Little piece of Iraq '08

signing out 4 now....

2008-02-26T03:53:00.002+03:00

Done with my blog for now till I get back. I've been over here too long I think but I've got too many things going on right now to write a blog. For one I can't think of anything to say.

Thanks for y'alls support and all. I really appreciate it. For a while it was fun keeping up a blog. But now all I can really think of is going back and the things it'll involve...

You can write and I'll write back. Half of y'all I don't even have your addresses anymore so it'd be good to get e-mail so I could get those to write personal letters..

My e-mail is

timo_andre@yahoo.fr

Talk to y'all later..

Rain... ughh!

2008-02-15T19:26:00.003+03:00

Last night it rained really bad.. :( but thankfully I slept through most of it.. Around midnight tho after I was all ready to sleep my new room mate shows up.. So, I ended up going to bed at 2 leaving me exhausted all day today.. Thankfully I was able to work past my exhaustion ok..

Rusti is pretty nice in the matter of no more random missions 4 me... Not so far.. :) I always know for a day or two in advance before having to go out and most of the times it's only for meetings or to go to town etc.. :) Been fun so far..

The bummer mood comes from letting to much personal stuff affect my life... Dwelling on the Past etc.. Not all that healthy sometimes but sometimes necessary so u learn from it..

Anyways.. Hopefully we get outta here soon..

And Titus.. Good move growing your hair out. I think it looks good, and I think I'll grow mine out myself (if I can anymore) as soon as I can grow it out... :) ie: out of the army

And also send me the info i'll need to sign up 4 that game.. I wouldn't mind playing another online game.. Getting tired of WOW.. (world of warcraft)

box of chocolates

2008-02-12T19:31:00.000+03:00

Sometimes life seems anything but. And well, right now is one of those times.
Too typical after a year in Iraq though.
Well mostly that's the reason I haven't written. Cause I'd just probably depress y'all. I suppose it's typical around times of change and when you get tired of doing what you've been doing. But that still doesn't change how much i hate feeling that way.

Oh well, it doesn't change the fact that I can't wait to get back no matter what hard times may lie ahead. So, just a few more months.. And forgive my silence for the next few months I might not talk much for the next few months.

Christmas.. How was it?

2007-12-26T19:31:00.000+03:00

Well, Christmas wasn't all that bad in itself. I've had the last week off because I've been "moving"
But that seems to be taking a while so I had time to get online, (all I've got here is my Computer) and play some games.
That's all I've been doing these last few days, it's been about all I can do.
Sometime tomorrow though I'm supposed to have a flight outta here so hopefully it'll be "goodbye Kalsu."
Christmas though I ate dinner but didn't eat breakfast or lunch. So, I ate quite a bit and got full for once. Normally I don't eat that much.

Well, overall it's been really, really boring.. We'll see how things are at the clinic, c if I end up doing more work..

Soon it'll be Christmas day...

2007-12-21T01:49:00.001+03:00

Whew, it's almost here. and soon it'll almost be over with.. Whew!! :)

Not like it really matters over here much.. Just a few things that are "out of place" things that weren't there before, but are now....

For example I'll have forgotten all about christmas.. Then I look over and there's the Tree Maya sent.. And once again I remember.. Thanks Maya..

Or, I go outside at night and outside the Chapel, they have some christmas lights set up... Which normally I'd be ok with.. But over here normally we try to have All the lights covered up at night so "they" can't see the insides of our FOB.. So, honestly I'm not to fond of that little addition..

But, over all it's been a good time.. I might have had the wrong attitude about Christmas being a bad thing after all and I think it can actually turn out good after all...

Arwen's Singing over there in Romania, suposedly she loves all the attention about as much as I did at that age... I also Saw from Titus's blog that Daren's been doing his own share of singing as well...

LOL I can still remember most of my Japanese Christmas songs...

And Teri, I hope you enjoy the gift and it helps you out one day.. You never know when you might need to Know some Japo...

Merry Christmas y'all and Happy New Years....

Soon it'll be Christmas day...

2007-12-21T01:49:00.000+03:00

Forgot something on today's post

2007-12-07T05:01:00.000+03:00

Today I was listening to some of my favorite songs.. And it made me think about good times..
I don't think anyone remembers the Chatahoochie song..

"Way down yonder on the Chatahoochie, it's gets hotter then a hoochie koochie... "

Forgot some words...

