How are you doing?
Such as common way to start a post on blog,
but yea who cares.
First thing first, I would like to say
taqabbalallahu minna wa minkum, may Allah receive our effort and prayers in
Ramadhan, forgives our sins and grant us a super happy life ahead.
Maybe this post would be only understood by
Indonesian readers, since we(Indonesian people) have such us unique, confusing
yet exciting culture for Eidl Fitr. And what makes it perfect is that every
province, even region seem to have their own culture for Eidl Fitr, you know,
this makes me feel proud somehow for being Indonesian. And after all, Eidl Fitr
is not something that is only celebrated by Moslem here, but also people with
other religion, no wonder almost 85% people here are Moslem. We share food, gather
after praying Eid and forgive each other.
One of those culture that I will share to
you is about “Mudik”. Mudik itself stands for “Mulih sedilik”. The words came
from Javanese, means “Go home for awhile”. By that meaning, actually the word “mudik”
is not supposed to be something that we can do in Eidl Fitr, right? But back
then in 1970’s, Jakarta with more than 70% urban people, they only got long
holiday just before Eidl Fitr until after Eidl Fitr. So, that’s why, those
urban people do their “Mudik” thing and this phenomenon was spread all over
region then soon or later it became culture.
That was a little story about Mudik. The rest
you can browse it, Google is there waiting for you. This is my 3rd Eidl Fitr
that I don’t do “Mudik”. Before I always celebrated my Eidl Fitr, in Yogyakarta
–my grandpap’s house, I would stay there for almost a week before Eidl Fitr,
and spend 2 or 3 days in Solo –my grandmam’s house. Those times I always took
the road trip with my uncle’s car. I tell you what, it’s tiring, exhausting, aching,
but I don’t mind to repeat it all over again. Just imagine, you would do a road
trip for 16 hours if you’re pretty lucky, but 2 days if the traffic’s screwed. My
record for road trip from Jakarta to Yogyakarta; the fast one was 16 hours and
the longest one was 1, 5 days. But since 3 years ago, I always celebrated my Eidl
Fitr here in Jakarta, I feel both sad and happy. Sad because I couldn’t gather
with my big-big family, happy because Jakarta in these days is quiet exciting
yet a little bit frustrating –even it’s not like the usual day. Why? Here are
the reasons:
#1 you must know like all the curses you
always heard when you’re on the road, or the bells that almost broke up your
ear. Those things are frustrating, to me actually. And I almost never heard it
in these joint holidays. I know Mudik is not only good for your family but also
for some people’s ear.
#2 In the usual day, you should or you must
go 2 hours before you’re late to somewhere where the distance is 7 kilometers,
and you don’t need to go that early now, because you can go there with only 30
minutes. Crazy I know. This is heaven.
#3 Go to somewhere new, explore the city,
go to the city park, I know Jakarta is a dilemma kind of thing, after its
beauty and its ugliness, the crimes and the hard work, the traffic, the urban
and the high living standard, I think now is the time where you can be you and really
“Enjoy Jakarta!” My advice; take a public transportation, it’s quiet comfy now –Just
remember, when was your last time taking Transjakarta from Blok-M to Kota with
only 10 passengers? Now is the time dear. Take your map, don’t be afraid to get lost, got
no friend to walk around with? Just go.
#4 Let me think about any other word that
can substitute Jakarta, hmmm that must be patient. Even in these lazy days, Empty
Street, for you taxi users or any other online public transportation, well, you
should be patient more and more. Because nowadays, they become so rare that you
want to eat yourself. One hour and 30 minutes for one available taxi to come, it’s
not a joke.
Eidl Fitri is not only talking about Mudik,
Opor Ayam, Ketupat, and else. It’s also about gathering with your family to
strengthen the relation between one to another. And somehow you would go to
your uncle’s and auntie’s nonstop for a week. There are some stuffs that I
cannot leave my house without. Here they are:
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| Things to Bring! |
#1 I usually use a sling back for going
out.
That because my mom ever asked me, nope, I
mean instructed me to put off my backpack and change it to sling back, because
I look alike someone who wanted to go to school.
#2 Notebook and Pen
Inspiration can across your mind in the way
you never expected before, that’s where I would write everything, what I see,
what I think, what I listen to, maybe about the next post, about the
organization, college, etc.
#3 Purse
Most important thing to bring when you go
out. Put it safely, and never bring lots
of money wherever you go, but that doesn’t mean you don’t bring no money at
all. It’s actually not only about the money (this sentence remind me to an old
song), but also other cards that would make you frustrating when you lost it.
#4 Cellphone
Who doens’t need this? Calling parents. Replying
important messages and emails. Killing time. Browsing. Maps. Ordering Ojek. The
rest you can mention it better.
#5 Power Bank
In case it’s emergency and my cellphone is
running out of battery.
#6 Headset
In case some people around you are
annoying, you can punch them in the face or you need to relax a little while,
escape from the reality, this one could help.
#7 Charger
I never used my power bank if I could find
any terminal, that’s why I bring this.
#8 Glasses
I’m not a kind of people who always wear my
glasses, but I always bring this just in case my eyes are tired and it helps me
a bit.
#9 Tumbler
To keep me hydrated. 2 litter in a day is a
must! and to reduce the use of plastic bottle. #SaveEarth
#10 Flashdisk
My sister just gave it back to me, and I
haven’t taken that out of my bag.
#11 Matte Lipstick, Long lasting Lipstick,
and Lipbalm
These three things are my moodboosters.
Long Lasting lipstick help your lip color to stay like that even you’ve eaten
Opor Ayam for 2 portions. Lip balm prevent my lip from a dry lips, it hurts, to
suddenly feel the taste of the blood and you realize your lip is bleeding
because it’s too dry.
#12 Cajuput Oil and Maag Liquid Meds
Maag is suck. You know that.
#13 Hand Sanitizer
I’m not that kind of everything-must-be-clean
girl, I just don’t like something’s oily in my hands.
#14 Tissue
Because my alergic can come to me, whenever
it wants.
That is all, my sharing time is finally
over. Thank you for reading, forgive me for my bad-bad-bad English and grammar.
Thank you for following my blog posts so far, hope you enjoy it and could take
something’s meaningful from it. And.... since it’s still in Eidl fitr, forgive
me if I misbehaved, too careless, too literal, too emotional, the rest you can
mention it better. Just hope that you would say it not only in your mouth but
also accepted by your mind, and your heart.
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