Eid Mubarak everyone!
i sincerely hope everyone had a wonderful time (and will continue to have a wonderful time) during their Eid festivities.
i grew out of the stage where you collect 3eedeyya money (though i received an ample sum from my uncle), compete in fashion sence (though in terms of people attending [enter second not-so-humble abode's] i totally rocked the clothes world… yes i attended the aforementioned place on Eid day. shit happens) and attempt a world record in fastest diabetes diagnosis within hours (though i did consume an unholy amount of sugars and fats. ones which i made. others have consumed similar amounts of deadly toxins. like i said, shit happens).
one thing i didn’t do tough, is go out and have FUN!
you know, where everyone is raving at the furthest club (convernient in case parents try to locate your whereabouts) or virtually hogging a member of the opposite sex… i say virtually because if it weren’t for the physical aspect defining “sexual intercourse” to be, well, just that, then these happy-eid-celebrators would have been thoroughly satisfied!
it amazes me how people can turn something so innocent and tender into something entirely vulgar and base. very, very, very base. i never know whether to be amused at their one-track-minded-ness (aka narrow-minded-ness… i prefer the other description. more direct!) or alarmed at their corruption.
in other parts of the world, people have fnished purifying themselves through the act of pilgrimage. some have died – may Allah have mercy on their souls and accept their worship. many have survived and will return home; Allah will not accept much of the ‘worshipful’ acts these people presented. they were insincere. purely physical. wasted much of their precious time and money thinking a black stone has the magical power of purifying their souls and wiping away their bad deeds.
how wrong they were!
all i can ask from Allah, for the rest of the muslims in the world and i, is to accept our sincere intentions, as HE alone knows our hearts, even if the acts themselves are not perfected, and are thus never worthy of HIS Glory. ameen.
in other news… apparently it’s thanksgiving in america? happy thanksgiving peeps! and it will also soon be christmas, and hanukah, and the new year is fast dawning upon us… well, i hope all the world’s festivities and celebrations are thoroughly enjoyed by those who celebrate it!
as for me. i slept at 2.45am the night before Eid (read: on Eid day) making three types of dessert. two were completely new to me (well, the making of them) and one was very familiar. i will leave you with images of what they are internationally (and google-image-search-wise) known as:
Kanafa (aka Kanafeh, kunafa)
Baqlawa (aka Baklava)
Tiramisu
