April 2006
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Bimo’s Wedding 1
Today is the big day for Bimo. We woke up very early in the morning, since we had to arrive at the venue at 5.30am to dress up. Eyang putri bought Noe a set of Javanese traditional outfit, while uncle…
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Bimo’s Wedding 2
After the religious wedding oath ceremony, the event continued with javanese traditional wedding ceremony. The groom arrived at the bride’s “house” and ushered into the chamber. The groom stepped on an egg and the bride wiped the mess out. This…
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Shower Ceremony
It’s Bimo’s shower ceremony, a traditional Javanese purification rite held one day before the wedding ceremony. I would let the photo essay talks. This is the prayer session. This is Ibu Tuti arranging flowers for decoration. She’s really good in…
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Bandung Nostalgia
At 6am Ibu Wies picked us up for the Bandung trip. Noe was really enjoying the road trip. I was a bit freaked out because our driver Mr. Imam constantly took over from the left lane, including using the service…
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In Jakarta
Noe had a morning shower in an unconventional way. Then Ninuk and Rini came to Bintaro to see Noe. Again we spent hours in the car just going from one point to the other. It was raining hard, I suppose…
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Hours on the Road
Indi went for a game of golf with bapak Hindro early in the morning and went back home just before lunch. We decided to borrow a car from om Kono. We then drove to Pondok Indah Mall to have lunch…
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Sawangan Vendetta
Indi woke up early to hit the golf course in Sawangan. I woke up a few hours later, and gave Siska her gift from ikea: a stovetop espresso maker. She then made a brew of Irian Organic Coffee, which really…
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Arrived in Jakarta
We flew to Jakarta for our cousin Bimo’s wedding. This is Noe’s third trip to Jakarta. We flew using valuair, which we mistakenly bought three months in advance, not knowing that one month prior to departure Valuair gave special discount.…
