Highlighting The Night of Friendship

A wide tent was set up to accommodate hundreds of attendees to the fiesta.

ERU 이루's father....cheering up the already ecstatic crowds..with his signature Trot.

Dangdut+Campursari Time...

Aku Cinta Indonesia!

"Goyang sampai pagiiii....!"

~selamat memperingati Sumpah Pemuda~

Hari Pertama Stlh Balik ke Seoul

Koper bawa 3 dg berat 62 kg. Tdk termasuk cabin bags!

Isinya macem macem....titipan.

Om Kiky dan keluarga mas Chairul datang utk ambil titipan....

Sekalian kita mkn mlm di rmh.

Rmh blm.sempet disapu....

Om.Kiky menjenguk Eyra yg tergeletak krn msh jetlagged.^^

Indonesian Day at our Neighborhood Library

Moodoo Library, a multicultural library at Imundong, Seoul that provides everyone from all backgrounds and countries varied books and a place to share their lives in Korea. Today we had an Indonesian Day to introduce Indonesia to other members of society in our neighborhood in Seoul.

And we taught Indonesian songs and other Indonesia-related experiences.
All Credits go to ibu-ibu Indonesia yg tiap minggu belajar bhs Korea di sini. 

Dinner with Mr Agus Family and Subin Eonni

What a surprising way to have dinner. I mean...we're preparing dinner for ourselves and of course Subin eonni who'd just finished taking the kids out to their favorite cat's cafe earlier that day.

and then our friend Pak Agus and his family came along. Well...of course it's partly planned and partly not...in such a way that we're simply ready to serve what we had that day. Surely enough...it's authentic Indonesian food plus home-made Korean dishes.

yeaah...mi ayam/chicken noodle, tubu cobab 두부초밥, banana and chocolate pudding, kue lumpur, etc.

While adults were talking and chatting over stuffs in mixed Indonesian, English, and Korean....the kids exclusively used Korean the whole time. 

Yup....they speak Korean the whole time.

a great evening!

Terima kasih Pak Agus dan mb Vina for the ........+........

and surely for Subin eonni, too.

So much for IKEA!!!

Instead of IKEA, we ended up in a food court somewhere..ㅋㅋㅋ

Yup...we got lost! Unsuccessful attempt of locating IKEA ㅋㅋㅋ

But...we ended up having a great dinner. Thankfully.

We did take off at 철산역 as directed, took the number 3 bus...but somehow...we did not reach IKEA. Guess...better luck next time.^^

A Cute Little Baby Girl in the Club

Welcome to our dearest Ghaizka, our friend/neighbor fellow mas Khoirul's 2nd daughter. Yes...there's a new member of family that will add up our joy of sharing the moments in our life in Seoul.

With her brother and sister. 

We (mas Khoirul's family and mine) live just three stations away at the same subway line....and that makes us even closer.

Congratulations. ...

Seeing Off Om Wawan & Tante Ulfa...

We arrived earlier so that we made sure that we'd be able to meet them.

We didn't tell them that we'd come to the airport...^^ 

Jakarta-bound Asiana Airlines was scheduled at 4.55 pm..so we had ample time to meet .... 

Om Wawan and Mbak Ulfa have been our close friends, neighbors, and even families... 

As for me, I came to Korea together with Om Wawan...back in 2011. That's why we've been close..very much close... 

and after mbak Ulfa came along, our wives got along well and we lived our lives in Korea together.. 

Doing practically..lots of stuffs together...^^. 

That's why..it's like a must-do task, not that..should-do one...that I, along with my family, went to Incheon airport to see them off personally. 

Group picture, please. Have a great flight, om and tante. 

Till we see again...in Indonesia or anywhere.

Freya and Eyra have surely been close and got along well with om Wawan. Undoubtedly. 

and these two ladies...^^ they've been sharing lots of memorable moments in Korea.. 

That's why...it's been such a bless to have known them and being close with them. 

Bye-bye Om Wawan...Tante Ulfa...

Keep in touch.

Wassalammu'alaikum.^^

Meeting Friends @ LW

What are the chances of meeting or bumping into other Indonesians we know @ Lotte World in Korea? Well, pretty slim, eh? But it did happen to us. 

We're just walking around the theme park when we recognize some familiar faces..and yes..they're Mr. Budi and Mbak Vina's family on a trip to Lotte World.. 

So..why not take pictures together then? 

With this..we said goodbyes and promised to meet again...^^ 

Back to Freya and her cousin..who's a bit exhausted..after a long day walk around the park... 

but..let's sit down and enjoy the night parade... 

People tried their best to secure the very location they could think of... 

to see the whole procession of the parade. Even before the parade even got started..like 30 minutes later on.. 

they just sat down there...talking...anticipating the parade... 

Though of course..for us...we'd seen this a couple of times..but this time's different since we came here to accompany our families' vacation to Seoul. 

hmm..not so clear...too much backlight. 

hmm...that's better. 

but this one's better.

And...with a bang picture in front of this carousel ..we wrapped up our trip to LW.

Bye Bye 2014.