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hello YouTube today is Monday May 4th and today's episode will follow a brief journey of me fasting
yesterday in an attempt for Ramadan we will see if I make it what the food looked like
and how I prepared myself so check into today's quick little vlog to see how an American gets
through one day of Ramadan and also at the end of the video I will be giving a description of
my interpretation of what I've seen in Ramadan and what people have explained it to me as and
how this is in comparison my experience as Roman Catholic growing up and our practice of Lent in
the month before Easter so if you want to see a little bit more discussion about my experience
with Ramadan it's at the end of the video the middle part is just during the day so be sure
to stick around toward the end thank you hello YouTube Ramadan Kareem Ramadan Syed happy Ramadan
I believe were just over a week into this and today will be my attempt at fasting for the day
I think I'm well prepared I woke up like 255 this morning and ate a snack trophy it's cacao I think
it's a truffle and cacao snack so I'm hoping this will fuel me through the day and I'm gonna take
a few videos throughout the that was my alarm for work it's 855 a little check-in again this
is what I ate when it was still dark this morning 855 everything's back where it's on the camera but
you get the picture we're gonna try fasting today you may or may not see this video because this may
may not be a success we will see a heatwave that's what it said today in the 30s in Agadir but now we
just got this real nice CMAs that's coming through you could see it earlier you could see straight to
the beach and even in the night when I woke up it was hanging low over the sea the sky above me was
clear but you could see this batch of clouds over the sea and the lights of the ships just
amplifying the fog it was really something to see right now the Sun is still pouring through that
fog it is 10:45 and I'm still fast in the stomach is bubbling and rumbling but I'm hanging in there
and shortly later the Sun is back out 10:52 I've forgotten about my stomach and we have blue skies
and Jaya is still making her hair very beautiful over here so I asked Andrea to make my hair
beautiful do you think she did a good job how am I looking kind of looking like a troll doll no we
took the band out and the fog keeps coming in in the distance you could see the ship among the mist
quite cool I wonder what it's like to be on that boat right now the time is now 525 the Sun is here
and is coming 656 and the fog is still rolling in so now it's time for photography but if there's no
Chad this is your first dinner tonight
alright I think you for making it toward the second half of the video the end here
we didn't get so much video from the actual dinner because we were busy with conversation
and enjoying the food but I just wanted to talk a bit more about Ramadan and how that was as an
experience as an American here you know I grew up as a Roman Catholic so we have Easter and we
have Lentz and Lent is a time when the sacrifices we make we choose we say oh we're not gonna eat
chocolate or no more coffee something like this and what was mandated was on Fridays we did not
eat meat so fish was what we would always eat on Fridays during Lent or cheese pizza or even eggs
so we would avoid meat there and compared to Ramadan this is like nothing in Ramadan
is a pretty intense experience it's 30 days of no eating and no drinking during daylight so this is
just explaining it for people back home what I've learned about Ramadan is it's a time to develop
empathy for those that are less fortunate without food without water so by feeling this ourselves
we could begin to extend that and we extend that with charity givings as well in this month it's
compulsory to donate during this time and to help out those less fortunate so positives of Ramadan
another positive is this the humbleness that comes from fasting to recognize these urges and cravings
we have in our mind and to realize that a lot of our time as my friend said it's just lying you
know you could wake up so thirsty or so thirsty then in two or five minutes that thirst just goes
away so this is a month of self-discipline and connecting with I believe I am NOT a Muslim so
I cannot say but this is what I see as an outsider experiencing this is it's a time
when people really they feel different during the day they could be an edge you know maybe
they didn't eat maybe they usually smoked and they didn't smoke so you'll hear more shouting on the
streets some arguments no one actually gets in fights or anything but tensions are high right
we have the sense of aliveness and this is what people have described to me through the fasting
process is it gets you more in touch with so this was my little experience with fasting for today
it's growing up as a Roman Catholic this was the first time I ever tried to ramadan i cheated a
little bit i did drink liquids I had no calories during the day but it would be something that I
would like to try again and maybe be a little bit more prepared for in terms of drinking water in
the morning before the Sun comes up and maybe having more than just cacao truffle but in the
end the if tour was delicious we had mini pizzas with salmon sandwiches and Carina with the dogs
even made some lasagna so we had a big feast we had mint tea an amazing juice of watermelon and
orange and strawberry and it was so good and then we had a dessert feast of flapjacks that Carina
made from the UK we had a cake that Andrea made and we also had a cake from the bakery because
it was butters birthday so we're celebrating his birthday as well so thank you for joining
me on this journey this explanation my view of Ramadan based on one day today I'm not fasting
my stomach was a little bit funny this morning maybe I just say too much the other night but I
think in the coming two weeks I'll take another attempt at fasting during the day and without
liquids this time so thank you for joining me in today's video again please like share
subscribe give any comments encouragement and constructive feedback I'd love to hear
what you have to offer and to teach so Ramadan Kareem Ramadan Saeed and goodbye and thank you