Autobiography - Neneng Farida Rahmah

My name is Neneng Farida Rahmah. I was born in Pandeglang 05th of May 1993. I am the first daughter in my family. My father’s name is Yakub Al-hilal and my mother’s name is Epon Huriah Mariam. I have one brother; his name is Muhamad Yahya Salim Al-hilal. And one sister, her name is NunungNurLatifah.

            When I was born, my mother told me that it is very difficult to bear me out. And my mother has to struggle very hard for it.  The doctor was busy because before my mother having me in womb, she has my brother fell prematurely and it leads to the difficulty of my born. My father and mother were very happy at that time and I could feel what they felt. My mother told me that I was a normal baby, because my height was 2, 9 kg.

            Almost every mother ever felt baby blues. It because they feel surprised when they have a baby for the first time, and my mother felt it too.

            I call my mother ‘mamah’ and my father ‘bapa’.  This titleis odd and seldom be applied in the modern period, but now still many children call their parents with the title. 

I am very happy become their child. My parent always loves and keeps me. I feel like the luckiest baby in the world. I cannot feel it at that time, but even I just know the story from my mother,my tears are rolled down, because my parent really wants to have a baby and because of that, they always love me.

            I am the first grandchild from my father’s family. So, my aunt and uncles always love me and keep me like my parents. In my mother family, I am the fourth grandchild, and I am loved by them too.

            Everyday I get many affection and attention from my parent. I feel like life in a heaven. Every night I always cry, it makes my parent wake up every night. At the time I could not say anything, I just can cry and cry. If I could speak I will say “Sorry my parent I did not mean to wake you up”, but I could not say anything. They enjoy their time when they take me care. Yes..Those are risks become a parent, but those are really pleasure things.

            They care my baby time, I am indulged and loved. My cuteand small body makes people around me wanted to carry me on their back and kiss me. I like a little angel who always gives happiness and good situation around me, because baby is holy creature and has not sin.

I was in kindergarten

            My kindergarten is an Islamic school. So, in Friday all of the students must wear veil. I knew the intentionof my parents to enter me there, because they want me to be a sholehah girl and never forget to pray.

            I felt better go to school than just stay at home. I could spend my time there, and my life was so colorful.

Every day I went to school with my neighbor. She was in class B1and I was in classA. My class is for studentsin 4 years old and must be continued to B class.

I enjoyedlearning there. I could study many subjects, from readingand basic religion science for children. My teachers always wore veil everyday, and they look very beautiful.

Usually I brought food from house and I eat together with my friends in the class. My mother is a creative woman. She always cooked a delicious food.

I remember when my mother cooked fried rice. She separatedthe fried rice become a small bribe, there are egg and sausages in every bribe. It was a unique food, and I always eat it everyday.

I like when we gave a glass of milk chocolate. I like it very much. We always drank it in our glass. The taste was so sweet and I like it very much, a delicious drink. Hmmmmmm....   

I must spent two years in this kindergarten, because my age is not enough to enter to elementary school, so, I must enjoy it.

            My mother always made my hair look so funny with many accessories that I wore in my hair. My mother is a creative woman and could made new mode for me.

Entered Elementary School

            I was 5 years old, and I was a student in elementary school. It was odd, but it was the reality.

            I entered to class 1a. I was school in SDN Magung V. The school was same with my kindergarten. I entered there because the school near with my house, and I could walk from my house without use public transportation.

            In that time I could wear a white red uniform. My mother bought for me and I wear it. As usual I prepared anything for school. 

        Islamic Boarding House Era (Junior High School)

After I graduated from the elementary school, I continued my school in the islamic boarding school. Actually I did not wanna go to islamic boarding school. But my parents wanted me to go there. So, I could not refuse that...

At the beginning of the Islamic boarding school I felt so strange with the situation  over there. I entered the hostel without any preparation at all, because at that time I did not intend to enter islamic boarding school. I did not bring eating utensils, toiletries, and school supplies and I just brought clothes pickup only, but there I met many new friends who came from various cities, such as Karawang, Sukabumi, Purwakarta, Jakarta, and others. Yeah.. They were very kind to me, though  sometime I faced the problem with them and  then was made cry by them.

MAN Ciparay was My Senior High School Era

In MAN Ciparay I entered to class XI IPA, but actually I did not know why I got that class?? because I thought that I was a lazy girl, and students there usually must be diligent students.

On the first day, I came late to school. Because I did not know where is my new school and it made me lost the way in the trip to go there. I asked to every one whom I met during the trip. It was very exhausted, but finally I could find it!

After I arrived at school, I guessed that I would be the new student there. But I was wrong!! Because there were three new students in that class. I felt so strange but spacious too. When I realized, I was not the only new one there.

The other new students is Siska Elsera, Cucu Nurjanah, Ratna Wuri Nurhayanti. I thougth the students in sciences class would tend to quiet. But once more, I was wrong!

In fact, they were very active, talkative, commotion, funny, fussy, and cool. Well, if I were in that class I never remember again all about my sadness before. Because my friends in the class was very amused me..

Now, I am here, in State Islamic University

After I graduated from MAN Ciparay. I was confussed with my next education, because I did not have a choice to enter university. But my m0ther always give me motivasion to enter university. And she registered me to UPI by UM way and UIN by PPA, But I did not get the success of that examination. I was very sad, but my mother  always gave me motivations again, and again. Ouh...I love her very much..

So she sugessted me to follow examination in UIN in sains teknology’s faculty and adab humanity’s faculty, and also to follow SMPTN with first choise in UNPAD and second choise in UPI. And I followed her sugestion. But in SNMPTN I got fail again. On that time I was very desperate.  And finally, I found my lucky in UIN by the examination way. I entered to UIN with confuse feeling. Because I thought that I have entered a directions that I never thought before. That is english department in adab and humanity faculty. 

            That is all the story of my life. Sometimes I feel happy, sometimes I feel sad. I think my life is beautiful. It is because I always enjoy my life. Life must go on and we do not give up. Every moment gives me lesson and I can learn from it.I hope the story of my life will gives us a lesson, but I know that I am not a perfect person, I always made mistakes.