Our normal work week runs from Sunday through Thursday because Friday is the Muslim holy day. I didn't do much today. Basically all we did was go to the Red Sea mall for groceries. You can check out their website at www.redseamall.com to get a sense of how huge the place is and the variety of stuff you can buy there. The mall has a huge grocery store (the Danube) that carries everything from water to refrigerators. I like it because the have some brick ovens and bake their own bread. I've been eating a lot of Syrian bread. It's kind of like pita but bigger and softer. You get four big pieces for less than . 40 cents and they last me for most of the week. I usually eat half a loaf with some honey for breakfast. It's really good. Here are some picture from the pastry section of Danube. The say a huge variety of delicious looking stuff so this is only a small sample . . .
Here are some glass sea creatures you can buy in the home goods section of the Danube . . .
I've mentioned before that there's a huge amount of construction going on in Jeddah. You see cranes everywhere. Here are a few pictures that give you a sense of the amount of new construction. The pictures don't do a good job of showing how nice these houses are. If you plopped them down in California they'd be worth a fortune . . .
There are traffic lights in Jeddah but the main form of traffic control is the round about. There are big ones and small ones and depending on the time of day they can be a nightmare to navigate. The big ones usually have some big piece of art to mark them. The round about near the Red Sea mall has an enormous globe at its center. You can't really see it in this picture but the globe is tiled and you can see each of the continents. It's a great landmark . . . .
Finally, Here's a picture I took of myself for my PADI card. I need this card to rent dive equipment. When I applied for the new card I found out the last dive I did was in 1988. I'm very rusty. I also haven't found a place to get a haircut around here so I'm going to probably use Dave's clippers to do the job myself. . .
Hi and wishes from boo.
ReplyDeleteHi Ullysses! Thanks for writing to me. How many push ups can you do?
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ReplyDeleteHi Ullysses. I have to go to work this morning. Three of my friends are going with me and the rest are going to the beach because this is supposed to be our day off. I had some bread and hazel nuts for breakfast. Maybe you can call Aunt Laurie today and show her how to add a comment.
ReplyDeletehi dad :D i did 50 push ups last night and 25 this morning (both 8th and 9th)
ReplyDeleteWow! I think you're going to win the contest! I can do about 20 in a row right now. I didn't go the gym last night because I had to work late and didn't get back to the apartment until 7:30 last night. I was too tired to go to the gym. Yesterday morning I was working with a Saudi sargeant named Ali. He's really nice and laughs a lot. He was very interested in hearing about all the snow back in Massachusetts. He has one little boy so I told him about you and Boo. I told him how you give Boo piggy back rides and he thought that was really nice. I will ask him if I can take his picture so you can see my new friend.
ReplyDeleteLOL right now i can do like 300 or so (in total of all the days) try that on for size :D.
ReplyDeleteAre you serious? How many can you do at a time? I think I can do about 20 but I'm going to the gym every day so I'll be able to do more soon. My friends and I are going to go fishing this weekend. Six of us are going to pile into a boat and go deep sea fishing. I hope I catch a big one!
ReplyDelete25-50 :D how bout we count other excercises >:D. in total for excercise i did like over 1000 things XD.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea! Here's some of what I do before I do my pushups: I do bench presses, curls, pull downs and crunches. It takes me about 20 minutes do do all that. Then I get on a stationary bicycle and ride that for about 20 minutes. The bike has a bunch of different settings and levels. I like todo the hilly setting on level 13. I went to get up to level 20 before I come home in April. After doing all that I usually do laps in the pool for about 20 minutes. Well, I do some laps but I mostly float and talk to John and James. James doesn't know how to swim so John and I are trying to teach him. What exercises do you want to count? You should do some that mke your legs strong so we can have a bike race when I get home!
ReplyDeleteHa, well you're getting anihalated because i do my excercises for about 5 minutes before i go to sleep.
DeleteSo i do about 2 or so excercises before i go to bed! so 75-125!
ReplyDeleteDad we got the candy,but WHY are there coffee and other stuff?? I feel a bit sick from testing which ones are butter scotch D:.
ReplyDeleteWell i feel sick from testing, not having the butter scotch.
ReplyDeleteHi Ullysses. Do you like the cinnimon lollipops?
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