Thursday, August 19, 2010

Ramadhan in Bangalore

its blissful 8th day of Ramadhan here..
well..
of course its different..
being away from family..
being away from our roots..
but dats d challenge dat we have to take..

eheh...
there's no bazaar ramadhan here..
but..
Alhamdulillah..
there are quite a numbers of muslims here..
so.. its not dat big of deal to puasa here..
plus we have around 400+ malaysian student here..
so.. all in all..
I can still feel some of d semangat puasa n terawikh here.. :)

well.. as a 23 years old malaysian who have been fasting in Malaysia for more than 16 years..
i do crave for murtabak... kuih limas (tepung pelita).. roti john.. karipap.. et cetera.. et cetera..
but.. to think back..
Ramadhan is about moderation..
maybe..
dis time..
Allah SWT wants me to feel and experienced a little more on fasting in 'other people's shoes'

last thursday..
during my forensic medicine practical class..
Dr. Ajee (whom is very passionate bout teaching n learning bout others) asked us why do we fast..
at first i have to think bout it..
then.. it comes to my mind..
and i answered her..
"its for us to feel and experienced how d poor are feeling when they're not getting enough food to eat"

and at dat time I ponder..
dats d problem with us..
we just simply do something when everyone else does it..
if we asks d children nowadays..
I dont think they would know why do they have to fast..
well.. maybe some of them know..

I've googled d word 'Puasa'
and I got dis from d wikipedia bahasa melayu..

"Puasa ertinya menahan diri daripada makan dan minum serta segala perbuatan yang boleh membatalkan puasa, mulai dari terbit fajar sehinggalah terbenam matahari. Umat Islam juga dikehendaki menahan diri daripada menipu, mengeluarkan kata-kata buruk atau sia-sia, serta bertengkar atau bergaduh. Ini kerana puasa merupakan medan latihan memupuk kesabaran, kejujuran serta bertolak ansur sesama sendiri. Secara tidak langsung amalan puasa akan menyuburkan sikap murni di dalam diri pelakunya. Adalah menjadi harapan kita agar kesemua nilai yang baik ini akan terus dipraktikkan ke bulan-bulan berikutnya."

translated to english:
"
Fasting means abstaining from eating and drinking and all actions that may annulled the fast, from the dawn till sunset. Muslims are also required to refrain from cheating, avoid saying vulgar words or vain, and a quarrel or fight. It is to train one selves to cultivate patience, honesty and tolerance for each other. Indirectly, the practice of fasting will nourish the moral attitude of the perpetrator himself. It is our hope that all the good will continue to be practice throughout the next months"

well.. puasa is not all about not eating..
there's a whole lot of goodness dat we can get from puasa..
here's some of d benefits of puasa:
-it refreshes our physical & mental condition
-it can destroy d toxins in our bodies - detoxification
-it will refreshes all d muscles in our body and make us feels more energetic
-it can helps in controlling our blood pressure
-it can help us losing our weight
-it can allow our digestive system to relax for about 11-12 hours
-it can train us on how to be more patient in our life

hehe.. forgive my rambling.. n have a blissfull Ramadhan!
(i am supposed to be at class now.. but i have some serious abdominal muscle cramp and have to skip classes for dat.. n think dat writing will keep my mind of d pain for a while)

XOXO

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