Tumpeng utk B day dari Mama

Thank you Mama.

And....a birthday card that Freya made for me this morning. 

My favorite yellow  rice^^

Happy Birthday Daddy.^^

Food to Delve Into...

Home-made Hash brown potato wraps!..thank you, Mama.

Full set of Korean dinner I had when we had 개강 모임 the other day at a restaurant near our campus. I ate all but the fish!!!

Half-eaten cheese rapukki. My birthday eve.

Myeolchi gochu gimbab. 멸치고추김밥. 😈😈😈it's so darn hooooooooot.!!!!

At Seven Spring @Coex Mall. A buffet restaurant we love. 

Happy Birthday, Suray^^

My 39th Birthday^^

Sure. Having a birthday party or celebrating birthdays are not my stuffs. 

So, if every year I do seem to 'celebrate' it does not necessarily that I am the one behind it.

(This year's cake) 

So, who are behind all of the B'day' bash'. "Bash"? Oh come on...this word is too outrageous for me.^^

Ok, anyway...my daughters are the ones who always insist me on buying a CAKE on every birthday.  

They know that March 8 IS my birthday. So, they kind of planned it before. Especially, Eyra. I bet she just could not wait to get back from school and run to the bakery just to pick one cake for me.

This cake was her choice+with a help from her sister, Freya. 

Freya finds birthday amazing. She loves celebrating birthdays even if they are not hers.

So, this is, too. She knows it all along that it is her Dad's. 

"I love you, Daddy" pose. Eyra and Freya are my angels indeed. They keep me making me smile everyday. 

They love the fact that today is their Daddy's birthday. 

Freya wrote a note "Papa Ulang Tahun" 'Daddy's having a birthday"

Oh..that is so cute.

To my wife and Freya:

"Thanks, girls"

Love you always.

Happy Birthday, Suray

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SURAY.

A HAPPY 39 y.o. AJEOSSI, STUDENT, DADDY!!! ^-^

생일 축가해요, 아빠!!!!

Happy Birthday, Freya^^

Freya, Happy Birthday. It was my daughter's B'day.

On July 25 Freya became 4 years old or 5 y.o. in Korean age^^

My daughter downloaded the android app. where we could take pictures with Pororo characters..

I was the first to try it out^^

 

Then, her sister, Eyra, got a chance to kiss Pororo. 

Freya herself loves Krong so much that she insisted on taking a pic. with him.^^. 

Gosh..she really loves Krong

Now back to her sitster...

Another shot with Pororo the little pengiun...

Eyra was the one who downloaded the app and she was the one who liked to experiment with the application...

Ooops ...

That's more like it. 

What a little cute Pororo wanna-be^^

The cake arrived and the birthday girl was fall asleep.

Oh swell, we might as well wait for her to wake up, then.

Pororo cake was the one that Freya'd been dreaming of having for weeks prior to her B'day.

So, she was soooo excited upon finding out the present she had.

My Surprise B'Day Party with friends @ Uijeongbu

I've been helping my friends, students, colleagues, fellows, brothers, and sisters at Uijeongbu musholla for about two months now.
I think it must've been my destiny to be here right here in Korea and have myself be exposed to all of the joys of being here.....: meeting new friends along the way.  Friends who more often than not....become my  family right here in Korea.
Who would've guessed and thought that I could end up studying here in Seoul.
Who would've known that I end up participating or getting myself involved in Korean language teaching class....though I am still learning the language myself.
But...that's the beauty of it all.

 .....so...there it was.
I was going to start my class as any other Sunday morning at around 10.30 a.m. when...I heard a 'commotion' at the adjacent room. I heard my friend called me to come inside...and when I did so....I was so deeply touched by the sincere look and sincere modesty that my friends in Uijeongbu had for me. They surprised me with the B'day cake.....that I will never forget.
How can I?
The cake itself came from them....^^ I knew it was from Paris Baguette^^ my fave cake shop
But..that's not the reason as to why I won't forget about it.
1. First, because it all came from their hearts. I think I kind of love them as my family in Korea.

2. Second...because of the way they argued about how old I am...^^. Out of which.....the cake came up wit a 73 digit candle on top of it.....that of course....flabbergasted me.
I thought they thought that I was 37 y.o. or something. Well, some did.^^
Funny...because I am 38^^
So, to make things funnier......they deliberately set the candles to resemble the 73^^
Anyhow...which one or another....did make me smile^^
I did have a great time with them....teaching them..something I know.
Thank you friends.너무 너무 고마웠어요.

More Birthday Cake's pics

Another prolonged story of what I could have done with the cake.......: not only that we could enjoy it by eating it earnestly.....^^, but....we could also take a closer look at how delicate it was and how tempting it was for us to savor our savory-laden tongue.....:) (read: appetite)













Here are the pics of the cake that we could have just swallowed into the digesting tummy of ours. Instead of just doing 'just that', we came up with an idea of taking every bit of its piece and angle into a relentlessly perpetual palatable cake of my 38th birthday bash (no.....just kidding)!













