Ramadhan Tribute #1 - Welcome

Summary - What is Ramadhan?

It's that time of the year again... Ramadhan is here :) It is most probably to start this coming Thursday. First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to wish all my friends reading, "Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan".

This will be the first of the many tributes to Ramadhan I will write. The entries written is dedicated generally to all of us Muslim reading, specifically to myself... since I admit that I have A LOT to improve.

So can I ask what is Ramadhan to you? Is it just the name of the month where Muslim will be fasting? or does it have any other definition to you? We must first establish this before we even start fasting. Otherwise what difference would our fasting be from the diet practised worldwide.

Ramadhan is actually more than a mere month. It is basically a training academy for us muslim. So are we ready to go into this training? Just imagine you're walking and an old friends come to see you and ask you to join a training. What would be your first reaction?

You will then ask "What training?", "To achieve what?" and "What's in it for me?". Don't you agree that these responds are exactly what you need to know before you enroll in any training or program?

So what do you think the answers would be for the three questions? It is interesting that this training academy is actually supervised by no other, but by us ourselves. If we don't want to fast, who will know? It is entirely up to us... so as the supervisor of this training, do you have the answers for the three questions? No answers are wrong answers I tell you, simply because these answers are basically what we want for ourselves. So if it is not too much trouble please share your opinion here. If not, just thinking about the answers is very much appreciated.

We really have to know what we're doing. Take eating for example, "How?" We put food in our mouth, chew and swallow. "To achieve what?" a healthier body, "What's in it for me?" no more hunger. All answers are equally important.

• If we don't know how to swallow, there's no point reading all those health books and knowing how a chicken would taste.
  

• If we don't know anything about health, we will be eating, and we will not be hungry but the food we eat will eventually kill us
  

• If for example our tounge has loss its sense of taste and thus we cannot enjoy the taste of food anymore. We will be eating healthy food but after sometime, the desire will deteriorate and we may end up (hilang selera makan) and possibly sick.

- Other related entries -

• Dari Mana Nak Kemana - The beginning of this blog
• The Story - Childhood memories of an "almost-fight" happened during Ramadhan night
  

--------------Personal Note-------------
Again... "Selamat Menyambut Ramadhan" to all :). Hopefully we can gain other thing this month other than weight :)

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