Once upon a Ramadan #1

Wah wah kemaen ada part 1 bagai,

Semalam yakni pada waktu malam hari sebelumnya,

diri ini terfikir untuk stay up sahaja sehingga sahur oleh sebab badan tidak menunjukkan simptom-simptom untuk tidur. Lantas, dalam keadaan yang gelap dan hening, tangan menekan butang play pada tv untuk menonton 'Hansel and Gretel the witch hunters'..

Namun malangnya, fikiran lebih banyak melayang berbanding fokus pada cerita di hadapan yang mempunyai unsur 'action' yang sangat dasyat...

Dulu, sewaktu berumur 7 tahun, aku adik dan abang selalu berjaga malam di bulan Ramadan. Kerana percayakan kata nenek dan datuk "Bulan Puasa, syaitan iblis semua kena rantai, jadi takdela mende nak kacau demo semuaenye.." kami kanak-kanak sekalian tiba-tiba menjadi berani yang tidak semena di bulan Ramadan. Pada suatu malam, kami bertiga berbaring di common room di tingkat 2. Berbual-bual mengenai kartun menjadi kelaziman. Membincangkan perihal bagaimana Bulma si gila-gila boleh terkahwin dengan Bezita yang serius? Serta adakah Trunks sebaya dengan Goten? Dan mengenai betapa meluatnya aku melihat perilaku Hikari yang lembik ingin meraih perhatian Daisuke dan Takeru dalam Digimon serta betapa cantiknya gym leader Celadon City yang bernama Erika.. Semua isu inin adalah serius bagi kami..

Dan sewaktu satu pertiga malam tersebut, si abang telah mencadangkan agar kami semua tidur di balcony. Balcony kami bukanlah balcony yang proper kerana tidak mempunyai penghadang dan agak kotor berpasiran dan open air. Tanpa menunggu persetujuan majoriti, si abang telah membuka pintu balcony yang maha susah untuk dibuka dengan gigihnya.. Setelah berjaya membuka pintu tersebut, aku dan si adik diarahkan untuk memunggah toto dan bantal-bantal.. Kami menghamparkan toto lalu berbaring memandang langit. Subhanallah, masih teringat betapa cantiknya langit pada waktu itu dihiasi dengan bintang-bintang.. Even kanak-kanak pun sudah memahami erti keindahan ciptaan Allah.

Kami bertiga meneruskan perbincangan kami di luar rumah di atas balcony tersebut dengan bertemankan udara yang sumpah sejuk tapi nyaman... Siap pasang lagu raya lagi wahahaha.. Kalau bukan bulan Ramadan, mana mungkin kami berani untuk berada di luar rumah semalam... Dan kami berjaga sehinggalah waktu sahur. Sebelum Inche Abah datang mengejutkan kami, kami telah bersiap2 packing dan masuk ke dalam rumah serta berpura-pura tidur di tempat yang sepatutnya.. Manakan tidak, kalau rahsia kami berjaga diketahui Puan Umi, sudah tentu beliau menggunakan specialty beliau dalam memberi nasihat yang membina secara bertubi-tubi...

Dan dengan itu, kami semua ke sekolah dengan wajah yang kuyu dan tidak bermaya. Rakan-rakan sedarjah sudah pasti menyangkakan bahawasanya kami penat berpuasa....

Once upon a time during Ramadan

Bismillah

Being able to celebrate Ramadan for the whole month, insyaAllah, is one very rare occasion. For years, seven years to be exact, I was not able to enjoy Ramadan at home, Alhamdulillah, this year 2013, I am finally at home! Selalunya sempat berpuasa di rumah dalam 2-3 hari macam itu jer. Due to living in boarding school and college. So, this year is going to be a blast!

I like performing terawikh at the Masjid Al-Ahmadi which is the mosque in front of my house. I grew up in there. When I was a kid, my friends sekampung and I always gathered at the mosque after Asar to play games. We played polis sentri, lompat getah, hide and seek, and other traditional games there. The mosque's compound is very spacious, so, we declared it as our favorite spot besides the padang nearby. 

There was one Ramadan, probably when I was a five years-old-girl, I went to the mosque during solat terawikh and prayed only two rakaat of terawikh then I got tired and took off my telekung. After that I went out of the the tempat solat, to find out my friends were gathering di bahagian belakang masjid. They are playing 'lompat-lompat' from one color of the carpet to another. (you know that karpet di masjid kan ada garisan-garisan dua warna untuk memudahkan proses meluruskan saf). And the level gets tougher, macam main lompat jauh, to see who jumped the furthest. Well, I had no idea why they were playing that game but kids,,,, they invent games out of random things.

So, I had no mood to play along so I just sat there and watched them play. But unfortunately, they became very loud with the laughter and screaming, there was one angry pakcik came and scolded us all. Some of us managed to slip away, but I was one of the victims. Padahal aku duduk tercongok je tengok dorang, pun terkena tempias. weyhehe.... 

And he said to us, if we'd ever came again, make sure to stay quiet to respect those who pray.

