Ramadan and Calm

Ramadan slows us down in the middle east. You can sleep at your work and play at 1:00 AM without attention. I have got used to it having spent many years in the Gulf. The local pantry is your Ramadan tent for the day and you can venture to the actual iftars by night if you are social enough and invited.

Shopping is great fun at the Malls from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM. The trick is to get out and get home before the crowd rushes back by 7:00 PM. Cars can be serviced at night.

Even if you are not fasting, Ramadan is about patience and calm. Either you can treat this new schedule as a collective punishment (of chosing to live in the middle east) or you can enjoy the new schedule of your routine. Choose the later and fun is never away from you.

Ramadan Kareem.