Being at Home

It was Tuesday. I was at home. In the morning I ironed my clothes. I continued the ironing in the afternoon. Before zuhr time Nuri went out for shopping. It was a monthly shopping.

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First Day of Ramadan

It was Monday. It was the first day of Ramadan 1347 Hijriah. I and Nuri got up early to have سحور (early breakfast). My food was just a boiled egg and steamed broccoli. Nuri consumed rice and vegetables soup. In advance I consumed an orange. I slept again after praying.

I got up again at about 09:00. After reading today's newspaper I washed my used clothes. There were many mostly underwears. Then, I slept again.

At 13:30 I got up. I did gardening by watering the front yard grass. Unfortunately, it was raining in the maghrib time.

Maghrib was at 17:33. Nuri provided palm fruit sweet, eggplant hot soup, and fried wraped egg (martabak). Besides, there were date and orange. Lanjutannya...

Going Back Home

It was Sunday. The Sweet-5 Sunday-5 (Ahad Legi 10). We went back home via Jogjakarta. Before going we had lunch in the dining room on the ground floor. I liked the food the hotel provided, lot of variety for a low cost hotel. I just took omelette, vegetable salad, papaya fruit, vegetable stir-fry, and black coffee.

After leaving the hotel we went to the Mesran Store where Surakarta styled snacks were available. We shopped some sorts of snack. We directly went to Jogja. The traffic was flowing. Nuri still controlled the steering. We stopped at the Ambarukmo Plaza. We waited for Yenny at the parking yard. The parking price was expensive, Rp20.000. We finally entered the plaza because the environment was hot. After getting her we checked in the Pizza Hut counter. We had lunch and chatting. Yenny was Nuri's colleague. So, the chatting was about their experiences. We were there for about 30 minutes.

We then went to Mbak Henny's house. Rahutama gave the location clue. We traced the north ring road. At the Jalan Kaliurang intersection we turned to the north. Just before arriving at the power step-down station we turned right to the east. At the end of the street we turned left to north. The house was about 150m from the turning point. The coordinate was -7.739167, 110.399000.

Mbak Henny was at home while the husband was not in. She told us he was going to Sidoarjo to fetch their grandchild. The house and the backyard was spacious. It was 4000m². They cultivate varieties of horticulture. They also breed catfish babies. They sell them to the grower. They live with their son Yudi that stays with his family in a house nearby. We were there was about 20 minutes.

The next destination was Rahutama's boarding house. Rahutama was having cough. We unloaded some stuffs and did our prayer. At about 17:00 we left the house.

We led for Semarang. The road was almost crowded but the traffic was flowing. We stopped by the Lezat Store to buy various snacks. We stopped by again at the Banaran Cafe in Bedono at 19:00 to have dinner. At 21:20 we arrived at home. Lanjutannya...

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. Lanjutannya...

Meeting

It was Friday. In the morning I and Nuri went to the temple hall to join qigong. The participants were 8 people. We practiced chenqi, pengqi guanding, and a half of xingshen zhuang. We came late 5 minutes when chenqi session was undergoing. On the way home we stopped by Pak Wito Soto stall to have breakfast. In the place we met Soewono.

At 09:45 I joined a meeting in the Sewu Room of the Santika Premier Hotel. I came late 45 minutes because the notification was received at 08:50. I had no time to catch-up.

The meeting was to discuss the modules composition. Robert, Pranoto, Suharyanto, and Hari were also joining. In the government side there were Suprapto, Hasan Basri, Iriandi, Dadang, etc. The modules were grouped into 2 syllabuses: groundwater and raw water. The raw water was presented by Suharyanto while the rest by Robert. We discussed until 14:30 with Friday Prayer and lunch were inside. We joined the congregational prayer in the Masjid Baiturahman nearby. Lunch we served in the dining room.

In the evening I and Nuri went to a lunpia kiosk on Jalan Mataram to buy the stuff. It was Rp10.000 each. The stuff would be brought to Surakarta tomorrow. Lanjutannya...

Withdrawing Salary

It was Thursday. I and Nuri was absent to join qigong. At 10:00 I went to the Jateng Bank, IKIP branch to withdraw my pension salary. The bank locates in the IKIP Auditorium area on Jalan Kelud. It was a new building. It was about 30 minutes I was there. Then I went to the Mandiri Bank, Pandanaran branch to deposit the money in Nuri's account. It took only about 10 minutes.

On the way home I experienced a traffic congested till the Tugu Muda. The culprit was the traffic jam on Jalan Sutomo.

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Dinner Out

It was Wednesday. In the morning I and Nuri went to join qigong in the temple hall. The participants were 12 people. Maria was the laoshi. We practiced chenqi, laqi, pengqi guanding, and sanxin zhuang. Melani gave us a balinese lemon.

Before zuhr time, Nuri went out to settle her matters. She met Mrs. Bena in the Pleburan area.

In the afternoon I did gardening. I took the weeds off.

In the evening I and Nuri went to Bakmi Dul Numani noodles stall on Jalan Pemuda. It was raining ☔ but only a short time.

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