Ramadan is coming in about a month's time. Which means I need to think about the apparatus I'll need to make power smoothies, and the stuff I'll be eating during iftar.
Someone had bubur lambuk (a rice porridge with meat, spices, coconut milk and ginger) for lunch today.
I am jealous.
Like, Ramadan remains a challenge, even as you get older. Which is the point, honestly, as an act of solidarity.
First time you're doing it, it's the hunger that gets you. Then you solve that, and then it's a matter of thirst. And usually by this stage you think you're sorted, but if you're born Muslim, like me, then around this time you'll hit puberty, and then it's SEX that's a challenge. After that? Well. It's sleep. By week 3 you've accrued SO MUCH SLEEP DEBT OMG.
@tariqk Last Ramadan I noticed some of my Muslim co-workers getting daily doses of "OMG you can't even eat! *I* couldn't do that!" from people. I imagine that would get extremely grating after a minute. There's one fella who is always super gracious about it though and takes time to educate about his faith, he's super chill basically all the time.
@somethingeloquent Oh, I can imagine! I think my relatives living overseas have to deal with some of that. Muslim-majority countries have different issues.