A Mormon, Aaron Toponce, decides to fast during Ramadan and keeps a daily journal. It is an interesting read. He also is getting a different perspective that shows how Americans view Muslims in a negative sense.
First Ramadan in a long, long time
August 11, 2010 Leave a Comment
Today was the first day of the Ramadan fast. It is my first Ramadan fast in a long while, my first in Vietnam. It is not as difficult as I expected it to be, luckily the weather in Saigon is much, much cooler than normal. I woke up at 3:55 AM and ate about 3 bananas, 4 yogurts, drank some green tea and a lot of water. At 4:18 AM the fast started and lasted about 9 and a half hours already. The fast will end around 6:20 PM tonight and I will have Iftar at my school.
I do not remember the Ramadans for my first 5 years in Vietnam. I just lost track of them. Last year I was working with my IT consultant with an Indonesian company near Haiphong in northern Vietnam. The IT manager was fasting on the first day. Ramadan 2009, though I never fasted, will be memorable. It was during this Ramadan that my ex-fiancée, committed fraud against this very company mid-way through Ramadan without any remorse. Within a couple months, my company would be destroyed and I ended up losing money and revenue.
This Ramadan is making me reflect back to that Ramadan. One year has changed me a lot. I have moved on, learned my lessons.
What will happen to me by Ramadan 2011? Only God knows…
New Dreams
July 16, 2010 Leave a Comment
My dreams have changed the last couple of weeks. They seemed to be focusing on more pragmatic approaches to my life in the near future.
Inshallah…
What this about July 11, 2010?
July 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
An interesting set of videos predicting that there will be an economic collapse in 2010, start of World War III due to events in Israel around July 11, 2010, and mass evacuations in the Gulf region of the US also during the summer 2010. It does have a Christian bias but still interesting…
Osh Violence
June 14, 2010 Leave a Comment
The world seems to be ignoring what is going on in Osh and Jalal Abad, Kyrgyzstan, the last 4 days. Nearly 100 people have been killed in ethnic violence between Uzbeks and Kyrgyz. Nearly 80,000 plus Uzbeks are fleeing to the Uzbekistan border. This is sad because both Uzbeks and Kyrgyz are Muslims and have lived in peace for many, many years.
Ousted Kyrgyz President, who resided in Jalal Abad before fleeing to Belarus, is clearly behind the violence in his bid to destabilize Kyrgyzstan fragile new democracy even further.
I visited both Osh and Jalal Abad back in 1999. They are beautiful cities. It saddens my eyes to see the smoke rising in Osh with Suleyman Tobe in the background…
View some videos of the smoke in Osh:
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