There were no bashes at all.
It was just a simple 'silent' celebration with my family.
Alhamdulillah ....that I am blessed with the gifts of being able to breathe......with all of the possibilities I have right now..... and be what I am now.
Surely....I also would like to thank my family: my wife and two lovely daughters.












So, these pics simply assert the facts that I am being grateful....for all of the colorfully wondrous life I had, I am having, I will have.....

My Birthday

Yes, now...I am officially 38 y.o. What's in an age? ^^ or I also learned in my class" 나이는 숫자의 불가하다" 'age is just number'. Well, apart from those...what I have in mind as of today is that...I know that as my age adds or reduces (from what God has predestined)....I have to make myself a good person. I know I have stuffs going on in my mind. Lots of things to ponder, to think, to do, to say, to contemplate, to achieve, to .................endless list goes on.

A gift from my daughters

But.....one thing for sure....I am saying this " ALHAMDULILLAH" prays to Allah for having blessed me with all of the happiness that one could ask for. I am grateful for what God has given me and my family.
Now that I am living in Korea, I feel that it must've been my destiny to be here for some time to study. I am obliged to always keep myself in the touch and senses of what I believe.

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I am not actually a person who always celebrate the birthdays. But, this is just a day when I am made aware (again and again) of my mere existence in the world. I have to do good deeds.
So...as a part of my great gratitude to Allah, I am so thankful that this day I am celebrating my birthday with my family. Eyra and Freya...my wife and beloved daughters cheer my days and time. ^^
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Now...comes to the story of the Pinky cake..^^
I know it IS my birthday...but my daughter, Eyra....picked the cake for me. ^^
Of course, I would've loved to have the chocolate cake but....my daughter really wanted to have the pink one. ^^
Ok...it looks fine and cool, too....(though a bit ...well....too childish for me^^)
But....look at the bright sight....my daughters are gleaming with happiness as they see the B'day cake!!!

Jobir's Birthday

I was walking down the backyard of the main building at HUFS when I spotted a familiar figure hurrying up towards the building. It was Jobir--my friend. He was unusually cloaked in a suit like he was going to have some job interview.

(note: the picture does not correspond to the story cos it was taken right after the birthday bash, actually)

Indeed, he DID have an interview for the final exam. But, it turned out that that was not the reason as to why he was wearing a formal attire. It was his birthday. :)










Wow..that was nicely cool.
So, I got his invitation to come over for his birthday bash.
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The class (I mean...the exam's over)...and I got back to my room only to find another message reminding me of Jobir's birthday. We were going to Mr. Pizza.

--Jobir, Maya, Felix, Wawan, Polina, and some
other friends were ready to have the party. Since it was colder than the day before, we dressed up in winter jacket....only to find that the birthday boy stood up distinctively wearing his suit.












 I think that was a good decision of him to wear one since he looks cool in it. It compliments him.












So, we're having this good pizza.: a large cheese pizza and a potato sweet pizza.
In short, after a quick break .....










and off...we started the party by digging into the delicious pizza.

So, Jobir...Happy Birtday.
May All of the wishes come true.
Amiiin.


 

classmate's birthday

Yesterday was the first time ever that within 6 hours I had meals three times. For sure it was not completely me at all. I had a late lunch  after class (2.pm) when my friend asked me to accompany her for her late lunch...at 5pm. Well, since it would be a good time to talk since I had not met her for quite a while....
Just when I had not yet finished having my 2nd lunch....my friend, Taekcho, texted me...informing that it was our friend's--Illiya--birthday. So, he asked me to make a surprise party for him. Since Illiya sits next to me and he's been more like a brother to me...I could not help but agreeing to his plan.
So, we met again at 8pm.
Since it would not be any birthday party without any cakes, we decided to buy some at Paris Baquette near campus. It's a good thing that I had my LG membership card for additional 10% off. ^^ (one of the so many privileges of having this LG Card--not to mention the free movie ticket every month for any movie I want to see in any cineplex) ^^ what a treat.
back to the party...

then we met four other friends and off we went to a Chinese restaurant.
It was the first time ever for me that a restaurant in Korea served lamb satay and fried eggplants just like what I had back home in Indonesia. Hmmm what a treat. So, we did have a goooood time celebrating Illiya's B'day. The dish (though we felt so sorry for not being able to eat them all) was good and the cake was yummy.




Since we were in Korea..and this would not have been any close to Korean culture should we just go back home after party.....we ended up throwing ourselves into another 2-hour session at noraebang or karaoke room. It was a shocking revelation to each of us since most of us sang! we did sing songs that actually kinda portrayed the true and real personalities of who we were individually. It was a good thing that we spent the time together like this since it would eventually work just fine for our friendship.
It was 1 in the morning.
We were strolling back to the dorm.
..........and today...two of us...came late to class.
and what's worse.....we were a weezzzyyyyy sleeeepppyyy...during the class:)
our sonsaengnims were wondering as to why we were kinda tired.......
Oh, swell....