INDEPENDENCE DAY 170805

I should send my warm greetings to all Indonesians who read this. Isnt it great guys that we can still can witness this national celebration? I know that we all wish the best for Indonesia and we hope it will stand long enough and worth the world history so we can pass the stories on to our next generations. Eits, jangan diteruskan dengan kata kata: mengheningkan cipta dimulai ya:-).

Pagi pagi 17 agustusan kemarin ini kita sudah siap siap untuk upacara dan perayaannya (alias makan makan dan tari tarian:-)). It was such a bleak and freezing morning and it made us feel blue:-(. The flag raising ceremony went well despite the chilly weather and also not many people could make it that wednesday since not all can take a leave from work. Anyway, Getting the prize for wining the badminton competititon was the boost of the day:-).

Not long after that, some girls like Tia, Vera, Mira, and me should dress up for traditional dancing performance. Mira as usual did the balinese dancing with the new costumes (yuhuuuu:-__) Tia and Vera did the Bajidor Kahot and Yapong and all of us did the Saman dance again. Actually it was kind of the final rehearsal for performance in 19 August.

Then the eating time but we missed the yellow sticky rice:-(( coz we got changed after dancing. But pssst... we had taken the snacks earlier hihihi (they were lemper, risoles and kroket). Overall, everything went well...Defitintely it would be better if we had had sate.. yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhh... maybe next year, we'll see.
Terus ada yang kurang...hmm.. yeap! Musik dangdut dan panjat pinang!! hehehe... maybe next year we will have it merrier...

Meeting friends is nice but hanging out with them is nicer:-). You will see that they are great companies and cheerleader team:-) although a bit crazy. upss! I mean, they are nota bit crazy but... totally, completely, 100% CRAZZZYYY:-)!!! These indonesian friends are always ready to cheer you up and make you day like today. You need proof? Check my photo album section for that:-).

First after the celebration is formally done, we had more celebrations in other places:-).
1. The hospoda thing (we spent some time in the nearest garden pub. some had drinks and others had food). Surprisingly, the weather got friendly, nice and sunny. Tia and Mira started taking pictures with Euis and Ican as the victim. (in the end, Tia and Mira also victimized themselves:-)).
Then the idea was launched... why not go to Petrin Hill and take some pictures while laying on the grass and enjoying the sun?

2. episode 2: the Petrin Hill. After long discussion and Asih's saviour-act of bringing some sandals for the girls (twink twink.. come on give us a break, we were from the embassy with kebaya and high heel sandals), we took the funicular and headed to the tower park.

What can we ask more? we had warm and dry grass, we had tranquil atmosphere, we had the sunshine, we had the street musicians with their accordions, and we had lovely girls.
Wait... yes.. we needed one more to make the day's perfect. Great shots of pictures!!!!!!
Hehehe.. so you will see some pictures that we took in turn from my camera. they are so lovely. check out some of my collections...

3. Last scene. Nothing can end the day better than..... ngupi... hihihi.. so we went to the cafe in this Eiffel-like tower and had some coffee, cakes, and sausages. If girls hang out, you will know how our conversations end up, but if girls and boys hang out? it was even better:-). THanks to the boys for lightening up the day and become some objects of our photos.

4. Too bad I had to leave before the sun set coz I would have dinner with my hubby and went for badminton. He made me pizza... thanks so much dear:-), it was tasty. And the night got spicier when we had very laid-back badminton sessions with the boys and continued to the city late at night and shared some stories ( hihihi... thanks boys:-)). But I had to wind it up there.. coz I had to go home, soooo tired and need some sleep.

So in the end, it was a fine day... thanks for the great time to Asih, Euis, Ican and the boy, Irna, Linda and Akang, Mira, Tya and Widya. Dont we all love what we call INDEPENDENCE:-)?