New Pics from Jogja

....wait...blm siaap.~^^

Just received the pics we took when the big family of UGM's Korean Dept. .....had a meeting diner @ Ashley, Seoul on autumn 2015. A recollection of memories we had.

Diner dg Kekuarga UGM

We're from across Korea...gathering for a dinner....celebrating our friendship...

....it so happened to be the birthday of our head of department. Met Ultah Pak Tri.

Ms Lee Hyena jg hadir jg.

Alhamdulillah. ...kami bisa berkumpul di Seoul.

...and of course our students, as well.

HUFS Malay-Indonesian Department's 50th Anniversary (part 2)

@Aekyung Hall, Graduate School of International Area Studies where the opening ceremony was held. Along with my colleagues from Gadjah Mada University (UGM) who attended the anniversary. Pak Heru (Vice Dean, School of Humanities), Pak Tri Mastoyo (Head, Korean Department, UGM), ibu Novi Siti Kussuji (Head, cooperation affairs, research center, UGM), and mbak Wira, lecturers of Indonesian Language & Literature Dept., UGM....and the list would go on..had I not stopped... 

and..Min Seonhee popped up. She's an UGM alumni so she determined that she'd surely meet their colleagues from UGM while they're in Korea. And she did.  

The so many jilbabers or women in jilbab that dotted that day's atmosphere really showed the fact that indeed lots of guests from Southeast Asian countries came to the anniversary. These are my colleagues from Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and from Unsoed, Purwokerto, Central Java. And likewise..the list would go on....

We had a dinner at 금강산 restaurant near HUFS right after the whole-day seminar ended. Prof. Yang was handing out a token of gratitude to our representative, Pak Tri Mastoyo. I should've taken more pictures..but my hands were tight down...not literally, of course.

An after-dinner group picture--looked like we're not ready to take a pose when the camera clicked!!!`

seminar-done. presenting paper-done. dinner-done. and what's next? 

traveling in Korea..to buy some souvenirs..(the following day's agenda)..and I got to be a sudden tour guide....with pleasure*-^^

Daejeon: Meeting with Friends of Mine

ms. Park, ibu Park or simply Park sonsaengnim..or 박 쌤..yes..lots of students called her 'ibu Park' back then in UGM (when she was on 2-year assignment from KOICA). Yes, after more than 4 years..I was finally able to meet up again with ms. Park (the woman in the front). 

She's working in Daejeon now --her hometown. I called her telling her that I was in Daejeon for a meeting. So, I sneaked out of the seminar room and met her at a cafe inside the KAIST campus. ^^ 

We were catching up with what we've been missing for the last couple of years. Of course, Facebook sort of helped us out to sort things out we'd already known about:)

A conversation over a glass of fresh mango juice was a great way to talk about everything we've been wanting to know about each other. 

Ibu Park, hope you're always happy and healthy. 

Keep the smile on your face. 

Head up! 

Been a great day to meet her again.