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San fran #aiwaba2a | Ibn battuta Wannabe
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September 30, 2013 · Filed under United States. Monday 30th Sept, 10:30pm. I’m here. I can’t believe it. I keep oscillating between moments of glee and moments of Oh, okay then. Moments of bouncing excitement and moments that feel like looking at a mountain I have to climb when I’d just rather spend the day under the covers:. I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life. F S Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby. Straight in front of me is fisherman’s wharf&...
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Up up and away | Ibn battuta Wannabe
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Up up and away. July 22, 2013 · Filed under United States. Up in the air. July 21st 2013, late afternoon-ish. I’m on a plane. On my way back to cairo. Spur-of-the-moment decision. I wonder when I’m going to grow up and be able to make correct, well-thought out and planned decisions. When I’ll stop make decisions based on feelings we khalas. When I will start planning and grow up. Always stuck I am. Like a skipping CD. Unable to ignore their talk and unable to abide by it. Once you have traveled, the voya...
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Fourth of July | Ibn battuta Wannabe
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July 4, 2013 · Filed under United States. 4th of July, 2013, 11:55pm. President Morsi was overthrown yesterday. And I’m so far away it seems impossible. Was just sitting in my office plugged in to CBC streaming and suddenly Lamees El Hadeedy is jumping up and down and screaming with joy. I’m not too sure how I feel about it yet. Feeling very mercurial. And today’s 4th of July celebrations are putting me in a completely different mood. And Morsi is gone, gone gone. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. My dream is ...
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Breaking Bad | Ibn battuta Wannabe
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September 30, 2013 · Filed under United States. 183 Tagged breaking bad. Monday 7:18am, Sept 30 2013. Just finished watching the final episode of Breaking Bad. It’s so quiet. I’ve forgotten how quiet things can be when you’re alone. I’m no longer as comfortable with my own company as I used to be years ago, sitting in a hotel room in South Africa listening to Enrique Eglesias and laughing, ecstatic at being an adult and free to do what I want. When does it all become interchangeable? I wonder if everyone...
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Back to Amreeka | Ibn battuta Wannabe
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September 29, 2013 · Filed under United States. Up in the air. Sometime-early-morning, Up in the Air. Sept 29 2013. Sometimes I feel like the only place I’m truly zen is on a plane. No past, no future, nothing you can do, just this exact moment. So here, I am, two months and a week later. Away again. And walahy, I am so so tired of thinking. How deep and intricate relationships are in this area of the world. Richer and therefore harder with more sorrow and pain because of our proximities and the thre...
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#54: London Terrace Pool | 40 Pools
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Celebrating a Big Birthday with 40 Swims. Laquo; Post-Sandy State of the Pools. 54: London Terrace Pool. On December 30, 2012. 5 lanes of 25 yards. 13 with guest of resident, payable by check only. If ever there were a pool worth parading around 23rd Street in your Speedo in order to gain access, this is the one. Before I get to the true story of just such an incident, it’ll help to understand the pool’s history and the attributes that make it such a nice place to swim. It’s easy to imagine these p...
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#18: Hansborough Recreation Center Pool | 40 Pools
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Celebrating a Big Birthday with 40 Swims. Laquo; #17: Baruch College Pool. United States Masters Swimming. 18: Hansborough Recreation Center Pool. On April 3, 2012. 3 lanes of 25 yards. Free ( first Mondays. Only; Parks and Rec membership required otherwise). Total Fees to Date:. See that 12-foot-wide lane in the middle of the pool? To take advantage of NYC’s monthly free day at a pool none of us had been to previously. 70 feet. Congratulations, you're almost to the wall! Easy in, easy out. The differenc...
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