Ramadhan In My Hometown

Hello, my name is Fayza Farahnaz, just call me Pay. I have been waiting for this holy month of Ramadan for a long time and Alhamdulillah I met this month of Ramadan again.

At the beginning of ramadhan this year i was at home with my family. we spent time at home together, taraweeh, sahur, and iftar together. We were all very happy to welcome the holy month of ramadhan. 

But this year is a little different because my brother is not at home to do the fasting month together and family gathering, because he is in bekasi for work. He comes home if he has a holiday from work, and that is very rare, we are very waiting for him to come home because we miss him very much. If he comes home we ask him for snacks because we like snacks, and he's very kind to give his sister money for snacks.

Here i will report my daily activities during Ramadhan. i start waking up at 3am, i wake up by myself using an alarm. starting when i wake up i immediately take wudhu to do tahajud prayer first, then i pray asking for forgiveness and my wishes. then after finishing the prayer i go downstairs to do sahur with my family.

 I always recite prayers before I start eating, and I drink a lot to fulfil my body's needs during fasting. After eating sahur, I usually watch TV or films until the call adzan subuh. if I have a morning class schedule then I immediately shower after prayer and prepare to go to class. if there is no class schedule after prayer I like to go straight to bed. 

In the afternoon we usually go for a walk to look for takjil, sometimes in the afternoon we prepare iftar at home and make our own dishes, such as making fruit ice, preparing kurma, and cooking to break the fast. after breaking the fast we immediately pray maghrib, then we wait for isha. we pray isha at the mosque and after isha we pray taraweeh together. after taraweh we pray and shake hands. the mosque and our house are very close, only passing one house. 

After we return from the mosque, we come straight home and usually we play with our mobile phones or have a snack. and sometimes I go straight to work on my accumulated coursework. 

After the month of ramadhan sometimes we always go on holiday to sukabumi, that's where our relatives live. we always have a big family gathering once a year, and it's very fun and peaceful, it makes us get along with each other more and more closely. we have a holiday together to celebrate the holy month of ramadhan, we travel, we exchange stories. 

There we played firecrackers too, we fished, we played ps. There we had fun, we really enjoyed our holiday in sukabumi. This year's Ramadan was very special and enjoyable for me. I was able to fast for a whole month. In addition, I was also able to perform tarwih prayers in congregation at the mosque and read the Qur'an at home, although not fully during the nights of Ramadan.

What made me happy was the success of fasting for a whole month. Before entering the fasting month, I realised how hard it was to fast. Moreover, when fasting we as students still have to go to the place of study. 

With strong intentions and determination, I started fasting. Hunger and thirst attacked me like no other. My body felt weak. I took a nap immediately after Zhuhur prayer. 

that's all I can say and tell you about my fasting in this month of ramadhan, please forgive me if there is a lack of words. thank you assalamualaikum. wrb.💓