Day 6 - Live Your Life.....

Hello my eager readers!!!

Right after prayer yesterday night, I decided to stay up until sehri time!!!  Now when people stay up through the night they usually pray more, but not me, I do something different……it’s called a TV catch up!!!

My cousin did raise a good point in the early hours of the morning saying that try and not watch TV for a week and see how you feel.  I said NEVER could I ever do this because the TV is where I gather all my information from!!  Without the TV I would be a ‘normal’ person!  Television has a significant position in my daily life…just imagine a world without Eastenders!!!  What would I do? How would I cope? There would be no Christmas specials, no evil Janine…….no Masoods!!!!

I think when you are fasting in this month, I applaud people who can take the TV out their life and not listen to music and generally just keep focussed, BUT (AND THIS IS A GIANT BUT) after the month has finished, will they continue this or will they go back to their normal ways?  It is true that in the month of Ramadhan, shaytaan is locked up and whatever bad you do, that is you doing it, not shaytaan whispering in your ear and encouraging you to do so!!! 

This surely must mean I am a bad person?  Who is to judge id I am a bad person though except Allah.........

BUT let’s not get too serious!  The other day I made my 3 year plan!  This included things like:

·        Going to LA and NY.

·        Going on a cruise.

·        Find a girl that will get married abroad (and I don’t mean Pakistan) or on a beach.

·        Help the world in a certain way.

·        Have at least one famous friend.

·        Meet Rihanna in whatever way possible.

·        Be a Whirling Dervisher for a day.

·        AND MANY OTHERS

Now the most important thing for me is to stick to this as I really want to live my life for the next three years.

One a random…this was funny….we are holding a safety awareness day on Thursday for the play scheme and we need he police and ambulance to be there…I honestly thought you just dial 999 and ask for the events and bookings department!!!  Obvi not…..oh well you live and learn hey!

So today people in the worlds of Rihanna just…..Live you life!!!!

Key words

Sehri – This is when you have your breakfast in the early hours of the morning before sunrise.

A world without Eastenders – boredom on a very high level…nothingness…more knife crime.

Shaytaan – the devil or in Mexico deavlo.

Allah – God

Whirling Dervish – They belong to the Muslim Sufi Practice.  It’s a dancing art form in which they show their spirituality.

Day 5 - Improvements.......

Hello!!!

Yet again it’s an incredible night for blogging!!!  Right today was the most relaxing days of them all even though I had to get up early to sign on for 9 am!  Did I hear someone say what’s the dole queue like?….well let me tell you!!!

When you go in on some days its like you want the ground to swallow you up because you don’t want to be there and you do not want anyone to se you there either!  Today it was very quick and I didn’t really take any notice of the people around me because I was too busy looking at the job points.  My job centre itself is very posh and has 3 floors I believe!  BUT you do get the loud mouths in there that bring their children with them and shout:

‘Oi you!!! Get ere nowww’!!!! (in a strong Walsall accent…think Wolverhampton)

When that happens I thank God that I was raised with some public standards……BUT just to side track, I did roll down the window of my car on one sunny afternoon outside the mosque and shouted some profanities at my brother…..BUT I have learnt from my mistakes lol!  I think everyone has some hidden chavness that they don’t know about (except for me of course)!

So after the Job centre I went to ‘hang’ with some peeps at the Muath Trust which is a community centre by the way!  I may be going to Western- Super-Mare in a week’s time, but more about that later!  I went to the local mosque there and I am not joking, when I got there it was packed to the brim and I had to stand before the actual Friday prayer started (which we call jummah).  After that I chilled out and then Saleem Sajid (my friend) made a guest appearance and he dropped me off home!!

BUT the point of today is to think where can I improve?  I think I can improve by trying to pray at least my five obligatory prayers a day and then move on to the more specialist stuff…..and I don’t mean bomb making!!!  So people its day 5…think about what improvements you could make so that the next 5 days ca be better for you.

OK that got a bit toooo serious!  Oh yess..thats right, I did want to say that I am sick and tired of people telling me what I need to do, what my responsibilities are….so you people who tell me this….four words…..YOU CAN’T SEE ME!!  

I was talking about going to mosque the other day and I was asked:

‘Can you go to the mosque more than once a day’?  M y answer is that you can go as many times as you want until they lock the gates at your local mosque lol!!!  There will be a day when I Khaled Nawaz will go to the mosque five times a day!

Right people, the journey continues and let’s see if my humour, honesty and horridness continues!

Until tomorrow!!!

Key words

Job points – These are the machines in job centre that show latest jobs in your area and around the country.

Jummah – This is what Muslim’s call Friday prayer.

Saleem Sajid – Human being 

Day 4 - Delegate and relax.....

