Selamat berpuasa
when i was younger i loved puasa because it meant having to go to pasar keramat and pick out anything i want.
i was a puny little thing and it probably made my mom pity me so i coud be as greedy as i wanted.
puasa also meant all the nasty hantus and iblis were tied up by chains in some dungeon and could not get anywhere near me.
so no matter what my brother said of hantu susu and hantu kum-kum did not have any effect on me for about 30days.
Now however, i realise that the pasar ramadhan can be so overrated because of the horrible parking and all the pushing and shoving and the impatient people and the abang jual kuih's winking and making sounds (hello people, tak boleh respect bulan ramadhan ke? keep all your gatalness and temper to yourself).
And like it or not, i realise all the syaitan in the universe is not as scary as myself. I can be a real hantu if i want too if i allow myself. the first 14 n half hours of fasting was horrible not because i wanted to eat, drink or sleep the whole day away. but having to puasa meant no cursing, no losing temper unnecessarily and most importantly no turning world upside down with self-created drama.
abdul said "nangis boleh batal puasa"
i stopped immediatley and resumed becoming a sane, understanding girlfriend
funny isn't it?
the things you take for granted on normal days and abuse it
when ramadhan comes you can easily (try at least) to abstain from it.
why is it so difficult to do on any other month?
because we choose not to.
its convenient not to.
This year, i love that its puasa because i still feel safe knowing the hantus are all trapped with no exit into our world.
I can still go to the pasar and go crazy and indulge (despite having to ignore the bodies squashed againts my face & irritating sales technique> "mai mai kuih manis mai untuk kak long manis"
but most of all, i am grateful for the fact that i realise i am capable of being that little bit nicer, that little bit grateful, that little bit calmer, that little bit more religious... that little bit better.
Happy ramadhan fellow muslims
may this month be a blessful one for u.
i was a puny little thing and it probably made my mom pity me so i coud be as greedy as i wanted.
puasa also meant all the nasty hantus and iblis were tied up by chains in some dungeon and could not get anywhere near me.
so no matter what my brother said of hantu susu and hantu kum-kum did not have any effect on me for about 30days.
Now however, i realise that the pasar ramadhan can be so overrated because of the horrible parking and all the pushing and shoving and the impatient people and the abang jual kuih's winking and making sounds (hello people, tak boleh respect bulan ramadhan ke? keep all your gatalness and temper to yourself).
And like it or not, i realise all the syaitan in the universe is not as scary as myself. I can be a real hantu if i want too if i allow myself. the first 14 n half hours of fasting was horrible not because i wanted to eat, drink or sleep the whole day away. but having to puasa meant no cursing, no losing temper unnecessarily and most importantly no turning world upside down with self-created drama.
abdul said "nangis boleh batal puasa"
i stopped immediatley and resumed becoming a sane, understanding girlfriend
funny isn't it?
the things you take for granted on normal days and abuse it
when ramadhan comes you can easily (try at least) to abstain from it.
why is it so difficult to do on any other month?
because we choose not to.
its convenient not to.
This year, i love that its puasa because i still feel safe knowing the hantus are all trapped with no exit into our world.
I can still go to the pasar and go crazy and indulge (despite having to ignore the bodies squashed againts my face & irritating sales technique> "mai mai kuih manis mai untuk kak long manis"
but most of all, i am grateful for the fact that i realise i am capable of being that little bit nicer, that little bit grateful, that little bit calmer, that little bit more religious... that little bit better.
Happy ramadhan fellow muslims
may this month be a blessful one for u.
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