Welcoming Eid al-Fitr 1436 H

We are finally here, in the end of Ramadhan, welcoming the big day, Eid al-Fitr. There's a tradition here, in this small city where I live. In the last three nights of Ramadhan, people will put some bottle lamps in front of their houses and some fields. The lamps are made of an old stamina drink bottle, with a hole on the cap as the place for a burner. We turn on the lamps by filling the bottles with kerosene and using matches, make the little fire. In Gorontalo, it’s called Tumbilotohe. Mongondow people (an ethnic group in North Sulawesi) named it Tuntul (read as Tuntur with the dim ‘R’).

The field was ready decorated for eid prayer

Actually, I’ve lived in the city for a long time, more than 12 years. To be honest, this was my first time enjoying Tuntul by coming to the field. Usually, I just enjoyed Tuntul while passing through the street.

When I was a child, I was always happy when the Tuntul’s time comes. The neighborhood was usually full of children playing the lamps. We tried to attract others by letting our fingers passing through the fire and saying it’s a magic cause our fingers didn’t get burnt. Actually, it’s the fast move, so we exactly didn’t get burnt hahaha.

They formed some alphabets, but I didn't know what they're writing

I heard two stories about Tuntul. One said it’s to ease angels to find our houses in Lailatul Qadr or something like that. Another said it’s to lighten the people’s way to the mosque for i’tikaf in the past when electrical lamp didn’t exist. I don’t know which one is right, the second one is logic though. But, Tuntul  is just something I always miss from Ramadhan here, in my small city, Kotamobagu.

Last, I want to apologize you all the readers for all the mistakes I've made both in my blogging life and real life. May our good deeds can help us in our afterlife. Taqobbalallahu minna wa minkum, shiyamana wa shiyamakum. Eid Mubarak, friends!

xoxo,

Wardah

Face The Wind and Shine

Have you ever felt like there are so many problems you doubt you can handle?

Then, you feel desperate...

Deciding to give up,

going another way

But do you ever think that perhaps a problem is like the wind?

You might be uneasy because it blows your clothes

It makes you need to put your hands here and there...

to make sure some parts of your body stay covered

But perhaps,

if you know how to face it

The best angle to see it

You might get the best pose on camera

You could be a better person after going through the problems

You could feel yourself shining,

striking a pose,

facing the wind with a good angle

So,

face the wind

and shine!

A self-reminder,

Wardah

When Navy Meets Others on the Rooftop

Assalamualaikum...

Hello, Dear. How are you? How is your Ramadhan, your holiday? I have nothing to do this holiday in my hometown (actually I have a task from the student union). But, I have a quite wide rooftop where I, a shy girl, can take some photos of me myself.

So, I decided to have some outfit photos taken on the messy rooftop. I admit that I have no tripod and use a stack of jerry cans to put my camera, haha. So, this is it! My outfit photos.

I currently love navy or dark blue (well, whatever its name). I just feel it matches every color. White, pink, yellow, baby blue, black, green, pretty much everything.

I am an active Instagram user, who never wants to miss any photo on my feed. My feed is mostly filled with OOTD photos and I see crop top everywhere. And you are what you read see on Instagram, so I also want to wear one. Since it may make us look taller. Oh and anyway, I've ever posted about how to style your crop tops.

I think it's good to mix my crop top with jogger pants (or jasmine pants? It seems so loose to me), so my hips will be concealed. And an oversized shirt worn as outerwear add more helps on concealing it.

And, I don't have any explanation about the shoes. That's my mother's. I just bring a pair of shoes and, in fact, I don't have many shoes, so I just wore them. It's good they matched other items.

Good Bye,

Wardah

*p.s. I didn't look good on the photos (I mean it didn't focus on me) because I used the timer and still don't know how to use the focus well while using the timer. That's why I didn't take detail photos too.