Wonderful Wednesday with My Purple World and Friends

foggy morning in our Karori house

Morena, friends. Hope all is well, wherever you are.

Spring is here but Wellington is somehow getting cooler and colder at night, so it is tricky for us to get ourselves ready for hot day then cold night. Just when we thought we can start swimming on the beach or having picnics in the park, the wind and the weather become less friendly again. Too bad indeed. Unfortunately, more cough and cold are coming as well at the office as well as my kids' school. This transformation of weather is quite annoying if you're not prepared. I guess we just have to stay fit and ensure we have enough multivitamins to go through the days.  

My family and I are moving to a new house soon We have been struggling with the high level of humidity which affects my hubby's health. Nothing's wrong with the house as it is the newly-built unit but with the position of the house and the lack of sunshine to the house, the house is damp. Well, we already got the new house and starting November 15th, we will move to Khandallah. Hope all is well and the moving process is smooth. We have to pack our stuff again and it's quite back-breaking LOL. Anyway, we are so excited with the new house and it's way bigger, more modern and lovely. Can't wait, can't wait! 

So now, let me welcome you on this week's Wonderful Wednesday with My Purple World and Friends. This week we will have a lot of tips, tricks, recipes, stories, inspirations and more, only for you. Join us now!

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The Celebration of the 77th Anniversary of Indonesia’s Independence Day and Indonesian Armed Forces

Hi everyone..

National Day or the celebration of our nation’s independence day is always be special. Commemorating the struggles of our ancestors and heroes, this day marks the new beginning in the life of the nation.

Ambassador Fientje Suebu with H.E. Deborah Geels from MFAT, Marja Lubeck, MP from Labour Party from Indonesian descent, and Defence Attache and spouse

For the celebration of the 77th Anniversary of Indonesia’s Independence Day and Indonesian Armed Forces this year, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia held a Diplomatic Reception on October 12th, 2022. 

After postponing similar celebration for the last 2 years due to COVID-19 pandemic, this time we had been able to have a proper celebration.

After the flag - hoisting ceremony that we did on August 17th, this time we had the double celebration at New Zealand National Library in Thorndon, Wellington. 

We invited around 200 guest and 150 people came and joined us that night. It was really a wonderful celebration showcasing our pride as a thriving country, surviving COVID-19 and continue to make progress in terms of economic development, infrastructures and political stability.

With Nusantara, another word to call our homeland Indonesia, as the theme, we presented a little journey to Indonesia that night. We changed the national library into Indonesian corners, with decorations from different parts of Indonesia adorning the hall we used. 

Not to mention Indonesian delicacies such as kue lapis surabaya, kue lumpur, pastel and risol, as well as our signature rendang, sate ayam, gado - gado, vegetarian fried noodles, and fresh fruits. For our guests who drink alcohol, New Zealand wines and Indonesian beer, bir Bintang, were also available.

We also have Nasi Tumpeng, the famous coned yellow rice, presented to our Guest of Honour, Ambassador Deborah Geels, Deputy Secretary for Americas and Asians of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of New Zealand. We also had free souvenir of Indonesian traditional woven syal for all our guests. 

The night got even merrier with the performance of Tari Piring, a traditional dance from West Sumatera and a medley of Indonesian songs, like Apuse, Sinanggar Tulo, Cublak - cublak suweng, dan Sajojo. The opening dance was Isolo from Papua.

It was really a lovely night and here are some more photos we have from the celebration.

Lapis Surabaya, everyone..

some of our guests while arriving..

Frits with Isolo dance from Papua 

Noken and Papuan arts and textile as part of the decoration

I was wearing my gold and purple Tapis Lampung, with kebaya sulam usus in the same colors. Good thing I bring the complete set of the Siger Lampung from home.

So, what do you think? We really have so much fun and hope we can have more engagement as well as exposure of Indonesian cultures in New Zealand.

Cheers.

Wonderful Wednesday with My Purple World and Friends

Welcome back and hope everyone is well.

I have been enjoying back pain this last days huhu. 

I have issues with it for quite sometimes and I guess after all the events and traveling that I have done for the last month back to back, my back seems to complaint and start giving me jolting pain. Not nice at all but I went to my physiotherapist right away and I have been trying acupuncture as well. Hopefully it will work speedily as I have been in pain for quite some times and consuming pain killers in a long time is no good at all. Wish me luck, dear friends.

I guess I haven't shared the festivity of our Diplomatic Reception celebrating the 77th anniversary of Indonesia's independence as well as the National Armed Forces. We had the celebration held at the New Zealand National Library and what a night indeed. 

We had Nusantara, another name for Indonesia, as theme and we have staff and the big family of the Embassy wearing traditional costumes from different parts of Indonesia. It was a memorable night indeed. 

Happy to share more stories here and let’s have a Wonderful Wednesday with me, Oh My Heartsie Girls and Friends. Have fun with the link party, everyone!

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