The Day After...
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After an enjoyful Eid, I managed to get some sleep, despite the ongoing clattering from the tenants above us! For whatever reason they decided that saturday morning at 8 a.m. would be the ideal oppurtunity to start sand-blasting their floors! And seeing as how they continued until 2, let's just say I wasn't amuased.
While already having a semi-bad start to the day (I did still sleep in!), I managed to find my mother on the phone sending well wishes to those we never got a chance to meet with yesterday. Eid-ul-Fitr is basically Christmas and Easter wrapped into one for us Muslims, and may be the one day we "lighten up" so to speak. This "lighten-ing up" is probably the reason I'm semi-stressing now!
While ringing up a few family friends, she managed to get about the same view from about all of them : You have to find a daughter-in-law! Apparently I was big-pimping all day yesterday as it seemed to be the concensus of all the adults I encountered, INCLUDING the normally reserved ones! I'm quickly beginning to think I have to start sowing my wild oats before it's way too late. I do trust my mother so much as I don't expect her to be rash, but all these voices in her head are beginning to make me think one day I'm going to get the famed "headshots" of girls to look at! Oh the humanity!
So tonight my mother's hosting family friends who we never formally got to meet at Eid. Of course neither family brings their kids (who are my age), so I'm stuck talking politics with the gents, and then slowly sliding into my room to waste time on the computer. During the quick foray outside (to buy sweets for after-dinner), I manage to see a dude wearing a Dodgers cap and immediately remember to text back my traffic-ticket saving friend. And yes, I'm doing it from beyond the grave :P
Now I'm just catching re-runs of the MTV Europe VMA's to pass the time. I downloaded a bootleg of Madonna's new album and have been impressed. It is a VERY catchy dance album and will most definitely be played on my computer numerous times (and on my iPod, in the car, on TV, etc.). Old Madge has always been a family favourite, as my father loved her music! I know it may seem difficult to imagine a 60 year old Pakistani man enjoying the lewd videos of the Material Girl, but this all stems from the early 80s.
Anyhow, those are my thoughts for the day. I never thought I'd let the world know my Dad loved Madonna and I liked her stuff through proxy. Now if I were to explain his fondness for Tupac, well...
After an enjoyful Eid, I managed to get some sleep, despite the ongoing clattering from the tenants above us! For whatever reason they decided that saturday morning at 8 a.m. would be the ideal oppurtunity to start sand-blasting their floors! And seeing as how they continued until 2, let's just say I wasn't amuased.
While already having a semi-bad start to the day (I did still sleep in!), I managed to find my mother on the phone sending well wishes to those we never got a chance to meet with yesterday. Eid-ul-Fitr is basically Christmas and Easter wrapped into one for us Muslims, and may be the one day we "lighten up" so to speak. This "lighten-ing up" is probably the reason I'm semi-stressing now!
While ringing up a few family friends, she managed to get about the same view from about all of them : You have to find a daughter-in-law! Apparently I was big-pimping all day yesterday as it seemed to be the concensus of all the adults I encountered, INCLUDING the normally reserved ones! I'm quickly beginning to think I have to start sowing my wild oats before it's way too late. I do trust my mother so much as I don't expect her to be rash, but all these voices in her head are beginning to make me think one day I'm going to get the famed "headshots" of girls to look at! Oh the humanity!
So tonight my mother's hosting family friends who we never formally got to meet at Eid. Of course neither family brings their kids (who are my age), so I'm stuck talking politics with the gents, and then slowly sliding into my room to waste time on the computer. During the quick foray outside (to buy sweets for after-dinner), I manage to see a dude wearing a Dodgers cap and immediately remember to text back my traffic-ticket saving friend. And yes, I'm doing it from beyond the grave :P
Now I'm just catching re-runs of the MTV Europe VMA's to pass the time. I downloaded a bootleg of Madonna's new album and have been impressed. It is a VERY catchy dance album and will most definitely be played on my computer numerous times (and on my iPod, in the car, on TV, etc.). Old Madge has always been a family favourite, as my father loved her music! I know it may seem difficult to imagine a 60 year old Pakistani man enjoying the lewd videos of the Material Girl, but this all stems from the early 80s.
In the 80s, his niece (the one who now lives here, and is loathed by yours truly) would come to Canada every few years with her mother and go crazy in music stores. Western music wasn't exactly permitted back during the "Islamic" rule of Gen. Zia in Pakistan, so to find the latest works of pop stars was like the Holy Grail to her. My father, having been a semi-surrogate father to her (her pops died before she was born), bought and listened to the music, falling head over heels for the catchy beats. Though he never enjoyed the "shameful" videos (or infamous book) , he loved the voice, the backbeat, and the hype surrounding her. I vividly recall in 1998 when her video for Frozen debuted, my mom and bro left for a trip to Pakistan, leaving me and my dad home alone for two months. That damn song was played and played in our home in SURROUND SOUND for weeks!
Anyhow, those are my thoughts for the day. I never thought I'd let the world know my Dad loved Madonna and I liked her stuff through proxy. Now if I were to explain his fondness for Tupac, well...
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