The Eid Wrap Up Part 3
Yes, we missed namaaz (prayers). Not only that, we found that for this Eid the organizers decided to use only 1 hall for men and women, instead of the normal two. A thin veil separated us, which would be fine, except in terms of seating it was a disaster. Zan and me had to stand for about 40 minutes as there were no seats. We couldn't understand a word of the sermon (bad acoustics), and kept hearing babies crying all throughout!
After silent prayer, the proceedings were over and we looked around to give Eid greetings to family and friends. We found only 4 people we knew. It was such a mass of people it was next to impossible to find anyone!
Luckily one of the 4 we met managed to arrange lunch plans with our families at JJ Mugs. Which meant my mother, probably her best friend, and our families shared a meal. Which was quite enjoyable.
Got home, slept for 2 hours, and had to wake up to go to my aunt/cousin shindig. I wasn't looking forward to it, seeing as I was certain I'd feel like the charity case. Thankfully it wasn't so bad. Though I felt awkward going there - they live in Scarborough yet we only see them once every year or two - it went well, and the joy of whinging about flaws in our community's structure were enough to hold me over. The joke of the night was Zan and our cousin deciding on trying to make and sell bobblheads of our preacher.
That was basically Eid, in a semi-summarized form. I managed to accrue a bit of funds from family, which at the same time is a double edged sword. This is because my mom will in turn repay their family's kids a similar amount. Luckily this year most of those families had no young kids so I rolled in it a bit more!
Alright, I think I'm a tad tired of typing now, I'm going to take another nap. That 3 hour sleep day was brutal and I'm still recovering! TTYL!
After silent prayer, the proceedings were over and we looked around to give Eid greetings to family and friends. We found only 4 people we knew. It was such a mass of people it was next to impossible to find anyone!
Luckily one of the 4 we met managed to arrange lunch plans with our families at JJ Mugs. Which meant my mother, probably her best friend, and our families shared a meal. Which was quite enjoyable.
Got home, slept for 2 hours, and had to wake up to go to my aunt/cousin shindig. I wasn't looking forward to it, seeing as I was certain I'd feel like the charity case. Thankfully it wasn't so bad. Though I felt awkward going there - they live in Scarborough yet we only see them once every year or two - it went well, and the joy of whinging about flaws in our community's structure were enough to hold me over. The joke of the night was Zan and our cousin deciding on trying to make and sell bobblheads of our preacher.
That was basically Eid, in a semi-summarized form. I managed to accrue a bit of funds from family, which at the same time is a double edged sword. This is because my mom will in turn repay their family's kids a similar amount. Luckily this year most of those families had no young kids so I rolled in it a bit more!
Alright, I think I'm a tad tired of typing now, I'm going to take another nap. That 3 hour sleep day was brutal and I'm still recovering! TTYL!
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