5 things to do in Eidul Fitri

Eidul Fitri is an important festival for Muslims. It comes at the end of the holy month of Ramadhan. During Ramadhan, Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. This fasting is one of the pillars of Islam. When the new moon is sighted, it signifies the end of Ramadhan and the beginning of the month of Syawal. It also signifies that Eidul Fitri will be celebrated the next day.

At the evening, we going back to hometown and celebrating Eidul Fitri together with my grandmother, grandfather, my uncles, aunts and my cousins.. I am very happy at that time to meet all of them, play and chat with them. We talk together and laugh together. It’s was so much fun. Inside the house, the women make many varieties of cookies. Then, tidy up the house, take off  the curtain cloth that is old and replace curtain cloth that is new, cleaning item that many dust and others. Also, cook rendang and prepare satay  to go with ketupat. The men, check on the rows of lemang slowly cooking inside their bamboo casings in the open fire. The aroma of glutinous rice and coconut milk deliciously fills the air.

Days before Eidul Fitri, it is impossible to sleep. Tin lamps filled with oil are placed in the garden. They glow gently in the darkness. We are letting off firecrackers and fireworks. The atmosphere filled with the sound of exploding fireworks. However, my house which is often the noisiest, bursting with people and activity. There is a lot of calling and laughing.

We are all up very early on Eidul Fitri morning. Our uncles, aunts and cousins arrive early. It is wonderful to greet everyone and of course show off our new clothes. Everyone is in their traditional best, men in their baju melayu and women in their baju kurung. We walk to the nearby  mosque for the morning prayer. After that, we go to the cemetery to remember our beloved dead ones. We clean the graves and offer a prayer.

Back home, we ask for forgiveness from our elders. This is a sign of respect that I value very much. Of course, after that, we young ones get green pockets of money. As we are a large family, we get lots of money. It is great fun comparing and making sure that we have collected from every elder person.

In the late evening, the family gathers in the veranda after prayers. We talk of days past and in the future. We share our experiences and hopes. Eidul Fitri is a day of prayer, thanksgiving and celebration. It is also a day when the family reaffirms itself. It is a very special day and a very meaningful one to us.

That’s all for today and this is our last post. Thank you to all of you who spending the time to reads our blog. Have a nice day, bye!

5 things to do before bed

Assalamualaikum, today we would like to share 5 things we do before go to bed. So what do you do at night before sleep? Do you spend quality time with your family? Do you watch television? So, here we are going to share to all of you about this topic.

Hello, I’m Habiburrahman. Before I go to bed, I will checking my work at college and house that not completed like homework, assignment and tidy up my room and my bed. After completing all, I open my laptop to play games such as dota2 and counter strike. I playing together with my housemate. After tired playing the games, I will go bathe and ironing my clothes for class tomorrow. Then, I go for isya’ prayer and introspect self. Lastly, I wash my legs and prepare to bed.

Hi, I’m Shiha. Things that I do before go to bed, I will go bathe and then go out for a dinner with my roommates. After reaching at hostel, I will complete my assignment or study group with my housemates that same class with me. After everything completed, I listening to music in my telephone. Besides that, I spent time with my family if at home and with my roommates at hostel. We share a lot of stories together. When tired telling stories, I wash my legs and get ready to bed.

Assalamualaikum, I’m Sufwan. Firstly, before I go to bed, I will go bathe. Then, changing to clothes that is loose. After that, I will complete my assignment and doing some revision. Then, I drink a glass of warm milk before bed. It’s will help you to sleep better and it’s good for health. After that, before go to bed, I will recite Al-Quran surah Al-Mulk. Lastly, tidy up sleeping place for comfort and get ready to bed.

Hi, I’m Raubah. First things that I do before go to bed is settling my assignment and doing some revision. Then,  spending my time with family like dinner together, watch television and share story. After that, I will enter to room and listening to song while tidying up sleeping place. I will doing a few exercise. Doing moderate exercise before sleep can make body feel relax. Lastly, I spent my time with scrolling timeline twitter, instagram, wechat and then get ready to bed.

Thank you for spending your time for reading our blog!

Shopping

Shopping is an art. Most girls and women learn this art instinctively. They take to it like ducks to water. Perhaps it is in their genes.

Usually, when a man needs a shirt or a pair of shoes, he goes to the nearest shop and picks one out. He is seldom worried about the colour or the design. He is happy as long as he is comfortable in it, he looks good in it and the price fits his budget.

On the other hand, the situation is different with a girl or a woman. She will go to a lot of shops. She will compare designs, prices and fittings. She will try on everything, even those she does not like. After that, she haggles about the price. Only then will she buy what she wants. Of course, this is a general statement. There are some men who love to shop and some women who hate it. However, on the whole, they are few and far between.

As proof, we need only to go to any shopping mall during a festival or holiday sale. Who forms the majority of shoppers? Women of course. Who has the saddest and longest faces among the shoppers? Why, it is the men, who have to accompany their wives, mothers or girlfriends. In fact, in Malaysia especially, it can be said that shopping is the number one most favoured leisure activity.

A scientific study made on shopping has produced interesting information. It says that shopping is a very good physical exercise. When people walk for hours up and down the shops, they burning hundreds of calories. When they do this while carrying heavy bags of shopping, even more calories are burned. What a fun way to exercise!