But I learned how to swim and I learned who i was a lot about living and a little bout love"

And forgot the rest of it...

I remember that song from WV that time we spent with Dan and Carrie at the scating rink.. can't remember if they had it in Japan also, but I think they did...

There's also another song "I'm already there: Iraq remix" From Lonestar.. That song is so good I could hear it over and over again.. Plus some other country like Toby Kieth's. "Red, White and Blue" (maya hates that one BTW) great songs though...

Anyways... There's one other song that's supposed to be coming to mind... I know it... Hmmm..

Something like ...
You smell like a monkey... no that's too kiddish to be it...
Let me think more...
Yeah I'm starting to see a picture of my Darth vador.. some connection.. Oh yes now I'm starting to c Luke but he looks like me...

Ahh!!! it's the scene where luke finds out Darth is his dad... Good now... Maybe it's something to do with DAD???

hmmm

Oh yeah Happy Birthday Dad... Duh...

Well DAD HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Try writing some more real letters and maybe I won't have a hard time remembering next year...

I can't remember many memories right now.. Except for that time where I was at the roller rink and you knocked me on my face.. :) or that time you Ran that Italian soccer team van down the hill in Campolataro.. Or that time you kicked me out of the little Opel in Italy and left me on the side of the road.. Till mom sent you back to come get me, all because I pissed you off... (yeah you thought I'd forgotten that one..) Something about parenting.. yes it's hard and u do dumn things at times but you just have to move past those things.. Even though your son won't let you forget them.

HEHEHE and you know I never will..... :D

Oh By the way.. There's one reason I'm glad I'm not there for your party ... And no it's not that i might get my face burned from all the candles... It's that I'd have to listen to that insufferable "happy birthday song" again... Oh God!!! Thank you!!! Thank you!!! I'm missing that :)

Now you thought I was just going to bring up all my "bad" memories.. But in all reality those are the ones I consider to be the good ones... Ones where I think I might have acted the same if I were a dad like you've been all these years to us kids...

The times you bought us all those Ice creams.. Hell no... that's an aching memory now.. "aghh I need a dentist.."

Or that first Mountain dew and real american chilidog you got us at that hotel in Naples.. Well, 4 now it's a good memory.. But next year when I'm fat, I'll be blaming that chilidog. And you'll be all to blame for my fatness... And the Mountain Dew... Well, thanks to you I'm addicted now... aghhhh get that caffiene away from me....

Or when we left Italy and I had to leave all my friends... Well, I didn't need them anyways... so, another good one....

Ohhh yeah I got a good one.... the best memory yet....

Remember Warcraft 2.. Nadia's computer sucked at playing it.. And yours was so cool, so we hid it on your computer... I kinda knew letting Titus play would one day get us caught tho and sure enuf..... grrrr... You caught us while he was playing just because he couldn't follow simple instructions.... Oh well... now I got World of Warcraft.. A bit bigger... And a cool enuf computer... so no more anger over that one.. And yes it is now a happy memory...

So, New years resolution???? Well, I got one for ya... start your own blog and write in it.. "like the rest of us Wells'"

Take care DAD>>>> AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY>>>> love ya 2

2007-12-06T14:33:00.000+03:00

Sand and rain don't mix very well. Thankfully about two weeks ago we all worked for about 2 days putting gravel all over. Or else right now it'd be a mess outside with mud everywhere.

Everyone's getting sick too and of course they want Meds, which i can never get. Plus when I do their gone before a week is through and people.. Well, they don't like that.. :(

And... as you may have figured I don't really have anything too write about :D

Another Blustery day..

2007-12-04T08:22:00.000+03:00

yup, today is cold and windy. 'Course leave it up to the powers that be to make most of the Cold weather gear unwearable.
It's always been like that tho, and probably always will. There's only been a few times where they actually said that we could wear it..
We'll all be climatized soon enough though after everyone gets a cold and all that. We'll be used to it :)

"It's the Army" true enough...

It's funny, we've got this one NCO that spends all his time on the phone or online. And always talking to people in spanish. If I actually wanted to learn Spanish I probably could just by listening to him talk all the time.. How someone can spend all that time online, and on the phone though is truely beyond me..

Another person of note though is my Mom. A little warning to you crabby people (like me) that always tend to pop up around this time of year, try to stay away from her or you may lose your reason to be crabby and you may Smile... :)

She decided that for all her kids that were gone this year (5) she'd do a nice deed for one person saying that we (us kids) were the ones behind it. Great! I've already done two good deeds for people I've never met..

