Happy Ramadan to all my Muslim friends out there.
For those of you who don't know, I'm actually from Malaysia.
I was born and raised there but now I live in the United States.
So back in Malaysia and actually all over the world, all Muslims are celebrating Ramadan
which means that they are fasting for 30 days during daylight.
That means no water, no food no coffee, no nothing.
Pretty crazy yet incredible.
Last year, I took up the challenge to try to fast for a day.
Safe to say, it's kind of challenging.
I'll leave a video up here, so you can check out that whole experience.
But yeah.
And last year I wasn't able to join him because I was still breastfeeding Kyren.
But this year, I'm going to join in fasting.
So for fasting for Ramadan, there's two important things to remember.
Since you can't eat during daylight, you have to know when the sunrise which is called 'sahur'.
which is at 5.28 a.m. here in Walnut Creek.
So we've got to get up really early to eat before then
and then sunset is called 'iftar'
and that is at 7.41 p.m.
So that's the length of the fast.
No food. No water. Any other thing. Yep.
So it's gonna be tough.
Yeah, so I'm thinking we're probably gonna be heading to bed really shortly. Oh, please. Yes.
Because...
4.30 a.m.? What do you think?
To have breakfast. Yeah, 4.30 a.m., 4.45 a.m.
Okay, that's the plan.
See you, guys.
Bright and... Nope. It won't be bright. Dark and early.
Good morning, fam.
So it is 4.31 a.m. right now.
It's completely... I don't think you can even see out there, but it's completely dark out there.
I don't know about you, Rachel, but I don't have appetite to eat at all.
What do you want to eat?
I am thirsty, though.
What do you want to eat?
Okay, so that's it for our sahur meal.
It is time to...
Are we going back to sleep?
100%. Really?
Umm hmm. I'm so tired.
I'll go back to sleep too, but I will try.
I, sometimes struggle with it, but I will try.
Okay, what time is it?
It is 5.16 a.m. 5.16 a.m.
Okay, let's go.
Oh, too dark. Too dark.
Good morning, fam.
It is the day of fasting.
Oh, what happened here?
What happened here, Rach?
What happened where? Oh!
Mommy slept there.
What happened here?
I didn't sleep there.
Okay, so Kyren woke up at 7.30 a.m. when everybody else is still sleeping.
And he was happily playing with his trains and I was so tired that I wanted to like lay down
But I still awake.
So I brought the mattress here and I just laid on it and watched him very sleepily play.
He just entertained himself for a little while.
Okay.
Okay, so last year when I did the fast, I made a mistake.
As soon as I woke up, I exercised.
And that really zapped all the energy out of me.
This year I'm not going to do that. I've learned my lesson.
But also it's actually because I cannot work out.
If you guys know, I recently tore my ACL.
So can't work out.
Glad I don't have to work out.
I'm glad that too because you get to play more with me on Sunday and Saturday.
That's very true
So how are you feeling? Are you hungry?
No. I'm not hungry at all. You're good? Yeah. Not thirsty? No.
Okay, okay. Good.
I mean it's only morning time, so I wasn't expecting to feel much of anything at this point.
Okay.
But I'm assuming around lunchtime is when it's really gonna get to me.
You said you have a Ramadan book?
Oh, yeah. Yeah. So... Okay, I was at the library with the boys...
and I was giving them this Easter book.
Because I want to talk to the boys about Easter because that's what we celebrate
And then I saw they also had a Ramadan book too. Oh, that's really cool.
Yeah, so I got both. Baby's First Ramadan.
Oh, that's awesome. I actually learned stuff while I read it.
And it talks about like when you break fast you eat dates.
So I feel like we need to go get dates.
I know. Last year, everyone kept telling me to get dates, but I did not.
Hey, what's happening?
Zae Zae. Woah!
What's that?
This is me trying not to get sunburned.
A little tiny bit of shade.
You're doing okay so far?
Yeah. I'm just tired. I don't think it's from lack of eating.
I think it's just from lack of sleep.
I need coffee.
Well, you can't have it. I'm sorry. No coffee.
Baby daiyuns, what are you doing?
What are you making, baby?
You making...
Waffles. Waffles, huh.
Okay, mix nicely. Mix that one nicely.
Good boy.
Momma. Momma. Where Dada?
Ky Ky, where's Dada?
Dada. Dada.
Momma. Dada.
Let's go. Here, take your plate.
Thank you for the food, mommy and daddy.
You're welcome, baby.
Did you like it? Do you want some more?
Zae Zae, why are you sitting like that?
Sit properly. Do you want some more?
Okay, so it is... What time? 5.30 p.m. 5.33 p.m.
About 2 hours until we get to break fast, iftar.
How are you feeling?
My mouth is dry.
You want to drink water? I really want to drink water.
But overall, I'm actually doing okay.
How about you?
Earlier I was like, I don't want to say struggling...
but it was a bit difficult.
Because the caffeine for you. Yeah, the caffeine. It just...
