Little Empire Walktrough : The Seal Pebblestone camp 1-5

Video Preview

Hello and welcome to alifianravi blog. As i told you before on announcement 1.2, i'll upload a video about LE. And here it is, a video is ready to be watched!


What do you need to beat this level?

Research

• Maximize your troops evasion
• Maximize your troops health
• Heavy hit
• Normal attack, magic attack, and piercing attack

Troops

• Evolve your archer into sky archer
• Evolve your ninja into senju ninja
• Upgrade and evolve your knight(you will need knights in every seal levels to protect your succubus
• Others

Video

Here is the video link

The Seal Pebblestone camp 1-5

Announcement 1.2

Hello everyone, hello alifianravi readers, how's it going? . Good news for Little Empire players!now we introduce you our new feature, video walktrough!. The videos will be uploaded every weekend. But, due to it's large size, and uploading need a lot of time, i'll make a post of it with some pictures and details, and i'll give you the link?are you agreed?


Thanks for your attention, please leave a comment and suggest me a level that should i upload in the future.


Have a nice day.

How to get Free Mojo : WHAFF!

Hello and welcome, today, we are going to talk about, How to get Free Mojo!. On my previous post about "How to get free mojo", we talked about AppNana, a third party app that give you offers to be finished and give you a virtual balance or nana for rewards. But, today, we are going to talk about an another third party application that may give you free mojo or real money!. This app is not a scam or a trap, it's trusted and did a real payout to your paypal account(even i haven't reach the minimum payout)


But, we will only talk about how this application works. Whaff!, is an application, a third app application which it will give you some offers to be finished. But, Whaff! reward is a real money which you can choose two choices after you reach your payout limit. Do the payout or exchange it into a google play gift card for a Free Mojo!

Are you interested in Whaff?go and search for it in google play and download it. After the download is finished, register or sign in for an account. You need a facebook account for registering an account. After your account is registered, there will be a pop up window, and you should insert others invitation code. I suggest you to insert my invitation code:AF63226, and both of us will get $0.30.


There are many ways to get dollars in Whaff :

• Premium Picks
• Whaff Picks
• Other Picks
• Invite to share & earn

Premium Picks

Premium picks gives you the most rewards than the other picks. When you download one of the application offered, it will give you rewards from $0.10 - $ 0.20. That's a small number for an application. 

Well, that's not all, you can still increase your earnings with :

• Play or run that app for 4 minutes
• Don't uninstall it

Every time you run or play your application for 4 minutes, you will get $0.04 for reward. And when you're not uninstall your installed app for 4 days, you will get $0.01 for reward.

Whaff Picks

Whaff picks offers updated every day. The rewards is not so many. It's around $0.10. You can get bucks by completing offers in whaff picks. Because, it updates regularly, so, you can get bucks regularly.

Invite to share and earn

You can find invite to share and earn in whaff picks, you can invite for 50 friends a day, and you will get $0.01 for each friend.


What do you think?

This is my short introducing for Whaff, an alternative to get mojo easily. I can't explain and tell you about the details, and payout. Because, honestly, i haven't get more than $1 right now. If you're insterested in Whaff, you can download it and invite me.

Well, there are so many apps that gives you rewards. And they're not as good as whaff. Now, it's your choice to download it or not. I apologize if this review is bad.

Have a nice day.

What Equipment Should I Buy?

Heroes. (My Document)

What equipment should i buy?maybe its a common questions. Every player must be confused about equipment. Maybe, one day, you stuck on a level in conquest adventure. Then, you're watching the guide, and then you saw someone beat that level with e.g hammer of doom. And then, you bought that equipment and beat that level. 

Weapons or others equipment are not the only winning factors in a battle in Little Empire, sometimes, you need high level troops or research. Maybe, buying those equipment will help you trough your adventure. But, it will make you need a lot of time to collect for mojo for buying end game weapon(if you're a free player). Yeah, buying Tier 3, 4, or 5 equipments is a mistakes, why?because you can get that by adventuring in both conquest and the Seal. 

