iftar in JB

currently at my Uncle's house in JB. its been awhile, ever since the whole family moved to JB, i don't often get to visit. what with my shift working hours.

Father always said that you should always keep family members close no matter how far they are and i had a chacne to finally visit after a long while.

anyways we had nasi ambeng for break fast just now and it was delicious. much more than the ones you get in SG and at half the price. though the food was bought, it was the thought that counts. almost anything for family father once said.

i have nothing much to say i suppose. i mean its just dinner with family and whatever conversations we had just now is better left unposted.

oh he one significant difference between ramadan here and back in sg is that the bazaars here in jb close right after the prayer call for us to break our fast sounds. while back in sg thr bazaars over in geylang especially becomes more crowded with patrons right after the prayer call sounds. when you are supposed to be praying after you break fast most choose to mill about geylang or the heartland bazaars.

my understanding of the month of ramadan is that we must put religion first meaning praying and becoming closer to Allah (swt). its kinda sad that some muslims chase the celebrations that is the month of syawal or more commonly known as aidilfitri.

i may not be the most pious of muslims but i know enough based on what my parents have taught me is that the month of ramadan is a time to get more closer to the Almighty and that syawal is the month where you celebrate the fact that you got through the month of ramadan. something like that, i'm really not good with describing this religion thing. i only understand the basics of what i've been taught by my parents and what i've learned during religious classes. i still have a long way to go to become a better muslim.

well thats all for now.

Iftar with my Loves

its a tradition for us to meet once during the month of Ramadan to have our iftar session or in other words break our fast together. now that most of us are working its getting harder and harder for us to meet up. and if we do, no matter how brief the meet up is, we cherish every single second.

i wished i had filmed it at least it  would have been more fun to do a vlog post instead of the usual words and pictures. alls good tho.

before everything went down in the kitchen at my house, Nadd and me met up earlier to do some shopping because we all agreed to bake lasagna for today's iftar. dropped by NTUC but we could not find the pasta sheets so we changed our minds and decided to do steamboat instead. that was where the dilemma started. e know for sure Nana cannot eat prawns cos she has allergies of some sort and we were not sure what the other girls liked. Nadd and me are the only ones not picky about food i think. so we decided to just leave our basket of groceries and head on over to CWP's cold storage instead, this time with Nuruz.

Rihanna

now, who says she can't sing live. sounds perfectly awesome to me. :)