Cameras are huge in this culture, which is interesting because so many of the women cover up completely when the cameras come out. However, be that as it may, every thing that is done, socially, in business, in their personal lives, etc., is captured and preserved on camera.
There was an Emirati gentleman who is a local/national "star," who was in attendance at this meeting. Hence, the extraordinary presence of photographers.
Now to the random thoughts -
How many guys are needed to change a tire? Apparently five, as there were that many on the side of the road, doing just that. To be fair, they were young guys in national dress. Changes are, changing tires is not something they've had a lot of experience doing.
Today I saw high school boys walking near their school. This is the first time I've seen kids walking anywhere near a school. As I've mentioned before, we have students who live across the street from our school, who ride the bus. We went on a field trip that was a block away. Yes. We went by bus.
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| 5th Grade Girls on field Trip to Cycle 2 & 3 (C2-3) School (C2-3 = 6th thru 12 grade) |
Speaking of buses, the 11 that service our school are still making their daily runs, but the students have stopped coming. This Thursday is the official last day of school, but they stopped coming several weeks ago. This is a cultural phenomena that we're trying to change.
I remember something a dear friend used to say - change is usually evolutionary, not revolutionary.
So true.
Side note - The video below is of students performing at the 5th grade girls promotion ceremony.
The temperature continues to climb staggeringly high. It was 111 at 6:00 pm yesterday. Oftentimes there is a strong breeze, but the air is so hot, it feel like a fan is blowing air from an oven.
Anything under 105 is considered a cold front!
I've only recently begun using sunscreen, but I'm a faithful user now.
Final word -
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| Recent Camel Crossing |
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| Recent Camel Crossing 2 |
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