Cats here are like mice. They are everywhere, they live in the streets off the trash. People hate them and are scared. Little boys kick them, throw them, cut their tales off and poke their eyes out and no one seems to care. We found one 6 days old abandoned in [...]
Posted on March 30th, 2006 by allissa
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Yesterday there was a ful eclipse here from 11am to 2pm. They were worried the kids would look into it and hurt their eyes so they cancelled all public schools!
Posted on March 30th, 2006 by allissa
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I am not sure what to do with myself. Boys at school seem to be excited about Allissa. Not yucky local boys but foreign buys, in my program. At first I thought it was a fluke or my imagination but a series of events has clarified the situation for me. This confuses me [...]
Posted on March 28th, 2006 by allissa
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Went to this wedding on Friday night. It was weird and American girl and an Irqi guy. During the ceremony, first he faints and wakes up and then she faints and wakes up and then they continue on. Seems like a good start to a marriage.
Posted on March 26th, 2006 by allissa
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Here’s a movie NOT TO WATCH when you are already living in a male dominated, female harassing society!
Posted on March 26th, 2006 by allissa
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I have this injury from Tykwando right now. It’s in my ribs and it hurts. Anyway I was talking to my instructors about it and guess what they said. No really, guess. They didn’t say anything about twisting it wrong, or straining it or something. No, the explanation [...]
Posted on March 22nd, 2006 by allissa
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God be with you as you travel back to Egypt to get married. You were the best boab (guard, door man, super) a girl could ask for. When something breaks all we do is stick our head out the window and yell your name, and poof you appear. When we need medicine, fruit [...]
Posted on March 21st, 2006 by allissa
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10. psst, psst, psst… (Always a winner, used to call a cat as well)
9. Welcome to Jordan (often shouted in the middle of the street in broken English)
8. Beautiful Women (In the street as well usually for all to hear)
7. You speak Arbc very good (often heard after speaking one word to the [...]
Posted on March 13th, 2006 by allissa
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Packed Full: School, backpacking, skydiving, traveling, fractured skull, fatal illness, learning languages, moving across country-twice, hurdles, 100-200-400 meter race, long jump, triple jump, high jump, crazy family, Chihuahuas, cats, birds, pet butterfly’s, catching rats, jumping of cliffs, life on the farm, college, jazz, skiing, snow, boat, sucking my thumb, eating objects found in my nose, [...]
Posted on March 7th, 2006 by allissa
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I went to get a blood test today. In order to stay in the country every foreigner has to get their blood tested. I suppose it is to check for contagious diseases or something. I can tell you one thing it is dirtier than the projects. It is a run down [...]
Posted on March 1st, 2006 by allissa
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