Eid-ul-Azha

Eid-ul-Azha is celebarted on 10th of zil-hajj. This Eid is celebrated in the beloved memory of Hazrat Ibrahim(A.S) and his son Hazrat Ismail (A.S). On this eid we sacrifice some animals like goat, cow, camel etc.

This year 2015 we celebrated Eid on 25th of september. Government of punjab gave only 3 holidays  for Eid, one for 10th zil-hajj. The day before Eid or the day of Hajj was fast for all muslims around the world. 

Finally on Eid we woke up with excitment on our faces,we got ready. Then the butcher sacrificed our goats and cows. Then after that we ahdf lunch with our grandfather side. We really had fun on the first day of Eid but on the second and the third wasn't that fun. But this eid was better and enjoying than last year.

SMART PHONE BLESSING OR CURSE

I was out to dinner the other night with my family and I observed a very curious sight.  I saw a large group of teenagers having dinner together.  I was expecting them to be loud and disruptive. Not at all. Instead, they all had their heads down and were using their smartphones. No conversations. No verbal interaction.  Just texting, playing candy crush, or whatever else they were doing.  I thought to myself, “This is sad.  Are we losing the ability to effectively communicate with each other?”.  Then I looked at my two teenagers sitting with me and realized they were both on their smartphones!

Just look around you.  We are all addicted to our smartphones.  They are tremendous mobile computers that allows us to do pretty much whatever we want as we are out and about.  However, in an age where our technology is supposed to make us more connected, I submit that we are more disconnected than we have ever been as a society.  This first post is not going to be an extensive one but a challenge to whoever reads it.  Take a sabbatical from your smartphones.  Take a weekend trip with your loved ones and leave the phones behind.  Just imagine what a typical family road trip would look like for a family in the 1980s and copy that.  I admit it is easier said than done.  Have you ever left your house and mistakenly left your phone at home?  You feel naked right?  This feeling should indicate to us how truly addicted we are to our phones.    I’m not saying that smartphones are evil.  I love my Galaxy S5 and it is extremely helpful for many things in my life.  What I am saying that is that we should all “disconnect”  on occasion.  It will be worth it. I promise.

Sam

This entry was posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2014.

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