Lebaran Telah Tiba - Warna - Warni Idul Fitri 1447H

Eid Mubarak, everyone!

Assalammualaikum warrahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Penghujung Ramadan telah tiba dan tibalah hari kemenangan, Hari Raya Idul Fitri! 

Alhamdulillah, setelah menempa diri, jiwa dan raga, dengan berbagai ibadah dan kebaikan untuk mendekatkan diri pada-Nya. akhirnya hari yang ditunggu pun tiba.

Lebaran selalu identik dengan waktu berkumpul bersama keluarga tercinta. Tahun 2026 ini kami The Frakarsas memutuskan untuk merayakan Idul Fitri di Lampung. Alhamdulillah ada flexible working arrangement yang diberikan kantor dan kita pun menikmati 5 hari terakhir puasa di Lampung sampai Lebaran hari kedua sebelum kembali ke Jakarta. 

Selama di Lampung, senang sekali rasanya kami bisa kumpul dengan keluarga dan teman - teman masa kecil. Bahagia banget bisa sempat juga mini reuni dengan teman - teman dari kampus, teman SMP dan juga SMA. Saya dan suami baru sadar bahwa ternyata sudah lumayan lama kami tidak bertemu dengan teman - teman ini. It was fun indeed. 

berkumpul bersama teman - teman adik kelas saat SMP dan SMA

Seperti biasa, kami tinggal di rumah keluarga suami saya di daerah Kota Sepang, Bandar Lampung. Selama 5 hari terakhir di penghujung Ramadan, kami melakukan ibadah tarawih di masjid dekat rumah. Praktis sekali dan memudahkan kami semua. Sholat Idul Fitri pun kami lakukan di sana. Sudah lama memang kami tidak pulang ke rumah orang tua. Biasanya hanya mampir di kala jeda weekend karena ada urusan atau pekerjaan, sehingga tidak bisa berlama - lama di Lampung.

Usai sholat berjamaah di masjid dekat rumah untuk merayakan Idul Fitri, kami pun berziarah ke pemakaman keluarga, terutama Papa, Mama dan Bapak mertua, serta kakek nenek dan wak. 

collage photos makam beberapa keluarga kami tercinta

Semoga doa yang terkirim untuk mereka bisa melapangkan kubur mereka dan semoga kelak kami semua bisa berkumpul bersama di surga-Nya.

Kami kembali ke Jakarta di hari kedua Idul Fitri. It was indeed good to be back home dan di hari ketiga Lebaran saya dan suami menghadiri open house yang diadakan oleh Menlu RI di kantor. Again, we were so happy to meet many friends and colleagues from the office, including our bosses. And it was another refreshing session after Ramadhan.

Foto Keluarga 2026, missing abang Bo in Wellington, tapi ada anggota baru, Shiro the cat

Karena masih ada waktu cuti bersama di Jakarta, kami pun ceritanya open house di rumah dengan keluarga besar yang ada di Jakarta. Alhamdulillah saudara - saudara di Jakarta bisa datang dan berkumpul, silahturahmi sekaligus saweran untuk anak - anak yang hadir. Tidak lupa juga sesi foto yang tiada habisnya!

all the girls

more family photos

Ini selalu jadi momen seru yang ditunggu - tunggu, terutama untuk anak - anak yang memang paling heboh saat berbagi saweran ini. Seru melihat wajah - wajah bahagia mereka, sambil tentu saja menikmati makanan - makanan lezat khas Lebaran dan cemilan lainnya.

Kali ini, menu yang aku suguhkan antara lain rendang dan gulai ayam (tapi tanpa ketupat ya, maafkan), bihun goreng, bakso dan pempek (khusus aku bawa dari Lampung lho), bebek goreng lengkap dengan lalapan dan sambalnya. Selain itu, ada lapis legit, kue kering khas lebaran seperti Kaastengel, nastar, putri salju, sus kering keju, kacang goreng, dan aneka kue basah. Saudara - saudaraku bawa Soto Sulung, lapis coklat, dim sum dan masih banyak lagi. Pokoknya untuk urusan makanan, banyak tersedia alhamdulillah!

Well, that's a little story The Frakarsas and the big families have. Semoga kita selalu sehat dan bisa kembali menikmati Ramadhan di tahun mendatang, serta berkumpul dengan keluarga tercinta kita.

