Stories from Rasamala

Isn’t It Ironic? Don’t You Think?

Ironic – Alanis Morissette

An old man, turned 98
He won the lottery, and died the next day
It’s a black fly in your chardonnay
It’s a death row pardon, two minutes too late
And isn’t it ironic?
Don’t you think?

It’s like rain, on your wedding day
It’s a free ride, when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice, that you just didn’t take
And who would’ve thought? It figures

Mr. Play-It-Safe, was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase, and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life, to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought, “Well isn’t this nice?”
And isn’t it ironic?
Don’t you think?

It’s like rain, on your wedding day
It’s a free ride, when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice, that you just didn’t take
And who would’ve thought? It figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything’s okay and everything’s going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out
When you think everything’s gone wrong and everything blows up in your face

A traffic jam, when you’re already late
A “No smoking” sign, on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of my dreams, and then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn’t it ironic?
Don’t you think?
A little too ironic?
Yeah I really do think

It’s like rain, on your wedding day
It’s a free ride, when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice, that you just didn’t take
And who would’ve thought?
It figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
And life has a funny, funny way, of helping you out
Helping you out

Somewhere in south sumatera…a husband is being a hardworking breadwinner for his family. He is working from early in the morning til dawn, and on weekend too like today. Being the good man that he is, he never complain even one bit to his wife. He would call her and listens to her daily stories about her day at work and mostly about their son who apparently has a tendency to be a joker. The stories make him smile and ease his mind a bit from the hard work that he faces day to day. The stories make him miss his family more but he fight it for the sake of his mind, somewhere in the middle of nowhere in south sumatera.
Anyway, like any ordinary working-weekend routines every time he’s sent to the field (either in south sumatera, or Kalimantan) this husband wakes up early in the morning when he had merely 3 hours of sleep before (just like every other day during his field assignment). This husband has a rough meeting all through the day because this particular day, this particular meeting is kinda ‘unique’ – in a rough way.

God, bless the husband.

Meanwhile…
Somewhere in a hip mall in Jakarta, his wife and son are spending a fabulous weekend with HIS parents. They go to a fancy restaurant, having a scrumptious food, mouthwatering desserts and lip smacking drinks. They are having a good laugh and stroll in the mall…

Here comes the part where Alanis sings “Isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think? “

Thank God the husband understands that his wife and son are not having fun over his ‘misery’. In fact the wife understands him completely that he would be happier to hear his wife and son are having a good time instead of spending the day at home doin nothing but missing her husband and his dad.

And that’s why the wife LOVES him tremendously!
“Hurry back okay” the wife says…”I will cook you your favorite spaghetti carbonara”

Oh and she will definitely take him to that fancy restaurant when he returns