Seriously though Mom. Thanks. I'm glad to be the inspiration behind your deeds this holiday season. Just don't over do it and get yourself in trouble..

Finally Back... 4 now.

2007-12-02T00:41:00.000+03:00

Aghhh it was a shitty week..

A few nights ago we went to check out a house looking for something, someone, kicking in doors, flash bangs, the works. u get the picture. (Or if you don't well too bad i've said enough already.)

Well, we decided to take the back roads.. Walking. And one bad thing about this place is that there are little canals with "water"(more like sludge) running through them, and normally you can only guess what's in there.

We had to cross about 5 of them and though they all tested my limits, the last one... aghh the last one....

That water was sewer (I swear) and was waist deep.. Yuck!!! Well, all I could do was trudge through it, keeping my aid bag out of the water and trying not to fall. Thank God I didn't cause I remember last time I dunked my bag in one of those canals. All the contents were ruined and i never want a repeat of that again...

The army sometimes makes me think I'm living all I might have missed by not going to H.S. Sometimes I'm called 4 eyes, cause I wear Glasses. (though honestly I do kinda look like an alien when I wear these big ugly brown things) :) But, at night not only do I have my glasses on but I have to wear my night vision on top of that (has a lens for each eye, but it only has one at the end. and you lose all depth perception.) Aghhh it was so bad.. as clumsy as I am it really doesn't help that i can't see where I'm walking on top of it....

On another topic though...
Just the other day I got news also that I may be moving, and soon. (it's quite definate right now but there's still a few pieces that need to fall in place before it happens) I've had to start packing up all my stuff and it looks like I'll have to mail a good portion of it, and sell a few larger items.. (TV) :( and just when I had started to feel comfortable also.. in this job though it's good not to get too settled down.. It seems they like to move us around quite a bit just so the only place we can really think of as home is where our family is.. Maybe that's a good thing (for my family and me thinking about them: but for me.... terrible..)

Well, I think I'm done with my christmas shopping this year.. Kinda unexpected how my failure at me learning something (arabic) inspired me to help someone else succeed at something almost as hard that they were trying to do.. It looks like I'm feeling like a Scrooge this year. So presents for most everyone will have to wait till next year when I'm there and can take part in the holiday spirit.

Lego's

2007-11-23T10:57:00.000+03:00

I tell you what. Lego's can have a grip it seems on a boy even when he becomes a man. Especially once he has a little boy of his own.. Or so it would seem...

Check out Titus and Mia's blog to see the picture, Titus had a competition with Mia to see who could build the best Lego zoo... Mia won initially but He would not be undone.. :))

I was at Toys R Us.. Last christmas looking for presents, and already had a few good gifts in my cart... then I happened upon the Lego section and (boy oh boy I got excited) and Voila, suddenly just like that my christmas shopping was done ( + I'd overspent) LOL....

Kids r fun to shop 4!!! Now I know why gifts generally stop coming once you turn 15-16 or so. :)

On to a different topic though... I read everyone of y'all's comments to my posts. And I try to make comments on y'alls also.. It's a easier, even if it's a less private way to comunicate.. (in my opinion).

Anyways, continue to update your blogs and websites y'all. And have a good time prepping for christmas...

Thanksgiving #2

2007-11-22T17:23:00.000+03:00

I had to get off real fast before i was done with my last entry.
Last years thanksgiving was real good also. Uncle Creig, one of my mom's brothers lives in Macon, Georgia about 4 hrs drive from Ft Benning. Last year I called him up to see if he was doing anything. Well, they were spending it with his wife's family and they said I could come spend it with them.

Well, I made it a bit early before all the food got there.. I had gotten a Ham and no-one knew how to cook it (the cook hadn't gotten there yet and we were all hungry) so, we nuked it.. :)

Anyways, after the food all got there we ate and hung out for a bit and I had a good time..

In my opinion this time of year we are supposed to think about the blessings God's given us, good food, a nice family, and a wonderful life.. (not always so wonderful but God has a plan)..

This Thanksgiving, we're out at a patrol base. We come out here pull guard, do missions and sleep... :) We just recently got phones and internet out here which has made it real nice and added a bit more to do to pass the time out here. (the real reason I've been able to work on my blog so much recently)

Anyways, today they brought out a bunch of food and drinks from the Base(forgot the gravy) but I was surprised that we got to eat good food after all..

