Cameo Hotel Amman

... very core. The only problem is that my bank thinks my remote localities are suspicious, so shuts off my credit card. I pass their little ID quiz, but it doesn’t unlock immediately. I’ll get it back, but that doesn’t always help when you’re standing in the airport with a worthless piece of plastic in one hand and your dick in the other. These things take a little time. I’ll call if I have to.

But ...

Sunday:
The problem with waiting so long to recap my week is that I don't really remember Sunday at this point. I remember I took my time getting to work since I had been working all day Saturday. Everything else is a bit fuzzy. I might have gone over to Adib's that night to play cards him, Firas, and Bashar...but I actually think that was Monday night. OH! I think Gupse and Adib came over to help me with my Arabic homework and then cards was the next night ...

... met them before so we got acquainted. The dude told us that owl breeding -in order to control the rodent population in the valley area- has apparently been the most successful cooperation project between Israel, Palestine, and Jordan to date, lol. And the woman was from Canada so we started chatting about hockey and it turns out she is from Windsor (howdy neighbor!) although she is a Penguins fan. Boo hiss! But all is fair in love and hockey and I enjoyed talking about it ...

... the wok off the burner, the flame stood about 30cm high and
15cm across, like the exhaust from a small rocket engine. I’m glad I wasn’t cooking there!

A little later I settled at a small restaurant with outside seating for a tabouleh salad, followed
by a delicious lamb stew with potatoes, onions and peppers. No alcohol served of course,
so had a home-made lemonade.

Today I set off on foot for the centre of the city. The first couple of ...

... the theatre that was on a sugar high running up and down the aisles. Geez. Put that thing on a leash people. Sedate. Sedate. [Interesting side note: I was talking to Yoichi today at work about the movie and he said that his wife loves Korean movies because the military is compusory in Korea which apparently means th the guys are all hot, lmao. That could come up at Quizzo so pay attention Rachel. Also, on this day in 2009, the internet returned to the coolest ...

... out...I just measured my own instant coffee and it is delicious. I never cease to amaze myself.] Wednesday is also the day Jessica moved in. Her friend Shawn helped move her in and honestly it was easy to be around her right away. Adib took us out for what was supposedly chicken fatteh and while we were eating we started to discover why we get along so well, haha. I think I already wrote about this, but we apparently went to the same undergrad, K College... what ...

... out (sort of like a reward for dealing with managerial hoopla). We went to Yoichi’s for awhile. Just chilling out and talking. They made me coffee which was a godsend and I chilled on the couch with Yoichi’s sweet little cat while we laughed over the Japanese-English translator. My favorite was an English translation to "sexy *******." I am still not exactly sure what the word meant but it had something to do with street harassment ...

... Kahlo would hang at, minus the oud player.

Finally we got home around midnight, but not before our cab complete with black light interior, broke down in the middle of an intersection and motioned us out after several failed attempts at starting the engine. Of course I am all screwed up and I could not get to sleep. I checked my email, went on facebook, finished my Davis Sedaris book, and so on until 4:00 am when I was finally sleepy.

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Amman, Jordan justajaunt

... if they could get married somewhere else, like in the states, but still live in Jordan and have the marriage be approved. He said no, that he would lose his citizenship and therefore would be a citizen of no country!



And it’s not just the government that doesn’t approve of it, but many families. The younger generation is definitely more open and doesn’t care, but their parents and grandparents have a lot of influence over their lives ...

... declined! To describe the experience of the Dead Sea in words is almost impossible. Certainly it is beyond my skills as a writer to do it justice. Walking into the water, you immediately feel resistance to even your feet landing on the sea bed as you descend into the water. I enjoyed little flashbacks to dreams of walking on the moon, and other similar implausible experiences which gravity should not allow. As you lower your bottom and then back into the water, your equilibrium ...