Sunday, 24Sep06
Highlights: Ramadan “fasting month” begins, all day catching up the web-page, “Devil wears prada” at Jakarta’s newest mall
Whew! Here goes nothing! Fasting begins… 4a.m.
I was up late last night, so I just ate before I went to bed at 2 a.m. As I understand it, from the coaching I’ve got coming in from many directions (Maj Sigit, Maj Budi, Kapt Irfan, Kapt Anang, Nina, Pak Rochmadi, Bu Daru, Pak Parjiman… =) here’s the daily eating routine:
3a.m: wake up, shower, eat “Sahur”
(I’m told sweet foods are best, chocolate milk, sweet tea, honey, bread, etc)
4a.m: fasting begins. Go back to bed
My Muslim friends “sholat” 5 times a day (I think that means pray,, but it might be the name of the last prayer before they can eat)
6p.m: the fast is “opened” when the mosque makes the call & we can eat again. It’s tied to official sun-set, so the exact minute shifts from day to day.
I took advantage of most of the day at home to catch up on the site here & start the long process of getting my paperwork organized.
I was hungry by 11am,,, so the rest of the day felt interesting. I got check-up calls from all my friends through-out the day. This is my first fasting month,,, and you would have thought half of them expected me to keel over. Ha ha.
The worst part about it is no water all day. Hunger pains came & went… I tried sitting as much as possible & not moving around too much. I can see this isn’t a strategy I’ll be able to keep up for a month. Ha ha. Well! Day 1,,, it’s going well so far. I figure- if Gandhi can do this for months on end,, I can get through the day. That’s my motivation.
By 6pm, I was ready to eat a cow. “Slowly!” everyone told me,,, “start slowly, with water or something sweet, so you don’t wreck your stomach.”
Lydia, Brook & I went out to Jakarta’s newest mall (Seneyan plaza) to watch “The Devil Wears Prada”. We met up with a Fulbright friend of Lydia’s while at it.
I shoveled pizza into my face before & after the movie,,, just so I had something for my stomach to work on. The movie started at 6:15
Just as I thought the ritzy shopping mall Plaza Indonesia was the fanciest I’ve ever personally experienced,,, Jakarta outdoes itself! It felt like the inside of a gigantic cruise ship,, with sparkling stores everywhere, of the sort that only Jakartans could afford. Mercedes shop to the left of the front door? Gucci,, Dolce,, and half a dozen other exotic brands I can’t pronounce. Well- see for yourself.
Highlights: Ramadan “fasting month” begins, all day catching up the web-page, “Devil wears prada” at Jakarta’s newest mall
Whew! Here goes nothing! Fasting begins… 4a.m.
I was up late last night, so I just ate before I went to bed at 2 a.m. As I understand it, from the coaching I’ve got coming in from many directions (Maj Sigit, Maj Budi, Kapt Irfan, Kapt Anang, Nina, Pak Rochmadi, Bu Daru, Pak Parjiman… =) here’s the daily eating routine:
3a.m: wake up, shower, eat “Sahur”
(I’m told sweet foods are best, chocolate milk, sweet tea, honey, bread, etc)
4a.m: fasting begins. Go back to bed
My Muslim friends “sholat” 5 times a day (I think that means pray,, but it might be the name of the last prayer before they can eat)
6p.m: the fast is “opened” when the mosque makes the call & we can eat again. It’s tied to official sun-set, so the exact minute shifts from day to day.
I took advantage of most of the day at home to catch up on the site here & start the long process of getting my paperwork organized.
I was hungry by 11am,,, so the rest of the day felt interesting. I got check-up calls from all my friends through-out the day. This is my first fasting month,,, and you would have thought half of them expected me to keel over. Ha ha.
The worst part about it is no water all day. Hunger pains came & went… I tried sitting as much as possible & not moving around too much. I can see this isn’t a strategy I’ll be able to keep up for a month. Ha ha. Well! Day 1,,, it’s going well so far. I figure- if Gandhi can do this for months on end,, I can get through the day. That’s my motivation.
By 6pm, I was ready to eat a cow. “Slowly!” everyone told me,,, “start slowly, with water or something sweet, so you don’t wreck your stomach.”
Lydia, Brook & I went out to Jakarta’s newest mall (Seneyan plaza) to watch “The Devil Wears Prada”. We met up with a Fulbright friend of Lydia’s while at it.
I shoveled pizza into my face before & after the movie,,, just so I had something for my stomach to work on. The movie started at 6:15
Just as I thought the ritzy shopping mall Plaza Indonesia was the fanciest I’ve ever personally experienced,,, Jakarta outdoes itself! It felt like the inside of a gigantic cruise ship,, with sparkling stores everywhere, of the sort that only Jakartans could afford. Mercedes shop to the left of the front door? Gucci,, Dolce,, and half a dozen other exotic brands I can’t pronounce. Well- see for yourself.
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