Thursday, December 8, 2016

Oh..oh..oh.. by Idrus

I am the country that first
invades you but influence you.
Idrus
Idrus was an Indonesian author best known for his realistic short stories and novels.

             
         oh....oh....oh..!

         Sukabumi is known for its cool climate, but the people lined up for the ticketing window, but sadly, it was closed due to dying heat. The people was sweating hard while they wait for the ticket window to open. at the line, a young man was constantly coughing and spitting , The man behind him asked;” Why are you coughing? Its not dusty here.” while the young man replied, “I cough even in the cleanest room. I’ve just come from Pat-jet. I want to go to Jakarta.”
The man behind him pulled out his handkerchief and said, “If your sick, don’t spit on the floor, you know its contagious” the young man cough again but this time he cough a thick milk that has a red spot on it shaped like a Japanese flag. The ticket window wasn't open yet for the fourth class travellers, but when a Chinese man came along, He said, “ I have a pass from the Japanese authorities” The ticket window opened for him and he said “One second class ticket to Jakarta”. Inside the train, the Chinese smiled at a Eurasian girl seating arose the second class, While the ticket collector was collecting their tickets through the fourth class, the people there gave only their money , so the ticket collector immediately put the money in his pocket.
the train came to a stop at a tiny station. Several young men got on the train, Only from the caps could they be recognized as KEIBODANS, the occupation auxiliary police. they search the passengers for rice and lowered it to the platform, people who are transporting the rice were beaten, even the women.
        Just as the train was laving, an Arab climbed on. looking at the packed in the crowd and said, “Masha Allah-as God wills!” behind him was a young man with a limp, he hanged into the handrails, he arab asked if he could hold on much longer and the man said no one will give him alms in the fourth class, maybe someone will get off the next station.
Near Bogor the train was racing over the rails. suddenly, the cripple hanging into the handrails fell off and died, the train didn't mind the person who fell and leaved the body behind. the arab who saw it uttered, “Astaghafir Allah” all over and over again. The train stopped again at a tiny station, a conductor got off and hurried into a small house. the conductor got a ten percent commission from a hundred fifty genuine Koh-I-noor sold. afterward, the people are looking for the policeman who is carrying a bag of rice, but suddenly the policeman disappeared.


  I'd feel pity to the passengers  I'd read in  the story of Oh... oh..oh.. when the cruelty of the Japanese policemen,they get the bag of rice from the passengers they beat the other passengers if they disagreed.
        Japan ranks among the least corrupt in the world
  When I had finished read this short story, I realised that not only in our country having a corruption it is also exist in other country like Japan. Like here in the Philippines the corruption in our country is spreading right now even in the small store.
A changing nation ,changing worse ,bribery, and corruption.


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