Sunday, August 11, 2013

Back from a month long hibernation

Salam,

I love Ramadhan but it's over now.

Syawal? Great for kids (including my kids) due to duit raya and good food but not for an adult so pokai like me...


- for illustration purposes only

I do not know why, but somehow this is an issue so pressing that I spent this whole morning logging in to all savings that I have just to wonder how am I going to transfer that 9 bucks to my other account. Because IBG now cost only tenth of a buck, I even went to the extent of taking that cost into my calculation and after deducting that cost that would handsomely left me with 8.90 in saving... enough to keep me straight for about 2 days, well of course on plain rice and eggs.

So where did I spent for Raya?

New Raya outfit - RM 0.00 (I've recycled last year's outfit but donned it with a set of button I found inside a box doom for the trash bin)

New shoes - RM 199.00 (Went to JPO with wife and accidentally bumped with this good looking leather shoes at Timberland. The price tag was 312.00/614.00, I did not know which is which but finally the cashier punch in 199.00. Just keep silence, flash my card and go).

Casual shirt - RM 120.00 (for 3 pieces of casual shirts I mean, not a single shirt. Found those in the nook of a popular shopping complex near home with a few size left. Grabbed it).

Food supplies - about RM 400.00 (went home for few buka puasa sessions with family on the weekends and bought my mom some supplies for raya. Nothing much, a pack of 5kg fragrant rice, 3 whole birds etc etc. I did not have cash to hand out to my mom and all these expenses were parked in the credit card. Pathetic indeed T_T"

Duit raya - standard RM 30 x 8 fella = RM 240.00 - No more but probably less since these were given out in a dollar bill. That was what left when you visit the bank 2 days before raya.

Compassionate duit raya - RM 2 x 10 packets - For those lucky one who I think really  deserve my hard earned cash. Still got around RM 10 with me, indicating only few fortunate fellas.

Kids new outfit - Some RM 500.00 - My daughter came back from school and constantly repeat this "I want baju raya" (repeat 20 x daily for a week). I wonder what her teacher has taught her especially the value of raya instead of new baju raya (cry).

Some RM 20.00 - For keeping the kids entertained while mummy brazing the raya crowd, hand picking some outfit left by other shoppers for raya.


- huge gap in my wallet now GAP (for illustration - credit)

So who is actually in raya mood? those with deep pocket of course.

But whatever it was/is, I am so fortunate for having family who are so understanding. My brothers/sisters/wife were so helpful and I was so glad that they help me with my kids. In sha Allah, hope to repay them with whatever I could in the future and hopefully they will forever receive bounty from Allah swt.

So now, let's get back to this research stuff, write and produce something, impress my supervisor with my writing, prepare the progress report, code all responses from the respondents and experience new things later in October in Berks.

Cheers!