Lorena's Epiphany

With Wings You Can!

December 22, 2009 at 5:47 pm 1 comment

Mobility is rending me immobile. I dread leaving the office unless absolutely necessary because of all the traffic around Beirut. It took me almost two hours to get to my office today! It wasn’t even during rush hour!

I feel very trapped.

And to top it off, I get these cops trying to be cute. For example, today’s hill-billy cop at Mathaf in undersized pants:
Cop: “La wein rayha habibte?” (Where do you think you’re going dear?)
I point in a direction that’s heavily congested.
Cop: “Eh tub shu ray’yik trakbeh jwenih ou teereh fouwkoun?” (How about you attach some wings and fly over them) Snort.

Jerk.

Entry filed under: Floating. Tags: beirut, Lebanon, traffic.