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monday was bleagh but the following days were better:)

Ramadhan's here(: embrace it while you can.

mum got two vip tickets to a ceremony on the fifteenth so she asked if i wanted to follow her. at the thought of food, i agreed at that instance. little did i know that it was the hari raya lighting up of geylang and had to sit through the performances. upon reaching, i was filled with dread when i learnt that our allocated seats were at the second row, just behind the guest-of-honour, minister Mah Bow Tan (he was so within reach that i felt like asking him, 'so sir what do you think of the conservation of chek jawa?' and interview him right there and then). man, i hated the glitz.
mum got the tickets from a malaysian friend who didn't want to go cos she had attended one last year. this friend is from the malaysian embassy. so here's the tak-boleh-angkat part. the lady who sat beside mum was the mother of the malaysian host. when the guest-of-honour took his seat, this lady said hello to him. feeling pressured, mum decided to do the same and said "hello sir, we're from the malaysian embassy". haha baik mak! luckily the conversation wasn't pursued.
the best part was when the first three rows were asked to take our leave halfway through the performances to the reception at the restaurant nearby. but the food was quite a disappointment. there was sushi but the taste not appealing.
speaking of which, i ate sushi again yesterday at shin tokyo with aishah ayu maya shab waina! but the one which used to be at chai chee me and waina used to frequent still the best. i miss their satay sushi. where has it gone i've no idea:(

i leave you with a nasyid lyrics. got it from the spib lesson last week. fikir-fikirkanlah. renung-renungkanlah. ahah.
The Zikr - Ramadhan 2 Zaman
ramadhan satu nasib tak serupa
peluangnya sama natijah berbeza

ramadhan mereka gembira cemerlang
mukmin berjasa di awal zaman
ramadhan kami malam terbuang
muslim berdosa di akhir zaman

mereka gembira kerana kedatanganmu
kami gembira dengan pemergianmu
malam mereka meriah disimbah nur al quran
tapi malam kami muram bertemukanmu

mereka berlumba mengejar makrifat
tapi kami lesu diburu nafsu
hati mereka bercahaya digilap takwa
jiwa kami gelap didera dosa

takbir mereka takbir kemenangan
hadiah mujahadah sebulan ramadhan
takbir kami lesu tak bermaya
tanda kalah lemah tak berdaya
puasa sekadar lapar dan dahaga