The Same Saturday

Monday

Senin

Yasmin was twenty-seven. She was an engineer at the water company in Cairo.

Yasmin berumur dua puluh tujuh tahun. Dia seorang insinyur di perusahaan air di Kairo.

Her office was on the fifth floor of a big grey building near the Nile.

Kantornya ada di lantai lima sebuah gedung abu-abu besar dekat Sungai Nil.

On Monday, she arrived at half past seven, before everyone. She made a coffee and turned on her computer.

Pada hari Senin, dia tiba pukul setengah delapan, sebelum semua orang. Dia membuat kopi dan menyalakan komputernya.

There was a message from her sister. “Good morning! Five days to the party! Are you ready?”

Ada pesan dari adiknya. “Selamat pagi! Lima hari lagi sampai pesta! Kamu sudah siap?”

Yasmin smiled. Her sister Nour was twenty-four. On Saturday, there was a big party at their parents’ flat. It was Nour’s engagement party. Her boyfriend’s family planned to come and meet her family.

Yasmin tersenyum. Adiknya, Nour, berumur dua puluh empat tahun. Pada hari Sabtu, ada pesta besar di apartemen orang tua mereka. Itu pesta pertunangan Nour. Keluarga pacarnya berencana datang dan bertemu keluarganya.

Two months ago, Yasmin made a promise. “I’ll plan everything,” she said. “The food, the flowers, the chairs, the cake. You don’t have to do anything.”

Dua bulan lalu, Yasmin berjanji. “Aku akan merencanakan semuanya,” katanya. “Makanan, bunga, kursi, kue. Kamu tidak perlu melakukan apa-apa.”

Now she had a list with thirty things on it.

Sekarang dia punya daftar dengan tiga puluh hal di dalamnya.

She wrote back. “Of course I’m ready. Don’t worry. It’s going to be a perfect day.”

Dia membalas pesan itu. “Tentu saja aku siap. Jangan khawatir. Hari itu akan sempurna.”

Then she looked at the schedule on the wall. It was a busy week for her team.

Lalu dia melihat jadwal di dinding. Itu minggu yang sibuk untuk timnya.

Monday, nine o’clock: team meeting. Tuesday: a visit to the water station in Giza. Wednesday: the night shift, from eight in the evening to eight in the morning. Thursday, ten o’clock: the big presentation for the ministry.

Senin, pukul sembilan: rapat tim. Selasa: kunjungan ke stasiun air di Giza. Rabu: giliran kerja malam, dari pukul delapan malam sampai delapan pagi. Kamis, pukul sepuluh: presentasi besar untuk kementerian.

The presentation was the most important thing. Yasmin worked on it for a year. It was a plan for new water pipes in the old city.

Presentasi itu hal yang paling penting. Yasmin bekerja untuk itu selama satu tahun. Itu rencana untuk pipa-pipa air baru di kota tua.

“Some streets there only get water for two hours a day,” she often said. “We can change that.”

“Beberapa jalan di sana hanya mendapat air selama dua jam sehari,” sering dia katakan. “Kita bisa mengubah itu.”

At nine, the team met in the meeting room. Her boss sat at the end of the table. He was a tall man with a loud voice.

Pukul sembilan, tim bertemu di ruang rapat. Bosnya duduk di ujung meja. Dia pria tinggi dengan suara keras.