:: Letter from Friend 18 ::

I usually wake up at 4 o'clock but sometime I wake up at 4.30, I almost never wake up late. After I wake up from my sleep I go into the bathroom for taking ritual water then I am ready to do the Morning Prayer. After praying subuh I go to some place for learning until at 6 o'clock then I have breakfast, bush my teeth and take a bath. Afterwards I leave to my school near form my cottage, enter to the classroom to study as the bell ring. The class begins at 7.15 and ends at 12.30. after the class finishes I directly go back home and take ritual water to do midday prayer.

Afterwards I have lunch then I take a nap until ashar time at 3.30. After praying ashar I go to some place for learning until 5 in the evening then I take a bath, take ritual water and ready to do praying Maghrib. Afterwards I go to some place to learn again until night prayer. And after I pray I directly take some books to study. I study from 8 in the night until 10.15 or 12 o'clock. Then I sleep. I wake up at 4 or 4.30 in the morning.

Some years ago I wrote a story with Alistair Harvey my friend who lives-in Lyndoch, South Australia. He was the editor of my writing. I am Karyoso living in Pati, Central Java Province, Indonesia. Of course, I am Indonesian and you know Mr. A. Harvey is native Australian. We have made friend for a long time, Herewith, I would like to tell you about the story. It is about one of my customs of the society in which I live, in Pati, Central Java province, Indonesia.

My Daily Activities At My Cottages
written by M. Hasbi Ash-Shiddiqi — Lombok
M. Hasbi Ash-Shiddiqi - Lombok