The study has also revealed why women are more alert than men in their old age. It is all due to shopping. A retired man usually spends most of his time in front of the television with a remote control in one hand and a bag of potato chips in the other. A retired woman prefers to occupy herself at the mall. Even if she does not buy anything, she keeps her mind active by merely browsing, window-shopping and walking around.

Therefore, one can say that shopping is good for you. Besides, all the health benefits, even window shopping, gives us an opportunity to look at, touch, feel and try on beautiful things. That in itself is a pleasure.

A friend is need is a friend indeed

Hi, today I would like to share a short story with all the readers. We have all heard the old saying “a friend is need is a friend indeed”. This means that a friend who helps you when you really need help is a true friend. We need true friends in our life. A real or true friends is always willing to help us when we need them, it is our responsibility to remain helpful towards our friends. So, let’s read a short story below.

Maria was a famous actress. She was young, beautiful and very popular. Her pictures appeared in all the magazines and newspapers. She was on top of the world. She had money, fame and friends. Unfortunately, she didn’t have any common sense.

Maria’s best friend during her early years as an actress, was Liyana. Liyana worked as a teacher. When Maria was struggling to find acting jobs, Liyana asked her to stay with her in her small house. The struggling actress not have to pay any rent. Liyana provided food and even gave her friend money when Maria was broke. Liyana always encouraged never  to give up for she knew Maria was talented.

One day, Maria became famous, Liyana was delighted for her. As more and more work poured in, the actress moved out to a large apartment. She did not ask Liyana to share the apartment with her. She had new friends now and they were all glamorous and beautiful people. They were actresses and models. Liyana seemed rather old-fashioned and boring beside them. Maria soon forgot her friend from her hardship days.

Then, something happen dreadful happened. During one filming session, a stunt went wrong. Maria got a cut on her face. It left a big scar. Her face was ruined and the jobs dried up. No one wanted an actress with a scar on her face. Maria’s savings ran out. In desperation, she turned to her friends for help. She begged them to help her find a job. But, no one had any time for her. She was no longer rich, important and popular.

It was at that time that she remembered her long-time friend, Liyana. She remembered how kind and generous Liyana had been to her. She wept with shame when she recalled how badly she had treated Liyana in return when she was at the peak of her life. Feeling deeply sorry, Maria went to Liyana’s house. To her surprise, Liyana hugged her warmly. Maria cried and apologized for her behavior. She told her, “you are true friend”.

A few days later, Liyana introduced Maria to her boyfriend. He was a producer of television serials. He was looking for an actress to play the role of a bad cruel woman. He gave the role to Maria. She acted wonderfully and the serial became a hit. Maria became famous once more. Her old friends came flocking back but this time Maria was older and wiser. She knew they were not real friends. Only Liyana was. Hence, Liyana was always her “friend in need is a friend indeed”.

The moral of the story, we should always be aware of such friends and try to avoid them as far as practicable. That’s it for this week. See you again at our next week’s post. Bye!

Excuses of being late to come to classes

Greeting to our fellow reader. Today me are going to discuss about why student always late to come to the classes.

First of all, for a male students. Mostly we will overnight for doing something that can get rid of boring. For example, most of them will go out at late night to watch a football match if there have a game. Then, there will take so much time hanging out at mamak to talk nonsense.

After that, if there don't have any football game at that night, they will try to find something that can they play to make them feel happy like sit together and play a game such as counter strike global official and Dota 2. It can play with together as a team and that game will make then sleep at late night. Nowadays, Dota 2 is a most famous online game in worlds.

Next, as you know, mostly male student did not like to stay at home, study and doing nothing. When there bored they will go out with there motor cycle for taking some air at night. Even if they did not finish there homework. They still want to go out. They sleep at late night and wake up and late for the classes. After class they will feel tired and sleep. This will make them wake up at night and can't sleep early.

Usually, the more ridiculous our excuse is, the less climatic our real reason is. Honestly, sometime they show up late because they just straight up didn't want to go to class. So they waste several minutes laying in bed. Whether they need to get up and just continue sleeping but mostly they will make decisions when time was running short.

Lastly, some of us did not like to finish our work went we have a time to finish it. Sometime we just hanging in the booth and print the paper work at a last minutes. This is one of the reason why we always late, we have to  wait in the line to print the paper work.

Next, for a female students. In the morning, first thing that they need to take a few minutes to motivate there self to start the day. For example they will talk to there self at the mirror and said  " your are good and fine " and repeat it for a few time. Then, they will take a lot of time in the toilet to take a bath. Most of them will take a shower about a 30 minutes.

The whole shampoo thing didn't work up so they try out a cute bun and that also is a fail so finally they will wear Hijab and just move on. Then, they need to find an outfit that match for they day. They determine that the first outfit they had on was awful so they will spent another ten minutes changing into a new one.

Finally, students who walk from the hostel. They will take a very long time to get to the college because they runs very slowly. Then, they jesting while walking without seeing time and did not care that they were late to class.


As a conclusion. All this thing is happen for some people not all of them like that. However this is reality that happen to us and this is what we do for really doing it.