A fun busy day today..where for a day I didn't feel like I was living in Saudi Arabia. We woke up bright and early, had some breakfast (egg burritos in case anyone was wondering) and piled into the car for a morning at the farm. It wasn't the type of farm you are all thinking of..no animals, no sheep...it was a legit farm. like the kind where they grow food. and it was an organic farm...and we got to buy produce which I am very excited about because i have been slowly slowly trying to become organic...trying to eat healthier.
Anyways..it was a small 7-acre farm, but it was BEAUTIFUL. If anyone has ever been to Saudi Arabia it is desert...everywhere...with a few random patches of grass they planted for decoration. It is depressing beige everywhere you look with a dusty brown haze in the sky a lot of the time. So we walk into this farm and hear birds chirping, can smell fresh air!! it was breathtaking...and just what I needed to lift my spirits. There were all kinds of foods...kale, tomatoes, lemon trees, orange, arugula, mint, spearmint, etc... I loved it! and after 4 hours of walking through the farm, meeting people, having a snack...we drove home for a 2 hour rest before heading to my son's school for their International Night.
We got there 4 pm...and didn't leave until 7. It was amazing!!! it was just ...wow...passed my expectations by like i can't even explain. we loved it...there were booths of a bunch of different countries...foods (yum!!)... free foods!! (yummier!!!)...and the saudi booth had a horse and a camel...and guess who rode a camel?! yes me! it was awesome! although the poor camel looked reeeaaallllyyy unhealthy . it had green foam coming from its mouth and flies covering its entire nose area. :S my son (the older one..he rode with me and the younger one rode with his dad) asked me why does he have flies on his face? I told him I didn't know...on the drive home..he says, "Mommy? Camels are old..so thats why it had flies on his face. But horses are new and thats why they don't have flies." It made me laugh! the way his mind works amazes me. I mean how smart is that to think that flies are attracted to old things...so thats why the camel had flies because hes obviously an older kind of animal..whereas horses are newer and therefore do not attract flies. sooo smart!
anyways..back to the international night. I rode a freaking camel!!! so cool!!! and there were dance shows, circus acts, singing...all kid driven by the way... there were children on unicycles!!!! soooo awesome!
and then inside the gym they had arts and crafts for the kids...and a bouncy house.
Needless to say it was a buuuuussssyy fun-filled day and we all really enjoyed ourselves.
And I need a rest...but tomorrow we are having a bday party for my son and inviting a few of his friends from school...welll actually all of them..but only 3 rsvped. so yeah.. 3 outta 9...thats not bad.. is it? :S
eh whatever!
oh...and socializing is really starting to exhaust me. I'm excited at the prospect of making new friends...but it exhausts me.. it physically drains me. I don't know why..sigh!
anywhooooo.....its 1 am...we have guests arriving at 3 pm...and of course all the preparing and such so i am off to bed. nighty night world!
Anyways..it was a small 7-acre farm, but it was BEAUTIFUL. If anyone has ever been to Saudi Arabia it is desert...everywhere...with a few random patches of grass they planted for decoration. It is depressing beige everywhere you look with a dusty brown haze in the sky a lot of the time. So we walk into this farm and hear birds chirping, can smell fresh air!! it was breathtaking...and just what I needed to lift my spirits. There were all kinds of foods...kale, tomatoes, lemon trees, orange, arugula, mint, spearmint, etc... I loved it! and after 4 hours of walking through the farm, meeting people, having a snack...we drove home for a 2 hour rest before heading to my son's school for their International Night.
We got there 4 pm...and didn't leave until 7. It was amazing!!! it was just ...wow...passed my expectations by like i can't even explain. we loved it...there were booths of a bunch of different countries...foods (yum!!)... free foods!! (yummier!!!)...and the saudi booth had a horse and a camel...and guess who rode a camel?! yes me! it was awesome! although the poor camel looked reeeaaallllyyy unhealthy . it had green foam coming from its mouth and flies covering its entire nose area. :S my son (the older one..he rode with me and the younger one rode with his dad) asked me why does he have flies on his face? I told him I didn't know...on the drive home..he says, "Mommy? Camels are old..so thats why it had flies on his face. But horses are new and thats why they don't have flies." It made me laugh! the way his mind works amazes me. I mean how smart is that to think that flies are attracted to old things...so thats why the camel had flies because hes obviously an older kind of animal..whereas horses are newer and therefore do not attract flies. sooo smart!
anyways..back to the international night. I rode a freaking camel!!! so cool!!! and there were dance shows, circus acts, singing...all kid driven by the way... there were children on unicycles!!!! soooo awesome!
and then inside the gym they had arts and crafts for the kids...and a bouncy house.
Needless to say it was a buuuuussssyy fun-filled day and we all really enjoyed ourselves.
And I need a rest...but tomorrow we are having a bday party for my son and inviting a few of his friends from school...welll actually all of them..but only 3 rsvped. so yeah.. 3 outta 9...thats not bad.. is it? :S
eh whatever!
oh...and socializing is really starting to exhaust me. I'm excited at the prospect of making new friends...but it exhausts me.. it physically drains me. I don't know why..sigh!
anywhooooo.....its 1 am...we have guests arriving at 3 pm...and of course all the preparing and such so i am off to bed. nighty night world!
2 comments:
first of all, i happen to think that the desert is beautiful. not more beautiful than greenery, but greenery isn't more beautiful than desert either. they are both pretty in their own ways.
second, that is a crazy school he goes to. oh, and abdullah's fourth grade arabic teacher said she heard of it and that it is really good. also super awesome about the camel. super sad about its sickliness. how did they fit camel rides in a school?
third, i like how you had to explain hamza's statement to us. we're not stupid. we can understand things lol.
children on unicycles is kinda crazy. like, were they the students? are they really training the kids to be clowns instead of educating them? or did they like import them from circusville?
and 3 out of 9 kids is good. although some may come that didn't rsvp because people.
also, it exhausts you because you are an introvert and introverts need recharging time between social interactions.
I agree with you.. desert can be pretty. but i don't see desert. I see beige buildings and sand EVERYWHERE. that is not beauty thats just depressing.
why is that a crazy school?? abood's teacher is right. and its a pretty big school. there was a camel ride and a horse ride...they had the saudi booth down near the track, and the track is around an empty dirt area...so the rides were in that dirt area.
third...i get into over explain mode late at night. and it was 1 am so shhhhhhhh.
yup they were students from the german school (not AIS-R). neither...they are students who are putting on a circus show later in the month. they were reallly impressive! they rode unicycles and walked on huge balls....it was really cool!!
and nope it was 3 out of 9...but there were also the two girls elsa and zaina, and then 6 kids from the compound. and i did face painting! :D
i really do need recharging...and alone time. lately my alone time has been getting later and later and sometimes not at all because Hisham got into Downton Abbey and we've been watching it nearly every night. :( and i think thats why i'm sooo depressed and just crying all day today....cuz i am never alone. even in the car i'm not alone...there are the stupid drivers...i need to leave the stupid country.
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