Saturday, February 04, 2006
Sufi or not to be...
I must say I am a little disappointed at the lack of comments posted on this here blog, let me know you are reading it at least!
Many things have happened since my last post, the biggest one affecting all others is the fact that I now have friends. I have gone from total boredom to having to schedule them in...
Friend 1: Is one of the only female regulars at the English club besides myself. She is very conservative, and asked me to go to her relatives weeding that night- so much food- women just kept shoving food in my hands, who couldn't love that? She has an arranged marriage to a man 13 years her senior coming up in July, to which I have been invited-inshallah...
Friend 2: I met on Thursday afternoon through a girl from work (her boyfriends friend), we went to a big expat hotel for coffee that afternoon. The next day he took me to see one of the biggest dam development projects this side of Egypt - Jebel Awlia.
Friend 3: I met while I was praying (actually listening to poems about Allah, while jumping around- it is very good excercise) at the Sufi mosque near my house. She works for the UN, speaks English fluently and is finishing a French degree, she is also a swimming coach-amazing. She offered to take me anywhere in her car.
Friend 4: Is a lecturer in the Faculty of Computer Science at Khartoum University, she asked me to sit next to her, her giant husband and her very bold 1 year old, at a wonderful peace concert last night.
Friend 5: Works at Nilain University where I will soon start two classes, he is a graduate of the English Departmet and has kindly given me a guided tour of the university this morning.
Friends 6, 7, 8, 9 +10: Are a a bunch of guys from a class I substituted for twice last week. I meet them at lunch quite often where they beg me for more info about Canada.
Many things have happened since my last post, the biggest one affecting all others is the fact that I now have friends. I have gone from total boredom to having to schedule them in...
Friend 1: Is one of the only female regulars at the English club besides myself. She is very conservative, and asked me to go to her relatives weeding that night- so much food- women just kept shoving food in my hands, who couldn't love that? She has an arranged marriage to a man 13 years her senior coming up in July, to which I have been invited-inshallah...
Friend 2: I met on Thursday afternoon through a girl from work (her boyfriends friend), we went to a big expat hotel for coffee that afternoon. The next day he took me to see one of the biggest dam development projects this side of Egypt - Jebel Awlia.
Friend 3: I met while I was praying (actually listening to poems about Allah, while jumping around- it is very good excercise) at the Sufi mosque near my house. She works for the UN, speaks English fluently and is finishing a French degree, she is also a swimming coach-amazing. She offered to take me anywhere in her car.
Friend 4: Is a lecturer in the Faculty of Computer Science at Khartoum University, she asked me to sit next to her, her giant husband and her very bold 1 year old, at a wonderful peace concert last night.
Friend 5: Works at Nilain University where I will soon start two classes, he is a graduate of the English Departmet and has kindly given me a guided tour of the university this morning.
Friends 6, 7, 8, 9 +10: Are a a bunch of guys from a class I substituted for twice last week. I meet them at lunch quite often where they beg me for more info about Canada.
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Ah such relief to hear that not every one in Sudan has jerk-tendencies a la your roomates (no further comment on such)
By the sound of things you're pretty busy... Praying/Jumping/etc'ing... I suppose it's the way it happens when you're in a foreign land but I think it's incredible that you've randomly met so many people in the past week and have had fairly in depth experiences with each of them. Will you be able to take pictures at the wedding? What an awesome experience..
I love that you say Insallah, I think it's a really beautiful phrase.
Keep on writing... I might not post all of the time but I'm reading!
Chok dii (another phrase I like: it means good luck)
(Laura)
By the sound of things you're pretty busy... Praying/Jumping/etc'ing... I suppose it's the way it happens when you're in a foreign land but I think it's incredible that you've randomly met so many people in the past week and have had fairly in depth experiences with each of them. Will you be able to take pictures at the wedding? What an awesome experience..
I love that you say Insallah, I think it's a really beautiful phrase.
Keep on writing... I might not post all of the time but I'm reading!
Chok dii (another phrase I like: it means good luck)
(Laura)
I love reading your blog...it reads like a script for a travel-show--lonely planet or something! Reminds me of emails Tyler sent when you guys were in Uganda. I will now risk sounding un-learned and ask what "insallah" means? We just finished listening to (on CD) The Horse and His Boy (Narnia series) and they say that, too.
Keep blogging, we're reading!
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Keep blogging, we're reading!
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