I notice the mention of Fat Tuesday all over the net and was wondering what it is. It turns out to be what I am doing right now. Getting fat and eating all I can. I usually go on vegetarian diet during the Lenten Season which starts tomorrow until Good Friday. So, I am pigging out these few days.
However, our Catholic churches in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei has ‘Ash Friday’ which is next Friday because Ash Wednesday falls on Chinese New Yea’s eve. I still have one more day to eat before the fasting starts. I know it is very hypocrite of me to pig out before the fasting starts. But hey, I am just human, you know?
Tags: ash wednesday, fat tuesday, mardi gras
February 7th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Hi Lilian, I did the same thing - pigged out yesterday till I practically made myself sick. I don’t drink or anything so eating junk food is pretty much my only vice! I’m fasting today - it must be cool for Chinese New Year to be so big it kind of “puts off” Ash Wednesday!
I just found your blog - and I love all your posts I’ve read! I’m from the US and I can’t imagine what it must be like to be in the Christian minority, though Christianity tends to be persecuted by the media here. We’re all a bunch of Bible-thumping crazies I guess!
In Christ,
Dianna