itu telah kulompati dan akupun telah berlarian ke berbagai dunia lain, dengan jasmaniku yang tengah terduduk dalam diam.  Aku merasa amat beruntung dengan kondisi keluargaku. Kami menempati sepetak bangunan yang merupakan bagian dari sebuah sekolah swasta tua yang telah melewati masa kejayaannya. Sekolah itu masih ada hingga kini, namun telah kalah dihempas zaman dan hanya menyisakan sedikit siswa di tiap angkatannya. Ia hidup segan mati pun tak mau, layaknya seonggok rumput kering di lapangan berdebu. Pun demikian, ada satu fitur yang amat kusukai dari sekolah tua itu; perpustakaannya. Buku-buku di dalamnya telah lahir ke dunia lebih dulu dariku. Sebagiannya lapuk dimakan rayap, ada pula yang halamannya lengket terkena bocoran hujan. Ruangan itu gel...

Once upon a time, in a peaceful side of a kingdom, live a rich landlord with his family. He was so rich, that any report of a stealing of his treasury never bothered him. He ruled over this piece of land given by The King with great wisdom, albeit a twisted one. This piece of land given to him by The King, was a wasteland. He was one of the king's bravest warrior, who accompanied him through many battles. During one of their journey of conquest, they came across this abandoned piece of land, and he thought 'what a waste, a land this vast but noone conquered'. The locals said that the land was cursed, so nobody came to cultivate this peaceful land. He then humbly asked The King to lead a party with a mission 'to change this wasteful piece of earth into one of the kingdom's most fruitful garden'. A very brave bet, indeed. But The King granted him the request anyway. He thought that nobody would be bothered anyway, so with the power he had, The King appointed him t...

Jadi ceritanya, 21 Juli tahun lalu, di salah satu WAG ada informasi tentang lomba. Sebenernya dari kemarinnya sudah ada info, cuma penulis belum menggubris. Saat itu (tanggal 21 alias h-3 deadline lomba) kayaknya mata lagi siwer , jadi ngiranya lomba film pendek. Pas tanggal 22 alias h-2 baru ngeh kalo lombanya cuma naskah film pendek. Nanya lah sama kawan yang membagikan info tersebut, dan singkatnya penulis submit karya tanggal 23, tepatnya ba'da maghrib baru penulis kelar kirim surel ke panitia lomba. Fast forward ke hari-h pengumuman, alhamdulillah dikabari kalau naskah penulis menang, juara 1 dari 39 naskah yang masuk.  Tanggal 6 Agustus penyerahan hadiah dari Pak Dirjen. Alhamdulillah dapet laptop Dell Inspiro 14 3000. Lucunya, beberapa waktu sebelumnya, istri sempet nyeletuk " yaudah ikut aja kalo ada lomba-lomba, siapa tahu dapet laptop ", mengetahui laptop penulis yang udah dipake sejak 2013 sudah mulai rewel. Dan pas lomba itu, penulis cuma ...

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