Now, after they launch the new adventure named the Seal, we can get various equipments without spending a lot of Mojo. In The Seal, there are so many available loot waiting for you. Tier 5 gear(bones, doom, and darkness set) and not-for-sale equipment are available and waiting for you to be collected. And of course, you can also get not-for-sale egyptian set!


But, the seal is not for every player. The Seal is very hard and it's harder than conquest mode. Even defeating magic dragon dorck is easier than defeating the Seal bosses. But the rewards is better and each elite level is giving a higher chance to get something. The boss level will give you a better probability too. Even it will give you better rewards like egyptian set.

So, what equipment should you buy?

End Game Weapons

Red dragon soul stat (My document)

Every LE player must have end game weapons. They are strong and very useful for you to break trough the hardest level in adventure both conquest and the Seal and also Crusade. End game weapons is a priority before buying other things like Darklight wings, hand of wade or deep purple.

Due to its expensive price, not everyone in the game that have end game weapons. Collecting 999 mojo for a short time is almost impossible. But, sometimes, camel will give you a discount for weapons, for 10%. It means, you can buy end game weapons with "only" 899 Mojo. Still expensive, but, its a nice deal, huh?

Sometimes, collecting mojo is hard and boring, so, what should you do?Installing third party application might help:

How to get FreeMojo : AppNana

By the way, that's my previous post. I suggest you to exchange the google play gift card if LE giving you "Triple your value" promo.

Back to topic. After you have collected 899 or 999 Mojo, there are two choices, buy the end game weapon for your Hero on your castle, or fort. Remember, if you're using a Behemoth/Berserker and Succubus combo, buy the red dragon soul a.k.a angry birds for your succubus, whether its in your fort, or castle. Because, succubus will make you more powerful by her support from behind. It will be a lot easier when you challenge the Seal or crusade.

Not every player using male and female combo. Some of them are using male and male combo. "What hero should i give the end game weapon first?", its up to you. 

Accessories

Accessories. (My document)

Accessories is your number two shopping list. Accessories are not visible, but, it will make your hero invincible. Some of the accessories are able to collected from fragments. In conquest mode, star of swiftness, scrap metal ring, and lion heart talisman are available, but, they're still not enough for you to be the best player in LE.

When you're in  a battle, maybe your behemoth or berserker can't survive because of the enemy attacks, or your priest is dead. So, what do you need to make your hero stronger and able to survive for longer time?HP absorb is needed.

From Tier 5 weapons until egyptian weapons can absorb your enemy's Health points. But, its not enough, they can only absorb 6-8% of your enemy's health points, so, you need accessories to increase HP absorb rate. "so, what accessories that will give me more HP absorb rate?"

Blood Talisman. Blood talisman is the cheapest and useful accessories that will give your hero +20% HP absorb and also plus 1 defense for your hero. Its good, you can get blood talisman for free in alliance instance or adventure. You can get blood talisman by collecting 8 fragments. You can get blood talisman and royal clover from shortwood cemetery.

Even blood talisman stat will make your hero survive, still haven't enough for you. Blood talisman only gives you 20% hp absorb and +1 defense for your hero. But, other accessories offers different stat and more stat to boost. These are my suggestions for you:

Behemoth/Berserker:

• Blood Talisman(259 Mojo)(Free from alliance instance battle)
• Hand of Wade(499 mojo)(459 mojo if there's a promo)
• Evil Dragon heart(1299 Mojo)(it's up to you, if you can't collecting mojo anymore, blood talisman and Hand of Wade is enough)

Succubus:

• Wuba's pipe(699 Mojo)(It's not a must to buy it)
• Evil Dragon Heart(1299 Mojo)(it's a must if you have bought wuba's pipe. Wuba's pipe will decreasing your hero's HP by 20)
• Evil Dragon skin ring(359 Mojo)
• Hand of Wade(499 Mojo)

Those are my suggestions. You can buy all of them, or buy some of them depending on your needs, its up to you. You can change your accessories combination depending on your needs in every battle.

Trade-Up

Trade up (My documents)

Trade up is one of the method to buy equipments without pay a lot mojo. The original prize of shoulder of evil is around 329 Mojo, but you can buy it for 180 mojo!. That's a nice deal huh?but, you must have the previous set equipment.


