I'm Lucky, I Know...

I'm lucky, I know, but I wanna go home..

Oh well seriously I'm at office now but I spend my time blogging.

Wait, what? Office, what office?

Yeah, sooooooo many things happened in my life since the last time I posted. I remembered I promised to post about Leadership Development and Debate Competition Beswan Djarum but I just had no time to post them. Maybe later on, after I finish the draft :p

And now I'm at office, the Thai Airways in Sanur. I'm having my internship here for 3 months from July-September. I know I'm supposed to be suppa-exciting about this one because I finally can have internship in an international airline company as I targeted. But currently I'm not that excited.

Why?

I bet you guys know exactly that right now all Moslems around the world are having Ramadan and fasting. Me, as a Moslem, having Ramadan as well. What made me sad is the fact that I outta have Ramadan all by myself in Bali while my family is all in Bogor and Jakarta.

Gosh, this is my first time having Ramadan myself! Preparing shaum, breakfasting, things things and things, all by myself. Gosh, I miss Ramadan atmosphere where I usually at home with my mom. Enjoying mom's cooks, joking with my lil bro when shaum and he's still asleep, reciting Quran together, preparing breakfasting together with mom or cousins, that's what I used to be.

But look at me now. At office, daydreaming.

Ya Allah, I'm lucky, I know, I'm not cursing myself for taking college far from home, family, and people I love. I'm lucky, I know, to be able to reach all my targets so far, and I'm so thankful for that, for everything. I know I'm lucky but it's just that I wanna be home. Make this struggle paid off at the end, ya Allah.

Aamiin...

Fasting: Hunger, Thirst and Obedience

Happy fasting people!

Well, a glimpse about fasting is it only happens 30 days (a month) in a year and it is called Ramadhan in Moslem calendar. And, all Moslems really have to do this fasting because it's one of six pillars of Islam. If we don't do this, it will be a sin.

And the question is, how do we fast? We fast from dawn until sunset. It's fasting hour in Indonesia. Other countries have different fasting hour because some countries have longer noon and dawn until sunset will be very-very-very long. So, it has its own rule about fasting hour. While fasting, we're not allowed to eat, drink, smoke or anything being eaten, drunk or tasted. We're dealing with hunger and thirst.

But, the point of fasting is not about withstanding hunger and thirst. It's all also about keeping ourselves from anger and bad habit, and also brooding over our sins. We try to be a better person, and beware with what we say, what we see, and what we hear.

Ramadhan is the perfect time to confess, clean ourselves from sins and become a brand new one. It's all about our obedience to our God.

So the point is, fasting is not only about dealing with hunger and thirst. It's also about our obedience to God, in order to be a brand new person.

Again, happy fasting!!!