It is the month of Ramadhan where Muslims
around the world performs the third pillars of Islam by fasting for a month. Being away from family especially during this
month does make you to keep your friends as close as possible. It is sad to be alone in celebrating the
blessed month of Ramadhan. Basically during
iftar I break my fast with my few housemates.
It’s a routine for the last 9 days.
Yesterday one of my friends, Nora Adila
spontaneously came up with an idea for iftar; picnic! Ok the last time I went to a picnic is quite
some ago. So I was thrilled with the idea.
It sounds so much fun, and we had all the utensils at the ready. Then, we started making a list of foods we
need, and it came down to us that we could never cook anything on time if we
were to proceed with our picnic/iftar plan.
Instead, the five of us decided to buy from the nearest food bazaar. It was 6 p.m. (iftar is at 7.30 p.m. so the
bazaar is at its peak and crowded with people buying foods) and we took about
45 minutes to get everything we needed. That
is a long time for we all know the bazaar like it was written on our hands
(+_+)’’
Then we rushed to the picnic spot, a field
next to the Shah Alam Mosque. The parking
spot was a challenge. So does finding a
nice spot for us to sit and wait for iftar. there are so many people, it looks like there is some kind of festival going on. But we managed to fine nice spot, a bit far from our cars but we made
do. Right after we set the place and
foods, we could hear the imam at the mosque reciting iftar dua, and shortly
after that, the Maghrib adzan is filling in the air.
Since us all in a rush, we
forgot about dates, which are a bit of a turndown, so we break our fast with water.
But overall we all had so much fun having iftar in a nice field, with a lot of
other people, too. It is my first
iftar/picnic, so it has a special place in my heart. Hope I can do it again sometime soon =)
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