But not every equipment can be traded. Accessories and Not-for-sale equipment are unable to be traded.


Conclusion

• End game weapon is a priority for every player in LE
• Trade-up is a good way to get better equipment with less mojo
• Evil dragon heart is a good choice if you wanted to be a great player
• Spend mojo wisely
• Decoration like giant pumpkin, column or totem is your last shopping list after end game weapon, accessories and other things
• You can get blood talisman in alliance instance battle
• Third party application will help you
• Don't forget about your real life.

Active members needed!

Our alliance, Pink_Knights, is a level 8 alliance. We have all buildings except refinery and alliance cell. We sold that couple of months ago. We need members with criteria below:

• Active
• 35+
• Loyal
• That's all

You can send your application to Kiperdefter or Okayyam. Or you can just apply to our alliance without contacting commander or SIC.

Thank you for reading this post and visiting my blog. This is my first post after we found an error from our template. I'll update it soon if i found something new. Don't forget to visit alifianravi.blogspot.com every week! Have a nice day.


To be continued ...

Announcement

For alifianravi.blogspot readers,


i'm so sorry about the template error on the blog for the web version. This problem is very unpredictable. I'll fix it as fast as i can.

There might be some errors between the widgets, e.g Popular post, subscribe, etc.. Some of the old feature are not available right now.

New post publishing will be delayed because of this problems.

Sorry for the inconvenience. I'll fix it by less than one week.

If anyone know how to fix this problem, you can contact me by send me email in alifianravi@gmail.com

Be free to give me advices, opinions, critics, or what should i post later, etc.


Best regards

Alifian_Ravi

How to get Heart Scale in Pokemon Heartgold/SoulSilver

Originally posted by AlifianRavi

Sorry, the picture rotates by itself
(My document)

Did you know heart scale?Heart scale is a special item for re-teaching or remembering your pokemon old move in Blackthorn city
. You can get Heart scale in some routes with or without dowsing machine. In Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, you can get heart scale by mining in underground. So, you can easily get Heart scales.


But, in Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver, its all changed, there's no underground mining. You can only get special items by smashing rocks. And ofcourse, its harder. Finding Heart scale in Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver is more difficult than finding for Fossils.


The good news is, there are another method to get heart scales. These are the methods:


Rock Smash

Cliff Cave (My Document)

Rock smash is one of the method to find heart scale. Even its harder to get heart scales by using this method, but, its worth it, because you can get Claw fossil(Heartgold), which you can revive it, and you will get Anorith or Root fossil(Soulsilver), you can get Lileep by reviving this fossil.


These are the location for Rock smash method:

• Cliff cave(Johto)
• Cianwood City(Johto)
• Dark Cave(Johto)
• Rock Tunnel(Kanto)
• Route 19(Kanto)
• Vermillion City(Kanto)
• Victory Road(Johto/Kanto)

You can only get Claw fossil and Root fossil in Cliff Cave(go downstairs).


PokeAthlon

Pokeathlon Prize exchange (My Document)

You can buy various item at the PokeAthlon, rare candy, fire stone, etc, are available there. And also heart scale. Its only available on Wednesdays and sundays. You can buy it for 1000 P


Thief

Luvdisc Hold Item (Serebii.net)

This is the easiest method so far, but, this method required a move called "Thief". So, you must teach your Pokemon that move, then, you can stealing other Pokemon heart scale. After you bring your Pokemon in your team that knows thief, go to New Bark Town.

Before you go to New Bark Town, open your Pokegear and pay attention at the Pokemon talk channel. If Luvdisc is swarming, go to New Bark Town and surf to route 26, and search for Luvdisc.

After you encounter one, use the move thief, and you may get the Heart Scale. The possibility to get Heart scale by stealing it from Luvdisc is 50%. So, this is the easiest way.

Sadly, i can't take a photo for this method because Luvdisc is not swarming today.


Final Words

There are so many ways to get Heart scale. I suggest you to do the last method. Because that is the easiest method so far. But, you need a specific time to do the last method, waiting until Luvdisc swarms. All of those method are worth to try.


