It’s a time for moderation, to take what you need, and only what you need. We’re expected to dedicate our thoughts to prayers, appreciating what we have and focussing on reducing our daily sins. Unless of course, you’re Bruneian…in which case, it’s a time to celebrate! Here are a few, very Bruneian ways to spend Ramadhan. Sahur Waker: Set up at least three alarms to wake up in time for Sahur. Have two days worth of food, even though you’re only fasting for about 12 hours. Fall asleep before Subuh prayers. No Sleep Til Sahur: Stay up until Sahur. Spend most of your time catching up on your favourite tv shows and playing games online. You’ve been steadily eating throughout the night but decide to top up before Fajr. Clothing Cover-Up: Your body is completely covered up. Girls wear demure jubahs with tudungs, because they can eat loads and stretch out their tummy without anyone noticing. It’s Ramadhan and everyone would like to cover up and reduce their sins and all that stuff but mostly because it’s easier. Comfort over fashion. Gerai Ramadhan: Since everything is so cheap, you buy twice as much as you need. Your empty stomach dictates that you should buy more than you can manage. You have a route worked out to get around the stalls as efficiently as possible. Time Sungkai (or Iftar, as you cool people say it nowadays): There has to be multiple kinds of food on the table. You can’t have one drink, there has to be several kinds: fruit juice, bandung, oren campur and a drink you decide to try out. You always have a leftover dish, you say you’ll save it for Sahur later but of course, you forget to eat it. Sungkai Buffet: Book tables at a least a week in advance. Arrive an hour before sungkai and grab as much food as you can fit on the table. Your trips to the buffet table are timed so that you can sit and wait for the Azan. It isn’t Bruneian unless you have at least three plates per person. Tarawih: For the first week, pray in your local masjid. Pray at home with your family for the second week. In the third week you decide you should be preparing for Hari Raya. The last week is spent trying all the sungkai buffet offers. …Batal Puasa Karang You will utter the phase, “I can’t/we shouldn’t/let’s not/it isn’t a good idea to/maybe not the best time to [insert action]…batal puasa karang!” at least once a week. You also have to give yourself a daily reminder that you’re fasting. Mengumpat: We’re not supposed to, but what are we to do if it’s part of our culture. We can’t help it that anak si anu, said this to anak si anu and then si anu got fired. boy oh boy! so true!
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 07:23:19 +0000
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