After the witir, there was announcement advising parents to take care of the children and if possible do not bring along under-aged kids to the mosque. My umi then lipat maut berpaling kat aku dengan jelingan lagi tajam daripada Tan Sri SM Salim or Ct Nurhaliza unruk memastikan adakah pengumuman itu ditujukan khas untuk aku. Ha ha

Now, masjid di depan rumah sudah melami banyak proses peng'upgrade'an. The compound is getting smaller due to tambahan binaan-binaan and the best part is, the masjid now have airconds weh. Dan dengan itu ia menambahkan kekhusyukan aku tatkala solat dalam keadaan sejuk dan nyaman. Hah gitu... Eh riyak. Astargfirullah. 

Hehehehe..

But still I missed Masjid Semesta in Faris Petra. The only masjid that I'd ever experienced yang jemaahnya almost always exceed the capability of the female prayer room sampai kena hampar tikar kat bawah untuk makcik2 outsiders untuk solat. Tu pon sebab semua pelajar kena paksa pergi masjid for Terawikh. Hahahahahahahaha

Ok Bai. Eh Bye.

KYUEM: Maaa chaletsss

Bismillah

Living in Kyuem was very fun.

I am a 'nomad' person kinda girl. What that supposes to mean?

Well, if you were to know any of my girlfriends in Ky, you can ask them how often I went visiting their chalets. Haha.. And for the reason above, my chaletmates often complained on how quickly I disappeared from their sights tak kira pagi atau malam atau tengah malam.

Here, I will unravel my favorite chalets in Ky based on my own favoritism and regularity going to the respective chalet. But please bear in mind, I had never remembered the chalet's number, but I do remember where the chalet was. (op kos laa, klu tempat pun tak hingat macam mana nak pergi yer dak??)

1. L-28 (yang ni jer ingat nombor chalet. Kerap sangat kot pergi melawat. =P)

This was Amni, Nabila, and Fad 's chalet. These three persons were the earliest people I befriended in Ky. Nab's room, study table and bed always welcomed me as the second owner of the room. During As exam and A-level trial exam, I slept at this chalet for months. Because Nabuu always complained if I 'berkhayal' and tertido while studying. That kept me awake all the time. And Fad always offered herself to make nescaffe for me. What a conducive place, haha.. I usually returned to my (actual) chalet after Subuh. Many juniors thought I was originally from this chalet. Oh well..

2. Azie's chalet

Azie was one of my besties in college. The reasons why I went to her chalet because she was very smart especially in Chemistry. Usually we will stay up late to study and before sleeping in common room, we will watch one episode of The Big Bang Theory. Yeay! In Azie's chalet, there were Diyana, Amal and Ha. All of them welcomed me whole-heartedly. Eh, ye ke? Or aku jerk yang perasan... Hahaha.. And and and  in Azie's chalet, there was microwave which was used to cook maggi for us. hehehe..

3. Ema's chalet.

I also didn't remember the chalet's number.. But I also frequently visited this chalet. And the reason for me being here was to learn Maths with Ema! Usually I will do the exercises on her bed while she used her study table. And when I have a question, then I will go kacau her. And I also preferred to used Ema's common room during the weekends. Why? because the internet in Kampung Diamond was superbly fast and their common room's aircond was very sejuk. Yeay! Firah, May and Shu Wan were Ema's chaletmates.

4. Husna's Chalet.

Husna was my Chemistry classmates. Whenever there were any unfinished homeworks, I will go to Husna's chalet. And not to mention, Husna is the person who always listened to my problems. The nicest girl I'd ever met. The one who is always with comforting words and nasihat. Aku sangat-sangat kerap ke chalet Husna sewaktu sem 1 dan sem 2. Husna woke up very early in the morning. Like seriously awal. So, whenever I stay a night in her chalet, I can wake up early. Yayy!

5. L-50 or L55

This was Syifa', Masturah, Jida and Aisyah's chalet. I always go to their chalet during weekends. To learn Maths from Syifa' (the most brilliant Mathematian I'd ever known), to revise Bio and Chem with Mas and to revise Statistics 2 with Jida. This was the most kiasu chalet from my point of view. Whenever I went there, Syifa' will be in the common room to teach her anak-anak murid Maths, others will quietly kiasuing in their respective rooms. And the 'feeling' in the chalet was like 'you must study, you have to study'. Hahh gitu. Aura kiasu yang maha hebat. Serius tak tipu.

6. Ain's  and Dayah's chalet.

This was the best place to chit chat. Hahaha.. And Dayah, is the most hardworking businesswoman in Ky. I bought lots of things from her. =)

7. Last but not least Amalina's chalet.

The place where I study Chem and Bio paper 5. Amalina was very kind on answering most of my unclear questions. 

So tinggal la katil bilik aku yang tidak terusik akibat sikap tuan empunya bilik
yang suka merantau. kihkihkih,, Entah kali ke berapa upload gambo ni sbb
tak jumpa gambo len. Hahaha.

So, that's it. See, how I banyak berjalan jalan ke chalet orang len? Because I am a type of person, who cepat boring and mengantuk bila berkurung sengsorang dalam bilik. Especially in the afternoon. Mengantuk tak hengat. Hahaha..

Thank you to all my fwennsss for letting be your unexpected guest all the time. I love u so much.

Happy Ramadan.

1 Ramadan 1434

10th July 2013

Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah

Semoga hari-hari akan datang di bulan yang penuh keberkatan ini semakin 

mendekatkan diri kepada Allah swt.

Syifa, 

Jaga hati, jaga ibadat, jaga diri.

Allahuakbar.

Indeed, He is the best Planner of all.