Thank you for visiting, i'm so sorry if there's any wrong data, or picture errors. I will update my content every week. So, don't forget to visit again every week.

©AlifianRavi.blogspot.com 2014 

How to get free mojo:AppNana

Originally posted by AlifianRavi

AppNana (My Document)

Free mojo. Everyone want it, but, is it possible to get free mojo?yes, you can, its not a scam, or what, but, its real. But, you need an another application to get the free mojo. The Application  name is Appnana. Appnana is an application that give you some offers to complete to get the points, or in this case, nana.


There are so many offers available for you. The average nana given by completing offers is around 1000 nana. If you wanted to get nana, choose an offer and install it. Remember, only one install one offer, don't install two offers in a same time. You must open it right after you install it. If you haven't open it within 1 minute, you don't get any nana. 400 Nana will given daily.


And if you have collect the nana until its enough to exchange your nana with rewards, go choose one of the rewards that you wanted to choose, then, enter your email, and then you will receive the rewards within 48 hours. To get the freemojo, you must exchange your nana to google play gift cards after you have enough nana.


So, i suggest you to buy the 288 mojo if theres an event, named "triple the value". And then you can buy it, then choose redeem, then put in your google play gift card code, and then, you get the free mojo.


So, what are you waiting for?go and get your free mojo!



Appnana is available on Android and iOS. For more details,

visit https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appnana.android.giftcardrewards

How to get ancient Pokemon in Heartgold/SoulSilver

Originally posted by AlifianRavi

Sorry for the inconvenient. The picture rotated by itself.

Fossils and ancient Pokemon is available in older generation. But, there are only one or two fossils that you can get. You can't get another or more fossils and ancient Pokemon. In 4th Generation, there's a new feature in Pokemon Pearl, Diamond, and Platinum. The new feature is, mining and exploring the underground. You can get various items in it. But, there are only a little of mining spot for mining. Finding fossils is not that easy. Fossils are rare.


After you have upgraded your PokeDex into national PokeDex, you can get various Fossils from other region such as Dome Fossils(Kabuto). Even you can get various Fossils, its still hard to find for the national ancient Pokemon Fossils. So, effort is needed to find these fossils.


In Heartgold/Soulsilver, you can get Fossils easily. Instead of Exploring underground and finding for mining spots, what should you do is simple, smashing rocks. You might need to be patient, because, its not 100% guaranteed to get the Fossils. You may get shards, or ether.


Today, i'll tell you how to get Fossils based on my experience.

Finding Fossils

Sorry for the inconvenient. The picture rotated by itself.

To find fossils, you must have a Pokemon that learned Rock smash HM. After everything is ready, fly to Violet city in Johto region. Go to west until you found the Violet city exit. If you go trough the west gate exit, turn left and you will found the Ruins of Alph Entrance gate, get in.


After you pass the Ruins of Alph entrance gate. you will see three breakable rocks on the left side. Smash the rocks until you found a Fossils or two. To make the rocks "appear" again, exit the Ruins of Alph from the north gate, and then, go back to the Rock smash spot. And you will see the rocks came back.


You may get Old Amber(Heartgold and Soulsilver), Helix Fossil(Heartgold), Dome Fossil(Soulsilver)


After you get the fossils you wanted, what should you do?

Restoring the Fossils

My Documents

After you get the fossils you wanted, now you should go to Pewter City in Kanto region. Go to the north and you will see a museum, get in. After you get in, turn right and you will see a man behind a PC. Talk to him and give one of your fossils to be restored.


Ensure that you have one empty space in your party before restoring your Fossils. After you go outside the museum, you can take your ancient Pokemon. Its not very hard right?




Thank you for your visit. I will keep updating the Pokemon Walktrough every week. Sorry for the pictures error,

How to get Shiny Leaf in Pokemon Heartgold/Soul Silver

Originally posted by AlifianRavi

My documents

What is Shiny Leaf?its a Rare collectible leaf that you can find it in various area. Depending on your Pokemon nature. Shiny Leaf doesn't give your pokemon any special effect though. But, its worth to find it and collect it. The more shiny leaf you have, it will become more difficult to find the rest.

