Selamat Berpuasa!

Hey guys, its the fasting month or bulan puasa and I wish all the Muslims a great fasting month ahead.

I'm not Muslim and I've never tried fasting, but I shared an apartment with 2 great Muslim girls and they showed me how to create this great tasting drink to start up your buka puasa.

U need fresh milk, preserved dates and a blender. Just remove the preserved date's seed and skin (u can leave the skin on if u dont mind a lumpier and rougher result) n chuck them into the blender. Add in some fresh milk and blend them til the dates are nice and fine.

Be very generous with the dates, that way the beautiful flavour of the dates is fully embraced by the milk and ta-da, awesome drink. Serve it cold!

As a guideline, I use 4 to 5 big dates for every half a glass of milk.

Enjoy the recipe!

Whats Moral?

You know some things that make you think? Well, today for me it’s morality.

In college I learnt theories of morality. How to decide what is moral and what is not. I learnt utilitarianism. It takes into account how many people’s happiness and how great that happiness of the action brings. Ironically, I learnt egoism after that. It says that all human are selfish and they will put themselves first.

But tell me this, is moral a thing that doesn’t change regardless of situation? Is abortion immoral even if the mother was a victim of rape? If it is so, how are we moral in this dog eat dog world, where there is only the survival of the fittest? Is it true that right will always be right and wrong will always be wrong? When I brought this up, someone said yes, right will always be right, no matter under what circumstance. It was an absurd idea to me. I had always thought that abortion should be made legal for those who were victims of rape and the abortion for the result of that immoral act should be ok, it should be acceptable.

But the longer I let this idea sit in my mind, the more it takes root. When someone commits rape, it is immoral. However, the rapist is immoral, so why would you let his immorality license you to act out another immoral act of aborting the innocent child? When you commit that immoral act of abortion regardless of the situation, you have made an immoral act to someone else, your child.

I know it is easier said than done, and I am not undermining rape victims, but when someone slaps you on a cheek, you turn the other cheek to him too, right? It does not matter if he deserves the forgiveness or not, because by forgiving him you have let down a huge load. By letting down that load, you are able to accept your new responsibility; that is to be a mother or at least carry the baby for nine months and go to the nearest religious home to bless an infertile couple with the joy of having a baby. You do the right thing.

 I guess morality is not about survival in bodily sense, living in a world with pretty macaroons, expensive cigars, a cherry red Ferrari, but it is about preserving your soul. By not maiming it with immoral acts, your body might not survive, but your soul survives.