See you on the next post and cheers..

Wassalammualaikum warrahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

Minal Aidin Wal Faidzin

 ‎ﺑِﺴْــــــــــــــﻤِﺎﻟﻠﻬِﺎﻟﺮَّﺣْﻤَﻨِﺎﻟﺮَّﺣِﻲْــــــــــــــﻢِ

‎ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُاللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

Dearest all our friends and families..

🙏💜🙏💜🙏

 

Kami sekeluarga mengucapkan 

Selamat Idul Fitri 1 Syawal 1445 H

Mohon ma'af lahir batin

Taqobbalallahu minna wa minkum 

Shiyammana wa shiyammakum

Barakallahu Fiikum

Cheers from the Frakarsas and the extended family

Semoga Allah SWT  melimpahkan rahmat, ampunan dan hidayah-Nya kepada kita serta menerima segala amal ibadah dan budi baik yang kita lakukan. Tentu saja doa kita semua agar kita bisa dipertemukan  kembali dengan Ramadhan berikutnya. 

Aamiin Ya Mujibassailiin 🙏

Bagaimana cerita lebaran teman - teman semua? Nanti aku share di post berikutnya yaaaa

‎وَلسَّلاَمُ  عَلَيْكُمُ وَرَحْمَةُاللَّهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

💜 Indah, Rudi, Bo et Obi  Frakarsa 💜

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1443H

Alhamdulillah, the victory day is here!

EID MUBARAK

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1443H 

May your day filled with Allah's endless blessings and  forgiveness.

The Frakarsas is sending warm greetings to those celebrating the Eid Al Fitr, the victorious day, after one month of Ramadhan. We sincerely hope we will be able to meet the next Ramadhan. As for this auspicious day, we trust our sisters and brothers are celebrating it with joy and happiness with their loved ones.

My daughter and I 

It is the first time for my family and I to celebrate this Eid Al Fitr in Wellington, New Zealand. As much as we miss our dearest family in Indonesia, we are happy to celebrate it with our new family in Wellington. Meeting many lovely  friends from different corners of the city (as well as the country), we definitely expand our sisterhood and brotherhood eventhough we are far away from home. 

This Lebaran day festivity is organized by UMI or Umat Muslim Indonesia, the Indonesian Moslem community organization, in Wellington. I will definitely share more stories of our gathering as well as our 'open house' session on the next story.

Kami sekeluarga mengucapkan mohon maaf lahir dan batin.

Semoga kita semua bisa kembali pada fitrah kita dan terus menjaga semangat Ramadhan dalam keseharian dan hidup kita. Hanya pada-Nya kita berserah dan memohon yang terbaik.

Idul Fitri kali ini menjadi  momen pertama  Lebaran yang kami rayakan di Wellington, Selandia Baru, bersama keluarga besar WNI di sini. Ada banyak haru, keceriaan dan kebahagiaan yang ada. Nanti aku share ya dalam cerita berikutnya, termasuk kehebohan open house lebaran yang aku lakukan di Wellington.

Cheers from Wellington

Eid Mubarak 1442 H

EID MUBARAK!

🦋 🦋🦋🦋🦋

May we all have a blessed Eid, wherever we are! 

Insya Allah, Allah SWT’s continued blessings & forgiveness will be bestowed upon us 🙏🙏🙏

Maaf lahir batin atas segala khilaf, alpa, dan kesalahan sepanjang tahun. Semoga Allah SWT menerima segala amal ibadah kita dan menjadi pribadi yang kembali pada fitrah-Nya.

Stay safe, happy and healthy, wherever you are! Have a blessed Eid, filled with love, joy, and togetherness

WW: Eid AL-Fitr is Coming!

Eid AL-Fitr is Coming!

The end of Ramadhan is near and we are preparing for Eif Al-Fitr.

Just like last year, we are still observing Ramadhan and celebrating Eid AL-Fitr, the victory day, in COVID -19 environment. As many of us have been vaccinated and with strict health protocol being observed, this year we will be able to actually pray in the mosque with physical distancing and mask on. 

looking for some cute home accents in Alun - Alun Indonesia

This year, for the first time, insya Allah we will celebrate Eid Al-Fitr with my mom and my brothers in Jakarta. It was really a blessing as last year we celebrated it separately in Jakarta and Lampung, as we couldn't go home due to the extra restriction during the pandemic. This year is similar, but my brother manages to come to Jakarta and stays for a while.