The Shiny Leaf discovered by talking to your partner Pokemon while you're in a bit of grass. You must walk on the grass area and then talk to your partner several times.

Its not guaranteed that you shall find it even you're in the right area. If you found it, it will automatically attached to your Pokemon.

After you have collected 5 shiny leaves, what should you do then?the answer is simple, you can go to new bark town, and then talk to Lyra.

 She will give you shiny leaf crown for exchange and star for your trainer card.

http://www.serebii.net/heartgoldsoulsilver/shinyleaf.shtml

These are the known location. I'll add it if i found the Shiny Leaves in other area or route.

My Documents

Finding Shiny Leaf is difficult, but, its not impossible. Just talk to your partner Pokemon over and over again. 

Thank you for visiting my blog, don't forget to visit my blog again. I will keep my blog updated. If you have any question, please leave a comment.

How to Teach your Pikachu a move:Volt Tackle

Originally posted by AlifianRavi on 10/18/2014

Volt Tackle (My document)

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Did you have challenge pokemon trainer red? If you have, you must be know that red’s Pikachu learned a move named Volt tackle. You can teach Volt Tackle move in Pokemon generation III, IV, and so on. It’s a strong move which it can hurt your opponent’s pokemon badly, but, it can hurt your own pokemon too.

Teaching Volt Tackle to your Pikachu is not easy. You can’t teach Volt Tackle with TM or tutor move, but, you must breed your Pikachu to get a new offspring with Volt Tackle move already learned. So, you can’t teach your Pikachu, but, you can have a pichu(Pikachu’s offspring) with Volt Tackle.

You can’t have a Pikachu with Volt Tackle without a held item named light ball.

This guide is for Heartgold/Soulsilver, but you can use this guide for another version. Its applicable for Pokemon generation III, IV, and so on.

Obtaining the light ball

Light ball. Sorry, the picture rotates by itself (My document)

To do the breeding method in Pokemon Heartgold/Soulsilver, you must have a hold item named light ball. First, Teach one of your Pokemon a move named “Thief” then, go to Viridian City. Travel to the north and find the Viridian forest entrance, get in. 

After you get in, explore the Viridian Forest until a Pikachu appeared. After that, use the move named “Thief” and steal the pikachu’s item until you found the light ball.

Breeding

After you get the light ball, ensure that you have a Pikachu in your party or PC. If you don’t, you can catch one in Viridian Forest. To get Pichu, You don’t need to catch another Pikachu if you have a Ditto in your party or PC. After you have all of those things needed to get a Special pichu, go to Goldenrod city. Walk to the south until you found a day care.

After you gave your Pikachu and ditto, or another Pikachu to the Day care lady, go outside and walk or cycling around. When the Day care man call you and told you to come to the day care, go to the daycare and take the egg. Remember, give one space in your party for the egg.

To make the egg hatch faster, you can add magmar, or other fire type pokemon who have an ability named flame body. Then, cycling and exploring the map to make your pokemon hatch.

Evolving Pichu

Hair cutting will increase your Pichu's Happiness. (My document)

To Evolve pichu, you need to be patient. Because Pichu needs happiness to make him evolve. You can cut his hair in Goldenrod city underground behind a desk. It can increase your pichu’s happiness. And you can go to Pallet town, and visit pokemon trainer blue’s sister. 

She can massage your pokemon on a specific time. It can increase your Pichu’s happiness slightly. But, if you lose in a battle, or you gave your pichu a herbal medicines, it will make your pichu’s happiness lowered.

                                        

Always check your Pichu's happiness. Sorry, the picture rotates by itself. (My document)

You can check your pichu’s happiness in Goldenrod city, next to the Goldenrod city department store. There’s a small, yellow house, get in, and talk to a lady. She will tell your pokemon’s happiness. 

After your pokemon is very happy, now, it’s time to evolve. Level up for one level, and your pichu will be becoming a Pikachu.


How About ...


Maybe, one day, you wanted to play the newest 3D Pokemon games like Pokemon white 2, Pokemon X and Y, or Pokemon Mega alpha and sapphire, but, the bad news is, you can't play those games on nintendo DS, but, you must have a Nintendo 3DS in order to play those games.


