Saturday, August 16, 2008

MERDEKA!!!

FREEDOM!!!

Indonesia's Independence Day is on 17 August, which is tomorrow. We have started the celebrations from few days ago.
these are some pictures from our independence day celebration in my neighborhood. not the best shots, everybody was moving and my cam isn't good enough for that...

games for children

we have done this last Saturday


eating kerupuk is the most frustating game



Ir was frustated



but Ar broke the rules


and Ansel didn't care about it at all, just enjoyed the kerupuk


Ibit won this race


Ar was so good in this one





the night before the day


Ar Ir and Ibit helped me wrap the gifts for the children in the afternoon


we prayed for our heroes who has fought with their blood to free this country from Dutch and Japan



games for dads: they had to move 5 marbles in a plate filled with flour to a little bowl, using their mouth



games for moms: they have to put a pencil tied behind their back into a bottle




every kid got a gift






and hot soto was great for a cold night dinner


more reports next week!!

9 comments:

Are You Serious! said...

♥ What a fun time for you guys! Happy Independence day! :)

Heather said...

This was very awesome to read about. It looks like a fun celebration. Happy Independence Day!

:)

Claremont First Ward said...

Excuse my ignorance, but it it a celebration of independence from the Dutch?

Kimberly said...

Happy Independence Day! It looks like a nice time to celebrate! Can you explain what kerupuk is?

latree said...

thank you everyone.
@angie, too many coloniser here long time ago. english, portuguese, dutch, and japan. but yes, dutch was the longist one, over 350 years....
@daisy, kerupuk is some kind of crackers. I'll show you a big picture of it later. remind me if I forgot.

Carrie and Troy Keiser said...

Happy Independence Day! Look like a lot of fun games! I was guessing that kerupuk was like a doughnut.....

Malena said...

What great celebrations!!! What is hot Soto? And how cold, is a cold night?! Just curious ;)

iway disini said...

heran ya krupuk ga habis-habis, ganti makan emping kek yang mahalan dikit :D

Kelli said...

looks like tons of fun