Comments on: Eid Musings (2009) http://www.suhailalgosaibi.com/2009/09/22/eid-musings-2009/ Unconventional views on life, success, and everything lese Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:41:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Sawsan http://www.suhailalgosaibi.com/2009/09/22/eid-musings-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Sawsan Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:59:08 +0000 http://suhailalgosaibi.com/?p=1076#comment-403 Hey Suhail, Eid Mubarak to you and your loved ones. Nice to hear from you. I do agree with your thoughts. Most of us are super-ultra-busy and eid is a very good opportunity to connect with family and friends. I usually send phone messages to my friends and I do get replies back ( some of them send their wishes ahead of me). I call my cousions and close family members.We keep one day for all family gathering. About the swine flue, I think there is no harm in taking some precautions like frequent hand wash but I think people in Bahrain now have flue phobia ( though this is not the case in most other countries) and some are even afraid to shake hands !. Hey Suhail,

Eid Mubarak to you and your loved ones. Nice to hear from you. I do agree with your thoughts. Most of us are super-ultra-busy and eid is a very good opportunity to connect with family and friends. I usually send phone messages to my friends and I do get replies back ( some of them send their wishes ahead of me). I call my cousions and close family members.We keep one day for all family gathering.

About the swine flue, I think there is no harm in taking some precautions like frequent hand wash but I think people in Bahrain now have flue phobia ( though this is not the case in most other countries) and some are even afraid to shake hands !.

]]> By: Mai http://www.suhailalgosaibi.com/2009/09/22/eid-musings-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Mai Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:10:22 +0000 http://suhailalgosaibi.com/?p=1076#comment-402 Hey Suhail, 1- Eid Mubarak 2- I used to call a long list of my friends every Ramdan for several years but not any more. I realized that I get back only a few eid wishes in return! Every one claim to be busy...well, do you mean I am not??? I can't understand such attitudes that depend on the flux strategy in friendship i.e. friends are getting into someone's circle of friends and as soon as they are in - they find themselves out! I used the term friends as this is how they introduce you to others- so they admit of considering you a friend though the fact it is temporarily. Now, I switched to plain / empty two words e-mail ( Eid Mubarak),some phone messeges and only few few phone calls to whom I really appreciate my friendship with them and I really make the efforts to call them anywhere in the world. I hear you saying that your post was mainly talking about family and not about friends......well, I did not have contact with many of them for several years! Hey Suhail,
1- Eid Mubarak
2- I used to call a long list of my friends every Ramdan for several years but not any more. I realized that I get back only a few eid wishes in return!
Every one claim to be busy…well, do you mean I am not???
I can’t understand such attitudes that depend on the flux strategy in friendship i.e. friends are getting into someone’s circle of friends and as soon as they are in – they find themselves out!
I used the term friends as this is how they introduce you to others- so they admit of considering you a friend though the fact it is temporarily.

Now, I switched to plain / empty two words e-mail ( Eid Mubarak),some phone messeges and only few few phone calls to whom I really appreciate my friendship with them and I really make the efforts to call them anywhere in the world.

I hear you saying that your post was mainly talking about family and not about friends……well, I did not have contact with many of them for several years!

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