Sitti received an sms, inviting her over for Iftar by one of our friends. And i didn't know about it until i was asked by Erni when i was about to leave home to go to the library. Puzzled, that i didn't receive any such message, i asked them whether they wanted to go. And they all, said it depends whether i'm going. Since she was at our small Iftar gathering, i thought it wouldn't be nice if we didn't turn up after being invited. So, i told them, ok, we'll just go there for a short while.
Erni made some kuih dadar, by the time, i reached her place at 4-ish, she was already done. Off we go to fetch Sitti, who brought a plate of chocolate swiss rolls from the previous Iftar at her place.
I was still puzzled and contemplating whether to go or not to go, that upon reaching the place, i asked Sitti to call her up and confirm whether she did really invite us. Sitti did what i told her to. Ok, she did invite us, after telling her that we were outside her house, she told us to come in as the door was already open.
"Assalamualaikum...," said the 3 of us... "Eh, pintu terbuka, tapi takde orang pun, Linda, u pernah datang sini kan, u masuk dulu la." Said Erni.
When we went in, "Assalamualaikum..." we said again. Then someone answered, and told us to come in.
We did, and all we saw were guys. Puzzled again , we asked for the lady housemate, and there she was. We came in, passed our food and place it on the main table, and tried to act busy in the kitchen. Try to open the can of fruits la, cuci pinggan la.. until we dunno what to do and sat at the living room filled with 6 men.
Then more men came, and two other ladies. I just have to ask the lady host, "Who else is coming? Apsal perempuan macam sikit je" "Oh, the rest of the girls are all coming later..they're on their way" came the reply.
So, we just sat there, till time to break fast, ate like as if nothing happen with the back of my head saying, "I wanna go home."
We felt so out of place there. So tak kena gaya.
The plan was to perform Maghrib together, but the feeling of out of place was so strong, that we decided to leave after being there for less than an hour. Yes! Less than an hour we were there, and we just have to excuse ourselves.
We reached there at 6:30, and we reached back at Sitti's place at 7:40. That means we left the place ard 7:25. Ura-ura nak stay for Maghrib berjemaah pun tak jadi, last2 Maghrib sendiri2 kat rumah Sitti.
Macam tak betul eh kita?
Maybe, its just me Its just that, when i'm being invited,i expect to be acknowledged by the host. If busy, at least, please acknowlege our presence. That was my second time being in her house, first time for Sitti and Erni. The rest of the guests, i'm pretty sure they've been there a million times.
Alah, org jemput, kita datang, da dapat makan pun. Syukur Alhamdulillah... The nasi ayam she made was nice la.2 thumbs up.
In the end, we went back at Sitti's and she fried some chicken wings, made cabbage soup and eat with white rice and sambal kicap. Lauk kampung. Sedap! Just the 3 of us, but we enjoy each other's company.
That means, i have not been breaking fast at home for 12 days!! And when i got back, what did my housemate have for his breaking fast session? He got something from Nandos. I saw coleslaw, and fries and i guess the chicken had already been eaten. Or, its in the fridge. Looks like his missus didn't cook for him today.
