Eid Mubarak - Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1440 H

Eid Mubarak..

Eid Mubarak

Selamat Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1440 H
Final Aidin Wal Faidzin
Maaf Lahir dan Batin

Wishing you a solemn and wonderful day

Wishing you all a wonderful, joyous day filled with happiness and blessings from the Almighty.

Cheers from the Frakarsas
Indah Rudi, Bo et Obi




WW: Mudik - Going Back Home for Lebaran Day

Going back home to Lampung
M.U.D.I.K
Mudik.

There is no single word can be directly translated to this particular term of heading back home for Lebaran Day. 

In Indonesia, country with the biggest moslem population in the world, Lebaran Day or Idul Fitr, the end of the holy month of Ramadan, is truly celebrated. People are taking their days off to go home to their family, mudik. 

Wherever you live, you will try your best to go home to meet your parents and families, pay homage to your loved ones' graves, sharing joyous moments over delicious special food, cookies and cakes, as well as THR, a term we use for special allowance given to celebrate these momentous days. Kids lining up and get some money in colourful envelopes from their parents, aunts and uncles, and whoever would like to share some fortune. Zakat are paid and distributed to those who need it, holy Quran are read on daily basis along with taraweh and all the sholat jamaah.  Kitchen will suddenly become the center of the universe, with pots and cooking pans are packed with rich-and-long-cooking staple such as rendang, opor, semur, sambel goreng ati, sayur ketupat and more, sending aromatic herbs and spices aroma all over the house. A lovely tradition that my family still hold dearly.

Such an addictive ambience I won't trade with anything else, whenever I can.

But before we can enjoy this embracing moments with family, first we have to mudik.
Go home.
Either by land, by air, by the sea, or the combination of those.

As everyone is doing the same time, you really have to get the time right.
Otherwise, you will be trapped in the middle of mudik inferno, where lines of lines of cars, buses, trucks and motorcycles are waiting for the ferry to take them to the other islands, or tons of passenger roaming around the air terminal, waiting for their mostly-delayed flights. This can be ugly.

It will be our first Lebaran day in Indonesia after almost 5 years.
Excited? For sure!
But of course, we don't want to be trapped in the chaotic mudik tradition which, no matter how good the Government is trying to manage, will always take place. 


The road was clear..

This time, I took my days off earlier and went back to Lampung with my family at the earliest time. We were privileged to have one holiday before the peak season of mudik started. 
And we were lucky indeed.


Lampung, here we come..

Bridge the nations..

The line is manageable

The roads were relatively clear, we got lovely ferry (it means it's clean, not too crowded and smells good :)), and no traffic jam. 

Port Link, the ferry taking us to Lampung
We left Jakarta on Saturday, May 29th at 1.30 PM and touched down in Lampung at 6 PM. Not bad at all!
If we decided to go home on day later, we will spend at least 15 - 24 hours on the road, for the same destination!

And we got ferry with the view :)




So, that's a little story about our mudik.
Will certainly share more stories on our Lebaran day and the in-betweens.

What's your story?
Are you heading back home?
How do you go back home?

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Wonderful Wednesday with My Purple World, Oh My Heartsie Girls and Friends

Ramadan Kareem
Ramadan is entering its final phase.
I'm sad that it's almost over and I feel like I haven't done my bit optimally but I sincerely hope I can keep it up on the last 10 days of this holy month. 

We had so many sad news in the last couple of weeks. 
The father of one of my best friends, my senior in Pramuka or boy scout, as well as my dearest friend Mba Carolina Septerita, - Wardah MUA and the lady behind Wardah great contribution to New York Fashion Week, just passed away. I'm so sad as I didn't get a chance to say goodbye. Most of them passed away suddenly, without any warning whatsoever. Reminding us that death can come anytime and we have to be ready. I keep them in my prayer and may we all be blessed by God's mercy.

Ready to cross Sunda Strait, heading to Lampung
Moreover, I am still fighting back the jetlag from my last trip to Tokyo and New York City. But hey, I'll nail it. Soon.
Now we are already in Lampung, enjoying mudik or our traditional custom of going back home to celebrate Idul Fitri with big family. Super excited and let the long holiday begin!


The big ferry..

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Relax and Refresh with GO-MASSAGE

rest and relax. Pic: Pixabay

"Mba, hari ini kita ada 2 rapat ya. Satu di kantor, satu di Kemenko Polhukam.
Untuk besok lita juga ada rapat koordinat dengan Kemkumham.
Selain itu deadline untuk story line pameran foto di Dewan HAM PBB Jenewa Jumat ini.
Oh ya.. Koordinator Politik Kedutaan Rusia konfirmasi datang jam 1 nanti ya, Sementara yang Timor-Leste belum dapat waktu yang pas.
Dokumen untuk pertemuan di Dewan Keamanan PBB sedang difinalisasi juga ya mba. Tiket sudah confirmed untuk minggu ketiga Mei. Untuk Geneva di minggu ketiga Juni kami akan kabari secepatnya."

Pagi itu, aku  bersama 3 orang kolegaku di kantor, berkumpul di tengah ruangan.
Kolegaku di kantor mengingatkan kembali jadwal yang harus kami penuhi minggu ini di kantor maupun di Kementerian dan lembaga lain.
Rapat, rapat, dan rapat lagi.
Setiap pagi, di awal minggu, kami biasanya lakukan briefing untuk tahu kegiatan apa saja yang harus dilakukan, termasuk berbagai pertemuan yang harus dipimpin atau dihadiri.
In a week, we just simply had all days filled with activities.
Meskipun saat ini kita tengah menjalani ibadah puasa Ramadhan, kesibukan di kantor tidak mereda, malah justru makin banyak karena jam kerja di kantor menjadi lebih pendek. 

