Gentle Readers,
The week has quickly come and gone. After just a few sessions of Arabic we've now got the whole alphabet down which apparently takes GW professors upwards of seven weeks to accomplish. This coupled with the slang and conversational stuff I'm picking up here and there, its coming along well. I sat in the shower just now for twenty minutes trying to sound out my shampoo bottle. TMI??
The week saw a third world medical clinic, an evening at the Outside Inn with Ed, and a luxe night in Dubai with a friend one my professor introduced me to. We went out for sushi and happy hour at a bar at the Medina Jumeirah, the celebrity laced neighborhood under the Burj Al Arab . My professor described my new acquaintance as "well Connected" in the Dubai socialite's scene. I'll leave it at that.
I broke down tonight. I gave in. I did it. I ate at KFC. And it was delicious.
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About Me
- Thomas
- This page is an account of my experiences in the United Arab Emirates.
5 comments:
No shame in a plate of creamy mashed potatoes! Love reading about your travels . . . Auntie Joyce!
way to try and sneak "gentle readers" by me. i'm on to your foggin loving ways.
I have been moving in, hence my lack of attention to you. But I changed my facebook photo back to the one of me in your hat and jacket in the fog. It is my favorite picture of me ever.
First, I would like a camel (preferably Saudi bred) taken home with you. I think it will survive the winter- hopefully. If you can't make the camel happen, I'll take a postcard.
Second, the Minnesota state fair was GLORIOUS this year. I saw Frank Vacellaro and Ameila Santinelo riding around on a golf car- TWICE. Not the same as seeing Garrison Kellior though. Also a bull escaped from it's pen and was terrorizing the fair for 30 seconds before it slammed it's head into a fire hydrant and died.
Oh and keep up the posts, they are interesting.
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