Ramadan Kareem

Wishing you all a Ramadan Kareem. It's been officially announced that the first day of Ramadan will be on Saturday Aug 22nd. I'm planning, quite cautiously, to take advantage of the less working hours by working out and de-toxing. Not sure how that will work out though, since the first thing that comes to mind after a glorious iftar meal would be a puff of shisha.... And the heavyness of the meal combined with the high of the smoke will take at least few hours to clear, by which time it'd already be late and time for Sohoor (daybreak meal; the last one before starting the fast of the day).

Not sure I'd make much use of the time between getting off work and Iftar, either, since it's hardly couple of hours. So I'll most probably just sleep. But I will not fall without putting up a fight; I will try to drag myself to the treadmill or the pool. If I'm not totally dehydrated, that is.

But what the heck, even if I put on few pounds during Ramadan, I could lose them later. Some things are just too yummy to miss out on.

Sweets from Aleppo, my hometown.