Kamis, 14 Mei 2020

Memorable Ramadhan, Productive Fun


Assalamualikum Wr. Wb.


This year's Ramadhan is very different from last year.  Because of the COVID-19 outbreak and the government's appeal for #StayAtHome, I can't do Ramadhan activities at school or mosque. As a replacement, all of SMPIT LHI students did Ramadhan activities at home. Ramadhan activities at home held during Ramadhan month. Because I don't want to waste time, I did several productive Ramadhan activities. At home, I live with my mother. My father passed away two years ago. My older sister lives in Jakarta with her family.

Let's start from the meaningful activities in this Ramadhan at home. I describe in points. Alright, these are the activities :

1.       Ramadhan Studies
This activity was held every Sunday afternoon on the LHI media channel. All of SMPIT LHI students must join to this, which lasts for 1.5 hours. The topics of the studies change every week. These studies aim to provide enlightenment while waiting for breaking the fasting.

2.       Ramadhan Workshop on Design and Digital Marketing by Praxis Academy.
Every Monday afternoon, I joined this activity. This activity held in the Zoom app, and about 30 people participated in it. I chose the Design and Digital Marketing subject because I want to improve my competence in design using computer software. There is one tutor in this activity.

3.       Creating a blog as a personal project
I created some blog articles for Ramadhan activities. I usually made an article about Ramadhan because this is relevant now. I started making a posting draft using the Notepad app, and then I copied it to my blog. I revised, and I added some pictures, and later I published it. I love making blog articles because I hope it can be useful for others.

4.       Performing Ramadhan worship (tarawih prayer, fasting, sahur, breaking the fasting, five times prayers, Quran tilawah) at home.
As I said at the beginning, we can't do the prayer at the mosque because of the COVID-19 outbreak. As a replacement, I did that at home. I usually did tarawih prayer at 7:30 PM and sahur at 4 AM. On the 21th day of Ramadhan, I already finished 20 juz tilawah so far. My target is khatam of the Holy Quran one time at this Ramadhan, In syaa Allah.

5.       Read inspirational novels.
One of my hobbies is reading books. Because of that, I bought two novels last month by online. The titles are "Ayahku (bukan) Pembohong" and "Moga Bunda Disayang Allah." I read the books and I love them. I tremendously enjoy it because that is more useful than I play games.

About my worship in this Ramadhan :
1.       I did tarawih prayer eight rakaat and witir three rakaat at home.
2.       Sahur and breaking the fasting were at home.
3.       All prayers were done at home.
4.       I did fasting like at school; until maghrib time.

My feelings are mixed. Sometimes I feel relieved when all the assignments have been submitted to the teacher. However, behind that, I more often feel lonely due to the absence of friends in the real world. There are many friends in cyberspace. The only "best friend" at the moment is my mother. I often express and discuss everything with my mother.

What I like from this Ramadhan activities is that I can form a new lifestyle, using the internet as a source of getting information, doing work, listening to music, reading news, and this is in line with technological advances in the present age.

What I don't like from this Ramadhan activities is the absence of friends as a means of association and information exchange, so I feel lonely every day. Besides that, being unable to get out of the house caused me to feel even more bored.
I will learn how to be more productive on the internet so that the time given by God is not wasted by just playing games or relaxing.
I regret several temptations, like playing games and gadgets that have made me (feel) less productive. Also, my memorization of the Quran is not much increased when compared to when in the dormitory.

Next, I am determined to increase the time to do activities that are more meaningful than just relaxing and playing games.

Wassalamualaikum wr. wb

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