1st Ramadan in Miri

Assalamualaikum everyone. Sebelum itu, aku, hubby and my little princess Nisa nak wish semua umat Islam "Selamat Berpuasa" dan mudah-mudahan sama-samalah kita memperbanyakkan amalan di bulan yang amat mulia ini. Jangan lupa untuk mengawal nafsu menyopping + nafsu membeli makanan banyak-banyak untuk juadah berbuka puasa (peringatan untuk diri sendiri).

1st Ramadan in Miri.....emmmm, memang challenging as this is my first time sibuk memasak di dapur preparing the food for buka puasa di samping anak daraku sibuk datang ke dapur main bawang la, bukak almari buat spot check macam prefect, main sampah, jug and almost every single thing la si kecik ni nak main.

Last year, aku berpuasa di rumah MIL in Shah Alam and masa tu, hubby was in Miri working (dok kat Imperial Hotel). We only buka puasa together during weekend. And masa stayed with MIL, aku tak pernah masak pun. All the foods MIL aku yang masak or she bought from pasar Ramadan. This year memang challenging because I am the one who have to decide what to be cooked, I am the cook and the worst case, aku cuma amatur chef (beginner level). My first buka puasa menu in Miri was nasi lemak and lauk daging goreng. At first I was thinking to cook rendang daging tp lengkuas takde and rendang pun masak lambat. Next time OK abang, I'll cook rendang daging for you. There will be 29 days to go!!!

Let me tell u guys the differences fasting in Miri:
1- Bangun sahur, prepare the food for sahur dengar bunyi anjing menyalak-nyalak, menyahut-nyahut at 4:00am in the morning. Meremang tengkuk aku. Takut. Next time kejut hubby suruh dia tido kat sofa masa aku prepare the food for sahur.
2- Bukak puasaku and habis waktu sahurku tidak ditemani dengan azan....Sedih, surau and masjid are too far from my house. Nak dengar azan TV pun....TV ikut KL.....sedihhhhh sangat!!!
3- Bangun sahur at 4:00am adalah sangat mencabar sebab mata aku sangat berat and terasa macam baru tidur. Dulu selalu bangun kul 5am, now it has to be 1 hour earlier!!! Time buka best sebab around 6:37pm dah bukak posa........Yeaaaa!!!!
4- Sayu juga pada tahun ni, kali kedua Ramadan tanpa arwah abah (Ya Allah, ampunkan dosa arwah abah, peliharalah dirinya dari seksaan azab kubur, tempatkanlahnya di kalangan para solihin. Amin). Mak, be strong OK...
5- Pasar Ramadan....too bad the foods in Miri are totally different. Hubby ajak myself to have a visit at Pasar Ramadan Kem Tentera (jalan nak pegi airport). I have seen the stalls, ada dalam 10 stalls macam tu, maybe yang jual orang semenanjung, bini-bini askar cari duit poket for raya. Kena pergi awal otherwise food habissss........
6- Tarawih....emmmm aku hanya mampu bertarawih di rumah alone, hubby pegi tarawih di masjid. Tak kan nak bawak Nisa pegi masjid....waduh.....dia dah ligat macam ni, how to observe her kan???
7- Finally, ramai kawan-kawan aku tak wish Selamat Berpuasa either via email or sms. Aku wished dieorg tapi ramai yang tak reply back. Aku bukan kecik hati or apa, cuma dapat rasakan I am no longer staying at their loop. So who am I kan??? I am such an ordinary wife, mommy and housewife.

Lately, 2 of my friends dah buat online business. Looks good la.....Nak sambung masters ke nak wat online business??? Hahahaha..........OUM dah opened for January 2010 registration.

Selamat Berpuasa again!!!