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iii. SISC As I See It
It's Eid Firtri again and for most of us it's time to make up for what we did not eat during the fasting month of Ramadhan. For some of us, Eid is the time for us to make up for all the food that we did not eat!
Hence, we will see all kinds of dishes we don't usually see during the rest of the year. It is on this special day that most of us toil endlessly over the stove and hot burning wood fire to prepare one hundred and one dishes, most of them elaborate ones, which means they take many hours to prepare.
And with the presence of all the foods, many of us tend to eat more than we usually do, even to the extent of making up for those days that we do not fast. Our idea of eating during Eid, is to eat whenever food is served in front of us or when we happen to saunter by the dining table where food is laid.
We always console ourselves that this only happens once a year and that after one month of Syawal (and celebrations) we will finally return to our old eating routine. This is actually far from the truth. In reality most of us just carry on with the Eid eating trend throughout the year until the next Ramadhan comes when we start to refrain from eating. Come Syawal, the vicious cycle of over-eating commences once again.
I agree that, with all the delicious food displayed in front of us, either in our own homes of in houses of friends and relatives that we visit, it is rather difficult for us to control our gastronomic desires. It is difficult for us to say no to a huge platter of Chicken Rendang, it is not easy for us to deny ourselves than handful of beef or chicken satay all laid in beautifully garnished trays. In short, who can say no to food!
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