9.18.06

Hello!

There's been a lot of neighbor trouble around here....also good things, but it's been stressful.
I went and talk to this guy and told him in short, to "watch it!" but I think he may now be just mad at my friend, though she had nothing to do with me talking to him. Oh, well....he needed to know that.
Traffic here is absolutely a nightmare. Sometimes the roads are like a parking lot, all the way through Dubai...it's crazy. Other times there are only specific places or specific times when it's bad. Dubai actually doens't have bad roads-they're better than Michigan by far! It's just that there are so many people. Instead of building all these new huge apartments (probably about a hundred at once, no exaggeration) they should be building more villas. There is shortage of them; they're prettier, they last longer, and then traffic won't be half as bad. They think they will fill up in no time, but I'm not really sure. The compounds or freestanding villas tend to be nice, whereas even good apartments aren't that great and people don't want to live there.
We'll see what happens!

I'm waiting for people to get home from school....I got done quickly today and took a nap ;) I can't wait for the end of October! We're going to Al Ain, Abu Dhabi (the capital of the UAE), for the conference. There isn't going to be a teen program so my friend Samuel (who lives in Bahrain) and I are putting one together. I will organize a Bible/book study on Biblical femininity etc. It should be a good time of fun and reconnecting with some of my best friends from other countries around here.
The only problem is that my friend in the compound, Luz, is having her birthday party during that time, and I'll miss it. I wouldn't mind so much except that Humberto's band was going to play and I don't want to miss their first little gig! Heh, those guys are fun people. If only they could get a vocalist who would stop trying to change their style!


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Haha....

STOP PLANETARY DISCRIMINATION


PLUTO WAS FRAMED


PLUTO WAS DEMOTED


I want a shirt with one of those on it. It's hilarious. I love the subject but honestly, I don't really care scientifically or politically.
It's just that Pluto seemed like a cool "planet."

Today we played wallball in the squash court and I got the Swedish guy accross the street to play so I was happy. It seems like he really needs friends.

At band practice the two pipers that drive up from Ras Al Khaimah brought dates and Arabic coffee. Yum!

Yesterday we went to Dreamland, a waterpark in Umm al Qusais. It was scary.

heh

I've been on a real teenage schedule of late...

It's 12:14 AM...I read till 3 last night...

Weird.


Today after church we played volleyball. Then at home Ky and I went to the compound clubhouse, and watched this guy we know practice with his band.

They're pretty good. Their singer was there for the first time and that was quite amusing. She's all girly and preppy and into soul, R&B, and pop music, whereas the style they aim at is emo/hardcore metal/rock....

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friends

I have made many more friends....form the compound...in the youth group....they're fun people.

But first impressions have already worn off in some cases.

It stinks.

I wish you could tell more quickly how people were, so you don't get to know them and then decide you shouldn't hang out.

But...that's not how it works.

And I am glad, because surface level is....well, surface level.

There are a lot of loner teens here. I want to reach out and be a friend to them so badly. I'll work on it but it's hard because I don't know how and no one else likes them.


hummm.

School tomorrow.

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