Alhamdulillah, we've now entered the second half of Ramadhan. Time flies so fast that we only have 14 more days to go now :s So far I've been doing so good with my fastings. I have to admit that it has been a challenge to breastfeed and pump and not drink, but I guess it all goes down to our niyyah & mindset. I had this one moment sometimes last week when I felt so weak early in the morning and thought I could not go on. I had to teach that morning and was going to have a meeting in Bandar when I started to feel shaky. I was thinking of breaking my fast as soon as I got home but then as I was driving back home, I thought to myself. This was why we were asked to fast. To get some taste of real hunger, real thirst. The images of those little kids in Somalia struck my head and I was ashamed of myself. I then decided to just go on no matter what and prayed for Allah to give me the strength, and He did subhanAllah! So, 15 days of fasting so far.
Fasting is also a challenge on non-working days as I'd be with Haikal most of the time and he'd nurse directly, which quickly drains all my energy. He's also been refusing his food, insisted on having whatever is on everyone's plate instead. A very common sight during iftaar would be him trying to crawl out of his high chair and reach the food on the dining table.
Anyway, I got to go to the palace yesterday for a Khatam Al-Quran ceremony in conjunction with His Majesty's 66th birthday celebration. It was quite humble of His Majesty and other members of the royal family to actually sit on the floor and joined the congregates reciting the Quran. It was my first experience attending such formal event at the palace. I had to leave home as early as 7am and the function only ended at 3+. I brought my pumping gear but couldn't find the time to pump. Well even if I could, I still wouldn't get to do it as Nana only packed the bottles & ice pack, no breastshields and the pump connectors! Oh well, at least I still managed to break-even, making 9+ oz by the time I reached home. Probably it's due to the high happy hormones after getting the souvenirs from His Majesty, which was a Quran digital pen reader :D alhamdulillah that's what I call rezeki ramadhan.
Alhamdulillah alhamdulillah alhamdulillah. I hope to be able to write one more Ramadhan post insyaAllah. And a good news, we haven't had any iftaar out so far. Been having home-cooked meals and we love it. I'm aiming to at least just have 2 iftaar sessions out, one with just Abu Haikal and Haikal, and another one with the whole family! I can't afford to have too many coz I need the $ to buy more Jovian's AviRaya ready-to-wear bajus :p
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