When i'm looking for Nintendo 3DS, i found a cheaper Nintendo 3DS(cosmo black) for only $186.99!that's a nice deal, huh?, check out this link for further information and picture. Thank you.

Siapa yang Lebih Berisiko Tertular MERS?

Merebaknya penularan Sindrom Pernapasan Timur Tengah (MERS) seharusnya membuat semua pihak waspada. Apalagi WHO menyatakan, sepertiga pasien yang terjangkit MERS mengalami kematian. Obat dan vaksin untuk menangkal virus ini juga belum ditemukan.

Ada tiga hal yang berpengaruh pada sejauh mana seseorang bisa terinfeksi virus korona penyebab MERS: jumlah virus yang masuk ke dalam tubuh, tingkat keganasan atau virulensi, dan sistem pertahanan tubuh seseorang.

Dokter spesialis paru Diah Handayani dari FKUI/RSCM mengatakan, ada beberapa kelompok orang yang lebih rentan mengalami MERS. Kelompok-kelompok yang dimaksud itu antara lain:

- Memiliki riwayat penyakit asma, penyakit paru obstruksi kronis, tuberkulosis, dan permasalahan paru lainnya. Diah menjelaskan, kondisi paru orang di kelompok ini tidak sesehat orang yang tidak pernah mengalami sakit sebelumnya. Akibatnya risiko mereka tertular MERS pun makin tinggi.

- Orang tua di atas 60 tahun. Ini karena mereka memiliki daya tahan tubuh yang lebih rendah dibandingkan orang-orang yang berusia lebih muda. Secara alamiah memang seiring bertambahnya usia, daya tahan tubuh semakin menurun.

- Perokok. Kebiasaan merokok merupakan salah satu hal yang merusak paru. Karena itu, perokok pun lebih rentan tertular virus korona. Di samping itu, daya tahan tubuh perokok juga umumnya lebih rendah dibandingkan orang-orang yang tidak merokok.

- Anak balita. Diah mengatakan, daya tahan tubuh balita belum sempurna layaknya orang dewasa. Karena itu, mereka pun lebih berisiko terkena penyakit saat terpapar oleh virus penyebab infeksi.

- Ibu hamil. Secara umum ibu hamil sebenarnya memiliki daya tahan tubuh seperti orang dewasa lainnya, tetapi pada beberapa kasus kehamilan dapat menurunkan daya tahan tubuh. Apalagi penyakit yang diderita saat hamil bukan hanya memengaruhi kesehatan ibu, melainkan juga janinnya.

Sebelumnya, Menteri Kesehatan RI Nafsiah Mboi mengimbau kepada kelompok rentan untuk menunda keberangkatan perjalanan ibadah umrah mereka. Hal itu sesuai dengan saran perjalanan dari kementerian kesehatan Arab Saudi. 

dikutip dari kompas.com

Resensi Buku Novel Rantau 1 Muara

RANTAU 1 MUARA

By:Alifian Naufal Ravi Hidayat

Resensi Novel Rantau 1 Muara

Penulis                 :Ahmad Fuadi

Penerbit      :PT.Gramedia Pustaka Utama, Jakarta

Alamat Penerbit:Jl.Palmerah Barat 29-37

Cetakan        :Mei, Jakarta, 2013

Jumlah Halaman:407 halaman

            Novel Rantau 1 Muara adalah Buku ketiga dari trilogy Negeri 5 Menara karangan Ahmad Fuadi. Buku ini menceritakan tentang kisah-kisah dan perjalanan hidup Alif untuk menggapai cita-citanya, tentang masa-masa sulitnya, kisah cintanya, serta kesuksesan pada akhirnya. Setelah lulus kuliah jurusan hubungan internasional Unpad, dan pendidikan S-1 di Singapura, dengan segera ia mencari pekerjaan sesuai dengan keinginannya. Kepercayaan dirinya mulai menggelegak. Sudah separuh dunia ia kelilingi, bakat menulisnya yang hebat, tulisan-tulisannya yang sudah tersebar banyak di media-media, Perusahaan mana yang tidak tergiur untuk merekrutnya?

