Joining a Wedding Party

It was Saturday. The Loving-8 Saturday-9 (Sabtu Kliwon 17). In the morning at 08.00 I and Nuri went to Surakarta to join a wedding party. Before leaving home Nuri fried lunpia for being brought to Surakarta. We took the toll road to go there. We entered at Jatingaleh and exited at Bawen. We stopped by the Banaran Cafe for having breakfast. The traffic seemed to be flowing but it then went to be congested started at Kartasura. There were many traffic lights from Kartasura to the hotel. We checked in at the Ibis Style Hotel although the time was still at 12:30. We got room number 835. The room rate was Rp322.013, I paid off in advance using a credit card.

After bringing our stuff to the room I dan Nuri left the hotel for Romlawaty's house. Nuri drove the car desperately because of the traffic congested. After entering the Kraton gate she got off. She went to the Beteng Market and I continued to go to Romlawaty's house on Wirengan VI alley in the Baluwarti area. I met her and some people used to lived in Panca Arga Magelang. There were Lies Yudhaningsih, Hari Utomo, Sri Utami, Rini Satriningsih, Dewi, Kun Yulia, and Djoko Sutianto. At about 30 minutes later Yudiaryani, Arien Pinalti, and Dwi Suparti came. We, then, shared our experiences during our living in Panca Arga. We also tried to recall some people in our childhood. At about 14:00 I left the place.

Going to the Beteng Market to fetch Nuri was an annoying business. There was traffic congested every where. So, I asked her to join me at a point in front of the Bank Indonesia office. I guessed she felt to have to walked quite long. Her face told she was unhappy. We got some rest after entering the room.

At 19:15 we left the hotel for the Graha Saba Utama on Jalan Suprapto to join the party. The way going there was a kind of desperating work. The traffic was congested especially when we almost reaching the venue. There were so many police and military officers in the street to make the traffic flowing. It made sense since the bride, Septiara Silvani Putri, was a President Jokowi's niece. He joined the party. The groom was Gatot's son, Joko Priyambodo. Gatot is my highschool and secondary schoolmate. We then got the venue but we did not get off because we did not get a parking space. We turned again and we got a space on an alley for parking the car. We walked for about 200m to get the venue. We was in the line for about an hour to deliver our greeting to the bride's parent, the groom, the bride, Gatot, and his wife. It was an exhausting effort.

The food almost run out. Nuri got salad solo and martabak. I consumed garang asem ayam. The party also facilitated us to make a picture of us. I met my schoolmates such as Widayanto, Hariyoto, Sri Adyati, Retnobroto, Noeri Tidia, Bambang Purwadi, Muhammad Najib, Endang Sri Rejeki, Ihyaudin, Susilo Tjahajaningsih, and Isa Ardani. At 21:00 we left the venue.