Ramadan and Rain.

At the moment in Indonesia, it is Ramadan, so the time of fasting! It means that most Muslim Indonesians wake up before the sun rises to eat and then do not break fast until about 5:45pm here. At that time, the streets burst to life with people selling food, sweets and drinks on little side road stalls - very cool! I'll need to take my camera next time I 'jalan kaki' or walking by foot. It was really bizarre yesterday because of the appearance of rain! I was walking around with my friend Tim, around our area, Karangayam/Deresan, which is about 20minute by foot north of my campus of UGM and it started pouring! Naturally, I was wearing white also. Fail.

Later that night, I went to a Vegetarian restaurant called Milas with Tim and Mat by motorbike. That was a lot of fun being on the back of a motorbike and braving the Indonesian roads. Also this adventure resulted in another night's worth of rain and being saturated! It's very strange for this time of year as this is usually the dry season.

Well today's adventure includes being woken up at 4:30am by the beautiful sound of the morning Adzan aka morning prayer. It's a lovely part of living in a local area that is surrounded by various Mosques or Mesjid in Indonesian. I'm also starting to get to know my various kosmates too which is really nice but a lot of them are still on holidays since semester doesn't start until the 23rd August, and will also be gone home during Lebaran. This makes me think I ought to book flights to Jakarta to visit some family during that time too before they all sell out because every other Indonesian has had that very same thought too!

I think it might rain again too so I am glad that I already took some washing to a local laundry and stocked up on water too. I think I'll wait until buka puasa aka breaking fasting time to walk down to buy some early dinner, as well as start to get to know the locals in the area too! As for this evening, I believe some plans are in the make for us Bule aka foreigners to hang out and get to know the nightlife!

:)