Random Happenings

Thursday: Pre-Eid

On Thursday, there was an akikah for someboddy's baby. Coincidentally, it was the same day before Eid. So, after all the eating and most of the people left, me, S, and some of our friends helped decorate the masjid for Eid. We put up the lights is the musalla and the hall. We put streamers over the windows. It was very hard work. While me, S, R, and Keela were doing the lights in the hallway, Keela's brother Zak came and helped a little bit. He got a sticker (goat head) stuck in his sock and he told me to get it out because he was too chicken. Then he asked me if I got henna. I said not yet. But then I saw S getting it, and so I did too. After I got it, I continued with the lights. It was hard 'cause I didn't want to mess up my henna. My hair was all messy and I had to ask Ummi to tuck my hair back inside my tudong. When we were all done, we played in the musalla. R, Keela, and Keela's sister Nabeel were gliding and sliding in the musalla with their socks. Keela's mom took a picture of us (S, me, R, Keela and Nabeel). Then, we left. We went to Albertsons and bought some food for the visitors. We got ice cream, cookies, and Go-Gurt.

Friday: Eid

I woke up like a few minutes before Fajr and I was like wondering if I could go back to sleep or not. Then, after a while, I heard the water being turned on upstairs, and so I knew that daddy was awake. Then, I got ready t'go. I couldn't find the dress, btw, so I had to be tradishunal, much to your disappointment. Then, when we were all ready to go, we went outside. Ummi told us to stand in front of the garage so she could take pictures. We were all worried about the cars passing by and wondering why ugly people in nice clothes were standing in front of a garage like poor peeps, and a ninja was taking pictures of them. XD.

So then we went to the masjid. People were fillin' up the masjid like ants to crumbs. R wasn't there yet, and Mnr wasn't either. So we sat fatly, watching people hug each other and listening to the takbir. And watching the weird, smelly kids. Pretty soon R came in. Her clothes were so JUICY. They were white and turquoise with millions of sequins. Even her socks matched.

(Unfortunately, I couldn't find my pink socks, so I had to wear my blue ones, and they didn't match at all with my pink baju krong.) Then, it was time for the salat. Me and Z went to the kitchen so he could eat, and we watched R's mom Sry do an activity with the little kids. They watched Take Me to the Ka'aba. Then they played a game. Then, my long lost friends came late for the prayer. (Their names are Nr and Hb.) Then I took Z out to the playground.

Pretty soon the prayer was over, and people came pouring to eat. Me, S, and R played at the playground and talked about henna and stuff like that. While I was waiting for Ummi to be done talking and for Abi to be finished drinking tea or something, I sat in the van with the door open and listened to a nasheed that I recorded on my camera. :D Then we went home.

Sandy's dad was supposed to come to our house so we could follow him to the farm. He took like a million years. He finally came. He led us to  place where there were millions of potholes and loads of flying dust. At the farm, nobody was there to supervise us. We took a look at the sheep and the pigs (blech!) and the chicken chickens. There was this teenage chick that escaped from the coop by a hole in the wire door. Abi tried to get it back through the hole by opening it more and saying, "Sini, sini, sini!" But of course chickens don't understand human language, and Malay at that, so it just ran away in fright. Pretty soon all the men came and they chose some good sheep. The only sheep there that wasn't scared of humans was the big black one with big horns. Sadly, we slaughtered it. I took a video of the first sheep to be slaughtered. S thought it was sick and nasty. But me, I could watch without wincing a smidgen, like I said twelve posts ago. I was planning to take videos of the other ones being slaughtered but then I changed my mind.

Finally, after sitting in the van being cold, Abu Yaz (Sandy's dad) said to Abi, "You can go now, F. You have kids." And I silently said, "YAY! Thanks, Sandy's dad." and S chuckled. So we went home, and I slept on the way.
Abi and Ummi cut the meat for a long time. I saw Ummi smashing chicken with the flat side of the knife to make it look more appetizing, as that's how they do nasi ayam in Maleesia.

Then the guests started coming after Maghrib. Auntie Saleem and Kylie came first. Kylie had a broken arm because of his daftness. Then Amunay came. Amunay is one of the coordinators for the Muslim Girls Club. Amunay left early 'cause she was scared about leaving her kids (Suheidi, Lulu, and Yasser) at home alone. Kylie played with H violently. After a while, Muhee, Hal, and Akeely came. Then Tonio, Noha, and Mstfa came. Me, S, H, Z, Kylie, and Mstfa played on the carpet. Mstfa tugged H's hair and pinched Kylie's nose. It was hilarious. Then everyone started to leave. Muhee, Hal, and Akeely left first. Then Auntie Saleem and Kylie left. Lastly, Tonio, Noha and Mstfa left.

Saturday: Post-Eid

I was the first to wake up. The living room was all nice and yellow, and everything was silent. I ate some cookies. Then Z woke up and we made bracelets. Pretty soon Abi woke up and said, "Siap Z! We're going to Chucky!" I told Z to get ready, but he said he didn't wanna go. Pala HOTAK n'kau! (That's Malay. I dunno what it means, but mommy says it and it's funny.)

I ran into my room and said to S, "Wake up, S, if you wanna go da Chuck!"
I ran into H's room and said to H, "Wake up, H, if you wanna go da Chuck!"

