Eid Mubarak!

Shalat Ied hari ini adalah salah satu yang paling seru yang pernah daku jalani. A little gloomy without my hubby but my sis-in-law made the day by joining us to spend the day. Albeit the original plan to go to masjid At-Tin, we got up late and therefore decided to switch to the nearest masjid for Eid Shalat.

The masjid is still under construction, so we got a place under a temporary canopy – very close to where the qurban animals including cows and so many goats were tied. Alith was so excited he kept mimicking the goat’s.

Not long after we finished doing shalat, one of the goat escaped and started to "aproach" his female buddy. You can imagine how difficult it was to explain to the kids what the goats were doing. As if it was not enough, two more goats succeeded to break the rope and start to chase the others… and the chaos began. We hurriedly left the spot to a safer place, Alith was crying all along and I had to carry him. Good for me that he instantly forgot his plan to take one of the goat back home.

Anyway, we headed home and enjoy the meal I had prepared the night before. Not a perfect dining, but I am thankful for the company and the blessings.

Note: My heart goes to the family of my high school friend Lely Siska Handayani – Inna liLlahi wa inna Ilaihi rojiuun.

Come Home now, honey…

Well, if you just go back to my previous written thought titled "Your spouse is your bestfriend?" or something sounds like that…. naaaa this is just another episode

Well again, my hubby has been in his 2 weeks field trip since last week – I don’t wanna cry baby but honestly that is the thing I want to do most. I wanna cry baby and tell him – honey I miss you and I need you here, a.s.a.p!!!

I probably couldn’t retain my self-dignity in this matter, but pleasee… just give me a break. It’s been a tough week, not that I had to face one or even more problems… but how can I explain it to you. It’s just an empty feeling, resulted from the absence of the person who used to inspire, motivate or at least give me a laugh with his silly talk.

(I am not complaining, but it is so hard not only that he is not here physically, but he is so "far" to be reached by phone)

With a few "to do things" in my list – guess what!! Sure, none of them is accomplished, abandoned mid-way and forgotten.

The only good thing I can be proud of – my only accomplishment this week – is that my sweet daughter has just inaugurated me as her best teacher. I can tell you that this is much rewarding than got an A from my favorite lecturer – Olav Hohmeyer!!!

-bye, it is time for our afternoon walk-