Cheap fireworks directly below my window. Tawjihi (basically senior year exams) results came back this weekend. Most of us foreigners spent the past few days on edge. Also, Ramadan starts next week so each day there are multiple weddings.
Somebody's listening to the BlackEyed Peas.
Bloodcurdling screams coming from a really dirty, ratty-haired teenage girl. My flatmates and I have "Saw II" on in the background. Unnhhh...somebody's getting burned in a furnace...alright. This is gross.
"Alahu akbaru"--call to prayer just started. "Alahu akbaru" it started at another nearby mosque. They normally begin within a minute or two of each other but not in absolute synchrony. So it sounds almost like there's an echo, or a delay.
Another firework.
Another firework.
Silence. First part of the call to prayer is over.
Car alar--turned off.
Our fan is creaking a little too much. Kind of worrisome. We need that fan.
More screaming---this movie is messed up. (The guy in the furnace died, by the way. In case anyone was holding out hope.) One channel down has ER on but, in a cruel twist of fate, it's dubbed in Arabic. As much as my languages skills are improving, I am not ashamed to say I haven't yet learned how to say "He needs to be intibated," "She's seizing!" or "That was supposed to be my stomach-removal procedure."
Firework.
Firework.
Firework.
Firework. Car alarm. Firework.
Someone is shouting at some else to open their window.
Call to prayer wrap-up.
My refrigerator is doing something. Gearing up for takeoff, by the sounds of it.
Firework.
Firework.
Firework.
Firework.
Somebody's listening to the BlackEyed Peas.
Bloodcurdling screams coming from a really dirty, ratty-haired teenage girl. My flatmates and I have "Saw II" on in the background. Unnhhh...somebody's getting burned in a furnace...alright. This is gross.
"Alahu akbaru"--call to prayer just started. "Alahu akbaru" it started at another nearby mosque. They normally begin within a minute or two of each other but not in absolute synchrony. So it sounds almost like there's an echo, or a delay.
Another firework.
Another firework.
Silence. First part of the call to prayer is over.
Car alar--turned off.
Our fan is creaking a little too much. Kind of worrisome. We need that fan.
More screaming---this movie is messed up. (The guy in the furnace died, by the way. In case anyone was holding out hope.) One channel down has ER on but, in a cruel twist of fate, it's dubbed in Arabic. As much as my languages skills are improving, I am not ashamed to say I haven't yet learned how to say "He needs to be intibated," "She's seizing!" or "That was supposed to be my stomach-removal procedure."
Firework.
Firework.
Firework.
Firework. Car alarm. Firework.
Someone is shouting at some else to open their window.
Call to prayer wrap-up.
My refrigerator is doing something. Gearing up for takeoff, by the sounds of it.
Firework.
Firework.
Firework.
Firework.
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