Can you believe that we're now in the last week of Ramadhan?!
I mean, fasting in two different countries really just make the entire month past by a whole lot faster! The first two weeks when by like *woosh* because I was too busy being in the "Makkah Amazing Race" and jakun-ing over Masjid Nabawi (yes, I know a post about that is owed... I've at least upload the pictures!). The second half of Ramadhan also felt like woosh, though if you ask me what I've been doing in the last week - che pun tatauu.
Anyways, I still have quite a few things to do for the last week before Raya.. Like I want to do so many things but at the same time also I have to do what is required from me since it's Ramadhan and it only comes once a year.
Can you believe yesterday I really wanted to stop by ZARA in BV before buka after I picked up my food in TTDI - and it was already 6.30pm! But then I thought, you know what, prioritise God (go home, prepare for buka, go for terawih willingly) and insyAllah your ZARA tops will still be there tomorrow. And it was there!!!
So ZARA shopping done. I still want to celebrate my birthday, I still want to go saree material shopping, I wanna have a spotless room by Raya, and I want to bake cookies for Raya. These are my worldly wants.
My spiritual wants just want to not miss anymore terawih for til the end of Ramadhan, do my post-midnight prayers (considering that I sleep quite late now since I'm still in between timezones *rolls eyes at self*), improve my Quran readings and read the translations of the Quran as sort of a bed time story (or just a random story I learned for the day).
Trying to juggle these two wants seriously is taking a toll on my body. On one hand I feel the most at peace as I sujud, on the other hand I've been missing the last three Subuh because I just can't wake up and by the time I actually terjaga the sun would be up and I'd be jumping out of bed because not only I missed Subuh but I'm also late for work!!
I am sorta running on tight schedule these days in order to complete everything I wanna do:
I calculated I would not have time to spend a full day to spring clean my room before Raya, therefore this has to be a work in progress for the entire week.
I have to spend a full day of baking a couple of days before Raya because I never knew people actually like my cornflakes cookies & honey cornflakes - ingatkan I syok sendiri jer bake every year lol. This year I have actual requests from my cousin who is a baker herself!! Lol. Was tempted to maybe open order for me to bake and sell, but so little time... After Raya perhaps. When one can eat as one bakes :p And this year I'm determined to add the Chocolate Honey Cornflakes into the list of things to bake (just cause my last attempt failed - Milo powder does not work guys! This year bring on the cooking chocolates!!)
If my chocolate honey cornflakes tak jadi... I'll just stare at this lah :(
All my dinners outside have to be arranged on even-nights of Ramadhan and I'll spend the odd numbered-nights more for myself.
Any other errands I need to run would be during lunch time (omg need to keluarkan duit raya! I totally forgot!!) and that period between after work and buka.
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Yeah, don't worry, I've resorted to asking my dad to call me from the mosque for Subuh - simply because alarms are useless for me right now and I really shouldn't miss Subuh anymore. Best of luck me (and everyone else for the last stretch)!!
xx, A.
