Welcome Ya Ramadan (Adelaide Chapter...hehe)

     Alhamdulillah, praise be to Allah for giving us another chance to see our beloved Ramadan. Every year it comes and go and yet we're still the same person, our Iman is going nowhere.....sobs T.T  InsyaAllah, let's work hard for this year's Ramadan to reach the level of a Muttaqin. Like what Allah have said in surah Al-Baqarah :

 "O you who believe! Fasting is prescribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that you may learn self - restrain (taqwa)."

(2:183)

    This year's Ramadan is the first one away from Malaysia. Well, even though I've experienced fasting away from my family during school time in SBPI Gombak and during the time of my preparation program to Australia in KBU, but the feeling is not the same. Because we're far away and to go back home in Puncak Alam (that's where I live ^^) was always...anytime. You can go back anytime or maybe my parents could come and visit me. But here in Adelaide, it's totally different. One thing, that I think is cool is a shorter day time cos it's winter in Adelaide right now, hehe. But, there's another challenge to it. Your day gets colder than usual... huuuuu~ (freezing ~.~')

    It's exciting to know that I actually have a stronger bi'ah here in Adelaide where my housemates are actually racing in doing ibadat to Allah SWT. That is somehow a very strong motivation to keep me racing and increasing my ibadat as well. I pray that Allah SWT will grant us His pleasure and His forgiveness in this month full of Barakah. Do as much as you can to gain Allah's pleasure and cleanse your sins. (^o^)v

   But there is this one experience that I've never felt before in my whole life. And the thing was....

"When do we start fasting?"

"Tomorrow...? or... the day after tomorrow????"

     And I was like, "Pleeeeaaaseeeee.... somebody tell me! I want to go to bed!" In Australia, we don't have Mohor Besar Raja - raja for announcing the Ramadan and Syawal. The night before the 1st day of Ramadan was crazy. It was like this... I was out in the city, meeting two of my Japanese friends, Masahiro and Takumi to spend some time and exchange language skills and cultural background. We had some dinner at K-Noodle (Singaporean restaurant right at the North Terrace). After that I checked Facebook and people have been posting, telling that tomorrow is Ramadan. So, I was getting excited, quickly went to the Musolla at the University, start performing the isya' prayer and completed my taraweeh. Then, on my way back home, I saw this statement on my news feed...

     I was like, "Whaaatttt....??? Are you serious...??? Dah hbes Tarawih dah ni..." I mean completing my Taraweeh was not a big deal, but... When is the first day??? Is it tomorrow, or the the next day? I was running up and down my house asking my housemates. We even google it, calling people here and there, whereas back in Malaysia, at this hour, we already busy with Qur'an recitation, preparing for the first day of fasting, preparing stuff to eat for sahur, etc. (-.-') Then, later, when I woke up for sahur, I saw this statement on Facebook...