Tahun ini tidak terasa sudah 17 tahun aku menjadi ASN di Kementerian Luar Negeri. 
Saat ini, aku mendapat tanggung jawab untuk menangani isu HAM dan Kemanusiaan di Direktorat Jenderal Kerja Sama Multilateral. I love my job but I have to admit that it's challenging. I cannot literally share the details of my job here but for sure there are times when I feel so phased away. 
Drained.
Capek! 

Karena memang tekanan pekerjaan dan sensitivitas isu yang dipegang membuat kami harus selalu waspada dan alert setiap saat, aku tuh jadi gampang capek dan stress deh.
Belum lagi tugas dan tanggung jawab di rumah sebagai Ibu dari 2 anak lucu yang tengah membutuhkan perhatian penuh dari mamanya plus istri suamiku tercinta yang pastinya juga butuh kasih sayang kaaan. Not that I'm complaining ya, karena aku menjalaninya dengan semangat juga and for me, family comes first! Tapi aku kan manusia biasa yang juga suka dimanjaaa lho!
#catatya.

Apalagi dengan riwayatku sebagai penyintas kanker payudara.
Kondisi fisikku pasca kemoterapi yang aku jalani tahun 2014 banyak berubah. 
I am no longer as fit a s bull as I was before. 

Well, again...meskipun di atas rasanya aku menderita banget (#lebaymodeon), tapi jangan sedih. Aku punya cara jitu untuk bisa kembali segar dan rileks setiap minggunya dari segala pekerjaan yang tidak ada habis-habisnya itu.

INTRODUCING...GO-LIFE!

Well, sepertinya tidak perlu diperkenalkan lagi karena layanan online yang satu ini pasti sudah menjadi kecintaan banyak orang, termasuk aku, suami dan anak-anakku!

Mungkin lebih tepatnya mari kita kenalan lebih dekat dengan GO-LIFE.
Aplikasi berbasis online yang mengedepankan on-demand lifestyle ini merupakan bagian penting dari layanan GOJEK yang sudah sangat membantu begitu banyak penduduk Indonesia di seantero negeri. Saat ini, GO-LIFE telah menghubungkan 60 ribu penyedia jasa dengan 500 ribu konsumen di 70 kota. Yang pasti, semua layanan yang ditawarkan oleh GO-LIFE telah melewati serangkaian seleksi dan test untuk memastikan layanan terbaik bagi seluruh pelanggan.

layanan yang sangaat membantu

GO-LIFE sendiri menawarkan beberapa layanan, antara lain GO-MASSAGE, GO-CLEAN, GO-AUTO, GO-GLAM, GO-DAILY, GO-FIX, dan GO-LAUNDRY. 
You see...ada begitu banyak layanan penting yang bisa membuat mama-mama sibuk macam aku bahagia! Ya kan, ya kan, ya kan :).

Salah satu layanan yang paling sering aku nikmati dari GO-LIFE adalah GO-MASSAGE.
Pasti tau dong kenapa ini jadi layanan favoritku!
Aku dan keluargaku memang sangat menikmati pijat.
Kalau sudah capai dan letih, instead of minum vitamin or suplemen, aku lebih suka rileks dan santai dengan pijat.

GO-MASSAGE sendiri rasanya seperti jawaban dari surga untuk mama Bo et Obi yang (sok) sibuk. Layanan pijat panggilan ini benar-benar handy, karena bisa dipanggil ke rumah dan juga ke kantor! Dan kalau di rumah, kita bisa pijat sambil tetap di rumah dan menjaga anak atau menemani anak belajar misalnya. Nyaman sekali kan! Aku yang penggila pijat panggilan ke rumah jadi benar-benar beruntung bisa menikmati GO-MASSAGE 

Serunya lagi, pilihan GO-MASSAGE tuh lengkap banget lho. Ada body massage, body massage + scrub, body massage + totok wajah, dan refleksiologi bisa dinikmati di sini. Dan aku sudah hampir mencoba semua layanan ini, with pleasure!
pilihannya lengkap kaaan!

Harga pun sangat bersaing. Mulai dari Rp50.000,- di beberapa daerah tertentu dan so far, sepertinya untuk Wilayah Jakarta dan sekitarnya, harga dimulai dari Rp70.000,- untuk layanan pijat refleksi satu jam. 

Yang aku suka juga semua terapis sudah dilatih secara profesional dan untuk memastikan kualitas layanan pelayanan serta kenyamanan pelanggan, semua terapis sudah melalui serangkaian tes, wawancara, dan seleksi serta pelatihan. Oh ya, kita pun bisa memilih gender terapis juga lho..seperti aku yang selalu memilih terapis perempuan supaya nyaman.

Karena sering menggunakan jasa ini, aku juga sering memberikan review GO-MASSAGE plus bintang 5 untuk para terapis favoritku. Tapi I have to say meskipun aku kerap berganti terapis, semuanya enak!

So, tunggu apalagi!
Ayo pesan GO-MASSAGE dan dapatkan layanan pijat panggilan terbaik untukmu.
Enjoy yaaaa..