One Indonesia Day @ Ansan Lake Park

More and more people are coming. 

let the sales begin... 

The kids were tired...so tired that they were sleeping inside the tent. 

It's a good thing that we did bring the tent.

One Indonesia Day 2014 @ Ansan Lake Park

Our booth. 

I hope you enjoyed the time we had here, dear. 

It's still 9 am and..not many were yet to come... 

 

In front of the Reog Ponorogo 

One Indonesian Day (Part 1)@ Ansan

Got to go to Ansan where Indonesian Day was held on June 30, 2013. It was held during a hot summer day. I knew it's gonna be hot, yet we decided to go there anyway. Why? Well...since I'd be surely meeting my friends and be able to eat Indonesian specialties.

* Ok, let's go kids. Yes, I went there with my two daughters, while their Mom was busy preparing the booth where she (with her other Indonesian moms) sold some Indonesian cuisines. 

But..first thing first...: after almost 2-hour train ride, we safely arrived in Ansan and went straight to the multicultural street where the atmosphere of foreigners was more than just visible: it was all there. Indonesian restaurants and of course numerous foreign restaurants were just there.

We met Seonhee as we'd planned. 

*Oh, it was also the day Eyra got her first Android.^^

We were then ushered (ourselves) in the blistering of the summer heat...to the bus stop where we got to take no.62 bus that would take us to Ansan Olympic Memorial Stadium--the venue of the event. 

Got a chance to take a zoomed shot of the entrance to the multicultural street in Ansan. 

Zapped...it was not the time when we were about to go to the event, instead..it was around 4.30 pm where we (with other Indonesian students) were waiting for the bus that would take us back to the nearest subway station to go back to Seoul.^^ 

It's like 30 degrees Celsius in the afternoon. Gosh..what a day. 

But, the good thing was that..the event was mostly held inside the air conditioned gymnasium. 

With UGM students and Seonhee.

Take a moment to capture the experience and memory.

Indonesian Day @ Ansan

Yesterday, Sunday, June 3, 2012 was Indonesian Day. A day when Indonesians in Korea gathered in one place to meet and get to know one another while at the same having the best that Indonesian cuisine and culture had to offer and show off. Sponsored by the Embassy of Indonesia, Indonesian Students' Association (PERPIKA), and Indonesian Migrant Workers' Association, the day started with lots of activities for anyone to enjoy.

We left home at about 9.30 a.m by train to Ansan, almost 2-hour ride from Seoul. It was so stiflingly hot that we got to wear sunglasses, or lest we wouldn't be able to enjoy the scenery along the way. 

Got there at about noon. Gosh...^^ so hot. The stage was half empty since most of the visitors preferred to stay around the booths where food and any other merchandises were being displayed. See the picture? The stage was sooo huge, but unfortunately...the heat had somewhat dispersed the visitors away.

Despite the heat, Freya, Eyra, and their newly met friend, a son of my frriend's, wer busy playing at the lawn near the stadium where the program was held. 

They were so excited of playing hide and seek in the park. Kids!

I had to call her back since the heat might choke her up or dry out her energy......

But she kept on playing until we kinda finished having our lunch there.

This was the shady places underneath some trees surrounding the stadium where most of us were having lunch. The menu: Soto, Mie Ayam, Tahu Isi, Krupuk, Teh Botol Sosro, Urapan, and many other things we could think of.^^

Had there been no shady places like this, most of us would have gone home right from the beginning of the program. This IS summer  ^^

To mark the end of our visit in the park, we might as well take some more pictures--

to prove ourselves that we WERE there.

With Wulan (my student), Mbak Ulfa (my friend's Wife), and my wife and children, we were taking the last stance of being exposed to the heat under the scorching sun. 

Oh, the music and performance kept going on, of course.

On our way to the parking lot, unexpectedly we met lots of friends from Gangneung province. Most of them were my friends, students, colleagues who are at the moment studying at numerous  universities 

around Gangneung. But, some, that I know of, are studying at Gangneung-Wonju National University.

It turned out that they just got back from Ansan--a 30-minute ride from the venue-- to have their lunch. What? I thought that they were having their lunch at the venue of Indonesia Day. Hmm...they preferred to have theirs at Indonesian restaurants scattered in Ansan area.

So, after taking a picture, we bid adieu and wished them good luck with all of their endeavors...and as for us: we were heading straight for Ansan to have our 2nd round of lunch.

Well, since we WERE in Ansan area, we might as well try our luck to have Indonesian food.

That's the highlight of our Indonesian Day.