Indra's posts with tag: lebaran2007
|  | On the same day (Monday, 15 October 2007), after attending our big family's Hari Raya Event, we went to Uwa Udjo and Uwa Enong's house, also in Buah Batu area, south east of Bandung.
The next day (Tuesday, 16 October 2007), I took Inka and Irza to one of their favourite places in Bandung, Jalan Ganesha, in front of ITB's main campus. They were having a great time riding horses and taking a horsecart ride. For them, a visit to my hometown is not complete without taking a horse's ride.
On Tuesday late afternoon, we went back to Jakarta.
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| | On Monday, 15 October 2007, we went to the "halal bi halal" or Hari Raya Idul Fitri gathering event of the Surdjo family at Nek Ooh's house in Margahayu Raya, Buah Batu, Bandung.
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| | On Sunday, 14 October 2007, we went to Bandung for us to celebrate Hari Raya Idul Fitri with our relatives in Bandung.
For this year, the Hari Raya Idul Fitri event for my father's big family is conducted in Bandung, and not in Tasikmalaya, which is my parents' hometown. My grandmother came from Tasikmalaya to Bandung for this event. Therefore, we didn't have to go to Tasikmalaya for this year's Hari Raya.
Unfortunately my wife was unable to join us so that she could accompany Nenek (her mom) in Jakarta. Nenek was just discharged from hospital several weeks earlier.
We left Cinere in the morning and stopped at one of the rest areas along Jakarta-Cikampek expressway around Cikarang for late breakfast at Simpang Raya restaurant. We reached Bandung in the afternoon.
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| | From Villa Cinere Mas, we proceeded to my parents' house in Puri Cinere to attend their open house event. My parents invited all their sons, their wives and their in-laws' (besan) families for a big family gathering and silaturahmi.
By that time, our stomach was already full so we didn't eat much there (even though the signature dish is my mother's "tongue steak" or steak lidah). We took the opportunity to have a chat with all my parents' in-laws.
I noticed that Inka also had a serious discussion with Aunty Dian, which is Aunty Ria (my sister in-law)'s elder sister, although most of Inka and Irza's time was spent playing and having fun with Alif and Kayla, their cousins.
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| | Still on the same day, Saturday, 13 October 2007, in the evening, we went to my wife's cousin's house in Villa Cinere Mas, not far from my parent's house in Puri Cinere. Inka and Irza were very tired so that they were dozed off for a while in the car on our way there.
We were greeted by Papa Dodi, Mama Indha and their adorable daughter, Naya. The host also prepared some homemade "baso tahu siomay", which is very very delicious. :)
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| | On the same day, Saturday, 13 October 2007, after celebrating Hari Raya Idul Fitri at my parent's house, we went to my in-law's house in Gandul, just 15 minutes' drive east of Cinere. The whole family asked for forgiveness from Nenek and Aunty Tessa, before having another feast of Lebaran there comprising of ketupat, rendang and gulai ayam.
We also took the opportunity to visit (ziarah) Kakek (my late father-in-law)'s graveyard (makam), which is located near Nenek's house in Gandul. This is the first time Inka and Irza visited their grandfather's tomb. Unfortunately, we saw a "Bina Marga" pole not far from the tomb. Seems that the graveyard will need to make way for new expressways (Antasari-Citayam and Cinere-Depok-Jagorawi) going to be built around the area, so the tomb might need to be moved.
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| | On Saturday, 13 October 2007, after performing Shalat Ied prayer at a mosque nearby in the morning, we celebrate Hari Raya Idul Fitri with family and relatives at my parent's residence in Puri Cinere, Depok, south of Jakarta.
Aki gave a short speech to the whole family, before all of us asked for forgiveness from each other, especially from Aki and Ene. After having the special Lebaran feast, comprising of ketupat, gulai ayam and sambal goreng, together with nasi kuning and opor ayam, which is as per Inka's request, we had a short photo session with the whole family.
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| | On Friday, 12 October 2007, we went back to Jakarta for our "mudik" ritual and celebrating Hari Raya Idul Fitri with family and relatives in Indonesia.
We took Emirates flight back to Jakarta and turned out that we were sharing the same flight with some of our friends in Singapore who were also going back to Jakarta on the same day.
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