Ah Multiculturalism

So I'm sitting here at my desk... listening to Christmas Carols, planning my vacation for the upcoming Muslim Eid holiday, eating a latka that one of my students made for Hanukkah. Its these moments that make me love my life.

I'm addicted...

... to freerice.com

Basically, you play a multiple-choice vocab game, and for each word you get right, this organization donates 20 grains of rice to the UN program to end hunger. So far my addiction has yielded about 1500 grains of rice, and that's nothing compared to some people I know. Go check it out!

And I'm back...

I've been neglecting the blog worse than ever before! Lots has happened in the (eek!) two months since I've posted - Ramadan ended, my Mom and I took an Eid trip to the Mediterranean, she visited me here in Doha, my satellite TV went away, and I became a hermit in order to study for the GRE test. Now the test is over, I've got lots of grad school applications to do, and I'm getting ready for my students' semester to end and my dad to visit at the end of the month!

Yeah, so its been crazy and its looking like it will continue until the New Year. Already making plans for next semester when I have my life back - dance lessons, Arabic lessons, and back in the gym. (Yeah now that I write them they don't look super-exciting, but it will be nice to have a routine.) Until then the fun mostly includes holiday toffee nut lattes at Starbucks, So You Think You Can Dance Parties and working with Nalani on our tryout for the Amazing Race.

I'm also going to try (but I've stopped making promises) to update my blog... including (insha'allah) backdated entries of my vacation with mom, my trips to Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain, and other various things that have been going on in Doha.

If anyone is still paying attention to the existence of this blog, I thank you.