thoughts from the desert

This is the last blog entry… for now…
It’s been a huge pleasure for me sharing my experiences and funny tales with all of you!!
and really thanks for all your feedback and support.
The thoughts from the desert will resume on my next trip… you’ll all know when that will be
Take Care
Matt.

so…
I’m now back on the Island!!!!!
Landed last night at around 19:30, then went home and ate a huge dinner… Spare ribs in mum’s special yummy sauce and a good bottle of wine…
At 22:30 drove to Veccja to meet my mates… who were missing me… hehe… I was too dw!!!
We had a couple of laughs there [...]

I’m in the rehab lounge at the Tripoli airport… Waiting for my flight… Just had a piece of vanilla cake, bottle of water and a quick shot of espresso…
Getting closer and closer to home now

Just arrived in Tripoli and giving the handover to my colleague
Driver should pick me up at 16:45 and then… back home!!!!!

24 … the number of hours before I’m back on the island
(assuming that thae AirMalta flight doesn’t get delayed)
19:00

I think the house boy… (aka the guy who cleans the rooms)… wanted to make sure that I notice that he had cleaned my bathroom…
Last night, I went back to my room and as I was washing my face I instinctively stretched my hand out to reach for my facewash… but it wasn’t there!!!!! so I [...]

My colleagues and friends for these last 3 weeks came from:

Malta (!!!!!)
UK
Spain
France
Bosnia
Croatia
Romania
Canada
Argentina
Colombia
Peru
Venezuela
India
Phillipines
Palestine
Iraq
Libya (duh!)

Teach Yourself Slang Arabic 07
moħħ ma fiħx
I think you can guess what in means, no?
Empty head / no brains

Finally I found some time to write in between jobs!
These last few days have been like crazy! … but in some way still fun nonetheless.
This morning the office felt like a Sedqa or Caritas support centre, or like the office of a psychologist lol…
I have these 2 extra chairs, one on the other side of [...]

Teach Yourself Slang Arabic 06
Mija Mija
(”j” sounds like “y” … sounds like “Mia mia“)
literally it means 100% … but here it can be used in other ways…
eg… 
Q: “Kif bħalek?”    //    “How are you?”
A: “Mija Mija”       //    ”everything is fine!”