What to Pack for One Year in Gaza

flash the message, somethings out there

2010-01-07T04:46:53Z

A belated happy holidays to all!! I made my way back from the UK safe and sound - and actually managed to enter the country in under 40minutes, which has to be a new record for me! And I have since pretty much been in hibernation, coming to grips...

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stuck on a rollar coaster, can't get off this ride

2009-12-02T15:38:43Z

i am once again feeling all too listless - which when you actually look up the dictionary definition ('having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent') is quite miserable.... for some reason i had always used...

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i couldn't stop laughing, no i just couldn't help myself

2009-11-30T21:15:04Z

i had a fantastic weekend - a few of my former colleagues from gaza come over to london for the weekend (they had some extra time off for eid) and i spent most of the weekend with them. being dragged around oxford street (not my favourite place at...

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i don't know where but she sends me there

2009-10-29T05:16:38Z

i hurt. pretty much all over! while i have been remiss about writing i have not been remiss about traveling. i am in hawaii for the week. and it was my genius idea to hike diamond head trail this morning (at 0800hrs might i add) and then have a su...

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you can throw me like a boomarang

2009-10-20T20:02:13Z

and i am back! well, maybe sort of. its been ages since i last wrote. i'm back in the states and bumming around. its fantastic to be doing all of well, not really much! although i must admit our dogs are loving having me back, i seem to have taken...

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i'll be waiting all there's left to do is run

2009-09-24T17:08:07Z

the last two days have been amazing, incredible, i don't really know... there simply aren't words. leaving has been a long time in coming. i know its the right decision. i need the change, particularly professionally. my boss and i had a good long...

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we are not what you think we are

2009-09-20T06:47:10Z

yesterday i actually woke up because it was too quiet.... the sea was absolutely still, no waves, now wind nothing. i don't think i have ever been somewhere quite to serenely peaceful. i mean, at other beaches the surf is rougher (which i like) bu...

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you're leaving me with words unspoken

2009-09-18T19:32:36Z

the last two days, well, 36 hours have been manic. i hope to write more tomorrow, my battery is dying and i am exhausted. i think only the hike up/down the crazy swiss/german mountain can rival this exhaustion. at least in recent memory. but this...

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nothing lasts forever

2009-09-15T19:21:41Z

i am finally truly testing out my wireless and blogging from bed :) just a quick post as i am full from another superb dinner (third night in a row we've had a low key communal meal, its great! i will miss that aspect) and rather sleepy. my mind h...

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i need no permission, did i mention

2009-09-13T19:37:35Z

argh - today started off awfully! i am a completely idiot sometimes. see, i thought i was being clever and leaving my palestinian phone on gaza time and my israeli phone on israeli time. genius, no? well, as long as you don't set your alarm clock ...

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