It turns out that today is a public holiday in Iran. It's the 40th day after the anniversary of Sayidina Hussin's death. Most of the shops are closed. I was thinking of staying at home today but suddenly there was a black out (it happened the moment Ben Affleck's character was short-circuiting the Subway control box in "Paycheck". For a moment, I thought that was the cause). So, after Dzuhur, Amin and I went to Estaghlal Hotel to exchange some USD to Rials. Then we had lunch at SFC (Iranian version of KFC). I think many Iranians are oblivious of the event of the day. They just know it's a holiday. The traffic.....still busy with cars, m'cycles etc. The TV in SFC was showing a sermon by an Imam....it's a shame I don't speak Farsi. I could've understand his words. It sounded very important.....he recited some versus from the Holy Quran as well....then, the translation in Farsi.
The walk back to our place was really tiring.....we were huffing and puffing....especially when we already had our bellies full. Luckily, when we arrived home, the electricity had already been restored.
Tomorrow, another off day.....don't know yet what to do....we'll see when tomorrow comes.
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