First ramadhan

At laaaaaaaast hellOOOO (lo lo lo lo....) acah echo sikit lah lama tak update hahahah! Now literally one month after final exam then finally all my sembang nak update blog after exam all drained to nearest longkang parit dan sewaktu dengan nya 😎 Whenever I was not with my laptop and went here and there I was like ok need to blog this, ni pun kena, ok ni pun, ok this one kena cerita tapi hiperbola upp sikit but see where are all the posts! nothing!! none!

Ni lah jadi bila dah ada instastory, i update stupid little things i swear ppl probably a bit annoyed (esp bila first story ramai view then makin lama view story kurang sorg demi sorg hahahah eleh lek ah) i tried not to update. i tried to restrain myself. But updating a post for blog need soooo much effort i always end up spending at least one hour for a post but if story kan i can spam all daaaay

So guess what! Since sebelum exam, I got no time nak jalan jalan and hypnotize diri sendiri "delayed gratification" "work hard now, later play harder lah" "i swear i give you one week of sleep" so aku duduk dekat London for another one month. Even dah habis exam. Haaaa buat lah apa nak buat, pergi lah nak pergi mana, beli lah nak beli apa. Bright side; I got the chance to experience first ramadhan here in UK! Yaaaaay! And I'm not alone at the moment. Aisyah is with me hehehe that's coOl

Not-so-bright side; 18 jam...... puasa. Malaysia 13 jam. Aku mcm takleh brain memula. Seriously? 18 jam? Time untuk makan 6 jam je walaweh. This is legit my first time. Tak pernah puasa dekat UK even sunat or ganti or winter (sbb puasa masa winter pendek je sbb malam panjang wakaka) sebab aku jenis sahur nasi and nak fikir utk masak nasi utk sahur mcm effort sangat (ok ye aku malas sikit)

But to be honest, aku betul betul betul nak experience puasa sini. Like I want to compare lah lain ke or sama. Even within these one month i went to random places just for the sake of "experience" since later my study mode turn on takda masa nak experience all these little things. So first thing, I went to east london mosque just to experience with tarawih night with the locals! The mosque sebelah student hall aku je, sangat convenient semua walking distance. pahala di mana mana sahaja wah gitu xoxo ceramah akak naqibah syadin hehe jk

And then aku keluar, then i saw familiar faces but they were wearing hijab and i was like ooh ok siapa tu.........

coursemate aku rupanya lels 😍

the one next to me is my flatmate pastu dia baru start pakai hijab a month before ramadhan sebab dia cerita dia memang nak pakai tapi she thought probably after kahwin but suddenly she got this feeling "why not now" and tadaaaaa one day aku jumpa dia dekat kitchen and dia cakap "i started wearing hijab since last week" and you know the "sERIOUSLYYyY Wuuuu"-girls-moment. Yang tinggi tu mmg omputih ah and gila open-minded sbb dia just nak try pakai tudung. Aku cam mak ai lawa nya. Dah lah yang amik gambar ni mak dia, and bila mak dia dgr we the muslims nak pergi mosque her mom was like "if you want to see and join them then just go, i don't mind". The last one pun flatmate guwe, ni pun aku terkejut pakai tudung pretty isn't it!

And then pergi mosque tu, jumpa ramai makcik makcik bangsa benggali (wujud ke) ramai gilaaa, and then they made me confuse. Dieorang tak faham english, seriously makcikkk 😕😕 Pastu dia cakap bahasa benggali ke urdu dia, aku tercengang. Aku reply in english, dieorang pulak tercengang. Pastu dedua tercengang pastu aku gerak dulu lah hahah. Aku ingat tak ramai. Aku tahu floor 2 full, so aku naik floor 3. Hall besar gila. Rupanya the mosque kena bukak sampai 5 FREAKING FLOORS TO ACCOMODATE EVERYONE. Gila ah hahaha

Tarawih dia almost the same. Bacaan dia tak panjang tak pendek. Tak laju ke, speed dia normal. Aku expect kalau imam dari arab ke laju agaknya bacaan. Tapi last last tak pun hahah. Same, how the moms still bring their kids to mosque even anak nya kecik kecik lagi alahai letih aku tengok si anak-anak. Budak budak pun menangis mcm dekat Malaysia jugak, jalan ke hulur ke hilir kalau letak spec atas sejadah memang silap besar. Mula-mula sorang nangis, pastu sorg pulak nangis berharmoni pulak, sekali ek eh join lagi sorang haaa dah jadi mcm Tiga Suara Jaclynn Victor Ning Baizura dgn Shila Hamzah version ramadhan album 😝

Sahur bebetul makan dengan mindset "makan do nak puasa 18 jam ni!!" Over kan 😎 The next day pergi Nottingham and jumpa Su. Secret not to feel homesick in Ramadhan is to celebrate with your friends! And cook malaysian food. Then later the time will pass in no time.

Lontong lels

Kelmarin pergi Malaysia Hall sebab saja, Nak experience makan sana pulak lols. Msia Hall was okay, so Malaysian with the teh tarik, roti john, tempe yada yada. Plus it was free and dapat makan ikan lels. I'm so done with chicken 😒

18 hours tu panjang. Gila tak panjang. But it is still bearable. The first two days tak lapar langsung or is it just me ahah!

Tak sabar nak balik nak pergi bazar ramadhaan nak cendol nak taufofaa ugh. Warning myself for the future weight gain *cries* xx,

Syaheera Tajuddin