Project : Alterization
Chapter 15's

The recruitment season of the organizations passed. Various recruitment posters began to be released one by one from the madrasah wall magazine. Each organization has its own members. So do my friends. Almost all of them are accepted in the organizations they list. Futsal, basketball, badminton, pencak silat, Ahlan TV crew, Ahlan magazine crew, Sapala Aulita and others. It's so sad to see myself like this. In fact, at first I was very confident to be accepted in every organization I wanted. Some people I told you that I must have been accepted to Majma' Dakwah. But, expectations do not always match reality. Now, what to say. Where should my face be placed.

But so far, I still haven't heard any news about the continuation of the HBA selection. He said he wanted to have a routine exercise to test natural selection. However, until now there has been no training held by the organisational committee. I don't know what it is, I don't know. There are also those who say that all prospective members of the HBA organization are immediately accepted unconditionally. But, until now there has been no clarity directly sourced from the organization committee of the HBA itself.

The next few days, it went as usual. It's just that due to the trauma in the MD selection yesterday, I greet seniors less often. Only this time did I feel greatly underestimated, and humbled by the incompetence I had. My irritation to those who underestimated me in the beginning of writing, I never felt this bad. However, this is not a serious problem. They don't know yet, most people who used to underestimate me regret ever underestimating me. I will not fall just because I failed once and was underestimated. I'll make all the words knocking them down a booster to run even further. They don't know who I am yet. Humans who if underestimated will even become more overpowering.

Coincidentally close to that time, the OSIS Worship Division held a competition. A rote race consisting of four branches. Memorize 5 early juz, 5 late juz, Hisnul Muslim, and Arbain Nawawiy hadith. I followed him once during MTW. However, only in the first round stage, I immediately fell because so many of my rivals are students of the IL/IM level. But now I am santri IM. Now it's my turn to avenge the slaughtered underclassmen who will take part in this race. In addition, I also saw another opportunity when I tried to observe the existence of this race from a different side. This is an event for me. To become a truly shining star. If I win, I can at least prove to them that I am an underrated person. I will make them regret for rejecting me.

It has not passed one day since the registration of the race, there has been one friend who invited to register. Name's Hashim. He is one of the MD registrants accepted as a member. I actually feel a little envious of him. Because, the people around me as well as the seniors seem to think of him as a great person. Though not really. I, who can be said to be a close friend, know very well how the original character of Hashim actually. Since I got a friend to sign up, I was even more confident to participate in this race. He followed the branches of Hisnul Muslim and Hadith Arbain, while I was only Hadith Arbain. I think it's free to join two races if you can't win in both. Better to focus on one branch but definitely win, right? After all, I have experience in participating in this Hadith Arbain race.

"That means, you're open war huh? We're rivals in this Arbain Hadith race!"

From this moment on, I began my seriousness in following this race. Every time I have, I always use it to repeat the hadith I once memorized. My writing time is willing to sacrifice. Originally, this was all just for the sake of having people acknowledge my prowess. But, I am grateful that Hashim reminded me of that. He said that I should not try hard to memorize just to win this race, but I must also remember that all the deeds you do in this world must be based on the divine intention of ta'ala. I did it too. Day and night continue to change only for hadith, hadith and hadith. Until the time when the first round will be held.

I asked God that day that I might be made easy in all that I would face in this race. Then, I entered the race room by handing everything over to Allah ta'ala. Thank God, everything is smooth. And it turns out, the next day my name was announced to qualify for the next round on the notice board behind the mosque. While Hashim, his name is not listed on the names of participants who escaped in the branch of Hadith Arbain. However, he escaped in the Hisnul Muslim branch.

"Congratulations. This is because God has seen your hard work." Hashim patted my shoulder gently.

"Yes, Alhamdulillah. You keep the spirit up, too, yeah!" we also returned together to continue our efforts to the peak of success, in their respective branches.