terkenang masa lalu di bulan ramadhan......
amacam? alrite tak the title? hehehehehe.....
well, am in the office while listening to ria thru the net and dah banyak lagu raya on air.. so, while doing my work, terkenang jap masa-masa lalu time ramadhan kat rantauan... nie pon ngah puasa kat rantauan gaks nie... hehehhe..
the first ramadhan away from home was in 2002, and it was my first raya away too... my first time fasting while travelling... it did definitely save a lot of money. went to melbourne during the 2nd or 3rd day of fasting. and when i was back in brisbane, like what tasha had mentioned, we had fun even tho we were away from our loved ones. together, we managed to re-create the atmosphere of ramadhan and syawal in our apartment. that was the first ramadhan that i actually really eat for sahur and i had lots and lots of rice, thanks to sheda. hehehe.... tengok dia makan, very the menyelerakan... the first time for me to cook lots of dishes at one go rite after sholat aidilfitri. it was a time of lots of firsts, i can say. it still fresh in my mind. love u babes... *hugs*
ramadhan in 2003 was busy with assignments and exams, so whatever we can grab for our meal, we just grab. not so much of proper food, but it was yet another ramadhan that i had my sahur meals. it was nearly summer and the days are longer, and my routine would always be the same throught the 1st 2 weeks of ramadhan - i would be in bed by 2000hrs, and would wake up at nearly 3 to do my isyak and have my sahur, and while waiting for subuh, will start to revise for exams, wld get back to bed ard 5 and woke up at ard 9am to get ready to go to uni, and wld stay in the library till ard 4-5pm to get back home to start to prepare to buka and wld have the meal and did my mahgrib and sleep. almost everyday wld be like that. well, cept days that they were showing australian idol. hehhehe... flew back to spore 2 days before raya, and remembered abg ir was busy trying to get me on my australian mobile. he even emailed me just to find out where i was as he wanted to do a video call on the first day of raya. u see, it was suppose to be a surprise for everybody back home, told them that i was suppose to come back only in february, but i definitely changed my mind. hehehe.... was at home till malam raya as i broke my fast at yai's place - we always break our fast over there every malam raya. remembered idah was smacking my back when she saw me and dila was frantically shouting my name and hugging me from the back. hehhehe....
last year ramadhan was just like the years before i went to brisbane. woke up for sahur just to wake everybody up, had a glass of water and went back to sleep and only woke up to do subuh. hehhee... and then, the last two weeks before raya was busy doing berbotol-botol honey cornflakes for my regulars. last year i think i did abt 11boxes of kellogg's cornflakes. was the first raya away without idah ard too...
and this year, is yet another ramadhan away from home. went back home the first wk of ramadhan and havent been going back since, as i am going back straight for raya this friday!! yiippeee.... this ramadhan, i havent been waking up for sahur at all. well, there were a couple of nite that i woke up just to have a glass of chocolate milk and i went back to sleep. hehehe...
every year, each ramadhan leaves a different kinda feeling for me. am sure that it does for the rest of u too....