Next thing I knew we were in the van driving to the mall. We played at Chucky Cheeses for a bit 'cause H had a soccer game at 1:00 or something. The first thing I played was a bowling game. Then I played a football game.  I was slightly good at it. Then I put two tokens in a basket ball game that was broken and I had to ask the people to get it out.

All too soon, we three used up all our tokens. Boohoo! We fed our tickets to the ticket thingy and got prizes, then left.


The End.

5:34 PM

I can't find my Eid dress that I want to wear! And it's really nice looking, too. It's pink and red. The sleeves are pink with red dots and the skirt is ruffly and the rest is pink with red roses. I can't find it anywhere in the house!! I wore it last year and now I can't remember where it could be. I remember it lastly when it was outside with mom's and dad's laundry. So I think it is in their room. I looked in it but I can't find it. What a pity, too. If I don't find that one, I'll have to be tradishunal and wear a baju kurung that I got in Malaysia two years ago. That still fine, but I'd much rather find the dress. I wish someone would help me find it.

N

5:58 PM

The Virtues of Zhul Hijjah

Ummi assigned us all an assignment to do for Zhul Hijjah. S has to find the ayah in the Quran about Hajj; I have to find the virtue of Zhul Hijjah, and H has to do something that I forgot. Our works are all due tomorrow, which is Thursday. So my works is here, right in my amazing blog. So there.

The Virtues of Zhul Hijjah

FASTING: The Prophet sallAllahu 'allayhi wa sallam said, "whoever fasts the day of Arafat will have his sins expiated for two years (the past year and the coming year)."

Do not cut hair or nails during the ten days if you are the one slaughtering the animal. This is for men of course.

You can recite the takbir during all the ten days, at all times, day or night until the Eid prayer.

There. Done.

Resources: http://theclearsunnah.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/the-virtues-of-dhul-hijjah/
http://www.allaahuakbar.net/eid/virtues_of_the_first_ten_days.htm

N aka Light aka Kitty Kid

Eid al-Adha

Eid al-Adha, insha'Allah will be next week on Friday! Ummi has an Islamic calendar, and it says just that! On my Gregorian calendar, it says it will be on Thursday, beginning at sundown. Yay. We get to celebrate it at sundown. How fun does that sound? xD Personally, I can't wait! Here's my bragging right: I can watch an animal be slaughtered without wincing, closing my eyes, or crying. But silently inside I feel REALLY sorry for the animal.

Here's a nasheed video about Hajj.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=dILMQJubax4&feature=endscreen

N, aka Light, Nurd, or Kitty Kid

~Eid Mubarak~

Assalamu Alaikum. Eid Mubarak to all.

N

Eid Al-Adha

On Eid Al-Adha this year, we went to the masjid to pray. Then we ate. I ate a donut. After that we went home and changed our clothes so we could go to the farm. At the farm, we slaughtered four sheep and a ram. There was a nice cat there, a white cat with a ginger muzzle and tail. I think it was partly Siamese. There was a Siamese kitten there, and I think it was the cat's kitten. Anyway, after that we went to visit people. We went to a Singaporian's house. A boy there scared my little brother with a Halloween mask.

Eid Mubarak!

It's Eid-al Adha! Assalamu Alaikum!

Gattitown

Today I went to Gattitown, the arcade I told you about in the previous post! I rode the Go-Karts which were extremely fun except I crashed into some daft people. My dad rode with my little bro and he won! I say again, those Go-Karts were so fun but NOT the bomb!!

I also played this bowling game called Ice Ball. While I was playing it though this old man that looked like a hobo talked to me in a weird language. It was also very loud in there so I couldn't hear him. (Gladly.) I saw him later in the praying room. I was like, "What? He's Muslim?"

Then I played a game that gives you tickets and I hit the jackpot!! I got 100 tickets. I played basketball, and a game in the kids' place where a frog has to knock down bugs with its tongue. It was so easy and I got lots of tickets.

We ate lunch. I ate pizza, mac and cheese, two brownies, and a cinnamon bun. Drinks, pink lemonade and, um, fruit punch.

There was the athan going on too. Awesome, you know. It's unusual. So we prayed Dhuhr and then we had to hurry up and play games because our cards expired at 2:00. So yeah.

We fed our tickets to the machine which got jammed pretty much a lot. So a fixing man had to fix it. (Obviously!) Then we counted our tickets on the printed receipt so we could get prizes.

I got a pencil, an airplane, a glow-in-the-dark slinky, a squishy, spiky pink ball, a paddle game, and shades. I can't wear them though because they get in the way of my glasses. There was also a furry lamp that I really wanted but we didn't have enough tickets.

We ate and drank again and left.

Unfortunately, I found some forgotten tickets in my pocket when we got home.

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Tinkling...and stuff

My brother really needs to be potty trained. Yesterday he pooped in his undies and tinkled in the kitchen! Very chaotic.
Tomorrow I am going to a very fun playing place for Eid. I mean, I know it's already past Eid, but you probably get the idea.

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Eid Mubarak!

♥Assalamu Alaikum,♥

♥Happy Eid! Selamat Hari Raya! Eid is finally here! I don't have much to say - because I don't know what to say, so...Assalamu Alaikum!♥

♥Newr♥

Tonight

Tonight we are gonna sight the moon with our telescope!

"...when the moon is sighted, Ramadan has started, when the moon is sighted, Ramadan surely ends.."
Lalalalalalalala....

Anyhow, Eid Mubarak!

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