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Showing posts with label Lebaran 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lebaran 2013. Show all posts

Friday, August 9, 2013

A Decent Meal for Dinner

 Decent, simple, yet...irresistible for some. Okay..once again ..I am a vegetarian...so ..having a feast in Eid does not give me any huge difference of what I could intake into my body..in term of meals.  Last night, Mbak Ulfa generously cooked for us dinner. 
She invited some of us to her house to have mi bakso fiesta. Yes, mi bakso or meatball noodles.
Veggies, shredded chicken meat, pangsit or dumplings, sambal or spicy sauce, soy ketchup, and tomato ketchup...and others...(unseen on the pic). 
Oh...and..I got this Lebaran gift from my KBS crew. It's Lebaran and we usually eat lots and lots of cookies. So..what's the closest rendition of Lebaran cookies right here in Korea? 
They found this Pan-Fried Cakes that I love.
Sure...I brought along these cookies to mbak Ulfa's house...
and have them shared with others. 
As for this one, it is another home-made cookies. What a Lebaran or Eid Mubarak would be without cookies? Unimaginable. 
At least there should be one or two. It's all a cultural thing.  
Back to the meatball noodle I was talking about earlier. This is the picture. A combination of meatball, dumplings, vegetables, soy sauce, tomato sauce, and noodles (beneath all of these ingredients), and of course...
with hot chicken broth that surely comes along with it.
But...No...I did not eat it, well..at least in a complete style. The only thing I could eat was the noodle and veggies + dumpling (veggie filled).
Being a vegetarian.....always help me 'detach' myself from devouring myself into this kind of meal. No matter how delicious the food be. 
"Thank you, mbak Ulfa...for preparing the dinner for us"
*Then...we're still waiting for other invitations from other friends...to have lunch, dinner, or any other meals ....^^

Idul Fitri/Eid-ul Fitr/Aidil Fitri/Lebaran/Eid Mubarak @ Seoul Central Masjid (part 2)

Arriving early even before the prayer started gave us a chance to be 'inside' the Masjid without having to worry of being exposed to the summer heat outside. 
We got there at around 9.30, enough to find a cozy space for us. 
'Selamat Lebaran yang ke-2 di Korea, Mama, Eyra, Freya'
This is our 2nd year of Eid in Korea. 
After the prayer, we met our students from UGM. I am sure this is their 1st Eid in Korea. 
Being among other friends and acquaintances like this...eliminates or at least 'lessens' the homesickness of being away from families back home.
Right? Yes....! 
Then..we met other Indonesian families, too.
Well..we are all students who live and study right her in Seoul, Korea.
Along with our families, we live in Korea and call Korea our home for 2 up to 4 years. (or more for others^^) 
For some...this is one of the happy times we have in Korea.
Eid Mubarak in Seoul. 
Let's see how many families there are. Hmm at least 7 families.(mine, Mas Purba, Mas Khoirul, Mas Wawan, Mas Eky, Mas Iwan, mas Sulis'....) 
Oh, some of our married friends got to celebrate the Eid without their wives or husbands since they don't live together in Korea. It must be ..well..a bit sad..for them....I don't know. It could be, though. 
But..with the Eid occasion in mind...along with other friends like this,
we'd need to think of only one thing: happiness of being blessed with the fact that we are celebrating Eid together.
Once again..
"Happy Eid" Eid Mubarak. 
Mohon Maaf Lahir Batin....May We Live Prosperously and Happily. Amen. 

Eid-ul Fitr /Idul Fitri/Aidil Fitri/Lebaran/Eid Mubarak...........in Seoul Central Masjid (part 1)

Happy Eid Mubarrak, Selamat Hari Raya, Selamat Lebaran.
After 29-day long fasting month, Muslims in Korea celebrated the first day of Syawal Month or better known as Eid Mubarak.
We, Indonesians, call it 'Lebaran' or Idul Fitri. 
We went to Seoul Central Masjid in Itaewon to have our morning prayer and then..meeting with other friends to 'congratulate' on passing the Ramadan Month. 
I think thousands flocked into the Masjid. Not sure how many..but I am sure that Masjid was full..over capacity^^...so many that (as it happened in previous years) people were praying on the parking lot of the Masjid. 
After the prayer, they surely did not want to miss a one-year only chance of meeting with other fellow Muslims from around the world to greet and congratulate one another..
 and..yes...taking pictures. oh, well....

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