2nd

This Ramadhan may be the 2nd year for us as husband and wife but the 1st year on our own. Last year was at my parents' house or FIL's. Woke up for sahur, SIL had her own way, so I just helped a little bit and when we were at my parents' house, I woke up as usual to help Ma cooked instead of doing the cooking myself. Ngee.. And as for iftar, since we were from Putrajaya driving all the way to KL, azan Maghrib was heard in the car most of the time. Upon arriving, everything was prepared.

This year is different. Have to wake up early to cook. Today is the eighth day. So far, I managed to cook simple sahur and iftar meal within an hour. Heh. Thanx to Wan who helped a lot rather than sleeping and left everything to the wife. And the best part is, the dirty dishes are his part.

Small-tummy-tank people like us tak berbaloi pergi bufet ramadhan. 2 days ago, I made inti karipap to eat with tortilla bread and melted cheese. I made 5 of it and I managed to eat 2, while Joe only eat 1!! He went for his usual badminton game from 10 to 12, came back home not feeling hungry and immediately went to sleep. So the rest of the bread were ate during sahur instead.

So for the 1st week, memang sangat jimat.. Tak pergi lagi mana-mana Pasar Ramadhan.

I'm excited to try many kinds off iftar meal. Hari ni mahu buat popiah (my style) with the remaining inti karipap. Sos cili buatan sendiri haruslah ada di bulan puasa supaya senang bila buat jemput2.

Working in this department means tak perlu beli kurma. Yang paling best, dapat kurma sebesar 2 ibu jari yang dicantum, bila makan sebiji dan minum air, dah kenyang.. Makan kurma di bulan puasa rase extra sedap kan??

Petikan sabda Rasulullah SAW daripada buku yang sedang saya baca ini:

Janganlah engkau membunuh hati dengan banyak makan dan tidur. Sesungguhnya hati akan mati bagaikan tanaman jika tergenang air.

Membeli makanan semasa lapar memang aktiviti menakutkan. Tengok sorang2 kat pasar Ramadhan tahun lepas order makanan pun menakutkan. Rasa macam diorang nak buat feast untuk 10 orang.

Dulu mase kat zaman Uni, paling banyak boleh masuk pun sebungkus nasi ayam berempah yang popular kat pasar ramadhan Seksyen 1 tu. Tiap hari beli tu, gile tak? tu menunjukkan saya ini adalah insan yang boring, makanan berbuka pun tak variety.. hehe.. Anyway kawan2 semua, Jihad yang paling utama adalah memerangi nafsu. Dalam bulan puasa ni, nafsu ape lagi, mestilah nafsu makan semasa berbuka :D

Selamat beribadat semua!