Fasting Fiesta 3

I did my 18++ hours of fasting, with few conditions

- not going anywhere
- Steve's send little Sophie to babysitter
- Steve's doing all the laundry (hei! that is his job description)
- Steve's have to pick-up the groceries from nearby store
- and i do the cooking,(this is my job description) and he slept

so i need to cooks something very special to rewards my hubby and me!

We had Chicken Rendang, Some Kueh or Malay dessert and Curry Crab.

Fasting Fiesta 2

Still with fasting issues.

We had a complete American Breakfast at 2am in the morning! Two fried eggs, chicken sausages, baked bean, whole meal bread and fried potatoes cubes (i am a lazy house wife! indeed).

Steve had two portion of these American breakfast and we took spirulina to give an energy. 10 pcs of little spirulina down to dear tummy.

If i cannot continue my fasting "i say to myself" i will take my glucophage (diabetics medication) and cardiprin (aspirin) with a glass of water and pretend that i have done nothing wrong and continue my fast (i am such an idiot!)

BTW, Steve's have no problem with fasting, he used to all these during his Jewish life hood. Jews have this called Seven day Fast days of the Jewish Year or known as Jewish tzomot. But again, according to Steve's mother, i never heard people in America practice that.

Again, all these proved that every religion belief on existent of One mighty God and whatever religion you are, you must have faith in it and make tolerant to everybody and respect whatsoever their belief.

Just my two cents worth of brain.

Fasting Fiesta

One thing i hates so much is fasting (no eating and drinks and sex)during summer time. Usually it will take longer hour than other seasons. The reason is slightly longer day light and shorter night time.

We have to take breakfast as early as 3++ am and later break fasting as late as 8++ pm. That will total up to 18++,extra hours. Both of us will move so very low momentum. Cook by 4pm and we will take our bed and set the alarm by 8pm.

The air-cond will never stop running at 20c. Its hot, dry and you easily get dehydrated outside or inside your house.

Unlike fasting during winter time,very syok(nice) one!! breakfast at 6am and later break fasting at 4pm. You barely feel like fasting, cozzz its winter.

My fond winter experience is break fasting in a lecture hall, during university time in Cambridge. The professor ask me " ain't you suppose to break fast, sufian?, is it the time?" i reply "Yes Prof, if you can gives us all 10" he said "i don't mind"

That is my favorite math professor, Dr M.E Mcintyre, he is forever with Cambridge and fluid analysis. As for me, I always stick to Cryptography.

I've meet him last year 2008, in this Symposium held in Cambridge. He came to me and congratulate me for my research presentation and we had a good chat.

Fasting made ur body revitalised

The first time I fasted for Ramadan was three years ago.- about six months before I actually converted to Islam. I was studying for my MBA finals at University at the time, and I did tell suf,my partner but not to my friends in case they thought I was going crazy! It was a private and special experience which brought me much strength, peace and clarity.

My main struggle during Ramadan was the coffee conundrum I faced each morning. If I drank a cup of coffee at Suhoor I would not be able to sleep afterward - but if I skipped it I would suffer caffeine withdrawal symptoms until Iftar! It was an example of how fasting makes you confront your weaknesses, and resolve to change. It also makes you appreciate how lucky we are to have plenty of food to break our fasts.

Fasting is the single greatest natural healing therapy. It is nature's ancient, universal "remedy" for many problems. Animals instinctively fast when ill. When I first discovered fasting, 3 years ago, I felt as if it had saved my life and transformed my illnesses into health. My stagnant energies began flowing, and I became more creative and vitally alive. I still find fasting both a useful personal tool and an important therapy for many medical and life problems.

Of course, most of the problems for which I recommend fasting as treatment are ones that result from over nutrition rather than malnutrition. Dietary abuse problems, more common in the Western world than in Third World countries, generate many of the chronic degenerative diseases that I have written so much about; these include atherosclerosis, hypertension and heart disease, allergies, diabetes, and cancer. I believe that fasting is therapeutic and, more importantly, preventive for many of these conditions and more.

Taken from Steve's journal.