Sunday, August 9, 2026
Hello, everyone! Welcome back to another day of my Backpacker journey.
This morning, I woke up for the Fajr prayer. We were sleeping on the floor, so there were no comfortable beds like we had in Vietnam. We immediately performed the Fajr prayer, and after that, we continued with morning dhikr.
After the dhikr, our teachers told us to rest again, so everyone went back to sleep.
I woke up at around 9:00 a.m. to take a shower. After that, I watched a movie with Kenzie. He had downloaded some movies, so we watched them together.
Before we knew it, it was already time for Dhuhr.
And guess what? Until that moment, I still had not eaten any rice for more than two days! Seriously, I was starting to feel really weak. But it was okay because after the Dhuhr prayer, I was asked to continue writing my journal while waiting for the teachers to finish cooking.
Apparently, our teachers were going to cook for us. Honestly, I did not really care what the food would taste like at that point. I just really needed some rice!
Finally, the food was ready, and we got to eat rice again. I ate very happily and quickly. Alhamdulillah, it felt so good to finally eat rice after more than two days.
We spent the rest of the day resting because we had just arrived and needed some time to recover.
That was pretty much everything I did today. Nothing too special, just resting, eating, and getting ready for the next day.
See you tomorrow!