Eid El-Fitr Personal Notes

Had a rather special first day of Eid today because we spent it with close friends and one seriously disgruntled chef at a local hotel where we brunched.

Watched as this gentleman made omelets for the clientele and knew he was rhyming “I am a CHEF! You are a JOKE! Crack your own egg!” while mechanically uttering “…and which of zee vegetabooles would ew like wiz zee egz, Monsieur” to the obnoxious 12 year old boy standing to my left. It took everything out of me not to laugh out loud when the boy kept refusing to answer and instead kept asking the Chef to “make the vegetables catch flame”. I think the kid was challenged. Perhaps the Chef had some marbles loose too because as I watched him toy with his black frying pan and hot oil, I found myself involuntarily shimmying my way out of the bull’s eye that had painted itself on the 12 year old boy’s forehead.

A lot of old people giving each other “Happy you’re alive today!” gifts. None of them color their hair and so on several occasions I found that I nearly mistook their heads for really clean white napkins.

When in hell, God will surround me with the elderly.

Oh! Also, I have come to grips with the fact that I have a crush on Tamer Hagras, the actor.