1 Ramadhan 1433

Dear Sufi,

Alhamdulillah. I've never been more thankful in my life to welcome the holy month of Ramadhan.
I was eagerly waiting for 1st Ramadhan since last Monday. Awal-awal dah cakap dengan Papa, this year Mama nak pergi buat solat terawih kat masjid. Deep inside I know that it's a golden opportunity for me. No excuse for me not to go this year. You're old enough to start going to the mosque and I should at least give you a try because somehow I know you can behave :)

Friday evening.

It was raining cats and dogs. Fortunately I left office 10 minutes before 5. The wind was blowing so hard as I reached your school so I didn't dare to drive back home. We stopped at the corner of your school to wait for the rain to slow down. In the car, I asked you

Mama: Sufi, malam ni kita pergi solat Terawih kat masjid nak?
Sufi: Nak! Nak! (Sounding super excited and eyes glowing). Yeay!! Ngan sape?
Mama: Ngan Papa. Ngan Nenek. Nak?
Sufi: Nak!!!!!

Some photos as you were getting ready to go to the mosque and while anxiously waited for Papa to come back from the gym. I gave you my orange inner scarf that fits you well with s small pin!

Ala comelnye gengam tangan

Your favourite pose nowadys - peace sambil silang kaki

Nenek kata.. Sufi senyum biasa-biasa lah. Tak payah kerut hidung.

Muka macam pengawas pulak

Pastu lagi satu suka amik gambar kepala teleng2.

Haihhh! Juling pulak! Ni Papa punye keje! Last week Papa ajar Sufi wat mata juling.

Sambil posing pun boleh nampak candy atas meja

Ala sweetnye Sufi

Cute!

As the azan Isyak started, Papa showed up at the front gate with his kain pelikat, t-shirt and kopiah. Hehe. Kelakar kejap. Nenek didn't come along. The three of us walked to Masjid Assyakirin. 

The mosque is a full house! I located a small alley at the female rows and instantly knew it was the best spot for us. You can sit at the alley without distrubing anyone if you decided not to follow us pray. Hmm..there alley was not there when I was younger.

Sufi,

You religiously follow 3 rakaat. Mama. Sufi tak nak solat dah. You looked at me for approval. I softly nodded. You went inside the alley and began entertaining yourself by collecting the small cutted cables from the carpets at the alley. I remembered during my childhood I always collect the coolourful beads from the carpet. Sufi, during my time, the ladies always bring bags that are designed and decorated with beads. And the beads will occasinally fell off. I will always collect them and put them in my pocket. Sometimes, tengah mengaji pun boleh ternampak manik-manik. Ahhh... I suddenly remember.. kuihendonpoket.. it was my nickname and that originated from this mosque. But I refuse to tell you what it means and how it happens. Not now :p

After I was done with the Isyak prayer, you asked me. Mama. dah abis? Nak bukak? I nodded again and you pull off your tudung :) Then you showed me the small cable parts that you've collected. During my 8 rakaat of terawih, you were enjoying yourself with the curtains - folding and unfolding yourself and looked up to my face and smiled. Everytime I smiled back at you, you know that is my positive gesture and you will continue playing by yourself again.

After the 10 minutes tazkirah, I performed the 8 rakaat of Terawih. It was quite fast as the imam did a short selawat after each 2 rakaat. If I can remember correctly after 4 rakaat, you asked me Mama, dah abis? Banyaknya Mama solat. As I was praying, I cant help myself to smell something familiar. Betul! Anak Mama yakkkk... We saw Papa smilling from the mosque front gate. Papa terkejut bila tahu Sufi yak. On our back home, Sufi jalan terkangkang-kangkang! Funny!

I woke up at 4am for sahur. I prepared Ayam Masak Kicap which Nenek gave a two thumbs up and and and..oh no..i totally forgot what I cooked for the second dish :p Aiyoo sign of aging sudah. Anyway, I gave myself a pat on the back on my Ayam Masak Kicap. Haha. Sedap la. Even when you ate for your lunch the next day, habis satu mangkuk penuh ngan nasi and 2 ketul ayam :D Eh apa lagi satu dish yang Mama masak ni. Musykil btol niih!

Aktiviti 1st day puasa..

Nenek belikan PopPop kat Mydin masa jalan-jalan shopping ngan Mak Ngah Ida last week.

Ya Allah, Doc. Why?



Eh Doc ngantuk dah.. ke lapar skip breakfast....hehehe..

Wah..panjangnya cerita Mama on 1 Ramadhan ni. Anyway, for buka puasa I prepared ikan bawal bakar and kacang panjang and kobis masak lemak with tempoyak and pucuk cemperai. Then we headed to the mosque for the 2nd day of terawih. Sufi pakai baju tidur je pegi masjid. Pakai tudung pun tak nak. Tapi bila sampai masjid, mintak pakai telekung masjid. I was sitting beside 2 lady foreigners. After solat Isyak, the older lady foreigner asked you

Lady: Siapa nama?

You: Sufi.

Lady: Sufi? (she looked super surprised). Sufi? (pointing to her daughter beside her).

Me: Nama Sufi jugak ke?

Lady: Sufiyah.

Me: Sama lah :)

Then it turned out the foreigners can speak very well Malay. Tengok lama-lama, maybe the lady ada mix Malay but Sufiyah memang muka foreigner habis. After we're done with Terawih, we headed back to Nenek's place. Tiba-tiba Papa tanya, ada makanan apa yang boleh dimakan? Lapar pulak. I havent prepare anything for sahur so Papa kata beli megi je la. Apa lagi, Mama cepat2 suggest pergi minum luar. So we went out to the usual Mamak place. Papa makan tosei and I had a glass of Nescafe yang amazingly sedap.

Eleh, buat2 tido

Selamba je Sufi order kat Mamak tu nasi.

Ingatkan Papa ralit tengok bola kat tv, rupanya dok tengok orang bakar roti nan

Aduhai rambutnyeeeee. tergaru2 sana sini! This weekend kite trim skit la rambut depan tuh!

Lama jugak kite lepak kat Mamak tu. As we were heading back to our car, all of the sudden you get very excited. Nak! Nak! Nak! Hahahahha Mama suka okkkkkehhhh Sufi ni! Papa muka terperanjat habis. He tried making a few excuses but you insisted. Papa didn't give up so I know I had to give in because I wanted it too!!! Well done Sufi! Camni lah anak Mama!

So Mama belikan Sufi durian :) Tu la..sape suruh Papa parking depan gerai durian :p

Dah sampai rumah, tiba2 Papa tersengih2 macam kerang busuk and ckp bak satuuuuuu



To our surpised, you ate 2 ulas! Licin pulak tu. Bravo my dearest daughter for the great milestone! Hahaha.. sila jadi anak Mama ye - we are the hantu durian!

Papa's attempt was a complete failure. Ade ke Papa tried to hypnotized you..

Papa: Sufiiii... Sufi tak suka duriannnn

Mama: Sufiii...durian best!!! sedappppp sangatt

Papa: Sufi...Sufi tak suka duriannnn

Mama: Sufi suka durian macam mama. sedap best sgt kan sufi. sufi suke duriannnnnn

Papa: Sufi tak sukeeee

You: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Hahaha. We had a great laugh on it! Malam-malam buta dah almost 12am tu makan durian. Even Nenek yang suka durian tak nak rasa even seulas :p

Sufi, penat dah cerita pasal 1 Ramadhan. Cukup ek.

Love,

Mama