coffee talk | my ramadhan 2012, 2013 and 2014 sum up!!!

it’s been years. at magtatagalog tayo rito kasi 3 years na po. i just MISSED HOME for RAMADHAN SOOO BAD!! di mo aakalain makakaya mo. usually, I DON’T REALLY CARE! but deep inside, you just feel it. like feel man! uhm i don’t think you know what i’m saying unless we are in the same sits.

one of the reason i want to blog about this is my realizations of "wow! Naka-survive tayo ah!" and that means, bilang na ang mga araw natin dito(5 years to count). sad to think though!! ang drama!

moreover, unlike my ramadhan at home it’s always alike year after year. traditional kasi. here, a year is different from the previous one. that’s why it's big deal. Excitiiiiing!

not in my ramadhan 2012, because not much to say about it. it’s my most effortless ramadhan(tsk,tsk,tsk). those first years here(indonesia), you feel like, you still don’t know what to do(newbie spotted!). you’ve got bunch of friends but they’re “what now guys?” also. ok, so “kain na lang tayo sa labas for iftar?” ganun. they'd all agree! wala rin gimmick kasi holidays. then you survive. SOOO much happiness. sighs!

then here goes ramadhan 2013. just like in the philippines (wow, may "the" na ngayon), meron din tayong tinatawag na community service for sophomores students, requirement for internship later on in your study. ang lupit, tumira kami sa rural. we clean up an abandoned small madrasa(classroom) and tried to survive for weeks. and we did. for the details of what had happened everyday, hah! better left unsaid. ayaw mong malaman. sure ako.

below, is one of our community service picture taking. bigay todo ang pose!! ^_^

credits to the image editor, ainul fikriya. it just implies what-an-old-days-eh!

Meet, from left side: aina(my sister, who is having a vacation also so why not join the cult), raissa(ma dude, a biology student who happen to be, not-that-close-to-me but we are awesome buddies. a malagasy!), fikriya(an indonesian university-mate who is taking sharia law), me, fatima(my hilarious roommate without her realizing it. a russian sweetheart, that catches the eyes of everyone because of her personality impact she wore. not much to say about that, she might be reading this at this moment! pravda?) and via(another indonesian groupmate. she’s in psychology).

and for ramadhan 2014(drum roll!), Alhamdulillah it just going well! (except wala si sistery aina sa first weeks, bad shots!).

best ramadhan so far. well, well, well kasi naman,

-we had a temporary kitchen right next to our room na sana wag muna nila(dormitory authorities) ipa ayos kasi feel na feel namin ang pagkakaron ng kitchen. cooking. pampalipas ng oras! Bonding together as well!

-got much time. end of semester(that means, no assignments or projects or whatsoever). and that means, i got much time in devoting to this Holy month inshaAllah! God bless us all!

...and before I forgot. Allah bless libyan friends who just shared a food last night! it’s not the day of Eid yet but it seems like it is because of the greatness of the size of the food. THANKS (THAT’S) A LOT!!!! terrific jaw fall!

so i’ll end this up by saying… i had a great time putting up aaall this in a short one. hindi mo aakalain. we are survivors mga kapatiiid. and the experience we had is an experience that will enrich us through next ramadhan. catch you 2015 inshaAllah!! 

#fromthepast

yours,
JS