Selamat Idul Fitri 2015

...from Seoul with warmest heart.

Eid Mubarak Gathering After 2-Weeks!

Yes, as I promised to my students, I invited them all to our home this week. They come from other cities like Daejon, Gangneung, Jeonju, and Incheon. Yes...they're studying at other cities so..it's not easy for us to meet on a weekly basis. 

I am glad to realize that although I never officially teach them, I feel like having a close attachment to them and so do they. Yes, that's the power of "...." I don't know what thta is. But..the fact that they're being Facebook friends ..on and off the air...is a blessing in itself. 

Indri, Henry, Nida, Andri and the gang were all here. There should've been more though. 

but..having them in Seoul like this ..I didn't have to do anything but...being thankful.. 

Some are going to be in Seoul until next semester, and some are leaving at the end of this summer. Well, students come and go to Seoul every semester and...

our home has become sort of a meeting point or a temporary home whenever they have something to do in Seoul.

Eid Al Fitr ..Eid Mubarak @ Masjid Seoul

Eid Mubarak in Seoul Masjid @ Itaewon. This year is surely different from last year in term of whom we met and whom we celebrated the Eid Mubarak with. This year we met our students from Gadjah Mada University, Jogjakarta who happened to be in Seoul for student exchange program.  

Also..we met Andri sonsaengnim who happened to be in Seoul for a 2-month language training course. Then...we also met mbak Anna and her cousin from German who happened to be in Seoul for an internship. 

Yes..this is our picture in front / at the side of Central Masjid in Itaewon, Seoul. 

A good way to remember the celebration. 

And of course....we also had a chance to meet Pak Nugroho and his family who happened to be in Seoul for a 3-week visit.  

and....last but not least....all along, we're with mbak Ulfa, our dear friend and neighbor who's been living in Seoul since 2011. Yes...

that pretty much summed up whom we met in the first hours after the prayer finished at Lebaran Festival...or Eid Mubarak 2014 / 1435 Hijriyah. 

May Allah bless us all. Amen.