Well, I'll try to call everyone today (if I got your # out here with me.) From now on though it's time to prep for christmas which, even though I'm over here I'm still going to try to celebrate. :)

Thanksgiving Day

2007-11-22T01:50:00.000+03:00

I've had a few real memorable Thanksgivings these last few years that I was thinking about today.

First one was when I first joined the Army. I was leaving for Boot camp on the 5th and so Mom basically decided to have it early. It was nice to have all the family together once more before I left, although I did feel a bit in the spotlight.

Once I got to Ft Benning though things were crazy. They didn't know when they'd be able to get us a slot to go through, so there I am stuck for nearly a month. Me and about 50 others then took a 6hr bus ride to FT Jackson to do basic training there instead. We arrive 2 days before thanksgiving and get to eat a nice meal there.. Oh yeah, one more thing...
Although serving Turkey guts is traditional "suposedly" don't accidentally get them on your plate. And if you do, just throw that plate away and get another.. :)

Another thing was that it was that we were able to get 2nds, which was great. In Ft Benning you had 2 minutes to eat. And no chatter..

Another one was 2 years ago while I was over here in Iraq. Every day was something new, except for the Food.. We had Steak patty's, or Veil for lunch and dinner with rice or Patatoes and some veggie.. After 5 months of that every day I kinda got used to eating the same each day. Come thanksgiving though they surprised us, we had to go accross the street, not to our d-fac but the main one. Anyways, they had Colonels 1st sgt's and Sgt majors serving the food. They had everything there 2 it was great..

Well, Happy Thanksgiving y'all. Eat well, drink well and live well. And "try to b happy :D

2007-11-21T00:56:00.000+03:00

Turning 5 today. so happy birthday Arwen

Contact info...

2007-11-20T12:51:00.000+03:00

A lot of people have recently made comments on my blog. My e-mail address is

timo_andre@yahoo.fr

I tried to get a normal .com account recently but I almost imidiately forgot the user account and password so I don't wanna change over accounts right now.

Feel free to write anytime and I'll do my best to respond.. My schedules gotten unpredictable once again. No-one really know's what our schedule's going to be like so I don't know how often I'll be around a computer.. But when I can I'll try to write back..

poor daryn

2007-11-13T02:26:00.000+03:00

I up till 0230 today and there's only like 4 people in the entire internet room. There are so many things I can't do normally cause the internets wayyy to slow.. Like I'm never able to watch Mia's movies from her and Titus' blog. I think the best was the one of Daryn locked in a Monkey cage.. In my opinion no home with kids should be without one.. ;P

Man.. i wish I could post pic's on here and have more graphics. But then I'd never be able to put blogs up cause i'd never be able to lead the page :) once again that "ballance" thing comes up..

Like Perla.. well, after trying to view her page my computer overloads from all the pictures and I have to reboot. So, sorry perla but I never see your web-page....

Wow, and christmas is right around the corner.. and the day will probably come and go for me and it will be just like any other day.. :( so sad...

Iraq

2007-11-11T23:45:00.001+03:00

If I had to sum up my whole experience over here this time in a few words, it'd have to be. "Constant changes, being ready for anything and every possible outcome and situation, and boredom."

To be more specific tho, most of the time I don't do much, just walk around on patrols with the guys when they do, ride in a vehicle a lot, and carry my aid bag when I go outside our Base.
Not that hard of a job really. But we've gotta always have our stuff ready for action, Ammo for our guns, bateries in our equipment that needs it etc. And I always need my aid bag packed and prepped.

The hardest part about that is deciding what to carry and where to put it, cause I'd like to carry a lot more bandages, IV bags etc, but if I do I won't be able to access any of it as easily as I have to. So i have to find a good ballance.

About Changes, well, every two - three months it seems like we have a total turn-around in the type of missions we do, where we go etc. So you learn to not get too attached to things or places all that much. :P Not like you could get attached to this place that easily, too much sand, and sand brushes off.. easily, I've tried it...

One difference with the Army and civilian life though is that in the Army if you forget something and leave it behind, or if your equipment doesn't work you can cost people their lives. Whereas in the Civilian world you forget something you can most of the time just do without it.

Ahhhh, yes this place is also boring. Lots of Movie watching, game-playing, reading, and sleeping and no S___ . I should have come over here when I was a Teen I would be 6-5 or so if sleep really makes you taller like they say. Boring, has been good though. I as the Medic enjoy being bored and am not looking for an exciting time over here at all.
Just work, sleep and play. :D That's the life to have over here.

