The Baqra Eid Factor

Hajj- the best-est about Eid-ul-Azha

Here comes the exciting, meaty, spicy Eid, full of all the fervor, cattle, zest, hustle and bustle, work, flurry, bar-b-ques and what not.
Everybody, irrespective of age, enjoys this Eid to its fullest, with their own little farms popping up right amongst their localities. From shopping for the honored, perfect pet/s, to tending to them, playing with them, watching their every move, showing them off, taking pics and even annoying them, ridiculing others if theirs is any lesser than yours, helping parents with the Eid day qasai woes and distribution chores, missing his highness after its qurbani, and finally gorging the savory, scrumptious, luxurious meals including chops, paaye, kaleji, brain, raan, tikka boti(ummmmyummm *drool*), burping and bearing the dyspepsia. Wow! We enjoy it to its fullest and make the most of all this fiesta. It's such a unique activity, keeps us busy for about a week before Eid (and about a month or more after it!). It brings a happy change in our daily routines.
What is a little or maybe quite a lot irritating, is the lack of the essence, the real spirit in us-in its true sense. I dont mean it to seem like a rebuke or anything like that at all. But come to think of it. We spend quite a decent little mint on the sacrificial animals, according (or even not according) to our pockets, for the sake of it- the thrill, the bragging factor, the meat, and okay-for following the sunnah as well. But following blindly, or as a ritual, a yearly habit? Is this enough. Is that the value of it. Are we still missing out the motive, the actual purpose of this very festive ritual. What do we really learn from all this. How do we incorporate this sacrifice-in spirit and in actions- in our lives. How do we react when we find ourselves in such a situation in our own lives when a sacrifice is required in its truest sense .

Moo

My favorite animal for the Bari Eid :P

It did seem like a lecture now I guess. :p. But anyways, I got my point across. All in all, do let your inner animal die too before you go to sacrifice the one waiting outside.
Happy meaty Eid!

Toodles!

Anger

I, for one, am an extremely cool minded person; extremely because my threshold for anger is quite on the higher side. It just naturally is and I am proud of it. Yes. And even thankful for it, cuz that is how I want myself to be as. As in, unlike many coworkers, I don't like to be "pointlessly" grumpy with those patients who come at the government hospitals here (though many a times screaming at them becomes a necessity- that is when i dont like to stay behind!).
Now it has one major drawback and that one brings the threshold down. People who are too narrow-minded/indecent/judgmental/evil/petty/obnoxious/sick or plain annoying-and unfortunately there is no dearth of them- fail to understand anything about thresholds and psychology and the variation in human nature that God has created, and in many cases don't want to understand it, or even if they might do, are eager to exploit it. Hence they take your cool temper as a 'weakness', and start to mount their idiotic acts; and just when they think and try to act all over smart, my anger threshold jumps down; lo and behold, miss calm starts raising hell and even calls for a fight(which she normally abhors) thus sometimes stunning her own self :P. Well, why not? Expressing your anger at the right person and time, in the right amount, in a right way is just as important as controlling it. It in itself is an awesome experience I must confess :D(though i still prefer it once in a while only).
But now, for a change, I have started this new strategy of acting all growly and grumbly all the time, from the very beginning, with such people, and see what the results are, and I might come up with a post about that as well.
Ciao for now.
P.s. For people who think they seem dazzling while angry, seriously you don't!

A Special Shoutout

All hail my sis whose inspiration, suggestions, nagging, giggling... are valuable to me. Do check out her blog: strokesofsunshine.blogspot.com

It sure ain't welcome-to-my-blog title

Heyya! So this is just like an intro post. As much as I am into reading, I am not much of a writer. Writing and talking may be the best and convenient modes to express and vent out your feelings and thoughts, they are simply not my top favorites. Hence I didn't start it all before. Better late than never. So here from now on, I am gonna blog it out since it all needs to be and also I have had enough of facebook/twitter/pintrest! Ciao