The Diary Game (Sunday, February 2, 2025) | Harvesting Cloves in the Garden

^{harvesting cloves}

The clove harvest has arrived. We have been waiting for the cloves to ripen for 2 weeks because previously we picked them too young so when they were dried they looked very small. This was the first time my mother and I tried picking cloves after my father passed away. Usually my father was the one who always took care of everything in the field. The distance between the fields and my house is very far, about half an hour by motorbike. I left with my three children and my mother. Our resting place here is very dirty because no one cleans it, previously my mother often came here but because of the Umrah trip a few weeks ago, everything was dirty. abandoned.

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^{today's clove harvest}

I I thought there were a lot of clove trees, but it turned out there were several trees, but only one tree bore fruit and the tree was still reachable. My mother and I took turns picking cloves. The children helped below to pick them.

I wonder, or has this been scientifically proven that there is no there were mosquitoes under the clove tree. Even though we were in a vast forest. After an hour and a half of fighting, we finally collected half a sack. For the top, maybe tomorrow it will be continued again because the clove stem has turned red and will crack so it can no longer be harvested.

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< center>^{eat chocolate}

After picking cloves which took a lot of time and energy, I rested under a jengkol tree whose fruit had also fallen and been eaten by many animals. I enjoyed my rest with eating chocolate. It looks worth it.

In the afternoon we went straight home because we were hungry. I took the dried squid from the refrigerator and cooked it. I chopped all the main ingredients of the kitchen then added a lot of cayenne pepper then sauteed it.

While eating, we talked a lot. The times when father was still with us and it was very dangerous. After eat, I want to say goodbye to my mother because I have been here for several days and left my husband there.

It was a very hot day. I waited until the afternoon and started to tidy up all the things that I would bring later. Mom also gave me some souvenirs from Mecca and Turkey. I was very happy and so were the kids.

While waiting for Afiza and Ghaisan to finish playing, Hamzah and I played together at my grandmother's house. My grandmother is very old and she is still very much working, cooking and also always making breakfast for the people in her house.

I also got a wedding invitation that was entrusted through my grandmother on the 12th. I also got some snacks that my grandmother bought earlier. After 5 pm, I went home. When I was about to leave, suddenly my brother and his family from Lhoksukon also came home here. I am grateful because my mother will not be alone tonight.

^{enjoying old school snacks while opening a stemit account}

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After more than an hour, we finally arrived home safely. My husband had already gone to the mosque and I helped the children clean themselves and then had dinner. I bought some fried chicken on my way home in Geudong.

After finishing eating, the kids went to sleep because they were very tired. While waiting for my husband to come home, I opened my steemit account while eating the snacks my grandmother gave me earlier. This is an old-school cake and the taste has not changed. I love this and I am grateful for this day.

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