Hello all you fantastic people who are following this incredible Ramadhan journey I am on this year!!!

So I just want to talk a little about yesterday night.  I went to the mosque and boy was it HOT in there!!  I have never been soo tired in my life!  I got home around 00:30 and I thought to myself stay awake until sehri time (the breakfast bit of the fasting).  I watched one episode of Holby City and I was asleep on the sofa once again!  I do think I can sleep anywhere!  My favourite place to sleep is on my bus!  It's a very posh up to date bus...the service is X51...it misses many stops!  I lean my head on the window and off I go...although when I do wake up I make sure people don't think I have been sleeping lol!!!

Anyway back to the main bit!  So I wake up on the sofa thinking OMG how am I going to get to the dining room table for breakfast because I was soo fatigued!  I had a pan du chocolate (or something like that) and a glass of water!

The reason why I called today’s blog delegate and relax is because this is what I was doing at the Play Scheme today!!!  I had enough volunteers so I let them take the reins!  It was a test for them to see if they could do it and they were very good!!!  Although I did not just sit and relax, I still ran around and made phone calls left right and centre!  I think today’s blog will be slightly shorter because I am very tired!

My dad made fish!  It was very lovely though…he put bread crumbs on and lemon and there was fish sauce and potatoes and vegetables…LOVELLY!

Guys I love the fact that you take out time to read my life during Ramadhan!  Each day is a mini episode…I love it and enjoy writing it sooo much!  There is a lot to come this month as I will feed the homeless, attend a charity bash, even a day in itikaaf (this is where you stay in the mosque and isolate yourself from society and really pray and reflect about you and your relationship with god).

SO KEEP READING ON BECAUSE I LOVE YOU FOR IT!!!!

Day 3 - Remember and Think......

So if you follow me on facebook (khaled nawaz) or on twitter (khalnawaz), then you'll know that I was not awakened by nobody today (don't know if that makes sense but there are no rules in a blog)!!!

I was not impressed about this, but then again I did have more sleep!  So it was a lovely stroll to the bus stop with my shades on and my I-pod!  GREAT!!!  When I get near to Birmingham city centre, I decided to....just on a random play the incredible album 'Back to Black' by the five time Grammy award Winning artist (the late) Amy Winehouse...why am I telling you this, there is a reason!!!

When I got off the bus there was one of them guys giving away the free copied of 'Stylist' the freemazine as Lord Sugar said on the apprentice.....but anyway, the main story was a tribute to Amy Winehouse!  I was like how weird!  When I read it, I was saddened because she was a real music maker and such a waste of talent......

This is why today its about remembering the loved one you lost and thinking about people whose life is much worse than yours, especially the starving around the world....you do not have to be Muslim to be this, you just have to be human.....

I don’t want to get too serious as this is an alternative Ramadhan blog...so...apart from that...today at the play scheme, we called our day a free style day as we were thinking on our feet!!!  I had parents come up to me saying my child thinks its boring and my child needs more sporty activities...in my head I was thinking...I don't actually care because my play scheme is the best regardless if you don't come back next year, but instead I said:

'we don't want the children to just play sports all day long, we are mixing things up and if they don't play in the sports hall or the youth club for one day is not going to hurt them as they complain about being thirsty because they are fasting, so either way I can't win'

ps - DO NOT MESS WITH ME IN GENERALLY BUT DEFFO DO NOT MESS WITH ME WHILST I AM A FASTING ROBOT!!!!!

Trust me, these parent's are happy to just drop there kids off for the whole day, so don't complain!  BUT my kids had a really good day today, we had a paper mache table, a 'my community' table and a design your own board game table and then in the last hour we play non-stop rounder’s!!!  Great day!

I do found it very reflective blogging before I open my fast, it makes me remember my day and be thankful for what I have!!!

Right this is my blog for today, so I hope you found it reflective and a little funny?!!!

Until Tomorrow......

Remember...................GOD IS ALWAYS WATCHING!

Day 2 - The Zombie Walk

Hello my followers or blogists or whatever you are!!!

Right this morning I woke up on time!!!  I was soo happy untill.....my dad's little comments!

Right so firstly I am going to tell you what I ate.  I opted for (like I have a menu to hand everyday) the cereal which was sugar puff's, a croissant, water and some fruit!!!  I was told on day one of fasting to eat not as much as possible, but until you are comfortably full because if you don't then when it comes to that time when you want to eat in the evening, then your body will automatically store it as fat!!!  I am not a scientist so I am not going to into the fine details regarding this!

