Eid Mubarak

Today is Eid-ul-Adha and muslims everywhere commemorate Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son on orders from Allah.

An animal (sheep, cow or goat) is sacrificed and the meat (kurbani) is distributed to the lesser fortunate. Over the years in Mohammedville, the meat is shared amongst the family members.

This year was kinda different in that, most people opt to send money/alms (zakaat) to families elsewhere - like Guyana, Suriname and Saudi Arabia.

In the Ville, Rocky and his family were the only ones to do the sacrifice here. The few others who did sacrifice animals, did so at the abattoir.

Today it is very rainy and gloomy. We are trying to clean up, but with the big construction of the apartments, this is an exercise in futility. Chayzo painted the outside of the house and it is taking on a nice look. He is such a hard worker - sooo neat and thorough. He says he cannot paint without first cleaning the surrounding area. Makes me want him to paint the whole house - to kill two birds with one stone :) The rain is giving him a hard time.

Well I going to make space for kurbani meat in the 'fridge now.




We collected some meat from Majid.

The Family Tree

Ok folks, Sadro has taken on the grand task of creating a family tree for the Mohammeds.
He has done a considerable amount of work thus far, and I am surprise that the old brain is functioning that well.

It is very interesting and you may want to visit the site and contribute.

http://www.mohammed.tribalpages.com

More pictures of the concert

Hello folks!

Pancho boy!!

With Mama!

Specialist Learning Centre - Christmas Concert 2007

Hello there

Well Yahoo gone through and the schemers want people to pay to upload photos on Flickr.

So, being the innovative Trinidadian that I am, I have decided to create a blog of my own to post all kinda tid-bits and photos.

If you are a friend or family member, and would like to share or upload material just send me an email and I will send you the invites. It is simple.

Enjoy!

Jules