I guess I am not keeping as current on this as I had planned.
It is still very hot here and some days very humid. I guess you get used to it a bit, or maybe it's just a matter of: What are you going to do about it? anyway it does hamper you a bit to get very adventurous because you just can't stay outside very long.
We have a week break from school and most of the staff left the country. I must admit I feel a bit like I am under house-arrest because I don't really know what to do. I painted my apartment the last three days and need to make a plan about when and where I can go. As I said Eid lasts three days, so I am not sure about when things are open still.
One of the guys here loaned me a bike so I went for a bike ride, but it is a bit sketchy unless you can wander to the Corniche. There is a nice path that travels along the coast. People looked at me like I had escaped the local mental hospital because it was well over 100 degrees. I have to admit I could see their point. I'm not much of a home-body and it is a bit difficult especially when I have to take a taxi anywhere that I want to go.
The picture of the new moon is the night that Ramadan started.
How many people have pudding named after them. According to one of my students there is apparently a juice as well. Anyway, they seem very familiar with my name.
Hard Rock Cafe on the coastline. I did get food poisoning eating sea food here, but everyone else was ok. They didn't have seafood.
The last building is my apartment building. I am the third floor apartment. The ground floor is floor 0 (makes sense). The apartments are pretty nice. They are completely concrete and tile. Probably not much need to get a smoke detector.
The first building is one that some of the expatriate workers live in. They have quite a story. I will go into that later. I think that the girl who cleans my room at school lives in this building. She is sharing 1 room with her mother and brother that is the size of my kitchen. They share the bath and kitchen with other apartments. They are charged 75 KD a month rent. She makes 75 KD a month pay for 5 and a half days a week. 1 KD equals about 3.4 US dollars. They save most of their money to send home to their families in their home countries since jobs are scarce. Obviously their homes are not very nice. Additionally, the Kuwaitis are tearing down all of the old and rebuilding with new, so I don't know where these people will be able to live when that happens because they won't be able to afford anything bigger or nicer.
Things can be pretty difficult here. Especially getting things done that you want or need fairly quickly. On the other hand I went to a small furniture maker across from school yesterday to ask him to make me a table base. I bought a large copper or brass tray at the friday market to use as a coffee table. Anyway, he called me at 9:00 am to let me know it is finished. I haven't seen it yet, but am keeping my fingers crossed.
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