I don’t wake up for suhur, the pre-sunrise-breakfast. I simply can’t eat, after interrupting my precious sleep and knowing that the little arrow stands firmly on four, while the long one rests on twelwe. I can’t eat that early.
So, I sleep away the hunger, wake up early and leave for school, satisfied and fresh. Then the hunger hits me, at approximately 1230. Bam. Of course, if I’d just woken up and forced myself to eat, this wouldn’t happen. But do I learn from my mistakes? Of course not. Sleep is more precious than food you must eat to prevent later starvation.
The worst hungerstrike hits me while cooking iftar. While baking the pastries, adding more salt to the delicious meat dishes, fantastic beans, baked potatoes, empanadas, samosas and pancakes. Mmmm. So close, but oh so far away.
Lesson for next ramadan? Wake up for suhur!
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October 9, 2007 at 10:25 am
Iman
Lolllllll .I sometimes miss so7or 2..n that happens when I fall asleep around 2′30 am, and my mum tries to wake me up at 3′30 am(and Bam.. Dhaka faar))…but really if u can’t eat that early, try to eat at midnight (it works 4 some ppl)
Ps: when I wake up 4 so7oor I shut the door, trun off the lights and eat in the dark maybe u should try that, it feels as if ur eating in ur sleep….lolll
October 9, 2007 at 10:23 pm
AMTAF!
I can never eat that late at night and go back to sleep so I never eat su7ur. My mum gave up on me years ago because she would wake me and I’d be back asleep in less than five minutes. And now that I live away from home, it’s almost impossible. Try and eat dinner a couple of hours before sleeping, that works for me.
Eid Mubarak in advance. What are your plans?
October 23, 2007 at 1:47 am
Om
Sounds like my sister….yet always complaining about hunger during the day! Oh well, some people just looove their sleep and prefer sleep an eminent hunger in the day ahead.
May I add, nobody likes getting up at 4:30am to eat suhur – it just ain’t appetizing, but it sure beats afternoon munchies…oops, I meant hunger:)