Like a Majnun

This holy month of Ramadhan teaches us many things and it’s not just another month for a spiritual detox nor it’s just about forsaking your body on food and water. 

Preferably, we need to also abstain ourselves and shun away all the ill and ‘laro’ speeches, arguments, loss of temper and nasty behaviour, including posting obnoxious comments on the infamous couple who just lost the GE14.

We need to have lots and lots of patience and mercy, and obviously Ramadhan is the best form of ibadah and amal which is already has a build-in ways to develop us on some sort of the sense of self-control unlike 20 years ago.

For me, so far so good. Until yesterday, on the 21st day of Ramadhan.

The time was 4.29 pm in the afternoon (I’m quite precise in timing, previously when I was doing Oil & Gas, I dealt in milliseconds … well that will be another story). It will be just another minute before the office hours are done for the day during the fasting month. 

Suddenly, I got a WhatsApp message from the boss asking to meet up after Asar prayer. Sure boss, not a problem.

Whenever there is a meeting of minds, normally it won’t finish that early. After quarter past six, however, I asked to be excused. The journey from the office to my home will be at least 1 hour, with a normal traffic. 

Obviously, the traffic was far from normal. There was even a herd of cattle (yes, you heard me) trying to cross the road at Dengkil. Luckily, they stopped at the kerb, as if waiting for me to pass first.

Anyway, when my Omega Seamaster 300m showed that the time was 7.00 pm and my sports hybrid just only about entering Puchong, I quickly uttered, 

“Hey Siri, please call my wife on speaker.”

And told the wife that I will not make it for Berbuka Puasa that night.

Thankfully, I managed to secure a seat at the busy Sushi King outlet in Puchong and placed the order for four plates (yes, four plates) of Norwegian Salmon Nishoku. I also took two plates of Edamame the green soybeans, and ordered a drink.

Deliciously looking Nishoku 

... to be continued in Jawi

اكو ڤرهاتيكن اد سأورڠ ڤرمڤوان بربڠسا چينا يڠ بارو سمڤأي دان دودوق د تڤي ميجا كو. تروس دي منكن لوچڠ اونتوق ممڠڬيل ڤلاين ريستورن اونتوق ممبوات ڤسانن

وقتو ايت كادأن امت سيبوق. موڠكين كران ريستورن همڤير ڤنوه دان وقتو بربوك ڤواسا همڤير تيبا

ڤرمڤوان ايت مولا ماره-ماره دان سڤرتي هندق مڠماوق. دي مولا مڠلواركن كات-كات كاسر كڤد ڤلاين ريستورن. اكو يڠ سميمڠڽ دودوق ديام تنڤا بيچارا تتاڤي اشيق ممرهاتيكن ڬلڬتڽ سجق دري تادي تيبا-تيبا ترڤڠڬيل اونتوق برتيندق

تيبا-تيبا اكو تروس منڤوك ميجا دڠن كوات. اكو تروس مڠهيرديقڽ

"CAN YOU PLEASE SHUT UP?"

.ڤرمڤوان ايت ماسيه تروس مڠلواركن ڤركاتان يڠ كست

"HEY, I SAID SHUT UP !!!"

اكو مراساكن سواسان د ريستورن ايت امت سوڽي سكالي، تياد سياڤا ڤون يڠ بركات اڤ. سمواڽ سوڽي سڤي

اخيرڽ، ڤرمڤوان ايت سڤرتي مڠاله دان برهنتي دري تروس بربهاس كاسر دان تروس منيڠڬلكن ريستورن ايت

سواسان كمبالي سڤرتي بياسا، ڤارا ڤڠونجوڠ ريستورن يڠ تادي منجادي سڤرتي ڤڬون، كيني كمبالي سڤرتي سديا كالا

ماسوق وقتو بربوك، اكو تروس ممباچ دعا دان تروس منجامه هيدڠن يڠ سوده ترسديا