RAMADHAN ALMUBARAK

As Salam..

A blessing month is here again. Alhamdulillah. May Allah strengthen our iman and taqwa. I read many postings about Ramadhan and experiences of people during this holy month. One sms caught my eyes and the content is sweet and really thoughtful as a reminder for all of us ...It says :

Salam Selamat datang ke penerbangan 'RAMADHAN AIR' tujuan ke BANDAR IDUL FITRI. no penerbangan 1432H. Kita akan terbang dengan jarak tempoh 30 hari memasuki WILAYAH PUASA. Tegakkan kerusi IMAN dan sandaran TAQWA. Pasang tabuk ZIKIR, TAHAJUD, SEDEKAH JARIAH. Pilot anda Al-Islam dan co-pilot AL-QURAN Bersama paramugari RAHMAH MAGHFIRAH & JANNAH. SElamat Menyambut kedatangan Bulan Yang Maha Berkat Yg Penuh Dgn Rahmat dan Keampunan.Ramadhan...Maaf Zahir Batin..... JZKK R

I would like to convey the same message to all of my visitors, family and friends.

PUZIAH AHMAD
1 Ramadhan 1432H/1st August 2011

RAMADHAN AL MUBARAK 1431 H

Ramadhan Al Mubarak to all fellow muslims.A festival of ibadah is around the corner...Let's celebrate this barakah month with more amal. May Allah shower the blessings to all of us, especially so with the Lailatul Qadr (The Night of Power).

Ah Sah Lan Wa Sah Lan Ramadhan Al Kareem...Selamat datang Ramadhan Yang Mulia

Assalamualikum wbrt to all

Ahsahlanwasahlan Ya Ramdhan Al Kareem 1430H..May this Ramadhan increase our iman and amal.

<em>Al-Baqarah verse 183: "O ye who believe! Fasting is precribed to you as it was prescribed to those before you, that ye may (learn) self-restraint"

Ramadhan is considered as a training of self-restraint for us, not only from drinking and eating but our nafs as well...ehem..especially dealing with human behaviour. May be that's why we are encouraged to 'ikhtikaf' especially the last ten days of Ramadhan.. The challenges are ..the last days are the time for Eid's preparation and balik kampung syndrome. Can I change it? Not sure yet but Insya Allah I'll try...

Other notes

Sugar shortage might affect our Eid celebration. You think so?.. Well..may I suggest instead of indulging in sweet sweet things aka cookies and alike..we might just eat rempeyek, kerepek ubi(plain), tumpi, bananna chips..and others which devoid of sugar. Well if you still have sweet tooth just use brown sugar..I think it is healthier and organic.

I want to relate an accident that I experienced last weekend while eating out lunch with my friends. The restaurant we frequented was full...anyway it was just an ordinary restaurant in Shah Alam.. nothing fancy. After 15 minutes, we managed to get seats.."Kak nak minum apa?" The waiter asked..I said "Tea O Limau ais". Others said " Air barli, teh O "..After some pause the waiter said " semua yang O dan guna gula tak de" "Kenapa" we asked.."gula habis" the Achehnes guy said.."Hanya boleh order yang bersusu"..well It did not go very well with our soups..At the end all of us ordered 'teh ais' and diluted with a glass of plain water..so sweet wei.

I read in Yahoo..the sugar shortage worldwide was due to droughts in India and Mexico. The two countries are main exporters of sugar.Droughts mean less produce.Many dietians would advice against taking sugar and regard it as unneccassry....Change our eating habit? Can we do away with sugar in our food intake..?


Salam Ramadhan Al kareem again
Puziah