Can't believe it's the last week of ramadan already. It feels like we just started fasting a few days ago. Everytime the end of ramadan comes along I feel quite nostalgic. I'm quite sad to see the holy month go. The month of ramadan always brought my family closer together. Everyone stopped their activities to have dinner together and to pray together. Even over here where it's only hubs and me, we will sit down for a proper dinner. I try to cook a few extra dishes and something sweet too, as a dessert. I feel a lot closer to The Creator too as I am somehowe more in tune to my thoughts and to serving Him. It should be this way all the time, not just during Ramadan, but maybe the whole 'satans are all locked up' has something to do with it. I dunno whether to believe if its true or not. It sounds quite comical sometimes, but then again, why the concentration now, and not during other months?
Anyhoo, I'm starting to think about what to do for Eid or Hari Raya. Since it's falling on a Monday, and since it's not a public holiday over here, hubby will have to schedule his working hours. Even then, I doubt he can spend more than a few hours to just go to the masjid for the morning prayer and then off to work he'll have to go. I on the other hand am free during the day and will only have classes at night, so I suppose I can celebrate the hari raya somewhat. I know another malay girl here who'll want to celebrate. Other than that I don't know anyone else. It's quite sad how hubby and I have closed ourselves off from other people. It's always just the two of us. We go do things together on the weekend, sometimes we join our friends, but most of the time it's just the two of us. We don't live close to the friends I've made at the university. It's about a 30 min drive from where they live so we don't bump into them when we're out and about in our shopping area. Hubby's friends or colleagues are all married and with children. They have their own families and friends that they hang out with so we don't see much of them. Not that hubby wants to hang out with them anyway. He sees them at work every day of the week, why on earth would he want to spend more time with them on the weekends? So we live in this little bubble.
Well, I'd better be off. Gotta study for my last paper. It's almost midnight and I need my sleep or else I won't have any energy to wake up for sahur tomorrow and stay awake for the rest of the day.
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oh maan raya without relatives and parents? that's sad. But at least you two have each other. Time to repent and ask forgiveness, doncha think? Hubby does not aware that this blog exist eh? (referring to previous entry on picking up clothes and books.. i feel for you! heh been there)
Selamat Hari Raya!!
p/s i'm linking you.
rotidua - yup, so sad coz raya without relatives and parents. but rite now gotta sacrifice. once we're more stable i'm definitely going to try to fly home to KL every hari raya. :) no, hubby doesn't know about the blog. actually none of my friends know. but i think he'd understand if he finds out and when i'm ready to let him know about it. :)coz he's that kind of guy. thanks for linking me!
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