Well, another week has past. Just after I finished my previous post, I went out to meet up with my friend, Jasmine, at City Mall. I managed to avoid taking a taxi by myself, although I had all my choice phrases prepared just in case. After a couple hours, we took a taxi back to 2nd circle, which is near Jasmine's house, when her mother called and invited me to come for tea and to meet the family. This was at 10:30, on a school night. However, it is considered to be really rude to turn down an invitation, so off I went on my first Arab family visit. We talked for a bit, had tea and cookies, and I got to meet Jasmine's two sisters and her little brother. Babal Hara came on, and they
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