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naik kereta. Diantar adik dan keponakanku. 

harus cetak sendiri tiket yang kita pesan di Indomaret. 

baguzz ada layanan spt itu.

Suasananya agak tenang...karna menjelang buka p

ada titipan buku masak untuk Nana.* Mama, maksudku.  

begitu saya tiba lagi..kerja lagi.....menyusun barang. * oleh-oleh

Membengkak tas da koperku. gimanaa acaranya. * caranya....menyusun koper lagi ya

Kalau beda yang tentu saja Fahri...kan ada polisi beneran.

*gee....I must've been so sleepy that I was rambling those words...I don't even comprehend...ㅋㅋㅋ

ah..pokoknya...itulah....sebagian isi dari koper koper yang bengkak jadi 50 kg lebih.

Lebaran Lunch @ Mbak Ulfa's

After having served the Eid prayer at Masjid Seoul, we headed to mbak Ulfa's house at Imundong..about 40 minute-ride by subway from Itaewon. She invited us to have lunch together at her house. 

Mas Choirul, Pak Nugroho (and his family), my family, and mbak Ulfa herself. 

What would Lebaran be without lontong opor!! Yes, a must-have dish in Lebaran.

resep lontong opor

Since I didn't have a picture of what Lontong Opor is....well...I took it from someone else's picture on the web..with the link. 

and..it was Freya's birthday a few days ago, so..why not celebrate her birthday again..^^ when other kids were around? After all, Freya kind of waiting to have a birthday party with a birthday cake.

Yes..she thinks that birthday won't do without the cake.

Oh, well....Selamat Idul Fitri dan Ultah ya, Freya.

Semoga semua yang baik-baik dan terbaik ada pada dirimu. Amin.

Happy Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1435 Hijriyah

The kid's favorite channel, Cbeebies Channel is now 'congratulating' and/or 'celebrating' the Hari Raya Idul Fitri. 

One Month Long Fasting Month 'Ramadan' is over.

And now....it's Hari Raya...

Happy Hari Raya.

for everyone celebrating it.

Mohon Maaf Lahir & Batin.

We're Here Together @ Imlek (Seollal)

My wife, her elder sister, and her younger sister. On February 1st, 2014...since we're in Jogja, my wife's sister living in Bogor..flew straight to Jogja just to be with us. After all, it's a long weekend .thanks to Imlek (Seollal). 

That's why..they're so happy to be together after like...almost 2-years. 

Okay..okay..I got the point. 

Then..along came mas Kelik (my wife's older brother) who also flew straight from Jakarta. 

Yup, this year's Imlek really gave them a chance to meet again in person.  

Now along came om Didik and me. Wait..where are the kids? They're still in bed:) 

Yes..it's early in the morning...before we took our sister and brother to the airport. 

Hmm...2-day reunion during Imlek was like a blietzkrieg reunion..but I am sure that it's all worth-it.

Imlek-Seollal 2014

 

It's January 31st and it's a holiday. Yes..the whole nation was celebrating the Chinese New Year or Imlek as we call it or Seollal in Korea. Though we're not Chinese, but the hype of having the holiday was in us. Since it's a long weekend...we're able to meet other relatives who turned out to be coming from other cities: Cilacap, Balikpapan (Kalimantan), Jakarta, Bogor and others... 

It's more like Lebaran or Muslim Celebration since we also had snacks on the table...and all. Okay..this one, our sister-in-law and brother-in-law also came all the way down from Bogor and Jakarta to Jogjakarta. Oh, my classmate, Nina--who's also principally my wife's best friend--also paid a visit to our home. Yep..this Imlek felt more like Lebaran to me. 

A communal feeling we treasure is one of the strengthening factors that glue and tie us together. 

Happy Imlek & Seollal 2014. 

Going to the Barn

We took the kids to their uncle's barn. It took us one hour to get to the village where uncle lived. Since there were like 10 of us, we just 'stuffed' the kids into the backseat of the car:-)...with no sound of complaints or the sort. Instead, they seemed to be having fun along the way.

Eyra and Freya with their cousins. 

Here we are. We arrived at uncle's house in the village. Well I didn't mean to say that I did not live in a village myself...but my uncle's village was so remote that we got to 'work' hard to reach the place. The place itself was a bit secluded and far from town...and..that's why he had a barn of his own. 

The kids taking a picture in front of the goat barn. 

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Just like any other humble people who live in a village, our uncle served us with lot of food (not shown in the picture). But ..boy..looking at this picture ...reminds me of Lebaran..though it's not Lebaran, not just yet.

Lebaran 2012

What? yes..yes..yes.I should have put these pictures months ago. Now that I have time, I just want to make sure that these pictures are right here on the blog.

it was during Lebaran or Eid Mubarak last year (2012). 

We were at Indonesian Embassy in Seoul where most of Indonesian citizens flocked to the venue to perform the annual Eid prayer. Well, I did not perform mine--a loooooong story. 

All I could say is that...I came, I saw, I met some students, and then...enjoyed the festivities.Looking at these pictures...oh...how I miss summer^^

( well, it is a chilling winter now.)

Lebaran 2010

Lebaran festivity in 2010.

It was taken last year in September 2010.
My mother with her four grandchildren took a picture together prior participating in the reunion banquet in Kediri.

Both of my kids, my sister's kid and my brother's kid were with their grandmother.

Gosh, time flies so fast. I could not believe that in 3 week time, another Lebaran is going to come. Insyallah with the permit of God, we'll all be able to meet again this 2011's Lebaran.