Visiting Each Other Houses

Having two different version of Eid day give us unexpected blessing. As most of our relatives in Jakarta are celebrating Eid tomorrow, while our family opted to do it today, Elok’s parents house are not scheduled for ‘open house’, as normally it would be. Instead, we spend today visiting each other houses. Here, we started…

Shalat Ied in Al Huda

This year, we have two groups of moslem celebrating Eid at different day. One who holds on “hisab” method will celebrate the Big Day today (Tuesday), while the other groups who adopt “rukyat” metod (endorsed by government) will celebrate on Wednesday. I choose and believe the first one (and Alhamdulillah most of my family), so…

Playing Fireworks

As what have been tradition in many Indonesian families, we also spend our night before Eid, playing fireworks on the back of Elok’s parents house.

Rania Birthday Dinner

We celebrate my niece, Rania, birthday in South Beauty restaurant, UOB Plaza Jakarta. She turned to 5 years old couple of days ago. Here she is about to blow her birthday candle with her mom and dad. Happy birthday sweetie!

“Kopi Luwak” After 1 Month Free of Caffeine

During Ramadhan, I never drink coffee. What used to be a daily routine for me before Ramadhan, have been skipped for the past (almost) 1 month. Tonight, suddenly the urge for sipping a cup of caffeine came up strong. So here I am, after a nice meal in Pacific Place, I sit down in “Kopi…