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Best year of our lives...

Anniversary 1: check. A year, eh? Amazing.

We had a nice anniversary on June 11. We had to work that day, but later we took in a World Cup game, had a nice dinner out at Johnny Carino's (excellent Italian restaurant), and wrapped up the evening at home for a DVD, presents, and some "us" time.

Thanks for all your best wishes and prayers this year.

Being married is good!

B&R

Our Cultural Mosaic

Rosalee's Art I classes made tiles for a cultural mosaic to help brighten up our new facilities. After months of sweat and toil, the results look fantastic.

Check it out:

Comin' Home!

Okay, we have our tickets in hand, so we can announce our return to Canada (D.V.)...

We will be in Greece from June 21 until July 2 for our one-year anniversary trip and IB training in Athens. Exciting, that!

After Greece, we fly back here and spend a day in Kuwait on July 3 before flying out very early on the 4th. We will arrive in Toronto at 3:25pm on the 4th. First stop customs and baggage claim. Second stop: Tim Horton's...

We're glad to have this concrete information to share, and we can't wait to see everyone!

B&R

The always-full car graveyard...

On our way to school we cross a small patch of desert where the local police station deposits wrecked cars from traffic mishaps, some of which are quite severe. I've posted a few pics below, and it won't be new to those of you who saw our Christmas video; harsh, I know, but we see it every day and it has become an interesting piece of our life here in Kuwait.

One of my journalism students interviewed the police magistrate about driving in Kuwait and discovered that wrecked cars--no matter how grave--are left out beside the road as a "speeding deterrant." (My running route takes me across Gulf St. and I have seen some of the more horrific ones left for weeks, glass, tires, blood, and all.)

Speeding is an endemic problem here, where driver's tests are only taken by non-Kuwaitis, and fatalities are common. I've heard that Kuwait has more traffic fatalities per capita than anywhere else. A few theories pop up, but most centre around the mantra "insh'allah," (as God wills it) which can be used here for everything from devout religious expression to getting out of next-day appointments. With traffic, though, it can mean that people drive as fast as they want with no seatbelts... I'm pretty sure that's not how it works, but am still working on that one.

B(&R)

On our way to school we cross a small patch of desert where the local police station deposits wrecked cars from traffic mishaps, some of which are quite severe. I've posted a few pics below, and it won't be new to those of you who saw our Christmas video; harsh, I know, but we see it every day and it has become an interesting piece of our life here in Kuwait.

One of my journalism students interviewed the police magistrate about driving in Kuwait and discovered that wrecked cars--no matter how grave--are left out beside the road as a "speeding deterrant." (My running route takes me across Gulf St. and I have seen some of the more horrific ones left for weeks, glass, tires, blood, and all.)

Speeding is an endemic problem here, where driver's tests are only taken by non-Kuwaitis, and fatalities are common. I've heard that Kuwait has more traffic fatalities per capita than anywhere else. A few theories pop up, but most centre around the mantra "insh'allah," (as God wills it) which can be used here for everything from devout religious expression to getting out of next-day appointments. With traffic, though, it can mean that people drive as fast as they want with no seatbelts... I'm pretty sure that's not how it works, but am still working on that one.

B(&R)

 

 

 

Ahhh, exams....

Exams are here, which means we can gear down a little... grading and cleaning and then off we go!

We also picked up our airline tickets for Greece and Canada, so mama, we's comin' home!

Soo, anyhow.