It's confirmed. Unlike last year, we will not be able to go back for our "mudik" ritual to Indonesia for this year's Hari Raya Idul Fitri. I have called Inka and Irza's school last week and confirmed that not only that there'll be no school holiday during the Hari Raya week, they will also have their SA2 paper 1 exam for both English and Mother Tongue on the following week after the Hari Raya.
Therefore, similar to two years ago, we will be celebrating Hari Raya Idul Fitri here in Singapore. Feeling sad? Of course, but we (myself, my wife and the kids) have already accepted this as one of the consequences of hidup merantau di negeri orang. We just have to live with it. :)
Based on our experience two years ago, celebrating Hari Raya Idul Fitri in Singapore is not really too bad, after all. This is because we have many Indonesian friends in Singapore who also, mostly due to the same reason, do not go back to Indonesia during Hari Raya. I remember two years ago, we went to three different places in Singapore on one day: Hougang, Tampines and Braddell, to celebrate Hari Raya together with our Indonesian friends here. My wife even conducted our own open house on the following weekend at that time.
Therefore, we are looking forward to celebrate Hari Raya in Singapore again for this year. For friends who plan to conduct an open house event in Singapore on this year's Hari Raya, please do not hesitate to invite us along... :) :)
Istana open house tuh :)
ReplyDeletecep cep cep...jangan sedih yaaa...tuh kata ma'cik Ellen bisa lebaran di Istana,kapan lagiiiii ??????
ReplyDeletegak jadi mudik yah, udah rame2 di sgp aja, seru jg kan. Siapa tau diliput wartawan lagi...:D
ReplyDeletesip, saya ikutan muter2 pak... udah ada undangan dari east, dari pak ibnu/bu dian, dll :))
ReplyDeleteAyo, yg mau kumpul2 diumumkan di multiply biar tidak terlewat eventnya oleh yg lain.
Asyik ada temannya (Lebaran di rantau)
ReplyDelete:) Idem ... Join the Club Lebaran di rantau...
ReplyDeleteAyo om, tante...kita sama2 sholat ied di mesjid sebelah rumah ;-))
ReplyDeleteNgga seru ah ngga ada makanan khas Indonesia... :P :P
ReplyDeleteSetujuuuu... :) :)
ReplyDeletePak Wawan ngga ngadain open house? ;) :)
Dua tahun lalu sih shalat ied di lapangan seberang stasiun Bukit Gombak...
ReplyDeletesiapa bilaaaang..ada,kok..dari istana tinggal nongkrong di pondok jawa timur di pla-sing ^-^
ReplyDeletekalo madame de Tampines bilang ada, percaya deh! pasti ada ...
ReplyDeleteMaksudnya acara lebaran tahunan yang biasanya diadakan di Tampines, tahun ini mau diadakan di Istana? :) :)
ReplyDeleteoi .. masih sekitar 13 hari lagi lebaran :))
ReplyDeletejadi dimana nih ada acara open house selain di presiden sg ? ;)