CREATIVE WRITING

Unpredictable Figure

                When it was the meeting of discussing to determine the figure of biography book. I had no idea with my own figure. I was trying to think but that was the fact, I still could not find it until the meeting ended. I was stuck for a few days on thinking who would be my figure. As Mam says, “the figure should has something that we look up” this is the key of choosing the figure besides the figure must still alive, the figure should be possible to interview, and absolutely you have to ensure that you have not preceded by someone in written the figure’s biography. I was thinking by considering these requisites. I though about many people at that time just wanted to choose the figure, and finally after a few days I got the figure. I could not believe this man would be my figure, I did not know why my mind minded him. My figure is a man, he lives near my place, and also I have been associated with him almost two years. He comes from Aceh and he definitely able to speak aceh language. His name is Nasher, but people always call him by name “Pak Aceh”, Pak because he has been 50 years old the word “Pak” is to honor him as an old man and “Aceh” as you guess because he comes from aceh region. “Pak”, “Pak” I usually call him by these name. Aceh as we known as the “Serambi Makkah” and it proved by Pak Aceh, Pak Aceh is a religious and charitable man, here on the society he recognized as one of the Imams in prayer. And the things that I look up at him is he can maintain the pure relation with his wife from doing cheating. His wife lived in Aceh but he never doing cheating on her. And also he can control his desire of doing sin like for gambling, drunk, drug, and women yet he can do that because he is a rich man and has a good health. Instead of do those things he more prefer being a charitable and friendly to others and enjoy his life by joining the Islamic teaching (pengajian). I admire his strength of controlling the “syahwat and hawa nafsu” I hope I can take a lesson from him by this biography assignment. Aamiin