Saba Imtiaz: Everyday is a winding road..

The city of Amman has come to a standstill today as the Saudi King is in town and all roads are blocked. I spent an hour in the blazing heat trying to find a way to get home and then returned to the airconditioned and internet-equipped office...only to have a chat with my sister who has reaffirmed the fact that we are living rather strange lives..

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For those who wake
With a blind headache
Who must be still
Who will sit and wait
For Sunday, to be Monday

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Thank you to everyone who called/texted/emailed/posted messages on facebook - and especially to Oksana and Monika who made it a very sing-along day by incessantly singing Happy Birthday to me every time I passed by (which if you live in the same apartment - happens a lot ;), was in the kitchen making coffee, called them up, and even while I was in the other room, they popped in in the midst of their MCP transition and sang it in Slovak as well!

Also, much thanks to Oks for making my request - to have cheesecake - come true!

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Some photos from the past few weeks - Oks and me posing as she cooked (it was yummy!), the MC 2006 - 2008 team at MC Camp: Oksana, Asier, Monika, me, Annika and Momani, and Oks and me at MC Camp

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So today marks my first month in Jordan - 12 more to go - and I honestly don't know where the days have flown by..

..between some very intense and fun transition with the superfantastic Annika and Monika, doing transition simultaneously with the new LCVPERs, booking and going to meetings, meeting the external champions of AIESEC in Jordan, creating the AIESEC Jordan 2010 Roadmap..

..getting to know people better, discovering new things about the city, experimenting with cooking, sleeping on time, smoking arguileh in balcony cafes, learning a bit more of the language..

..as my daily schedule fills up, and my time becomes my own, i find myself more confident and calm, and even the ensuing exhaustion on long days brings with it a strange sense of satisfaction combined with homesickness. Satisfaction at the knowledge that everyday I am more and more productive, and homesickness at the fact that there is no one to fuss around me constantly like my Dad does..
..more later. till then I shall rejoice that today is Friday and the start of the weekend and I can put all brain activity on hold.

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So Brian - our CEEDer from Canada arrived this weekend - and we explored parts of downtown Amman - which included a visit to the Roman Amphitheatre ruins..much fun. Brian, Saleem (one of the LC members) and I navigated our way to the top...took hilarious conqueror pictures and videos (coming to YouTube soon!)

All pictures courtesy the camera-wielding Brian!

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