"tukar dulang" and lailatulkadar

"Tukar dulang". It's something that would often happen in the month of ramadhan. Not that this does not happen hari-hari lain. Tapi bulan posa le everyone akan menguji culinary skills. I'm no exception. Will try and find time to test whatever dishes I fancy. Then bagi lak kat neighbor. Cukup garam ke tak, tu lain cerita. Seronok lagi if your plate is returned with something in it. Waah bertambah rezeki.

But yang tak best ada gak. Last weekend I made roti jala and chicken curry. Intention - nak pulang pinggan mangkuk neighbor yang keep multiplying each day. Dah siap masak, all set to go, tengok-tengok negihbour takde. In fact the whole family went away for the weekend. So I was left with a plate full of roti jala which I still have in my fridge. Takkan nak buang pulak. Looks like I'll be having roti jala for my buka posa for the next few days.

21 ramadhan. Already? So nak kena start tunggu lailatulkadar. I remember a story masa kecik-kecik dulu of a man who went to take his bath kat perigi. He hanged his sarong kat batang kelapa. Abis mandi tengok kain dia dah duduk kat puncak pokok kelapa. It seemed the tree sedang rukuq masa dia letak kain dia tu. Betul ke tak, Wallahu a'lam. Anyway, lailatulkadar is said to be the time when angels would come down to earth and pray together with the human beings for keberkatan bulan ramadhan. Only the privileged and chosen ones yang akan mendapat nikmatnya. Of course le yang chosen ones ni bukan calang-calang orang...

So tak payah nak cari bawah rumah ke, bawah katil ke, tunggu pokok sujud ke or air paip beku ke. Yang penting buat ibadah dan amal dengan ikhlas sebanyak mungkin whenever and wherever, and it will come to you, InsyaAllah.

Ehh, bunyi macam ustazah je...