13. May 2008 by admin.

This is a useful test for clarity of mind when I’m pulling an allnighter and need to finish something: take 3 minutes off work and play a game of computer FreeCell: You either finish it fast and win, meaning your mind is clear and you should work as much as possible right now, or you block it fast and lose, meaning your mind is all boggled up and you need a break, or you do the tedious maybe that takes forever, which means that you’re at an efficiency low, and that you need a break.
Ok, this theory might also be an excuse to procrastinate every now and then and take a FreeCell break… leave me alone I’m tired!
Sarah

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12. May 2008 by admin.

Well… In short, I got stranded in Paris for a day, then flew back across the oceans to the US, now I’m in Tampa, working on my semantics paper. Tom and I spent today with his parents for mothers’ day, it was a lot of fun, I really like them.
I miss my parents and brothers and my Lebanon friends… but I guess I should have expected the idiots to screw up the summer. I hope my parents can make it here this summer, I really miss them.
Back to my paper now… tata ya’all
Sarah

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8. May 2008 by admin.

How else would I have the oportunity of experiencing every possible flight inconvenience there is?

I am currently stranded in Paris, waiting for a temporary overnight visa to be able to stay in a Hotel. The Lebanese Airport is closed for political reasons. Some people are demonstrating again… some guy lost his job because he was suspected to be involved in something crappy, and the crowd roars… and the airport closes…

So here’s what I think it is: These people are bored! They are sick of the wonderful Lebanese beaches and breezy mountains, they found a new way to tan: demonstrating!
It’s wonderful because you get the leisure of doing nothing while getting the self-satisfaction of having done something.
Another motivation is that they don’t want to spend money to pay for tickets to get their kids home from their schools abroad… what better excuse than “the airport is closed”?

I gotta tell you, the Lebanese people (including myself) must be one hell of a party people considering the amount of inconvenience we put up with and still find humor in it.

It’s just lovely
Ciao
Sarah

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