I am

After midnight,

I will be in Madinah to spend rest of Ramadan inshallah,

so blogging will be sporadic.

By which I mean probably not at all.

Deal with it :p

Salam.

Updated: Eid Mubarak To You :)

Going With the Flow...

It’s all Greek to me. And people set during Ramadan is just bothering me.

When people think that just because they’re fasting they can do A LOT of things. They pray a lot and don’t work… and the big problem is that they really believe that what they’re doing is the right thing. Basically, I don’t like the feeling that we’re the best in Ramadan and the worst in other months, I don’t like seeing people believing in this.

Jeddah during Ramadan is crazy. The streets are full of people, the traffic is at a standstill, and people are very nervous, lose their temper and even swear at each other. People will always excuse it by just saying “ ana sayem/a” (it’s because I’m fasting) which is just a lame excuse.

Here at work, everyone is so lazy. Just go into any office and you’ll find the people looking like they’re on drugs or something. Dead eyes, dry lips and usually with their heads resting on the desk. I once went to ask a colleague for specific work to be done; she just gave me a look to kill! Like she was saying: “How dare you! This is Ramadan! “.

I hate taxi drivers when they spit outside the car as they try not “ yebla3o reeghom”. They think by this way they’re protecting their fasting. Typical!

And I hate being stuck in front of TV for long hours, doing nothing but watching crappy shows instead of making good use of this time.

I don’t like the dramatic change in our religious behavior before and after Iftar... Before people are peaceful, behaving obediently …after Iftar everything is allowed again.

No way to explain how helpless I feel when fasting and looking around me to find people totally unaware that it’s Ramadan. I feel like calling out ‘Hey everyone, it’s Ramadan’ I feel like they’re making me go with the flow and miss out in all the barakah.

I love Ramadan…but hate a lot of dumb things people are doing by the name of Ramadan.

A Phone Call

Sometimes all you need is to hear the voice of an old dear friend to make you feel better.

I had that last night. It was like a breathe of fresh air to have a wonderful chat with a friend whom I haven't heard from in such a long time, somehow it took me back to 3 years ago.. wallah beautiful memories ...when I was still at school.

It feels good that even after a long time, people still care about each other and just by talking make you realize that there's still something good about this life.

This phone call just made my day.



P.S.: Before this phone call I was really pissed off ... I had no choice but change my blog templete since I lost the whole code all of a sudden.

What Does Ramadan Mean To You ?!

R ~ Repentance

A ~ Acquiring more knowledge

M ~ Month of Blessing

A ~ Asking for forgiveness from Allah (SWT)

D ~ Dhikr and Du`a (Remembrance of God and Supplication)

A ~ Al-Quran

N ~ Nourishing the Soul



Hadith: The Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him) said: “Whoever observes night prayer in Ramadan as an expression of his faith and to seek reward from Allah, his previous sins will be blotted out.” Related by Muslim.

Ramadhan Mubarak !!

Since Ramadhan is approaching almost on Tuesday, October 4th, I just wanted to wish you all a happy Ramadhan. May Allah SWT reward our good deeds during this holy month and we can improve our taqwa. May Allah be praised, and may He bless us all so that we may take full advantage from this coming month. Ameen.

So much to say about my days away, but no clue where to begin. If I start writing here about how scattered and confused I was regarding one painful decision , I may never stop. So, I'll just wait until the perfect time comes.

P.S.: Big thanks to all of you (Anonymous, Mansur, Itachi, my beautiful friend Lama, Hopeless Poet, Rodrigo and Sarah) who did comment or e-mail me..I really appreciate your kindness, thank you all.