Anyway, here's a little preparation we made before the Eid. We cleaned the house, rearranged things, cooked special food for Eid, and sent hampers to family and friends. It was always fun indeed!

Mentai sushi and dimsum from friend..

pineapples... for our favorite Nastar cookies

the market was packed!

buying food for Ifthar...all ready-to-eat munchies

Salted fish in various form... sooo tempting

Colorful cupcakes from my dearest friend

Bombolinis, anyone...

Ketupat, the boiled rice wrapped in coconut leaves

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Virtual Eid Mubarak and Halal Bihalal

getting ready for virtual meet - up 

Thanks to coronavirus, we are now “forced“ to embrace the ‘new normal’.
This year‘s Eid is one of the examples.

Google Meet with my Google Local Guide Community

We are strongly urged not to go back home or do ‘mudik’ in order to curb the spread of the virus. Many of us stay at home, separated from the big family or their loved ones, and experience the first and special Eid Al-Fitr in the middle of the pandemic. And that includes us, the Frakarsas.

The link below is the video of our Eid Celebration last year.
You see.. we did it in traditional fashion. We had big gatherings, family and friends, lots of food, tons of fun! Making me missing everyone! As Lebaran day is happening only once a year and celebrated after a month-long fasting month, no wonder we won't nothing but the best during this victorious day. 

Yet, again, 2020 is super special.
There we are.. making so many adjustments in life, work and the way we conduct our activities. We are taking our Eid celebration to a new level and a new platform.

Virtual celebration.

I have several Eid celebration and ‘gathering’ going on this year. First with my mom and my brothers and our families through whatsapp group video call. Then with my aunties and big families, followed by Office colleagues, my childhood friends and families as well as my communities. Quite a busy and packed schedules that carries on till the end of the week after Eid Al-Fitr. Even on the third day (which used to be part of Eid long holidays before COVID-19), we already have meetings and webinars through zoom application as well.

our first meeting right after the Eid

 I even have back to back ‘halal bihalal’ virtual meetup with my junior high school friends and continued with my Jakarta Google Local Guides and then Women Local Guides. I ended up finish everything at 1 AM. Straight from 4 PM in the afternoon! It was crazily long but I really enjoyed it. I will share more detailed stories in another post. As you can see, we have no better option but enjoying it.

This halal bihalal continued until 11 PM 

This year, we are doing it differently as we stayed at home and did everything from home during Lebaran day. But of course, it does not mean it's not fun! You can see our lebaran celebration this year in my YouTube video as well.

So, many of us are familiar with teleconference applications such as Google Meet, Webex, Skype, Polycon, and Zoom application and therefore we use them a lot. It was fun to chat, laugh, share photos and slides with the others. Even some technical glitches can be funny during the meeting. Perhaps this is the new normal that we all have to get used to. I do have problems with the connection sometimes and from bad backache after long, straight time sitting in front of the computer. And I guess I have to check my sight again as the hours being spent in front of the computers have significantly multiplied. But out of these issues, I can say I enjoy my virtual Eid Mubarak and Halal Bihalal.

How about your Lebaran day? 

So do you have your virtual meetings with your loved one as well?
How do you like it?

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Lebaran Day!

Lebaran Day is here!

How wonderful it is, and slightly somber for us since we are not going back home. We are happy that we have given the opportunity to forge ourselves into better beings during the holy month of Ramadhan and ended it up with Eid Al-Fitr. The festivities are in the air although we are mostly staying at home as Large Scale Social Restriction or PSBB is still in place. 

But as I wrote in Eid Mubarak, Eid Mubarak, we still enjoy Eid Al-Fitr. Even on the third day of Lebaran, which is usually still part of our annual leave, we are officially (and virtually) back to the office. Well, we are getting ready for the 'new normal.' Hope everything can be safely planned and done.

Meanwhile, our friends and families in the US is celebrating the Memorial Day. It's like the heroes' day in Indonesia, where we celebrated the lives and sacrifices our heroes, the fallen soldiers and others who have fought against the colonialization. May they all rest in peace.

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