Update:

Oops I haven’t written anything down for a few days, I was meant to post on Tuesday night but no luck. =(

On Sunday we went moonsighting as planned which was very exciting. The turnout was great as a lot of people had turned out to join us in sighting the new moon for commencement of ramadhan. The weather was so amazing, the sky was very clean and it was relatively warm until we got up to the hill which was very chilly and windy.

The sun setting was absolutely beautiful! The clouds which were covering the sun turned to a beautiful but scary golden orange with tinges of red and yellow. I used my friend’s dad’s telescope to get a better look and subhanallah it was very frightening as it reminded of what jahanama (hell) could possibly look like. But in saying that I was completely in awe, the sight of the sky decorated with various colours and the clouds glowing reminded me of the magnificent glory of creation!

We stayed there until the reported time of moon set but we sadly we had no luck of sighting the moon. All of us who were present lined up to pray the Maghrib (sun set) prayer and it was very captivating. There is something about praying out in the open with a warm breeze gently touching your face as everything stands still for those brief moments as everyone is only focused on praying.

As a result of not sighting the moon it was concluded that ramadhan will start on Tuesday (which I had a feeling it would).

Today (Thrusday) is the third of ramadhan and alhamdulilah I feel even more excited today compared to the start of ramadhan.

The first day of ramadhan was very exciting but tiring at the same time, I think my body is getting used to waking up earlier and alhamdulilah for the middle term break other wise I would have missed a few classes by now. On Tuesday night I went to taraweeh prayer very beautiful and serene (other than the screaming kids who were running around). Its such an amazing feeling to be gather around people late in the evening for the only purpose of worshiping God. It creates a sense of a deeper understanding of our purpose in life as well as a reminder of what worship itself means.

The second of Ramadhan (yesterday) was a bit better than the first day. I did more worship compared to the first day alhamdulilah and I hope it continues. The only problem was that I went to bed very late which did not help as I could not get up for suhoor (but I did eat before sleeping which was a wise more *grins*). I was also meant to meet up with this girl but I called the place she was staying at and they told me she had left but Insha’allah I will try to call again today.