Bapak, I love you

today i texted my dad a short message.
"bapak, mia megang proyek yg nilainya besar sekali.takut ada salah.doain ya."

a minute after, bapak replied to me.
"check dan recheck.hindari penyimpangan prosedur.good luck!"

that short but boosted my mood like noone ever did to me before.

it's always him, that person. i'm always bapak's little girl. that message reminds me of his words in the past whenever i ask him questions.

"bapak, gimana cara ngukur sudut segitiga ini?" - trigono

"bapak, gimana proses terjadinya gunung tangkuban perahu?" - geology

"bapak, mia pilih jurusan ini aja ya?" - umptn

"bapak, ceritain dgn singkat profesi reservoir engineer di perusahaan minyak" - five minutes before entering an interview session

"bapak, jelasin sedimentologi dong" - when i took geoscience module during my master

"bapak, mia pindah lagi ke surface. ga ngurusin reservoir lagi kalo kerja di jakarta" - when i decided to move to jakarta office

i cannot deny that some part of me wants him to be proud of having me as his daughter, with what i do, what i become.

bapak, i love you.