The week before, during, and after the Ied

Ok...I'm writing again in a very short period of hours since my latest post. My best friend Olip has protested me that I rarely updated my blog. My reason for her is (a) I have no time to update my blog and (b) I’m not a good writer such as her so sometimes when I have the time I have no idea of what to write…. Well actually (after thinking it over) all of that reason can be easily broken since (a) you are the time keeper of your life so it is all about how you manage your time so you can still write on your blog and (b) a good writer is a result of writing. So given to that reason…I have force myself to update this blog more frequently.


Indonesia, mostly consisting of Moslem, has one huge public holiday: Ied Fitri (or what we called Lebaran). Ied is a celebration after the Moslem fasted for the whole month. This year, that holiday will be on 1-2 October which is next week. I, as a citizen of Jakarta, really love the Ied. Why although I’m Christian but I love the Ied? It is because on the week before the Ied, during the Ied, and a week after the Ied….. Jakarta will be free from all the traffic jam! Thank God for “mudik” tradition during the Ied.

Mudik is a tradition for all the Indonesian to come back to their original village/city during the Ied. Since Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia so many of the citizen comes from other city and therefore during the Ied they will all leave Jakarta. This tradition has made Jakarta, one of the most traffic and hectic city, becoming a very quiet and free of traffic jam city. Oh…How I love Jakarta at that moment ^_^

Another reason why I love Ied is that because the Company that I work have give us a full holiday in the week during the Ied. I have already borrowed 3 books of Andrea Hirata: laskar pelangi to be read during the next week and planning to enjoy myself next week during my holiday…. Oh how I love Jakarta when I can relax and have a very long holiday. ^_^