Shila (Yuki Kato), daughter of a fisherman around Lake Toba, wants to go to favorite high school in Medan. But alas, Mother wants her to enter into the pesantren (religious boarding school). Shila complains to Father. This time Father agrees with Mother. Shila disappoints and their relationship is strained. Pesantren’s life is full of activities and disciplined, making Shila difficult to adapt. She becomes homesick. Even so Shila still dreams of being a novelist. Together with his friends, Manda (Febby Blink), Ayesha (Via Blink) and Icut (Vebby Palwinta), she discovers the meaning of true friendship. They even have a "pot of tears", where they keep all of sad and happy tears. Shila’s life at pesantren is decorated with colorful typical problems of adolescence.

Cahaya Cinta Pesantren

Sule (Sule) desperately asks his mother’s (Yati Surachman) permission to work in Malaysia. He wants to have a lot of money, in order to recapture Iis (Selvi Kitty), his girlfriend who is lulled by Cecep (Uus). This situation is exploited by Mang Saswi (Sas Widjanarko), his uncle. Sasly takes Sule to Hong Kong with Sule's money from selling his rice fields. Sule is accidentally involved with the local gang led by Bos K (Iwa K), for trying to help Aline (Pamela Bowie), daughter of an Indonesian businessman (George Rudy). He must also deal with The Bag (Volland Volt), the assassin charged by Aline’s father.