            Namun, Alif lulus di saat yang tidak tepat, tepatnya pada saat krisis moneter pada tahun ’98, serta reformasi, membuat lapangan pekerjaan sulit untuk dicari. Setelah itu, ia bertemu dengan Randai, sahabatnya ketika di kampung. Sindirannya karena Alif belum juga mendapatkan perkerjaan membuat semangatnya menjadi berapi-api. Mereka pun berkompetisi untuk mendapatkan Pendidikan S-2 di Negara idaman mereka. Hari-hari berlalu, Alif belum juga mendapatkan pekerjaan. Lamaran kerjanya kepada perusahaan-perusahaan yang ia lamar juga di tolak. Lalu, ia teringat dengan “mantra” ketiga, yaitu “man saara ala darbi washala”(siapa yang berjalan di jalannya akan sampai di tujuan).

            Secercah harapan muncul ketika Alif diterima menjadi wartawan di majalah Derap di Jakarta. Disana, ia berkenalan dengan Pasus, yang menjadi rekan kerjanya dan sahabatnya selama berkerja di majalah Derap, dan Dinara, yang nantinya akan menjadi belahan jiwanya. Alif yang sebelumnya ingin mendapatkan beasiswa fulbright scholarship untuk pendidikan S-2, akhirnya mengikuti serangkaian tes dan wawancara, pada akhirnya, ia lulus dan diberangkatkan ke Amerika.

            Akhirnya, takdir menerbangkan Alif ke Washington D.C. Betapa bahagianya Alif, sesuai dengan cita-citanya sebelumnya, bahkan ia melampaui Randai. Disana, ia berkenalan dengan Mas Garuda, ustad Fariz, dan lainnya. Mas Garuda menjadi sahabat barunya disana. Selama ia menempuh pendidikan disana, tak lupa ia menelpon Amak, dan juga Dinara, hubungan mereka pun semakin dekat. Setelah setuju menikah, Alif pulang kembali ke Negeri tercinta dengan berbahagia.

            Setelah menikah, Alif mengajak Dinara ke Amerika dan mereka hidup bahagia disana. Alif juga mendapatkan pekerjaan yang mapan. Kemudian, hal yang tak diduga terjadi. Di tengah kebahagiannya bersama Dinara di Amerika, ia dilanda kesedihan mendalam. Pada tanggal 11 September 2001 terjadilah sebuah tragedy yang menewaskan ribuan orang, termasuk sahabatnya sendiri, Mas Garuda. Hari-hari berlalu, Alif dan Dinara memutuskan untuk kembali ke negeri tercinta, Indonesia.

”Hari ini pula, di atas pesawat yang menerbangkan aku dari Washington DC ke Jakarta, aku rosok ujung lipatan dompetku dan aku tarik sehelai kertas tua berlipat-lipat kecil. Tiga  barisan tulisan tangan itu masih jelas tertera di kertas yang menguning ini. Tiga baris yang menjadi dayung-dayung hidupku selama ini.”

Man jadda wa jadda

Man shabara zhafira

Man saara ala darbi washala”.

Kelebihan buku ini antara lain:

Gaya bahasa dan penulisan yang mudah dimengerti dan dipahami

Cerita yang memotivasi yang membakar semangat juang

Kisah yang inspiratif

Kaya kosa-kata

Pendeskripsian suasana saat itu sangat mendetail

Buku yang tidak terlalu tebal namun memiliki kualitas yang sangat baik

Pujian dan Kritikan

Buku ini merupakan salah satu novel terbaik yang pernah saya baca. Tak henti-hentinya saya kagum akan karya sastra mengagumkan ini. Buku berjenis Novel fiksi imajinasi ini sungguh benar-benar berbeda dari kebanyakan novel fiksi lainnya. Memiliki gaya bahasa dan penulisan yang mudah dimengerti atau dipahami. Kata-kata yang ditulis menggunakan hati, sehingga menyentuh hati. Selain itu, pendeskripsian atau penggambaran suatu peristiwa, seseorang atau suasana saat itu sangat mendetail namun tidak berlebihan.