But I did not take a nap, which is a good thing.
My energy levels are definitely much lower.
But... I took a nap.
But it's not too bad actually.
I think I can get used to it.
I think it's more of the caffeine thing.
So if I were to be doing it, like say several days...
I think I'll get used to it very very quickly.
So it's not too bad.
Anyway, we're out and about
Because we decided that we didn't want to just sit at home.
It makes a difference doing things. So I realized I think I eat a lot when I'm bored.
So getting out and going some place makes a big difference.
Yeah, so we're going out. We're going to run some errands.
Pick up food for the kids and then pick up food for us.
And we'll head back home.
Zae Zae, which one you want to try?
Halloween? We have Love you, mom
White oak and vanilla
Can you help me pick one candle?
It needs to go with the color of my office too.
This one's called Endless Weekend.
Oh, not bad. Not bad. I like it.
You need to be really really careful in Bath & Body Works
Because you can get carried away so easily.
You can get carried away so easily.
Some of us have self-control.
No, I'm telling you because all the scents and all the smells... Smells really good.
I had to say no to that.
26.50$ candle. That's way too much for a candle.
Thank you very much.
Come on, Zae Zae.
Okay, we gotta go look for momma.
She's buying some soap somewhere.
So this is a tough part. Getting things like pretzels.
Warm.
For the kids, but obviously we can't eat it yet.
So that's a little tough, but it's okay. We'll manage.
Dada, you did not eat today.
Yeah, I did not eat today, baby. I'm fasting.
Okay, we are here for... To pick up food for iftar.
Rach, what do you... Any thoughts about this?
This location.
Last week, we were here twice. Twice.
And we were here the week before that and before that. Before that.
I think actually we just need to start having our work cheque sent here instead
because this is where all of our money is going.
Can you guys guess what place it is?
Right now.
Okay.
Curry Leaves Bistro.
We love it.
I think they have some specials for Ramadan breaking fast.
But we're going to go check it out and see what they have.
Pick up a bunch of food and head home?
Head home. To eat.
Okay, just picked up food.
Unfortunately, they ran out of like almost everything.
Except for nasi kandar.
They ran out of like their specials today which is like the soto ayam (chicken noodle soup).
And also they ran out of nasi lemak.
So bomb with that.
But at least we got nasi kandar to save us.
And also bubur (porridge). Bubur pulut hitam (Black glutinous rice porridge).
We got that for a little treat at the end.
But now... Oh, it's almost breaking fast time. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.
Okay, finally time for iftar.
It's actually way past iftar time.
It is 8.10 p.m. right now.
And we got our nasi kandar to break fast with.
You ready to eat?
I'm so ready to eat.
We just felt it was appropriate to eat Malaysian food for this.
You feel like you're gonna have to.
You're gonna have to, yeah. And that's what I was craving.
When are you not craving Malaysian food?
Never.
Okay.
Dear Lord, thank you God for this food.
Thank you for providing as always.
Thank you for helping us through this fasting time.
We pray that you bless us food to our bodies and in your name we pray.
Amen. Amen.
Water.
Oh my gosh. Water has never tasted so good.
I'm not even that hungry.
It was the thirst that was really starting to get to me.
Okay, it's the end of the day.
We are done breaking fast. Iftar is done.
So how was it?
So because I knew it was just going to be one day,
It was not as difficult as I expected it to be.
However, with the mindset of this is...
If i had the mindset that this is going to be going on 30 days
I think it'd be a lot more challenging.
Yeah. This is just a drop in the bucket.
Honestly, the hardest part for me was waking up at 4.30 a.m to eat food.
I had no appetite. It was way too early.
And I think that just made me sleepy the rest of the day.
Yeah, but some people they just don't wake up, right.
They eat the night before, so...
That could be an option, but obviously it's a bit more difficult
because you don't have the food closer to when you're breaking fast. Got it.
Yeah. For me, I feel like not working out this time.
The last year when I did this, I worked out.
That was really tough.
I had to take a nap because I had no energy.
I felt like my energy levels were low throughout the whole day.
But it wasn't to the point that I needed a nap.
But I really really struggled with the coffee.
I kept having headache throughout the whole day.
Even till like right now, I'm still having like a slight headache.
I drank some caffeine after having dinner, breaking fast.
But still it didn't like help completely.
So I think my struggles is that.
But if I were to be doing this more than a day, a week, two weeks, 30 days,
I think I'll get used to it over time.
It wasn't very hard. I think the non-eating part is okay. Even the water, I thought was okay.
For me, it was just the coffee.
I struggled with that.
But...
All in all, I'm so glad we did this
because we get to experience what our Muslim friends go through during Ramadan.
It's not easy, guys. Really huge kudos to you.
I think it's wonderful
and I like that throughout the whole day, we were able to like...
like gear our minds towards things that matter.
It made me feel more present. Yeah, more present and...
Yeah, I think it almost like cleared your mind in a certain way.
So that was kind of interesting experience.
But yeah, I'm glad we did it.
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