It’s a rainy day here in Sulaimaniya, nevertheless, since I got the habit of walking long distances for 3 consecutive evenings, i did some walking this evening too. I took a 2-hours long walk under my handy dandy umbrella. It was nice..
The first two were to return from the Sulaimaniya Int’l Fair (the Harmonica Night and the night that followed). The night that followed was really something. I walked about double the distance that I walked on the 1st night. I finally got a taxi when I was about 10 kms from the Sulaimaniya Airport. The 3rd night though, was the best of the 3 nights. I went with two of my friends by car, and walked a lot inside the Fair, and while one of them ended up getting soar feet, I went along just fine! I kept saying: “I told you! Wear tennis shoes!!”
As for today, and for in-country reasons that I prefer not to specify, I felt sad. Events inside out haven’t been so very top notch pleasant. Things could be hard if you get disappointed of sorts, and the worst is that you cannot explain your point of view. One of the things that we may not learn so easy in life, is not to have higher-than-we-should in people or goals, and that refusal to learn would cause us disappointment sometimes.
The skies wept over the city in the early evening, making alleys almost impossible to cross, so you count on the small asphalt bumps and “cat eyes” to cross the street; that washed the streets or probably over-washed them.
Tonight I bought the Diana Haddad 2006 album “Mas ou Louli” (Diamonds & Pearls), and I loved the 8th song so much. It is called “Aadi” (Ordinary) or (Common). It has very soft music and nice lyrics.
Today, as well, Al-Jazeera has launched its English speaking channel. To be honest, it seems really interesting, because of the fleet of well-known names it gathered, such as Ragi Omar who was with the BBC, whose documentary on Islamic Andalusia is one of my favorite documentaries. You can check it out on http://english.aljazeera.net , also, if you dig around the website, you’d be able to watch it live through Real Player.
And last but not least, I would like to thank Rachel Ray, for giving the viewers a priceless tip on how to open clogged glass jars. You just turn it upside down, tap its head to the table for a couple of times, and voila!
That was my miscellaneous “Miss Ealene Yous” note for today. (I thank Microsoft Word for its Spell Checker).
More soon, inshallah!
