We went around for a walk today to buy supplies, and check out the local infrastructure. As soon as we hit the pavement outside the hotel it was 40 degrees in the shade. Amazing heat. We’re used to it, being from Queensland, but even for us, this was intense. Anyway, I took some shots of the buildings that are close to us.
Then we found the closest resteraunt (Lebanese). It had the nicest hommus I’d ever had. Great value, too. It worked out that our meal total cost 100 Dirham, which works out at about AUD$50 each, which then divides to about $12.5 a person…which is great for a completely filling lunch!
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Seriously, if you don’t want to read sappy bullshit, look away now.
This afternoon we had nothing better to do, as we’re waiting for midnight for the shopping centre to close so we can go in and set up, so we watched a few movies on my laptop. The popular choice was American Pie 1 and 2.
American Pie 2 came out right as we were hitting our ‘flowering’ stage in our teens (15, I believe). I can even remember the circumstances of seeing it. My best friend and I took our then dates to the cinemas for a ‘movie marathon’. American Pie 2 was the first movie on.
The whole movie makes me feel nostalgic, from the characters (who we all know one of…somehow I was the closest to Stiffler, but that’s neither here nor there), to the music (I was very much into Blink 182 and penis jokes then) to the activities. Now I’m coming up on my 23rd year on this planet, it makes me think hard about my ‘post school’ years.
Immediately after school, while my friends were dong the University thing, I got a job doing audio. 5 years on, and I’m still out working most weekends. I never had the opportunity to get wasted on summer breaks, go to the beach with friends on ‘holidays’ etc. etc. I’m not complaining, as I love my career, but it’s made me think about priorities. My lack of love life is one. Luckily, I have amazing friends that support me even though they only see me a few times a year (although most see me more than that), so I’m not resenting that part of my life.
I guess what I’m trying to say, as I lie here in bed at 6pm on a Sunday night on the other side of the world from everyone bar seven that I care about, is not that I’ve wasted my immediate post school years, but that I need to use this chance for self reflection to appreciate the gifts that we all have, and my friends most of all.
The first Idea I’ve had is to have a ‘post new-years’ party. Seeing as I work every New Years Eve, I think a BBQ on January second would be a great chance to relax and have some techies, musos, bar staff etc. over for a small gathering. A chance to just relax and have a few, instead of always being worried about work.
Anyway, we’ll see how that goes!
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Tonight we go to the venue, as I think I’ve mentioned. Shall be interesting to see how we fare. A little birdie told me that they’re going to try and get our LD to program moving lights without actually turning them on…which needless to say is going to cause some problems. Oh what a life…
…at least I have a beard…
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