Eid Mubarak!

Hey yaars,

Wow, it's already Eid again! Eid-ul-Fitr to be precise. This Eid marks the end of the month of Ramadan which involves fasting during hours of sunlight for the month.

To be brutally honest, I didn't manage to hold any of the fasts this year. In the beginning I had work at the Jays which would have made fasting a difficult venture (think dehydrated in 2 hours). Afterwards I was so zonked that I would sleep at hours of the fast - which though in principle sounds perfect as it would make things easy, would beat the purpose - leaving my plans screwed.

In lieu of my fasting, my mother told me that to compensate I should pay to be able to feed a poor person meals for every day of fasting I missed. So $200 later, I'm hoping I've paid some sort of penance (that's a LOT of Mickey D's money :P ) .

What kinda sucks this year is that my sect's Eid is on Tuesday, as opposed to numerous 'orthodox' Muslims who celebrated on Monday. It sucks because we have to split our family functions over two days and makes Eid greetings a little less genuine when in my opinion one of the day's isn't really Eid for me. That happened today at our orthodox family friend's home who we managed to get to for a bit.

To be truthful, I do feel semi-guilty for not being immersed in Ramadan this year as in years past, but hopefully I'll learn to be a tad more spiritual for Eid ul-Adha.

Regardless of beliefs, I hope you all have a great day, with wishes of health and happiness for my friends and family who truly have supported my family and myself over the years. Corny I know, but sincere!