http://www.gutwin.org/rcblog/ جمل بفطور Copyright 2007 Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:36:01 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.33 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Only 1.5 days left in Jordan! Now that I don't have to pretend I am studying, I have been using this week to enjoy the rest of Jordan before I am forced to return to the States. Saturday and Sunday... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/my_last_adventu.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/my_last_adventu.html Wed, 15 Jun 2005 06:36:01 -0500 Click here for the original picture My second set of pictures has finally arrived and been captioned! Make sure you take a look, although there are 131 of them so make sure you have a few minutes. :) Just... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/more_photos_fro.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/more_photos_fro.html Sun, 12 Jun 2005 13:05:02 -0500 In these last few days, my family has finally decided to teach me how to cook some Jordanian food. Friday I learned how to make Ozi, which is a rice and meat dish baked inside phyllo dough. Yesterday my host... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/learning_to_coo.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/learning_to_coo.html Sun, 12 Jun 2005 13:03:31 -0500 That aweful transliteration means "finished" in Arabic. I just got out of my final Arabic exam and am sooo happy to be done. It has been a long semester of trying to fill my brain with more information that I... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/khullus.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/khullus.html Thu, 09 Jun 2005 05:29:35 -0500 Karl sent me an article called "Islamists Call for Ban on Coed Trips" this morning from the Washington Times. I found it quite funny because recently I have learned how to dance like Jordanians and it is a lot of... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/provocative_dan.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/provocative_dan.html Wed, 08 Jun 2005 06:58:37 -0500 Ok, ok, so I haven't gotten any free falafal yet, however, I'm still trying. One of the things that I knew would make my time here easier and safer is to find some people who I would see everyday to... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/free_falafal.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/free_falafal.html Mon, 06 Jun 2005 07:21:01 -0500 The other day I was sitting in the kitchen with my host brother eating and he started in on the "Do you know. . .?" game. He asked me if I knew some random Arabic movie and I told him... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/comedic_interlu.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/comedic_interlu.html Thu, 02 Jun 2005 06:10:43 -0500 This time it isn’t happy birthday to Jordan; it is happy birthday to me! Sunday was my 21st birthday. My family demanded that I have a party so Sunday evening Haley and Annie came over to my house and we... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/happy_birthday.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/happy_birthday.html Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:35:10 -0500 My family has been bugging me to go with them to Irbid since I got here in January and my schedule finally let me go last weekend. My family goes to Irbid quite often because they are originally from there... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/my_trip_to_irbi.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/my_trip_to_irbi.html Wed, 01 Jun 2005 07:33:55 -0500 Alright, I'm a week behind with posting and have no excuse. However, these next few stories are good ones so please bear with me. :) Last Wednesday was Independance Day here in Jordan (also know as Eid Al-Isticlal). I didn't... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/eid_alisticlal.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/06/eid_alisticlal.html Wed, 01 Jun 2005 06:07:47 -0500 Click here for the original picture Last weekend Annie, Carrie, and I decided to experiment by going to downtown (the belad) completely covered. When we have gone on adventures to the belad before, we have gotten harassed by the... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/05/an_experiment.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/05/an_experiment.html Mon, 30 May 2005 07:30:03 -0500 Click here for the original picture See how easy it is to visit Amman? Just hop on the T if you happen to be in Boston! The (photoshop) lengths some people will go to try and get me to... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/05/it_seems_so_eas.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/05/it_seems_so_eas.html Tue, 24 May 2005 07:30:03 -0500 I realized the other day that Survivor the TV reality show lasts only 28 days. Currently I still have 24 days in Jordan but when I had this thought I still had 32. Althought it feels like I'm almost done... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/05/survivor.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/05/survivor.html Mon, 23 May 2005 06:40:23 -0500 One of the most interesting things I've done here in Jordan so far happened last week when I went to a play with my host sister and her friends. It was put on by her university at the Royal Culture... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/05/social_commenta.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/05/social_commenta.html Sun, 22 May 2005 06:29:27 -0500 So I thought I would take a moment to talk about my daily struggle in this crazy country to find juice. This may sound like a boreing topic but trust me, it's quite a struggle to find high quality juice... http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/05/the_juice_dilem.html http://www.gutwin.org/mt/rcblog/archives/2005/05/the_juice_dilem.html Sun, 15 May 2005 07:28:49 -0500