I was in Homer, MI visiting Kevin this weekend and I had a little accident on the lake. So I will be looking like a true gangster for the first week of school. I need to think of good stories to tell people who ask me what happned.
I have been in a pretty stressed out state lately. So I thought I would post a picture of care-free happy times.
I don't mean to make this a poem blog. But here is another One I really like. VIA Mat Buss
Alexander Pope
Solitude: An Ode
I
How happy he, who free from care
The rage of courts, and noise of towns;
Contented breaths his native air,
In his own grounds.
II
Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire,
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter fire.
III
Blest! who can unconcern'dly find
Hours, days, and years slide swift away,
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day,
IV
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mix'd; sweet recreation,
And innocence, which most does please,
With meditation.
V
Thus let me live, unheard, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me dye;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lye.
This Is Just to Say
by William Carlos Williams
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox
and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast
Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold
Photo: A moth in the hills of Muree, Pakistan.
Photo: Stencil. taken by ***
I have been busy lately, so I haven't posted. I thought I would display this beautiful work of art. My friend made this and sprayed it on in the alley behind B&N in East Lansing.
I need to get back to work. here is my factoid of the day.
Photo: people piled one a car
In case of emergency Paramedics will turn to a victim's cell phone for clues to that person's identity. You can make their job much easier with a simple idea that they are trying to get everyone to adopt: ICE.
ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. If you add an entry in the contacts list in your cell phone under ICE, with the name and phone no. of the person that the emergency services should call on your behalf, you can save them a lot of time and have your loved ones contacted quickly. It only takes a few moments of your time to do.
Paramedics know what ICE means and they look for it immediately.
Just recently I got an ipod photo and I like it WAY more than the monochrome one.
PHOTO: Dresses from Pakistan
I am slowly getting back into my normal schedule. It still feels a little wierd to be back here in the U S of A.
I was working at Red Cross yesterday and people came in asking for personal needs and some food. I noticed that even the homeless of America are high class yuppies. This guy told me that only a certain kind of shampoo works for his hair and that I should try to find that kind. Simililarly, another lady didn't like the taste of Colgate, so we had to give her another brand.
Photo: Riyadh Airport
Islamabad to Riyadh (~3 hours)
layover (7 hours)
Riyadh to Jeddah (1 hour)
layover (1 hour)
Jeddah to JFK (12 hours)
layover (6 hours)
JFK to Cincinnati (2 hours)
layover (1 hour)
Cincinnati to DTW (1 hour)
I am BACK ! The trip back was long but we made it all fun and games. At the New York airport we found a small massage store. I gave the shopkeeper a massage and ended up getting a FREE half hour session. Good times...
When we got back to our house I was AMAZED to see how beautiful my garden looks. Our neighbor has been watering my veggies. The plants are HUGE.
P. S. Imran mamu thanks for escorting us all the way to the plane. We already miss everyone back home
Someone has taken us out to dinner almost every night of the week. Tonight we went to a beautiful restaurant here in Islamabad. There was live tabla with a grand piano, you guys would have loved it.
I saw my first Macintosh since I have been in Pakistan. This guy had a powerbook. that reminds me I still have to buy Tiger.
I visited our village recently. It was some great photo opps.
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PS thanks to my cousin for letting me use her computer.
My brother, my cousin and I drove to a city called Muree (the Colorado of Pakistan). No matter where I am the mountains call my name. beautiful...
I have been asking my Grandfather and my Uncle to get me to meet Gen. Musharraf and I don't think it will end up happening. He is in Saudi Arabia right now enjoying the Prince's company. I did see the Prime Minister's motorcade drive by us at 90mph. Three black Mercedes and lot of police.
BAM
