Tag: family

Two Birthdays and an Anniversary

The last four months give me two birthdays (RK’s and mine), plus a wedding anniversary (Yoga’s and yours truly, of course). Here’s some reflection of those events, which…

Six Months

Where did my last six months go? It feels like RK was born yesterday, but six full months have passed us by. I can still remember vividly how…

Baby Rhythm and Blues

Getting into the rhythm, getting rid of the blues. Having a baby means a complete rehaul of your (well at least my) daily rhythm. The newborn baby dictates…

Pregnancy

Initially, Yoga and I planned to postpone having a baby until a year after our marriage. We wanted to slow down a bit after all the hassles we…

About The D-Day

Things were pretty complicated in our wedding. It involved layers of issues: different religions, different tribes, different cities… So yeah Yoga’s Catholic and I’m Islam. We’d been dating…

Me, The Lady of The Ring

Because The Lords of The Ring is too mainstream, d’oh, last night I’ve become THE Lady of The Ring. Despite all odds, Yoga’s family officially proposed me to…

Five Years… And Counting

This year is definitely a milestone for Yoga and I. Time seems to fly faster than ever before: today is our fifth anniversary already! This year we also…

Dearest Ayah*,

Sorry I can’t be with you, again, in your birthday. I guess it’s one of the pitfalls of having the opportunity to study somewhere far from home —…

Missing Idul Fitri

Today is already Eid ul-Fitr in Indonesia. Indonesians render the Arabic phrase as Idul Fitri, or even more often, Lebaran. The origin of the word Lebaran is debatable…