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I was sitting at my desk here at the paper, one of the girls working at the next door office. Girls and guys are separated by a partition wall with and a small door. one of the girl’s cell phone rang, the tone was none other than the theme song for a animation TV series cartoon, used to air on Saudi TV channel One in the late eighties roughly translated as people’s stories...roughly it might have been known as something else in the states or in Korea or Japan it could be China.

the style of drawing is all too familiar it is Anime 12 frames per-second stuff the was given an Arabic name, a young girl narrated a story from what I understood now days is that most of that translation is been done in either Syria or Lebanon I thought anyway and I cant conform it as information is really scarce here, and by here in the Arabic world world in general you will get what you want digging for it is really hard.

That girl was reluctant to send in the tone to my phone, she ran away as it been claimed to the states

shedding skin

One guy was a stay home, perhaps twenty-three years of age. Also from a well to do commerce family who I had heard from my mother actually denounced their Hadrameez heritage for more obscure front ”modern”.

passing winds

In Jeddah seems to be having some Intellectual phenomena movement that is hitting the local “coffee shops”.

Mostly young and privileged and call themselves intellectuals. they seem garner like minded Hijazi privileged people’s interest on to them.

I had the chance to get to sit down with some.
Before dropping by the meeting I kind of had I general idea to what kind of people I will be meeting with.

A group of few guys, some from “well known merchant class” that is still active,

Note-the reason of mentioning that point is that some in Jeddah merchants either hold to a name of a wealthy family that is not active anymore, or that this person could be a distant relative to the a current wealthy family.

On a Friday, right after the Friday prayer, the location to which where we will meet was a place called Andalusia, trendy place is allegedly owned and operated by another well-known young face Ahmed al Shigery.

So we sat down as to try to discuss some issues, the whole point of the meeting I guess was to see how much each unknown person knows about unknown things.

opposition of thought or lamo mimic.

Here is an example there this guy something Ahamd shegeri. This guy comes on TV on a local satellite Tv channele MBC and talk of what he feel, is sense of the youths
and he explains things as he sees it, but wait that is not the right answer, Ahmad is actually talking to those who share an upbringing similar to his.

here is why, despite those in Riyadh or around the kingdom, who might agree with what he is saying, they wont necessarily follow his lead which is presumably what the boys who made the program are thinking including Ahamd.

and right there is the issue, i believe since coming back, it was always about money, and always about 'looking' at the end Ahamd hasn't really contributed to the society in the way he wanted through his tele program,
he forgot the simple a Jeddah tradition and that is there is none

the toughest trick

The trick is to know it, and know it's going on
And pretended to not want to talk about it
It's confusing and leaves place to many things
Its a place of many limitations
Its a place with hard made up traditions
And you cant just change it
you cant add to it
the Trick at the end is on you

its the call

I am trying contact Yasuko .
...But the case is that for some years she stopped answering phone calls at all. Yasuko wants to severe he contacts between us.

I can’t speculate on reasons but I think if I had to push for one she just might be busy as she claims. However because I get to check on what is up to through her emails I can tell that she just moved on, I don’t blame her at all.
And I might in fact deserve it after all.

I think this is what Yasuko wanted after all, this was a long fling no more, also that’s what she wanted.

I tried to see things for both of us. “Love is blind” bullshit is not true, this has nothing to do with love as much as it had to do with convenience.

Its not love as much as it’s money. It is those feelings that made me upset in the past and passes me from time to time but especially and strangely on Wednesday of every week.

The thing is I won't want accept it these things as facts (love?).
And I kept calling her many times, , and perhaps I wont ever hear.
Reality is one good and socmbring

Slap in some whiel

Today Wednesday this man bin Mahfouz's son died,
uncle who I met earlier to give some money so he can buy dinner for his friend called me to tell me about the death and he said he needs help but he dont have a car to go and help.

I got ready, I wore my thoob and head wear, as i was ready to leave the throught the apt door, father was arriving, uncle told him about breaking news, father says something to then he says that "he has to go to work tomorrow, therefore he can't go to the burial of the dead son and he wont be able to come back early morning"

he was upset as usual, it could be diabetes, blood pressure, depression, who knows, I had to go inside the Apt to get my sandal father closed the door, I was like wait I might have raised my voice I cant recall, though father start saying "What did you say?" and I was like "I need my sandal" he then started slapping my face saying don't you ever rise your voice etc
Adel fled the scene as usual but his cell phn is here getting charged up I asked father to calm down and refused and so on

Tamayo after odd 7 years

Wednesday  19 Saffar 1431 H
February  3, 2010

EVICTION NOTICE

To Mr. Ronaldo Tamayo,
This a final eviction notice:
you are hereby notified to evict the apartment on March 31 2010 (65 days ), with the complete money payment of any repair to damages occurred while at the apartment.
OR
You can renew the apartment contract for S.R 25,000.