We Are Constantly being Spoiled by so many Sweet People!!!

 About two months ago - when Nick & I had to leave the country & fly out to Singapore for our visa's ~ we spent one day in Semarang to be able to catch the early flight out the next day.

So we took a ride out to the Old Dutch Quarters of town - looking for the harbor in Semarang!  When we returned back toward our hotel - we took a little local bus (angkot) and met a sweet student "Ririn" studying in Semarang to become an accountant! She was so cute and friendly and helped us on the bus!

 We enjoyed our short time talking and we handed Ririn our card - and she said she would stay in touch! Which she has...we correspond on email together!  Well we get a knock on the door the other evening - and we are handed a box with our name on it!  And it was from Ririn!!! Oh my...what could this be???? Was Ririn in town?  Oh how sad...to have missed her!!! We had enjoyed a nice bike ride in the countryside - but didn't know she would be in town???!!!!

There was a kind note in there from our friend and she expressed in it that this was a special gift - 

it is called a "tapih" or songket she said!  To wrap around - and wear it for special occasions!  
That evening our neighbors Pak Jono & Kasum come by with a delicious cake she had baked!  Thank you Kasum!  So yummy!  How nice - do please come it!

 

We showed them our gift that we had received and I asked Kasum to please help me and show me how this is worn?

It had attached a tie to wrap around the waist and we figured it out...with a little help from Pak Jono...because he said he makes them too! Wow you are so handy Pak Jono!

 Thumbs Up!                                            Isn't Kasum adorable??!!!!!!!
We got it!  Hey that DOES look really nice...... Ellen likes!  It was even lined inside!


 Thank YOU Ririn!  You have blessed me with a beautiful Indonesian Tapih!  I hope you received our messages of thanks!

 Oh we are not sure if you personally came to Salatiga from Semarang or did you have a friend deliver it for you here in our village/kampung????  We are so grateful!!!!  Thank you too for your kind note!  We hope to meet you again!!!!

Nick was sharing something on the computer with Pak Jono and Kasum!  Always enjoyable to talk with them...and we - all four of us try very hard to communicate!  Little by Little we seems to get just a tiny bit better!  Both Pak Jono & Kasum know words in English too!  So you can imagine our special time together!  Sweet!