October 13th 2008
Well nothing of much interest happened today. I had to give a presentation about a story I read for my Women writers course, but other than that there is nothing all that great about my day. I went to the gym and worked my ass off. Seriously I feel like it is falling off. The computer at my house is not working because of the internet so my blog will probably suffer since I am paying to get on here and update this damn thing. Okay that is all for the 13th.
October 14th 2008
Well today seemed to be the day for me to lose my sanity in Jordan. I went to the teacher to talk to her about how she thinks I am doing in Arabic class. Because well frankly it is a guessing game in this country. Anyways, all though she tells me I am doing good I just feel so stupid and frustrated at times that I ended basically crying the entire time I was talking to her. She is such a sweetheart. I felt so bad for crying like that...and she just kept telling me that we were like sisters and sisters cry to each other. She really is an angel. She made me feel better. Even though I still get frustrated at times with this damn language...I knew it was going to be hard...but grr!
Anyways other than that nothing else happened on Tuesday!
October 15th 2008
Well nothing new except that we had a GLBT talk. And a guy came in to talk to us about what it is like to be out in Jordan. He owns one of my favorite cafes. Books at Cafe. It is such a cool place. Man I miss my gays. Anyways other than this nothing of much import happened. I found out today that I am goin cliff diving on Saturday. That should be fun! EK!
October 16th 2008
Well I went out with a few friends tonight. We basically just sat around though. Rovers was closed down because of toilet problems..eww...and so we just went to walkalat street and smoked some shisha. Anyways that is about all. Nothing too great.
October 17th 2008
Okay so a run down of this day...I made fried green tomatoes...yep that was it! Nothing else have I done today. Since I am going cliff diving tomorrow I just haven't done much except study. Anyways that is all for now I am out. I will have more to write for tomorrow I am sure!
October 18th 2008
OMG!!!! That was absolutely incredible. I went to Wadi Hasa which aka is one of the most beautiful places you could ever go to. So the trip started out with a 3 hour bus ride to this wadi. Once we got off the bus within three minutes of being on the trail you had to jump on to the first natural made water slide. You instantly slide into water way over your head and then you swim for a bit to a place where you have to jump off of a 30 feet rock to get to the next level of the Wadi. After that there is about five minutes of a dry hike before you are back in the water again. I swear some places looked like the most romantic thing in the world with all the rock forms over head and other places looked like you were going to get ate by a giant snake in the water as you are swimming or wading through cat tails. There were tunnels we had to swimming through and rocks we had to jump between and fall into the water below. IT was incredible. There was about 12 waterfalls total in the short place we did to get to the hot springs...and then we just relaxed there for a while. All and all the trip was great. I wish I could have had a camera for all of this, but it would have ruined my camera. We spent about 90% of the time in water. After all this was over though we got right back on the bus for another three hours home.
October 19th 2008
Nothing to report I had my speaking exam today. And I was so sore from the trip I took. Seriously though I am covered in bruises and my butt is black from a particularly nasty fall I had yesterday. Why don't I have any grace????
Friday, 17 October 2008
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
What now? WEEK SEVEN!!!!!!!!!
October 6th 2008
Okay so today is the day before my 21st birthday. You would think I would be looking forward to Tuesday, but anybody who knows me knows that I never look forward to birthdays...because well it is a day I can guarantee that I will be sick! Geeze why can't this be a tradition for breaking? But now. I could feel it coming on today!
I met up with Nada today. It was a quick and short meeting, but it was all the time we really had. She showed me where this cheap little place that I could get some pretty decent Shawarma at. It wasn't really a bad price. And it was close. Nada is such a cute little Arab girl. She is so soft spoken and everything.
Anyways after I left Nada I went to the Arabic club for the ten forms. Dr. Najeh was teaching it or I probably wouldn't have gone. Actually I don't think anybody would have gone had anybody else been teaching it. Najeh is crazy and so therefore everybody loves him!
Anyways not much else happened today. Just another adverage day in Jordan!
October 7th 2008
My 21st Birthday! Was nothing that I had hoped it would be. Actually it was mundane at best. Let's be honest...I turned 21 in a country that I could already drink in...which a bunch of people that I have only known for about 2 months.