Oh yes studies too.. I've been studying Arabic, will be studying my Medications book and chemistry for now. When I get done with all that "never" I'll start on Biology, anatomy etc... "LOTS OF FUN!!!"

I'd say also that the nicest part of getting letters from home and hearing from Family so often is that... Well, it's not like we're sissy's and can't think of anything else. I know for me it's
nice cause I'm reminded that there is something better for the future, also I think without them I'd start thinking this was the only life I had and get depressed. Plus there are times, like while on guard looking at landscape for 2-4 hrs a day that I do think about home, family, and my future. So it's nice to know there's something more then "this place" and be reminded of that every so often.

I really try to write back when I can. Just not much to write about and my letters all sound the same. so they never find their way into the mail box. :( Plus I wish I had the gift of writing like Nadia who i think could write forever and ever, and never bore you.

2007-11-11T23:45:00.000+03:00

Hi Mom

2007-11-11T00:36:00.000+03:00

Happy Birthday.. You've been the best, and held our family together all these years. And always been there to listen to our problems, kept us on the right track, and so many other things. I really wish I was there so I could make it a better birthday, next year most likely I will tho. We'll go to starbucks or something... :)

For all y'all that know my Mom. Help make this next year a good year for her. She always puts so much into everyone around her and asks nothing in return, and we can all learn from her example..

Je t'aime boucoup moi mere. Bon Anniversaire

Another Day

2007-11-10T00:14:00.000+03:00

Wow! It's really starting to get cold here. 65* and I'm freezing already.. :)
Thanks for all the posts to my blog. Denise, Mom, Dad, Nadia, Maya, Connie, etc.
I've been really slacking at writing e-mail's and keeping up with my blog these last couple of weeks. I just got the new Civ game in the mail, and I've been working on it quite faithfully.. :)

Titus and Mia's blog is so cool. They seem to be just having so much fun there in Japan. Sometimes I wish... but, then I reallize I can't be everywhere at once. And if I had any choice of where i really wanted to be. It'd have to be a nice little beach town in the Mediteranian with all my friends and family I haven't seen in so long... That'd be the life...

But I guess I have to settle for cheap thrills right now. Like something I did recently was an Air Assault mission in a Blackhawk.. Loads of fun and from my seat I got the best veiw. I was right at the edge of the chopper in the middle row with the side doors both open, (if you can't picture it that's fine I'll explain it later I'm sure) And when I got off I fell smack in a hole and faceplanted in the dirt :D It was at night of course and my Night vision goggles aren't the best so hence "not my fault". Let me also mention the whole thing was scary as hell. I thought I'd fall out of my seat belt and to the ground.. (could just be I'm scared of heights.) Of course just for Mom's comfort.. It is in reality one of the safest ways to travel over here.

However, that was also the day i was supposed to be getting out of the Army on.. So I thought about it for a bit, didn't get majorly depressed or nothing just a bit detatched for a bit and spent a bit of Dinero on stuff I could have done without.. (bad habit and I need to stop it..)

Anyhow, Happy Birthday Mom. And to Kiona also. H0pe you have a good year ahead of you, Lots of Fun, and that all you aspire to do works out for you.

Oh one more thing.. What is it with the girls in our family and Photography.. They're all good at it, and I get yelled at every time I try to take pictures cause they're "so Horrible" :p

My "Anniversary"

2007-11-09T00:29:00.000+03:00

Well, it's now been 4 years that I've been in the Army, had some good times and I've had some bad. But mostly I'd have to say I've learned a lot.

I'll be writing more on here tomorrow but for now I've gotta get some sleep cause we gotta wake up early in the AM..

until then y'all have a good time and take care...

Letters from Home.

2007-10-22T16:33:00.000+03:00

Mom wrote me a letter I got last night that made me change the way I'd been thinking.

Up until now I've been tempted to just coast along, to do what was I needed to do each day, and not really enjoy life. I can't be blamed for that attitude really cause I am once again in a place that I hate being, around people so different that I have a hard time finding stuff in common.

But on the other hand I've got less then a year in the army, doing something quite a bit of people aren't brave enough and stupid enough to do. And after this year am I going to look back on this time and feel like I've accomplished something, or that I just coasted along the entire time.

