Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Eid's a Party!

I may just convert to Islam yet. While I did not participate in the fasting-per say- during Rahmadan, I was a supportive of my housemates and after a few weeks I even stopped offering them gum-realizing that even that was too great of a sin. I watched them sympathetically as I wolfed down pain au chocolats and of course my usual 8 carb meals while saying that at least they may loose a pound or two...So when the government announced on Monday that the following day would be a federal holiday (not sure why because only about 8% of the country is Muslim) I thought it was only natural for me to attend the family party celebrating "Eid" (or breaking of the fast) with a gluttonous BBQ/Dance Party at someone's beautiful lake house on the shores of Lake Muhazi.

So instead of tackling the pile of work rapidly accumulating on my desk (I leave next week so i have a lot of things to wrap up) I spent the day lounging by the lake, eating a wide variety of foods, enjoying the local brews, and dancing under the stars to traditional rwandese music which was quickly replaced by Lil Wayne and Beyonce...and now i have to do some work