I mean, my arabic teacher did embarrass me by making me get up in front of the class and then made everyone sing happy birthday to me...in Arabic and then she gave me cookies to pass out to the class. She really is a nice and cute lady, but I was so red!!!!!
Anyways, moving on later that night I went out to Dubliners with a group of my friends we spent about 2 hours there just talking and stuff. Nothing too special I had a drink but didn't get drunk! After that we went and smoked shisha. And that was the end of my birthday night.
Oh wait and my host mom made me Apple cake for my birthday! It was actually pretty good.
When it was all said and done though...21 was not that big of a deal!
October 8th 2008
Well as what I am seeing to be a trend for this week I really didn't do anything. In my Islam in the Modern Context class I guess I impressed a few people with my knowledge of Arab feminism. I was basically put on a panel almost with three other Arabic girls and we all debated and answered questions about Arabic feminism. It was actually pretty fun. But other than that I didn't do much...I went to the gym later. About killed myself trying to work out. I ran flat out for about 20 minutes. It was insane and then I walked for about 20 more. I swear sometimes I think I am on a mission to die on a treadmill...haha
After that all I did was go home and go to sleep...not very exciting I know. But hey that is my life!
October 9th 2008
Today was actually pretty interesting for me. Well in the beginning it was a bit boring just same old same old. But later in the day I spent three hours speaking Arabic with Nada. Well broken Arabic...but it made me feel good, because I understood what she said to me and I could talk with her mostly in Arabic. She says my Arabic is good. She also says I am very animated with my hands...Haha I feel as if this helps me talk some.
Anyways after that I went to this Iraqi and Palestinian music show. It was pretty awesome. They whole audience was really into it. We sang along and clapped and everybody was chanting different things...if was almost like a high school pep rally. Haha But it really was great.
Later that day I went out to dinner with some friends. We went to this cool as hell place for Iraqi food. Seriously they gave us so much food it was crazy. And the shisha was great. And I talked to the waiters in Arabic. They thought my Arabic was good too!
Anyways, then some of us decided to go to Dubs but they were having plumbing issues and so we went to Amigos. This was a loud bar, but hey I got a free drink complements of Mike...And then we ended off the night at another bar. A lot nicer but too expensive. I didn't stay long. And now I am home...watching illegal movies on the internet...
So GOODNIGHT!!!!
Okay so today is the day before my 21st birthday. You would think I would be looking forward to Tuesday, but anybody who knows me knows that I never look forward to birthdays...because well it is a day I can guarantee that I will be sick! Geeze why can't this be a tradition for breaking? But now. I could feel it coming on today!
I met up with Nada today. It was a quick and short meeting, but it was all the time we really had. She showed me where this cheap little place that I could get some pretty decent Shawarma at. It wasn't really a bad price. And it was close. Nada is such a cute little Arab girl. She is so soft spoken and everything.
Anyways after I left Nada I went to the Arabic club for the ten forms. Dr. Najeh was teaching it or I probably wouldn't have gone. Actually I don't think anybody would have gone had anybody else been teaching it. Najeh is crazy and so therefore everybody loves him!
Anyways not much else happened today. Just another adverage day in Jordan!
October 7th 2008
My 21st Birthday! Was nothing that I had hoped it would be. Actually it was mundane at best. Let's be honest...I turned 21 in a country that I could already drink in...which a bunch of people that I have only known for about 2 months.
I mean, my arabic teacher did embarrass me by making me get up in front of the class and then made everyone sing happy birthday to me...in Arabic and then she gave me cookies to pass out to the class. She really is a nice and cute lady, but I was so red!!!!!
Anyways, moving on later that night I went out to Dubliners with a group of my friends we spent about 2 hours there just talking and stuff. Nothing too special I had a drink but didn't get drunk! After that we went and smoked shisha. And that was the end of my birthday night.
Oh wait and my host mom made me Apple cake for my birthday! It was actually pretty good.
When it was all said and done though...21 was not that big of a deal!
