so far

Our apartment so far is looking like this. It looks quite neat doesn't it? well the other side of the room lies stacks and stacks of boxes still needing to be opened and our bedroom is a mess. We used our coffee table to hold our tv and dvd player so we are minus a table, hmm not sure what we will use for that but ok one problem at a time I suppose!

Moving day (Umzugstag)

The sign is up and the truck is coming. Finally we have more stuff to wear than what's in our suitcase! It's funny to see that the movers are more excited about us moving than ourselves. They were so fascinated by our stuff as well as the fact that the husband had lived somewhere outside of Germany, but moreso our furniture, especially the bed as it had no screws, only slots in place - we told them that it is the Indonesian Ikea - and they believed us. It was also funny seeing the husband interact with the movers, one had asked my husband something and the husband was not quite used to the Hessen dialect so his first reflex was to say "apa?" to them (which means "what?" in Indonesian) and they seemed to understood what he meant hah! We shouted the movers pizzas and cola for lunch for our appreciation with the moving, I mean, we have alot of wooden furniture, especially our antique bench with like 20 thin drawers and our teakwood dining table. They gave us some interior decorating tips with where to put our things and after the whole day, they left us to do the unpacking. This is going to be a long week.

Feeling homesick

This living between places is killing me. I don't have my things so it's rather difficult to be able to cook the things that you want to cook with a pan and a knife, but ok when most households in Jakarta have only that in their kitchens and they are cooking amazing things, I guess I can also. Today I was feeling a little homesick for Indonesia as it is still quite cold over here for summer so I made a chicken soup with prekedel (alot like the German frikadellen only with alot of potatoes instead of meat) and it turned out great. Homesick cured!

Ikea time

We received the keys already for our apartment yesterday but our stuff is still enroute from Indonesia so we decided that a necessary trip to Ikea was quite ideal today. We chose this fold out sofa in case we had visitors coming and took half the day to set it up. Well I tried helping with the first half but got bored and decided to be a fan and cheer the husband along while he did it himself. So, with the rug the parents-in-law gave us, our apartment is looking like this!