Membuat pembaca seolah-olah masuk kedalam cerita tersebut. Kisah-kisahnya yang sangat inspiratif dan memotivasi pembaca. Khususnya mantra-mantranya seperti “Manjadda wajada”, “Man shabara zhafira”, dan “man saara ala darbi washala”. Halamannya pun tidak terlalu tebal, karena jika terlalu tebal akan sangat membosankan. Cara penulisan di buku ini mengalir, jernih dan lugas, sehingga membuat pembaca dengan nyaman membacanya dan menyerap setiap pesan moral yang terkandung. Selain itu, banyak pesan moral atau ajaran islam yang terkandung didalamnya, namun buku ini dikemas sedemikian rupa dengan sangat baik. Dengan banyaknya pesan moral kehidupan, makna kehidupan, dan inspirasi untuk pembaca, buku ini layak untuk dibaca semua kalangan, semua umur, dan muslim, maupun non-muslim.

Tidak ada kritikan yang saya tulis, karena saya kira buku ini sudah sempurna.

Tokoh-Tokoh Rantau 1 Muara:

Alif:      Tokoh utama dalam cerita ini, Berasal Minang di kampung dekat danau Maninjau. Sejak kecil Alif diajarkan kesederhanaan, kemandirian, dan belajar untuk menghidupi keluarganya. Pada awalnya menolak permintaan ibunya untuk melanjutkan pendidikan di PM Madani, akhirnya menjadi sadar betapa pentingnya ilmu dunia dan akhirat. Memiliki cita-cita yang tinggi, dan ingin berkuliah dan menempa pendidikan sampai jenjang tertinggi di luar negeri. Selalu berkompetisi dengan sahabatnya Randai untuk menjadi yang terbaik diantara mereka berdua. Saat bekerja di DERAP, berkenalan dengan Dinara yang kemudian menjadi belahan jiwanya.

Dinara:                Berasal dari Jakarta, gadis gaul dan cerdas yang kemudian menambat hati Alif. Berasal             dari keluarga kaya yang sangat bertolak belakang dengan Alif, Memiliki darah Minang berasal dari Ayahnya. Setelah lulus kuliah, ia melamar pekerjaan di DERAP. Kemudian bertemu dan berkenalan dengan Alif. Setelah menikah, mereka berdua tinggal di Washington D.C. menjadi saksi tragedi 11 September 2001.

Randai:   Berasal dari Minang di kampung dekat danau Maninjau. Menjadi sahabat Alif sejak kecil, mengidolakan B.J Habibie yang saat itu mengharumkan bangsa dengan membuat pesawat terbang. Berkuliah di ITB, dan menggapai cita-citanya yaitu mengenyam pendidikan di Eropa

Pasus:   Sahabat dan rekan kerja Alif ketika di Derap. Mengalami masa-masa sulit, kebahagiaan dan suka duka bersama. Menyukai music dangdut dan lagu-lagu Iwan fals.

Garuda:   Memiliki nama asli Budi, berasal dari ponorogo. Tinggal dan bekerja di Amerika untuk menghidupi keluarganya. Menjadi sahabat Alif di Amerika, berjasa dan banyak membantu Alif. Lalu mereka berpisah saat Tragedi 11 September 2001. Salah satu dari ribuan korban jiwa di tragedi tersebut.

Raisa:   Teman saat studi banding ke Canada dulu. Sempat menambat hati Alif, tapi kemudian hilang karena Raisa akhirnya bertunangan dengan Randai, sahabatnya sendiri.

Amak:   Ibu Alif, sangat berjasa karena telah memaksa Alif untuk melanjutkan pendidikan di PM Madani. Jika tidak, Alif tidak akan pernah mendapatkan ilmu-ilmu dunia dan akhirat yang berharga serta mimpi-mimpinya dan cita-citanya yang sudah digapai saat dewasa.

 “Man jadda Wajada”

Siapa yang bersungguh-sungguh maka ia akan berhasil.

“Man shabara zhafira”

Siapa yang bersabar akan beruntung.

“Man saara ala darbi washala’

Siapa yang berjalan di jalannya akan sampai di tujuan.

Sekian dan Terima kasih.