October 8th 2008
Well as what I am seeing to be a trend for this week I really didn't do anything. In my Islam in the Modern Context class I guess I impressed a few people with my knowledge of Arab feminism. I was basically put on a panel almost with three other Arabic girls and we all debated and answered questions about Arabic feminism. It was actually pretty fun. But other than that I didn't do much...I went to the gym later. About killed myself trying to work out. I ran flat out for about 20 minutes. It was insane and then I walked for about 20 more. I swear sometimes I think I am on a mission to die on a treadmill...haha
After that all I did was go home and go to sleep...not very exciting I know. But hey that is my life!
October 9th 2008
Today was actually pretty interesting for me. Well in the beginning it was a bit boring just same old same old. But later in the day I spent three hours speaking Arabic with Nada. Well broken Arabic...but it made me feel good, because I understood what she said to me and I could talk with her mostly in Arabic. She says my Arabic is good. She also says I am very animated with my hands...Haha I feel as if this helps me talk some.
Anyways after that I went to this Iraqi and Palestinian music show. It was pretty awesome. They whole audience was really into it. We sang along and clapped and everybody was chanting different things...if was almost like a high school pep rally. Haha But it really was great.
Later that day I went out to dinner with some friends. We went to this cool as hell place for Iraqi food. Seriously they gave us so much food it was crazy. And the shisha was great. And I talked to the waiters in Arabic. They thought my Arabic was good too!
Anyways, then some of us decided to go to Dubs but they were having plumbing issues and so we went to Amigos. This was a loud bar, but hey I got a free drink complements of Mike...And then we ended off the night at another bar. A lot nicer but too expensive. I didn't stay long. And now I am home...watching illegal movies on the internet...
So GOODNIGHT!!!!
October 10th, 2008
Okay so first things I got up and went to Avacado with Mike, Cat, and David, but it was closed so we had to decided somewhere else to eat! We ended up at Abu Jabara which I think is a great place to eat. Mike thought so as well, but Cat not so much. After Abu Jabara Cat and I left and went to the movies in Mecca mall. We saw Tropic Thunder...yes I am aware it came out a while ago, but remember this is Jordan. It was a pretty funny little movie. And it really had a great cast of people...some of which I didn't recognize until they were pointed out to me.
After the movie Cat and I met up with Tanya at a cafe. I really do love the cafes here. The waiters just let you sit and take up table space for hours and end and they never force you to buy anything or leave. It really is great. One never feels rushed in this country...well except to cross the road that is...but that is another story entirely. So we sat there for about three hours just talking and such. After that we went to Cat's apartment and watch Cloverfield. That movie made me dizzy and when they said that it was between the Blaire Witch and Godzilla they weren't kidding. The worst movie I swear. After that I just came home and chilled in the house. Actually I went to bed rather early. About 11 or so. Nothing great there.
October 11th 2008
You know I had really hoped to be productive today and get up and go somewhere. Well I was sort of productive. I got up early to go to the gym. And I ran for about 30 minutes as fast as I could. And then spent 20 minutes or so working on my arms. So I was productive for a little while. But after I left the gym I was so worn out that I couldn't think to go anywhere else. Except that my head phones broke so I went on a wild goose chase...on foot...searching for a radio shack in sweifieh that my host sister told me about...then Nimer told me it was closed and told me to go to the one on Garden's...when I get to Garden's I found out that one was closed as well. So I called Ahmad. And Ahmad then tells me that all Radio Shacks in Jordan have been offically closed down. So then he tells me to go to PC ZONE. Can I state that if I didn't need my MP3 so bad I would have just gone home and gone to bed. But I did find this place rather easy with his instructions. God love Ahmad...he is just the most handy Arab!!! I swear he is my favorite CIEE person here. haha He is always getting me out of trouble...no wonder he thinks I am a trouble maker!!!
Anyways after the headphone ordeal and the gym today...I just didn't have the energy to do anything else and so I slept most of the day away. I eventually got up to do my homework and study a bit for my test on Monday. But that is all I did today.
October 12th 2008
Frankly today was just a little bit boring as usally...I did all of the same old same old...Class, conversation partner, and gym...nothing all that great to report. Sorry so short...
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