Anyways, I hope to do better now. Make some friends maybe, stop avoiding people as much, plus taking this time to learn some new things. Certainly there's a lot that I could learn here and now that wouldn't be possible in the civilian world.

Besides I'm in a position here where I can make a difference to people who no-one else seems to care about, but for some reason I can't seem to get out of my mind.

I need to step up and insert myself more if I'm to do that though. So if you pray for me, pray for that..

Anyways, thanks Mom. It's weird to me how from I can still learn so much from you and your letters. Sometimes I need to be reminded of what's truly important. Thanks for that.

PS. Mom you should be getting a External DVD player I had ordered for my computer in the mail. They only shipped to the US. so i had to mail it there, so if you could mail it to me I'd appreciate it. If you open it first you could probably mail it as used and get better shipping rate.

Need rest... :)

2007-10-20T14:51:00.000+03:00

So there I was watching over my little piece of the country side the other day, listening to Tim Mcgraw, Toby Kieth etc generally having a decent time doing my work.. When someone comes storming in and I get everyone in trouble cause I was listening to music on guard and get my music, and everyone else's electronics taken away for a few days... Phew... First time in a loooong while my music's gotten me in trouble... But I still remember the long lectures I used to get about the subject...

Anyways, We're getting phones and internet installed out the today. :) So, next week when we're out there I won't be out of contact.. It's going to be cool.. I'm hoping, (probably won't be able to though) that i'll be able to play my computer game online... I hope... It's Another one of my bad habits I've been forced to forgo these last 8 months and I've had to learn to take in moderation..

I'm glad y'all liked the picture.. Unfortunately most of the ones I've taken over here look like that one. Just the more recent ones I have less hair.. (yes I am going bald) finally.. There's been lots of Kodak moments. But at those times I just never have a camera on me... Only times I seem to have it I'm on guard and so I just end up taking pictures of myself.. and the neighbors cows... :( oh and sheep big wooly things..

Anyways, I'll write more tomorrow. But today the PX's been closed and I'm depressed because of that. I had somethings I really wanted to get.. Oh well, it's better that I save money with all the birthdays our family has coming up in November..

I'll talk to y'all later then.. Olivia and kiona, and Dad.. good to hear from you also... Keep in touch.... later mom.. and happy birthday sooon...

Chillin'

2007-10-14T00:08:00.000+03:00

Last week was so miserable. With the weather changing like it is I didn't get much sleep for the first few days. Then when I did get to sleep I didn't wake up till I had slept for twelve hours..

Man, do I hate Autumn. To many weather changes and sleep becomes harder. And it gets so cold brrrr...

Once I get used to the changes though it'll be nice to have some cold weather..

Here is a picture from a day I was so totally bored I started goofing off with a camera while I was on guard.. Thanks Mom for posting those pictures on your blog.. It was nice to finally get some new ones.

Well, I'll c ya'll again in about a week.. Hopefully I'll b able to get online when I get back.. Love ya'll, take care...

--Tim

Major Thanks to Maya, and jealousy towards Mom

2007-10-02T03:40:00.000+03:00

Maya thanks for looking at my profile for me and pointing out that little mistake I totally missed.. Small mistake so it probably would have stayed that way unless you pointed it out.

And MOM!!! U got pictures of Arwen I never gotal thought I've asked a Gazilion times. :( of course thanks to you I now have them :) so hence my little bit of jealousy diminished and I was happy that grandmother is so resourceful. She looks a lot like Kiona and that Sofa in the Back is the only way I knew it was Arwen and not her. It's shocking how fast she's growing up :)

Anyhow, I'm off tomorrow for my six day vacation out just sleeping reading etc.. I'm taking out my Koran so I can read some of it. I'm going to try to compare it's stories to those of the old testament trying to understand these people and they're beliefs a bit more.. As far as my language I can already talk better arabic and more of it then anyone else in the Company, which wasn't really all that hard to tell the truth.. still..

It's funny cause Iraqi kids always ask for stuff like Pens and watches.. All morning they were saying Bien bien cause they can't say pen... Even I thought they had just learned spanish somehow but it just seemed to convenient..

Of course Arabic doesn't have the letter "P" so they use "B" instead. Shop is Shob, Pepsi becomes Bibsi and "pen" obviously becomes "Bien"

Anyways, continue doing what y'all do and I'll be back in a week to haunt y'alls blogs again...

Don't miss me too much... :p