Ramadhan Kareem (See you again)

Alhamdulillah, I was given another chance to see Ramadhan again this year. I was among those who determined the first day of Ramadhan in New Zealand. :) Me and friends went for moonsighting up in Casmere Hills yesterday evening. I went there with Bro Zul, Majied and some other guys. As an actual fact, I was the only girl in Bro Zul's Estima. Bro Zul was the leader of the moonsighting. He taught us on how to determine 'anak bulan'. Quite number of friends went too to the site. At first, we thought we couldn't see the crescent as the cloud was too heavy and it was windy up there, plus dark. As the result of being more patient, ultimately we could see the crescent. But before that, only Nurul said he saw the crescent. Other people couldn't. But after seeing more attentively in the sky, then we could see it. Yeah, it was so small but got a little light below. It was like huruf nun (Jawi) and the one which was lit was the bottom curve of the nun. Very hard to see unless you gave more heed on it. For those who still couldn't see, thank God coz Bro Zul brought along his telescope. But I didn't try to see the crescent through the telescope as I could see it with my bare eyes. Alhamdulillah. Actually, before we got a chance to see anak bulan, we prayed for Maghrib in the cottage we used to see anak bulan. Felt like praying in a cave because the cottage was so cold and dark. A very nice experience! All in all, we had seen anak bulan and that meant tomorrow would be the first day of Ramdhan (which is today) :) After that, we straight away went to the White Pavilion to do solat tarawikh. Tho' not many people were in the pavilion for solat tarawikh, it really felt like in Ramadhan. Alhamdulillah, I could still pray tarawikh. As usual, throughout this Ramadhan, we're gonna have 8-rakaat tarawikh plus 3-rakaat witr and we're also gonna finish the whole 30 juzu' of Quran in this holy month. And we also have tazkirah after each 4-rakaat tarawikh. May Allah give me strength to go through Ramadhan and shower me with lotsa blessings. I really need those things right now. Amen.