Day - 202
Senin, 11 September 2006 -- Dari pagi sampai siang di rumah. Beberes. Ngetik. Baca. Kezia dan Karen sudah masuk sekolah lagi. Baca di koran Michael Schumacher akhirnya mengumumkan pengunduran dirinya dari ajang lomba F1 akhir musim ini. Ia adalah pembalap tersukses di F1. Tahun 1999 ia pernah mengalami kecelakaan parah. Kakinya patah. Siapa duga kemudian ia kembali merajai balapan F1. Banyak rekor yang pernah ia pecahkan. Ada 22 rekor di F1 yang dipegangnya. Termasuk juara dunia F1 7 kali. 5 diantaranya berturut-turut.
Beberapa hari lalu saya juga membaca Andre Aggasi yang memutuskan pensiun dari tenis. Ia petenis paling senior sekarang ini. Angkatannya Pete Sampras, Michael Chang dan Jim Courier sudah lebih dulu mundur. Beberapa kali ia merebut gelar grand slam. Bukan yang tersukses tapi ia termasuk petenis sukses. Aggasi mengumumkan pensiunnya dengan emosional. Manusia pada dasarnya selalu menuju pada satu titik. Akan ada masanya turun gelanggang. Ga bisa ga. Maka bijaksanalah orang yang tahu kapan harus "turun". Dan tanpa harus merasa "kalah" ketika yang muda-muda bermunculan siap menggantikannya.
Saya jadi teringat mantan Presiden Soeharto. Pak Harto adalah salah satu contoh orang yang ga sadar kapan harus turun. Sehingga akhirnya "keadaan-lah" yang menurunkannya. Dulu Pak Harto cenderung menabukan bicara soal penggantinya. Ia lupa bahwa pada akhirnya ia pun akan turun gelanggang. Akibatnya ketika ia pergi, bukan saja ga ada figur kuat seperti dirinya di Indonesia. Tapi juga dirinya malah jadi kehilangan "reputasinya". Semoga kelak pun saya punya kebijakan dan kebajikan untuk "mundur" pada saat yang tepat.
Siang diundang salah seorang anggota jemaat. Ia katanya masak mie. Kita dijemput. Asyik deh tuh makan mie. Seleranya sesuai dengan lidah. Jadilah itu mi terenak yang pernah saya coba selama di sini. Duh. Saya koq jadi kangen mie Ujung Pandang Baji Pamai, mie karet krekot, mie bangka Ahaw, mie goreng Akang, mie Palembang Aloi, mie Aheng Kemurnian, mie aduhai di parkiran Kelapa Gading, mie Japos. Duh, duh, duh. Pulang agak sore. Malam ada tamu yang berkunjung. Di sini biasa kalau sore ga ada acara di gereja, saling kunjungi gini. Jadi ga terlalu merasa sendiri gitulah.
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