Men el 3eid lal 3eid

Men el 3eid lal 3eid

And here it ends , three days of Eid ended ..... three days of ka3ek , ma3mool , coffee , and stomach upset ended , three days of boredom ended .......

Today's definition of Eid is so much different than what I used to know in my early years ! In the past it was the time of year we would be waiting fondly , it was that event full of fun , joy , pleasure , and happiness , it was the EVENT , it was EID !

In my part of the world , Eid officially used to start the day before , " youm el wa2feh " , especially at night , where my father used to grab us with him to the downtown , to hang out , buy some coffee , chocolate , nuts , and the most important and exciting part was to buy " frood and tala2 " those black plastic guns and their red ammunition . I also remember that we used to prepare our new clothes the night before , where we arrange them and hang them in place even the socks and keep checking them every sec . At the early morning of the 1st day we go to the Eid prayer , get back home have breakfast get dressed and then start our visiting-relatives-journey , though I could barely know who are they , but at that time it was fun we used to gather all the chocolate we got in a bag and see which one of us got the better ones ........ We used to count the money we get - the 3edyeh - every 5 minutes ....... On The second day we used to go eat outside with each others , which was something really special and unusual at that time , there was Tom & Jerry restaurant that was at the 7th circle , that was the best , also there was another one called something like " Rose Roise ?? " at the exact place of Abdullah Gosheh MacDonald's with some arcade games and a ball pool ........ The third day used to be the best one , where we go to the malahi " amusement park " there was the Jbeiha , Luna Park , and the best of all was the one near dowar el youbeel - now it is history . At that time I used to feel the Eid !

Recently , a warning sign has emerged , and the bright picture I drew about Eid started to change .... Lots of my friends started to hate the Eid , lots of the people I talk to online hates Eid , lots of bloggers hate Eid , but the most alarming and uncomfortable sign was that I started to hate Eid too , and I started badly to believe that Eid is only for kids ! I don't know if those people had affected me with their perceptions , but if that was the case then I would hate you all till the end of my life and would never forgive you !

I started to call Eid social hypocrisy " Nefaq Ejtema3i " , due to the lack of joy I used to feel long time ago . First of all we gather in one house , about 15 men , like a sort of a gang or something to put a plan for our journey , we visit those very far relatives men el 3eid lal 3eid only , each visit is not longer than 10 minutes in its best , where we have a very short conversation about a very random topic just to fill time , and the hosts will enter a time marathon , to serve coffee , ka3ek o ma3mool , sometimes tea , nuts , fruits , and finally chocolate before time is up ! Though most of the time we would start thinking of an excuse in order to avoid taking anything of what have been served due to the stomach upset we will be suffering all day long . One other thing I noticed about the " Grownup Eid " is the very very very very very very very very deep warm feelings people show to each others , although they both had already known that they wont be visiting or even asking about each others again except men el 3eid lal 3eid - ok I know that sounded rude , but I had to say it ! Also , the way it all sounds as a duty or a homework that we need to finish and how happy we get when we knock the door and find no answer , there everyone would say " leave them a message that we passed by ! "

If you are planning to eat outside , don't think high , because all the places will be full , all the places will be dirty and all the food will be crappy !

Finally the most tragedious part is the inversely proportional relation between the 3edeyeh and age , the older you get the lesser your 3edyeh will be till it turns into minus !

Well " sighs " with all those feeling and with all those thoughts , I wish that you all had a wonderful Eid , Happy Eid everybody !