The Weekend

Day 8 of the weekend.

FINALLY. I am not preoccupied. Well, maybe I am. But, whatever.

Anyway, to start, today was NOT a weekend for me. I had school. SO, It was just as tiring as any other weekday. Apparently, if I have school, I get tired. I'm just waiting for the Eid holidays at the end of October. 

I am gonna talk about a few things today.

Outline of parties which take place in my family:

It's usually the same all the time.

The party is most probably a lunch party, and it would mostly take place on a Friday, so, the men have to come back from the Friday prayer and by the time the guests arrive, it's usually 2:00 PM.

The ladies sit in the bedroom chatting away, and the men in the living room/dining hall. Kids loiter around the house and play. If you are a close relative of the host, you would probably be in the kitchen, talking to the hostess and PROBABLY helping her. (Emphasis on helping since when our family throws parties, I barely help.)

The men will be talking about business and probably some cars or something. (I don't really know, 'cuz I ain't a dude.)

The host(s) and hostess(es) are on turbo blast mode, cooking and serving food.

After all is done, food is served. Food includes: Meat, rice, salad, curd, pickles, vegetables, curry, gravy, etc. (Usually no one is vegan/vegetarian in our guests.)

After everyone has had their meal, next comes dessert. Dessert includes: Jelly (Gelatin), Ice cream, Caramel pudding, etc.

After dessert is done, everyone would probably go for their mid-afternoon prayers OR have some tea. (EVERYONE loves tea.)

This usually concludes the party. It might not seems hectic, but IT IS. Gotta live it to learn it.

Friday:

Yesterday was my mom's cooking competition day, and her group's entry was really good. I regretted going to the competition since it was so tiring and horrid, and it was really crowded. I was SO SLEEPY. I spent most of the time reading Percy Jackson and listening to Zedd. It was a blur. We just played a bunch of badly coordinated games.

UGHH. My brother distracted me and made me draw a picture which he crumpled up since he didn't like it.

And since I am SO JOBLESS, here:

It isn't clear since my brother crushed it in his little hands.

A masterpiece, ain't it?

AND

Saturday:

I went to school, came home, had a bath, went to a relative's house for a lunch party, then left with my family for some jewellery exhibition at the Expo Center in Sharjah (An emirate in UAE), came back home, started writing this. What a nice day.

Anyway, I gotta get some work and studies done SO...

Whatever.

-Sam Frank.