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Salam.

I have always love the month of Ramadhan, the calmness, the solitude in the morning as well as the relax mode that it entails. But, this year Ramadhan has been way too different from previous years. For the past years, it was up to me to go or not to to Tarawikh at mosque, but this year, there is no option, the Tarawikh must be done at home. This felt odd and weird in the beginning, but I now can see the beauty of it.

I read a book by Hlovate that he/she enjoyed Ramadhan in Australia compared to Malaysia because there is no distraction for him/her to do the prayers, reading al-Quran and more of any recommended good deeds. There is no Bazar Ramadhan, no shopping for baju raya and no time consuming breakfasting event in Australia, in which I was so accustomed to in Malaysia. As much as I want to have my Ramadhan fully focused on doing good deeds and beneficial activities, there was distraction in it that I still went to breakfasting event in which I mostly missed my Tarawikh later because I was too tired after I reached home, shopping and splurge too much for clothes instead of donating to the people that need support and  help in charity purpose, because I want to look great meeting everyone on Hari Raya Aidilfitri and limiting my time with al-Quran because I was busy with any other worldly things.

So this year, the Ramadhan under this restriction should have help me to gain as much as possible, to spend my time with my God. Hopefully I can make the best out of this.