Bacang dan Toleransi
Yesterday there were bananas on my table. My friend told me it was from my professor for dragon boat festival. Kemarin ada pisang di mejaku. Kata temanku itu dari dosenku untuk perayaan dragon boat festival.
I was confused because usually people give zongzi not banana. Aku bingung soalnya biasanya orang ngasih bacang bukan pisang.
After the class was finished, the professor came to me and said "I thought you were Muslim, that's why I gave you banana instead of zongzi because there is pork inside zongzi".
Setelah kelas selesai, pak dosen menghampiriku dan bilang, "Kukira kamu Muslim, makanya aku kasih pisang bukan zongzi soalnya ada daging babi di bacang."
Then the professor asked his assisstant to buy zongzi for me. I was so touched with his thoughtful act. Kemudian beliau minta asistennya beliin bacang buatku. Aku cukup terharu dengan tindakan pengertiannya.
When I went back to the dorm, the next door girl knocked my door and said " I want to give zongzi to you. Do you eat pork?" Waktu balik ke dorm, cewek kamar sebelah ngetok dan bilang,"Aku mau ngasih ini buatmu. Kamu makan daging babi gak?"
Dear my Muslim friends, don't worry about food when you come to Taiwan. Though finding halal food is not as easy as in Indonesia, you can find halal food here. There are halal restaurants, Indonesian restaurants, and vegetarian restaurants.
Teman2 Muslim, gak usah khawatir tentang makanan waktu berkunjung ke Taiwan. Walaupun dapatin makanan halal gak segampang di Indonesia, kamu masih bisa dapatin makanan halal di sini. Ada restaurant halal, restauran Indonesia, bahkan restoran vegetarian.
People here already aware that Muslim can not eat pork and I have many experiences where they make sure if I can eat pork or not because they thought I was Muslim. Even the street vendors often do that, letting me know if the food contains pork or not even though I don't ask.
Orang2 di sini sudah tau kalau Muslim gak bisa makan daging babi dan aku punya banyak pengalaman di mana mereka memastikan kalau aku bisa makan daging babi atau gak.
By. Betty Bethnao Naibaho