Kata mudik konon berasal dari bahasa Betawi, udik yang artinya kampung. Ditambah awalan huruf m jadi mudik = pulang kampung. Mudik memang identik dengan hari raya Idul Fitri. Menarik sekali melihat hiruk pikuk dan repotnya orang, baik yang akan mudik ataupun yang ditinggal mudik. Menurut gw ya mudik itu pindahan massal tahunan selama maksimal seminggu … Continue reading
Yesterday I came back to The Netherlands after spending 2 weeks in Indonesia. It was a family visit with the same reason as that one in July 2013. This time it is my mother who is severely ill. My mother and I July last year when she visited me in The Netherlands. Mid February I … Continue reading
This week’s BEC challenge is about most favorite Indonesian food. As an Indonesian living abroad and a foodie, I think about food all the time. Sometimes I long for certain Indonesian dishes. I have twenty – thirty most favorite Indonesian food/dishes but it is impossible to share them all here. Hence I chose sate. Sate … Continue reading
Almost every day I have been thinking of you this past year. Today I will think of you and father. Today I especially think of your last moments among us last year. It was striking that you went on the same day as our father did 15 years ago. I know you are pain free … Continue reading
