The first 200 lines.
May 22nd, 2011, Jakarta One year after the passing of Hasri Ainun Besari
Aku sangat merindukanmu. I miss you so much.
Apakah Papa baik-baik saja? Are you all right, Dad?
Mom. I need to...
Honey, go to the bathroom by yourself, okay? Learn to be brave.
- Where are you going? - I'm taking a plate.
Semuanya. Everyone.
Sini. Sini sebentar. Come. Come here for a bit.
Later when we're having dinner, don't talk about Grandma Ainun.
Why? Because we'll miss Mom?
Dad needs at least six months to accept Mom being gone.
Let's not take him back to those times.
And anyway, when Grandpa talks about Grandma Ainun, he talks for a long time!
Hey, don't say that.
Tapi memang benar. But it's the truth.
We need to have fun at dinner later. Laugh a lot. Okay?
- Okay. - I need to send a quick message.
Nadia, this is what I found.
What's this?
You took this from Grandpa's collection, right?
That's why I told you to get it yourself. Go!
You're so unreliable.
Grandpa.
Tifani.
Please accompany me to the bathroom.
Your house is so big. I'm scared.
Tifani, what's wrong with you? You're supposed to go by yourself.
Tak apa-apa. Mari. Ayo. It's okay. Come. Let's go.
Okay, Grandpa.
When Grandma Ainun was young, she was very brave.
She went to the bathroom by herself?
She did, but not just that. She did many things.
She was very brave.
Tell me about her, Grandpa!
Yes, okay. Later, okay? I'll tell you all about her.
- Go pee first. - Okay, Grandpa.
- You're brave, right? - I'm brave, Grandpa.
Bagus. Good.
Ikannya enak sekali. The fish is very good.
- Right? - Right.
I have a funny story.
Some time ago, I visited the psychiatric hospital in Magelang. My friend owns it.
My friend was joking around and asked one of the patients...
"Sir? How are you? You enjoy living here?"
The patient answered, "You need to experience it yourself."
He was surprised. "Why should I? This is my hospital."
The patient answered again.
"That's it! I was also admitted to this hospital because I claimed to be the president!"
What's so funny?
That's why you need to learn to pee by yourself first!
Pasha.
Grandpa... you promised to tell me stories about Grandma Ainun.
Right.
- Tifani, I haven't finished my story yet. So... - I don't want to hear it.
Tak apa-apa. It's okay.
I want to hear stories about Grandma Ainun.
I promised her.
Tifani, you want to hear stories about Grandma Ainun?
Yes? Which one?
How did you first meet Grandma Ainun?
Okay.
- It must be about Brown Sugar... - Shh!
Grandpa!
You're all here!
Sit, sit.
- Sit. Where's Thareq? - He's at a meeting. He'll join us later.
What were you talking about? Sounds exciting!
We were listening to Grandpa. He's telling us stories about Grandma Ainun.
Farrah, Farhan, sit down!
What's wrong with you two? Why are you always fighting over things?
She's the one who started it!
- No, you. - You.
- That's enough. - Twins. You're both the same.
- No! We're not the same! - No! We're not the same!
Farhan.
- Grandpa. - Yes?
Please continue the story.
- What story? - A story about Grandma Ainun.
Grandpa, I want to hear it too!
Me too!
You want to hear it? Okay...
It was 1953...
when I first met her.
But there was an unfortunate event.
Come on, Rud! Go on if you're brave enough!
You said it yourself.
He's probably going to chicken out.
Shh! Quiet, you two!
Then prove it.
Ainun.
You're dark and ugly! You're like muddy brown sugar!
What is he doing?
- Let's go. - Quick!
You called her ugly?
- Seriously, Grandpa? - Yes.
So...
Grandma Ainun...
paling cantik dan cerdas. ...was the smartest and most beautiful woman.
Come.
Felicia. Farhan. Come.
Come here. Sit.
Come on.
Okay.
This is the woman I called ugly and dark...
but actually, she was really brave.
Okay? And smart. She was very smart!
Go! Go! Go!
Hurry!
One point for Team B!
I never understood the concept of this game, rounders.
It's like baseball. In both games, players hit a ball.
- Right? - They also use a bat. It's simple.
No, rounders is different from baseball. It's also different from hockey, eventhough all three games involve a ball!
- Nun! - Nina!
Din! Din!
Yes! Overtake position!
Did you see the ball hit the Team B player?
It means that Team A may overtake Team B's position.
- So they need to throw the ball at their opponents? - Yes.
That must hurt.
Basically, the batter must try to hit the ball...
and then run to the free area and return to the main area?
- That will score two points? - Yes.
Come on, Han. You can do this.
Come on!
Time-out, sir! My friend is injured.
- It's okay. - Don't.
Time-out!
Looks like someone got injured.
Rud, Brown Sugar is the one helping! Go help her!
Come on.
Take a deep breath.
Ouch.
This will hurt a little.
Breathe.
Luckily you passed the ball to Dina.
They were close to leading by two points.
But we're in the last round. And they're still leading.
And you're injured too, Din.
You must take her position as a batter then.
Everybody on our team is at a base.
Nun.
You can do it.
- Good luck, Nun. - Okay.
Let's go.
Good luck, Nun.
Ainun! Ainun!
Why didn't she hit the ball?
She chose not to hit the ball because the bowler threw her a bad one.
Ainun, focus!
- Let's go home. - Wait. It's starting to get exciting.
Rud! Wait! Go home later!
- This is Brown Sugar's ultimate hit! - No, I'm going home.
- Just wait a bit. - Fine.
Ainun!
Go, Ainun!
Two points for Team A!
Yes! Finally!
If Ainun wasn't determined to get those two points, we would have...
- Nun. - What is it?
We should be the one asking that.
From the beginning of the match, you seemed a bit distracted.
No. I'm fine.
What's fine?
Ouch. Be gentle. It hurts.
Rounders is actually exciting. But it's complicated too.
That's why rounders is often considered a sport for women.
What does that have to do with it?
Can you ever understand a woman's mind?
Look at Rudy. The complicated one.
Like a woman.
Rud.
Yes?
- Is there a problem? - A problem!
What did I say? Complicated! No wonder he understands rounders.
I don't have a complicated mind.
I'm just thinking of my plans for college.
Will I get accepted to UI's Faculty of Medicine?
Is that really what's distracting you?
Nun. UI will suffer a loss if they reject a smart student like you.
How could you be so sure?
Of course, I'm sure!
Seeing the way you helped Dina, I'm sure you'll be an incredible doctor.
I want to be an engineer. TH Bandung.
TH Bandung is close to us.
We could walk there.
It's also close to Brown Sugar!
That's enough talk about brown sugar.
Come on, Rud. Stop denying it.
The whole school knows that you both are geniuses.
That's right!
Which means you're both soulmates!
But people keep telling me, "Ainun, just become a midwife."
"Women are more suitable as midwives."
As if the world is owned only by men.
I want to become a doctor.
Speaking of men...
Do you not have anything else to talk about aside from women?
Rud, leave the complicated things at school.
Why should we talk about school when we're not in school?
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