Lazy Morning

As per tradition, I normally take the first couple of days of Ramadhan off. This year, I was on call on the day before Raya, which meant that I had to sort out the admissions in the first day. Therefore, I could take things a bit easier on the morning of the second. And I did just that.

After sleeping over after Subuh, I took my time getting up for my ward round. When I was finally done, I only reached the hospital at around 9, going through my rounds and was ready for home before noon.

The curtains remained undrawn Quick peek into Idlan's roomI spent the rest of the afternoon with Anita, first of all doing some shopping, and then heading to the bank. We settled the kids before joining my family at Bukit Antarabangsa for berbuka.

My colleagues would be away for the week from the third day of Ramadhan. So, I might as well enjoy my down time to catch some sleep and just chill out.

Berbuka at Bukit Antarabangsa

It was Julia and Salleh's turn to sponsor the berbuka at Bukit Antarabangsa on the second day of Puasa. It was a yearly tradition - my turn would be next weekend.

I went there only with Anita since the boys had tuition and mengaji that afternoon. We got there early, greeted by my Mum who prepared something extra for me, my favourite Gulai Ikan Kering. It was to die foot, with extra portion for sahur later.

Almost time Time for prayers More people than expected turned up and the food was finished 5 minutes before berbuka. We hang around until after Maghrib prayers after which in had to send Idlan for his tuition.

Sleep Over

It was the weekend before Ramadhan, right in the middle of the school holiday period. Syahril's son was asked what he wanted to do that weekend. And the answer was to chill at our apartment. Great stuff.

Anita cooked her gorgeous soto ayam and we basically just relaxed and eat the whole day. We then ended the afternoon at the swimming pool.

Syahril did not stay overnight though, but that didn't mean that the night finished early. The boys were still running around the apartment at close to midnight.

Not content with that, by the time I left home at around 8 the next morning, everybody was already up, waiting for breakfast. They were still running around playing games and all by the time Syahril came to pick them up at around 4pm. The boys definitely enjoyed it ....

Selamat Bersahur

Ramadhan had returned for another year. I was on call the evening before the Ramadan started, which meant I was not able to take my customary first of Ramadhan day off this year. But clinic was cancelled, and I only had half a dozen admission - although they could do without coming in after midnight.

The boys were woken up for sahur - the early breakfast before the day of fasting - reluctantly. But they soon realised that they may be starving if they didn't eat. In the end, it did not take much convincing although as you could see, they couldn't even opened their eyes completely ....

After my ward round this morning, I went into Bangsar to join Anita to get her the clothes for Raya. She must pick first at that would set the scene for the colour for the rest. And she got some nice ones. And it looked like it was going to be red or maroon this year around ....

Flying over Tugu

After the morning flight, my hands were itchy for another go. It turned out that the weather was kind. Time to head out again.

This time around, Anita came along. As it was already quite late - we were at our old classmate's place earlier - we decided to go somewhere near our place. It was an easy choice, Tugu Negara - The National Monument.

Climbing above the treesDirectly aboveI set up the take off point at the field by the ASEAN Monuments. I made a few passes over the Tugu before exploring the rest of the park pointing the camera towards town to capture the skyscape.

A quick peek into town ...The sun was almost down ....The sunset was not that pretty because of the heavy cloud cover though. Great going.