Before I go into the comments, I want to tell you that I went around and woke people up today in my household!  As you know my mother and two of the trippo's are on holidays!  Trippo's is referring to the triplets (I just like to make words shorter)!!!  So I went to trippo 2's room (who is the only one who refused to go on holiday....I know!!!!) turned the light on and said

'It's time to wake up'.  She gave me the dirtiest look ever!!!  Then I went to my older sister’s room and reluctantly said wake up and left her as she gets a bit angry if I leave her light on.  Now going back to the comments.....I am at the table and my dad is criticising the Ramadhan shopping i did saying 

'Which genius brought this' and 'why is this like that' etc!  I remained calm and wrote notes in my blogging note pad saying

'I brought less of these because if I brought more, they would go off (referring to the croissants)!  Trust me, do not cross me in the morning, I am NOT a morning person at all!!!

So today was the trip for the boys on my play scheme to Aston Hall.  Before I get to the play scheme.....I am doing THE ZOMBIE WALK!  This is where my legs are moving but my mind is saying what are you doing, what’s going on?!  It happens when your fasting and have less sleep!  The zombie walk is a popular walk amongst many fasting people, luckily my legs knew where i was meant to be going!!!!

My group of boys that were on the trip behaved in an excellent manner!!! The quote of the day was

'Sir I have been here before, but I was five then and I couldn't read very well, but now I am eight so I can'!!!!

KIDS SAY THE FUNNIEST THINGS AND ME BEING FAKE ABOUT IT REALLY HELPS!

Well I hope you have enjoyed the read today!  I will leave you with the funniest thing of the day...on the way back from Birmingham town, my cousin Rameez calls me.  I am near to my stop and the bus stopped at the traffic lights, so me being me thought I could get to the bottom of the stairs before the bus moves off.......OBVI NOT!!!  My legs went running down them stairs and luckily I did not fall flat on my ass but instead  ran straight into the wall lolage!!!  These girls looked at me and as I turned around, the laughed.  I thought to myself, don't get embarrassed, just shrug it off said to my cousin I just fell down the stairs and now I am getting off the bus as you do to show people this fall did not affect me!

Hope you enjoy the long read and KC at Choice FM....THANK YOU!!!!!

1st Day Blues........

So you prepare and prepare and prepare or you just go with (I normally just go with it).  I didn't know what was going on in the morning!  I stumbled up off the sofa, because I fell asleep there, walked a few paces to the bath room and walked around, even though there was 10 minutes to go till I could scoff all the food I could find!!!  So I........

walked into the kitchen as slow as a tortoise and got a croissant and a glass of water!!!  What was I thinking!!!! I had plans for the first day... I was going to tell you about my breakfast feast!!!  BUT instead I reached for a croissant and a glass of water!

One thing I did notice in the morning, is the stares and THE RACE AGAINST TIME mode I call it!  It's that time where people worry that they haven't ate enough and reach for more!  It makes me laugh to see that race against time mode on peoples faces!  That isn't what Ramadhan is all about!  I am not the most religious person in the world, but I know that its not about the race against time mode, or going around the work place making sad faces to show that your fasting.....it's about thinking of those who don't have food today, like those in Africa and how lucky they would feel if they had a croissant and water just for the morning time!

I am not preaching, because I am not a preacher, but I am saying......lets see what happens.....because I will moan and have tantrums during this 30 day period!

For those who don't know much about fasting, the basics is:

• I wake up at like 3am ish and have my breakfast.
• I should pray and read the Koran.
• After this I either go back to sleep or listen to the radio - deffo KC on Choice FM!
• I get ready to run the play scheme (yes dealing with children aged from 8-14 whilst fasting!!!!  First moan....oh well!!!)
• come home and see what food we have (my mother is on holidays)!!!!
• and write my blog at some point!!

At some point I will mention what the children have been doing but today, its all about me!  So this is a very long Day 1 insight into my Ramadhan 2011 experience!  I really hope you laugh, cry and think with me on this incredible journey we Muslim's go through every year!!!!

Cannot wait for tomorrow!

Ramadhan 2011........My Launch

Right.....Hello Ladies and Gentlemen!!!!

This Blog is all about me and how I will feel during this month of fasting........  If you think its all about spirituality then you are wrong!  Its about how I feel and what I think as I am going through this amazing journey!

IT'S 30 DAYS OF FUN, HUNGER, TEARS AND DEFFO TANTRUMS!!!!!


Be prepared for all of this!  I am not going to sugar coat anything....its going to be real and its going to be funny (I hope)!!!!


This is my first blog for Ramadhan 2011 and I am soooo excited to see what I will come up with hahahah!!!!  I might even take photos of my food hahahah!!!!

This IS NOT for Muslim's only.  I want everyone to learn and and express their own comments forward!

So sit back...read...laugh...relate....and done't think bad of my honesty!!!!


This is the.....Ramadhan 2011......khaled Nawaz....original blog!!!