Prayer and Fasting in Winter Time

Time to pray in winter time for fajr(subuh), dhuhr, ashr and maghrib is very short at winter time. So, if you fasting at winter time, you get short time to fasting. See, come on fasting at winter time. Don't look that if we fasting, it will get hard because when the weather cold, we will get easy to hungry. Don't worry, if you have so much activity, you'll be forget the hungry. Last saturday, I am fasting and it was very cold because it was hard rain and I go to Saint Paul Winter Carnival, I see ice rink, ice sculpture and I get wet but I don't care because this is new experience to me. beside I live in minneapolis city, so go to Saint Paul city it is very exciting. And the strange is when maghrib come, I just drink water and I still continue to shopping in Rainbow to buy some food. And for the food, confuse for halal meat/halal food? Don't, let's buy fish, sushi, whatever fish as long as it is fresh fish or frozen fish and let's go cook the fish at home. That's what I do. Because fish in America is cheap, I buy 3 slices of salmon for steak is for 5$. Imagine that. Sushi just around 2$ - 7$. wow. let's it fish and egg every day. ha ha.

Vikings Minnesota

hari ini (pakai bhs indonesia aja ya, habis everyday speak and listen english mlulu) saya berada ditengah2 lautan manusia berwarna ungu. Bingung?? Hari ini ternyata pertandingan antara Vikings Minnesota dan Dallas Cowboys. What is that? Football amerika. Minnesota punya tim hoki,football dan basket NBA yg main nasional. Vikings adl tim football minnesota, tadi jalan2 gratis tidak bayar bis krn digratiskan dari sono sehubungan dgn pertandingan Vikings. Warna Vikings adl ungu. Alhamdulillah mereka menang, jadi orang2 gembira dan senyum semua. Semua serba ungu hari ini di minnesota. terutama distadion, saya jln2 ke stadion.foto2 diantara mereka (sayangnya foto pki kamera teman). Tapi euforia mereka bagus lo, tua muda,anak2,orang tua,cowok,cewek nonton semua dan rapi. Bayangin di negara sendiri kalo ada pertandingan sepakbola jgn jln2 ke senayan,disini di negara orang, saya malah mendatangi stadionnya&foto2 (polisi sih jg banyak),tapi yg saya senangi gratisannya, bisa pki angkutan umum gratis itu loh.

Reach our dream

I never thought that I will go to america, because I never dream it.I dream I will go to Europe.But whatever, I love and enjoy to go to America especially look snow for the first in my life. Allah SWT now what the best for me, I dream I play snow in japan but Allah SWT give me more than that.Allah SWT sent me to better place, in USA, big country so I can learn more. I love it. So, everyone, let's fullfil our dream and our goal. Achieve our highest goal, dream the imposibble thing and try to make it become real. I dream I can go to others country as a free,withuot paying and yes, Allah SWT give it to me. But remember I try to catch my dream, I study hard, I amn't sleep for study, I amn't spend my money to buy cloth,bag,shoes but buy books for study, I am fasting, I am pray dhuha and tahajud and remember to give charity to right people. Do some positive things. We just only have one life, do the best things before we regret it.Okay.

Scavenger Hunt

Today, I and the others scholar (Fullbright fellow) play scavenger hunt. What is that? In Tugasku, we say treasure hunt. We play in orientation student (MOS). Remember? Okay, Tugasku more easy to find because OSIS will be in the post. But in scavenger hunt, there's no people in the post. We have to be brave to ask people in university to show the way and the place, and the worst is the weather about 18 F, OMG that minus in celcius. I across so many time Missisipi river. The funniest and interesting that i found in the bridge when I across the river, there is a shoes tree, confuse??? So, student in University of Minnesota have habit or common, that if you graduate from your college, you will throw your shoes, so how want to find a free shoes?
I don't know I will throw my shoes or not if I finish my course? Any suggestion?
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USA

Assalammu'alaikum Wr Wb

Saya rasanya capek buangeet. berangkat jam 6 sore dari jakarta tgl 4 januari dan sampai Washington DC jam 7 pagi tgl 5 januari 2010(waktu Indonesia jam 7 malam tgl 5 januari). bisa bayangkan? saya menjelajahi dunia mengarungi malam mundur ke belakang (jadi lebih muda dong ya???). Saya capek banget, mana ternyata disini tidak semudah dijakarta dalam mencari makan, dan yang pasti duingggiiiiiiin banget. kira2 1 derajat celcius suhunya atau kalau mau pinter ngitung 32 derajat fahrenheit, ayo anak2 tugasku konversikan ke celcius.
saya capek, besok cerita lagi ya
Wassalam