Desi Founder @ Work

30 Sep, 2008

My worst chand raat

Posted by: sharjeel In: misery

This is the worst chand raat (Eid Night) I am going through. Here's the order of incidents:

8:30 PM -Rawayt-Hilal-Committee announces moon not sighted so Eid will be the day after tomorrow. I thank God as there's a pile of work I have to get done
8:45 PM - I goto mosque for Isha Prayers
9:30 PM - Feeling relaxed I click here n there, format some HTML/CSSĀ  etc & make a list of things I have to do tomorrow,
10:50 PM - I start wrapping up to go home, feeling challenged for tomorrow.
11:00 PM - I receive a call from my cousin with an "Eid Mubarak" greeting and an explanation that they've announced Eid!

Now I'm totally screwed up! I have atleast five hours of work to do and I must do it before Eid. That means I'll have a put a nighter on chand raat.

Here I am alone on the 80 acres campus of LUMS with no one around except a few security guards :( Thanks to the tailor who delivered some mufti's wife's eid dress at 11:00 PM to let it happen.

4 Responses to "My worst chand raat"

1 | Bilal Munir

September 30th, 2008 at 5:48 pm

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It happens sometimes :P

2 | Sohaib Athar

October 1st, 2008 at 5:02 am

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Welcome to the “People-Who-Have-Been-Working-Even-On-Eid” Club!
When you look back at today after 10 years, you’ll be glad you worked the day away (I hope) :D

3 | Ahsan

October 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm

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Hey Sharjeel,

(Highly Fallacious argument, I must say)

was not expecting such thing from you, I am a regular reader of your blog.
Mufti muneeb took time to clear the ambiguity (He has some job just like you) and the ’sarcastic’ last line you have added about the mufti’s wife clearly shows your immaturity.

It’s fine as far as your personal experience goes, at least don’t blame others for your current situation.

4 | nauman

October 7th, 2008 at 8:55 am

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^ What ambiguities? An announcement once made, on behalf of the state, can’t be changed whatsoever. Moon is to be sighted when new day starts according to Islamic calendar i.e. around waqt-e-maghrib. Isnt it insane to keep waiting for the moon till midnight?

If he has a job to do, he should do it honestly and dutifully. Its all about religion, not sports.

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