Sahoor

Malam2 cam pukul 9 tu..... mula la........lebihkurang cam ni dialog nye hari2........... with my 10 year old son.

Son1: "Mama wake me up for sahoor ok" ( dari dlm bilik dia)
Mama: ok

After a few minutes...........

Son1: "Mama don't forget o wake me up ok"
Mama: ok (kuat dah sket suara)

About 10 minutes later..........

Son1: " Mama wake me up for sahoor ok I want to fast'
Mama: OK (dah geram la tu)

Pukul 5:15 pagi cam tu..

Mama: Oxxx wake up for sahoor..... (lembut2 la ni)

Son masih di alam mimpi...
Mama: Oxxx wake up......... (sabar lagi)

Son... mengeliat sket je......
Mama... kena persistent bangunkan budak ni........ kang mengamuk lak kalau tak sahoor

Mama: Oxxx wake up.... you said you want to wake up for sahoor.....(sambil urut2 rambut)
Tak de respond dari son...

Mama: You don't want to wake up...
Son: ya (pelan je suara)

Mama: Are you sure?
Son: ya (kuat sket)

Mama: You don't want to wake up for sahoor?
Son: NO NO I want to wake up (terus bukak mata............. baru la fully sedar)

Penat aku....... nak buat cam na!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! tapi seronok tengok anak2 so far suka nak puasa.... walaupun kat sekolah dikelilingi dgn bebudak lain yg tak puasa....

one of my friend kata dia nampak budak2 muslim ada la dua tiga kerat duduk kat office baca buku masa lunch... and she said..... They look so proud.... Alhamdulillah hi rabbil alamin

Ramadan Kareem

Ramadan is here.... nice that it started on Saturday. Had a nice family sahur at 5am this morning with the usual sahur food, like luncheon turkey, cheese and the special for night, lentil soup. But son #1 and #2 had to break their fast due to a soccer game in the afternoon. I'm cooking for the masjid iftar today... roasted potato... all 20lbs of them. It was a hit during the recent public masjid event. I just threw a bunch of stuff together, like garlic powder, salt, lots of black pepper and paprika for color and the secret ingredient, the zesty italian salad dressing, which gives it a lot of zing!!!

Apa lagi ya. I may make some North Africa soup that is a hit every Ramadan. Can't keep my mind of the possibility of moving to another state. It most likely will take me more than a year to get use to a new place. Uuugggg I hate adjustment period. Anyhow some good stuff about the new place. The state public school system was rated #1 in the nation this year. The state has many many good colleges for the kids; Georgetown U, John Hopkins, U of Maryland to name a few. Tons of masjids and a very nice cemetary just bought by the community.......7000+ lots. Some masjids have outstanding imams..... great people to learn from. Many historical places, many things to do... a three hours drive will take you to the mountains and the beaches. People in general are more open minded..... than in the midwest (I hope) Down side of this place..... super expensive..... bad traffic...... climbing crime rate.... not as friendly as the midwest. I don't know.... fening2 kepala dibuat nyer.

Anothe accomplishment of the community... donating food to 200 some Myanmay refugees families, which consist of 50lbs of rice, 20lbs sugar and big container of oil for each family and $3000 for the community leader to distribute or to use for their commmunity activity. I hope we can always help them.

Anyhow ramadan mubarak to all. May this year blessings be more than the precious years for all of us.