The Fasting Month begins

The month of Ramadan began yesterday and life for us has taken a slight change in keeping with the daily needs of the fasting month. I have made a silent vow to myself to give my best in completing the month long fast from sunrise to sunset observing every precepts that goes with it.

The Rama is time to suffer among other things, migraine headaches which acts like a ton obricks lays on the back of your skull causing your eyes to pop out. It is time to also feel real sleepy ike you cannot type two sentences without taking a nap. Ideas comes slower than usual and mostly none whatsoever.

Food ironically is in abundance during this month and they come in all sorts as eceryone and anyone who can cook, sells. I enjoy the 'Pasar Ramadan' gawking at all the varieties of dishes, and drinks and not being able to sample any. Walking around the bazar can be a real test to one's Nafs 'or desires as all sorts of temptations are presented especially those in the form of the opposite sex, fasting or not they are all around you what can you do?

The hardest thing about the fasting month is spending the last few hours if not minutes before the breaking of the fast in the evening.Sleep is the best escape but not enncouraged and watching movies can whisk the time away but well not really the ting to do if one is to feel the pangs of hunger and deprivation which is the fundamentle purpose of fasting.

Loading my blog is somethig I can deal with while experiencing the bad migraine and fighting from falling asleep. I am loading as many of my sketches as possible before I get tired of it and give up and thus stand to loose alot of good sketches over time through misplacing and carelessness. Here I save these works hopefully forever and it can be enjoyed by those who has taste for the simple things in life, a good sketch.

These Chinese are having their lunch at the local rice shop and these riceshops are slowly disappearing being replaced by your restautrants with proper table and chairs.

Clog Makers are a rarity as clogs are becoming obsolete as foot wear. Clogs originated from China and found their way to the feet of South East Asians and has eveolved through many materials and design where the strap is concern. But who gives a hoot about clogs these days when Nike and Rebok is the thing of today. The days of the clogmaker are numbered but the art still is a thing to admire.