Home Sweet Home

Wow...great to see it on the net haha....been a few months since the last time I went back home in East Java.

And..then..my favorite homestay in campus..Jogjakarta.

Oh...this winter...I miss the warmth of the tropics^^

Hanger-Hanger

헌 옷걸이 걸려 있다. Yup...gantungan baju yang teronggok di belakang rumah. Again. . .out of the blue, I was looking at the pic of these unused hangers.

흠...참 이상하네.

지금 그때로인까? 

Or. . .somebody moved them somewhere?

Just being curious of this triviality in life.

Teh Botol Sosro

Found this pic in my file. Yep...again I remembered seeing these bottles at the kitchen back home in Kediri. I guess they've been there for ages^^. I mean they must have been stacked up there since the last time a family event ever took place. Hmm...wonder what or where they'll end up to be. Ok...about Sosro itself. . .hmm..it's always one of my most sought after tea.

Meja Makan di Rumah Jogja dan Kediri

 Tak.afdol jika tdk rame rame mkn bareng.

Maka di Jogja pun...

Beli nasi goreng dan mie goreng yg super enakneeee!!

Di Kediri pun....sama. Eyra sama Lala dan eyang putri dan kakung....mkn bareng.

Yup....inilah ruang makan dg lukisan yg sejak kecil kulihat terpasang di sana.

*mkn apa? Hmmm...tempe pasti ada.ㅋㅇㅋ

My Brother, Wawan...

...and me...taking him for a ride.

the 1970s. It was in 1976...the year Wawan was born. 

...and then we were growing up....

in our kindergarten years...gee...I still remember having the sweater and how itchy it could be at times. *giggles*

...this was taken at our grandparents' house.

and the rattan chair?.yup....I also remembered how it felt when I sat on it.

oh...time flew so fast....if we looked back.

but I cherish the moment and time we spent together growing up..

Buka Buka...

hmm ini hari Ramadan ke berapa ya? Lupa..tapi yang pasti...ini menu berbuka...oh...ini ada NANAS goreng...Fried pineapple...ala my sister, Nana. 

ok...as always ....wefie.!!! 

then..I ate..some tape...tape ketan. glutinous rice wrapped in banana leaf... 

...plus...they're fermented. yup...a bit of alcoholic glutinous rice...

Being Back Home in Kediri (part 2)

It looks so familiar. Of course, it is the family room where we watch TV. Full of stuffs. crowded. 

Freya and Lala seemed to not having any symptoms of being tired. They just kept on playing and playing. See the Tom Cat? It is the live-version of Tom Cat easily found on application store. 

The funny voice let out by this live-action Tom Cat was hilarious. It sang Indonesian songs, made jokes, and flirtatiously ....^^ what??? 

Even K-Pop was on TV at around 9 am at KSTV (Kilisuci TV), a local TV station.  

As for my Mom, she is tugging Barra to sleep while carrying him around. Buk, there are bananas on top of you. Be careful.^^ What about Daddy he's busy with his office work--not that surprising.^^ 

At about 10 am, we were gathering in front of the house 

where the kids could just play along very well. 

Freya loved to kiss Barra, for some reasons..I did not know what...

Barra has his own babysitter ....

My Mom, Aunt, and Nephews

Just got the latest pictures of my Mom from my wife who visited my hometown. I love you, Bu. Although I cannot meet you directly ...I am happy to know that you are fine and healthy. Of course, it would be so much greater if I could meet her in person this year. Bismillah..I can go home this summer to meet my Mom. At least for now..my wife just met my mother. 

This is my Mom with her youngest grandson. Barra is my youngest sister's son..that makes him my youngest nephew. 

This is Lala (Barra's sister)..and my Auntie, mbak Andan, with her third grandchild named "Osmond".

Sure, it would've been different had I met them in person..but through the pictures that my wife sent me ...I am happy. 

Alhamdulillah...that all of them are happy, too.