Sunday, September 7, 2008

Menu for Ramadhan

This is going to be the second time I'm abroad during Ramadhan. The first time was went I studied in US. I didnt feel the Ramadhan that much because I was bz with classes. Still remember, by time I reached home at 3pm , it was nearly breaking fast sbb masa tu winter. So pose pun x rasa sangat. Balik kejap jer.. masak2 apa yg patut then terus time nak berbuka. Tak rasa sangat "kehangatan" Ramadhan. I celebrated Eid there too.. Sayu jer.. pepagi buta dah nak kalut carik phone nak call Malaysia. Pas tu borak2 mintak ampun maaf dr keluarga sambil sebak x bleh nak cakap. Sedih laaa.. kan x bleh balik Raya.

So now kat sini plak.. Tapi Insyaallah Raya pasti ku balik Malaysia. Sudah ku x sanggup lagi kat sini sorang2. Dah laa bulan Ramadhan ni x rasa gak cam Msia. I dont know why.. May be it just my feeling..

Actually, pose kat sini not so bad beside I'm alone ( well not 'alone..alone", got my friend along and a new prof. fr msia) but I do miss breaking fast with my mum's cooking. Really... even dulu masa kat sana x de laa slalu berbuka kat rumah but still I miss that. Sabar.. sabar.. ni dah nak start emo. dah ni.. control, air mata dah nak jatuh ni... standby...... puh!!!

Kalau kat umah dulu, it just 3 of us breaking fast together ( my dad, mum and me) and it was so dull.. makan pun cam x lalu jer. Tapi tiba jer ari minggu semua org balik umah berkumpul. Lauk pauk pun tetiba jd byk and yg special2 jer. Al maklum laa, semua org balik umah kan. Balik keje dulu ptg2 singgah pasar ramadhan dgn my colleague beli kuih muih then sampai umah tlg my mum masak apa yg patut. Ohhh tidak!!!! I missed those days...

Sekarang ni berbuka kat sini kenalah masak sdiri. Amatlah x berselera skali bila makan sorang2. I know before this kan since duk sini usually mkn sorang2 tapi tu lain sbb bukan bulan Ramadhan. So my friend and I decided breaking fast together.... at least berselera laa skit kan.

Alrite ni adalah menu utk setakat ni..


1st day - at Muscat sbb ader meeting for the next day
  • roti ayam
  • roti paratta dipping with red bean soup
  • Later for supper : ( Vege Fried Rice)
2nd day - at Al Falaj Hotel, Muscat
  • Omani sweets
  • Sandwiches
  • Samosa
  • Later for supper: ( Nasi Arab ) : Prof. S treat us. Thanks Prof. ;)
3rd day - at home, Sur.. makan sorang2 sbb my friend and i kepenatan br sampai fr Muscat
  • Ayam masak halia
4rd day - at my friend's house
  • Sup ayam
  • Ikan bilis pedas
  • Begedil
5th day - ni mknan yg semlm org kasi, tp sbb dah msk simpan laa mknan ni utk tdy. This time 3 of us mkn sesama.. berselera skit. ( my friend, Prof. & me)
  • Nasi Mandi ( rezeki org Oman kasi)
  • Begedil
6th day
  • Ikan bakar
  • Sayur bayam
7th day
  • Fried vege
  • Fried egg
  • Black pepper chicken
See, simple jerr berbuka kat sini. Kalau kat Msia for sure my menu need to be more than 3 dishes with kuih and muih yg beraneka. Tapi Alhamdulillah kat sini pun okey. Yang x okey nyer.. my friend and I slalu duk gaduh.. nasi x penah nak abis bila masak. Asyik terlebih jerr..Ni adalah masalah nak estimate.. No skill of estimation!! Hahahhah... x pe, baru ari ke 7, masuk ari ke 25 pandai laa kitaorg estimate nak masak nasi dgn lauk2.

Came back fr college at nearly 2 ++. Then merehatkan diri till 4++. At 5 mula laa kalut2 nak masak and kul 6 dah ready nak berbuka. Then after berbuka, solat maghrib and shower. Then isyak and terus terawih. After terawih, kluar rumah if not duk umah tgk tv or online. Tuan-tuan dan puan2 sekalian.. Tu laa routine I semenjak Ramadhan ni..

* Im going to be out of recipe for iftar.. seriously!!!

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