#2 First Day Iftar in Kuala Lumpur.
Before we
proceed about iftar in Kuala Lumpur, what is Ramadhan and iftar?
Let we talk a
bit about Ramadhan. Ramadhan is the ninth
month of the Islamic month. The month last 29-30
days based on the visual sightings of
the crescent moon according to numerous biographical accounts compiled in the
hadiths. For example, this year we start our ramadhan month on 18 June 2015,
so, maybe we celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri on 17 or 18 of July 2015. YAY!
HAHAHA! Okay, back to the point. Fasting is obligatory for adult Muslims,
except those who are suffering from an illness, travelling, are elderly,
pregnant, breastfeeding,
diabetic or going through
menstrual bleeding. For Muslim, we start our
fasting at fajr until sunset. While
fasting, Muslims refrain from consuming food, drinking liquids, smoking, and
engaging in sexual relations with one's spouse. Muslims are also instructed to
refrain from sinful behavior that may negate the reward of fasting, such as
false speech (insulting, backbiting, cursing, lying,
etc.) and fighting. That is about Ramadhan.
What about
iftar?
Basically, after a long day fasting, we break the fast after we heard ‘azan’
Maghrib. Then we EAT. Before we eat heavy food, traditionally, we will eat date
for break the fast.
OUR FIRST DAY IFTAR IN KUALA LUMPUR
20 Jun 2015.
We were at Kompleks Darul Puteri, Jalan Cheras. KPTM put us there temporarily
for the orientation week. The place is nice.
7.15PM. All the foods and drinks provided by Kolej Poly-Tech Mara. All of us gather to get ready to iftar. We have to queue to pick ourselves foods and drinks. Then, we sit to get ready to break the fast. I took a peek of the meal. You know what I saw? I got Chicken Rice but the chicken was small.The size of the chicken was like the size of computer mouse. LOL
7.28PM.
Azan Maghrib reverberate. Then, we pray
After we finished eating, we all went to the mosque and did our Maghrib prayers.
The End.
PEACE
Written by Ed.
#1 Reality.
"Moving on means accepting reality and that's accepting what's NOT meant to be."
Nearly everyone in their life has that moment where they
can't accept reality because of what's happening and let me assure you, I
have that moment too. It's when you just wish to just fall asleep and hope
that everything will go back to normal, but in
reality it will never
happen. Having hopes like that just gives you that momentary relief and
when you actually sleep and wake up the next morning , nothing goes back to "normal",
you'll just go emotionally distressed, and when that happens, we try to
move on. We try to accept reality. I know it's hard to accept reality
but reality IS normal. Think about it. If reality isn't normal, then
what is?
Well after all, you must admit that accepting reality is way better than waking up everyday to a false hope.
"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."
Whenever you have some free time alone, just take a walk outside and think. Think about your life, think about your future, think about your plans after your credentials. think about the possibilities of them happening. Finally, think about death. Sorry
for making it grim all of the sudden but it's the sad truth. All of us
will eventually die one day, and what will we leave our generation with?
The quote above states that the purpose of life isn't to live
eternally, but to create something that will live for eternity. The
famous inventor Thomas Edison left us the privilege of light bulbs. That's nearly
a century ago and we still live on with his invention. What will we
leave our future generations with? Do you want to die a meaningless
death or die by leaving history?
We humans tend to forget what the purpose of life is, and when we
forget, we lose hope in life and live life aimlessly. We work 24/7 and we live to work, not work to live. I'm not saying that you can't work 24/7 but is that what we really want to do? That's why we do what we want, not because it's profiting, but because it's self-satisfying. Satisfy yourself, not others. If you work, get a 2k pay every month and you're happy with your work, it's much better than stressing yourself about work every day and getting a 5k pay. Well that's my opinion though.
There's a saying in Malaysia which goes
," Gajah mati meninggalkan
gading, harimau mati meninggalkan belang, manusia mati meninggalkan
nama.'' The literal translation is elephants die leaving their tusks,
tigers die leaving their stripes, humans die by leaving their names.
Now, what does it mean? It means that when humans die, they leave their name for the future generations to remember and ponder upon. So make sure when we die, make sure we live on, by leaving
history.
That's all for today folks. Sorry for the short post. It's
late very late at night and I'm very sleepy but I still wanted to post. Anyways, the quote of the
day, picked from a Visual Novel I read. Have a good day and until next time.
Written by Edd.
