So, I LOVE Bandar btw. I woke up and checked a few emails and downloaded some music. I got up and had breakfast today haha. I had some bread with Nutella on it. Mmmm Nutella is so good! After that,I took a shower...it was probably the best shower I took in Iran! I got out and was so happy. I curled my hair today haha. After that I went into the other room and just hung around there. They had started watching the movie Taken last night and so I watched the last 30 minutes of it with them. After that, Hamid put in Friends and we watched a few episodes of that. I freaking love that show haha I have seen every episode, but they are always still so funny :) after that we ate lunch, we had Stumble :) yummy! I was soo full after that. I think I took a nap after that..I can't remember haha. Then I woke up and sat down with everyone and we were watching The Patriot. That movie is actually pretty good! After that, some people came over, and some of the girls and I came into the other room and I painted some of the girls' nails. They LOVED it! After that, I sat down and just talked with everyone, it makes me happy, because they actually can speak English well! We finally ate dinner, which was really good! We had salami sandwiches, this AMAZING cake thing we had yesterday, which is unbelieveable, and just some different foods. After that, I was showing them some American music like Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Kesha, and stuff. Then they busted up some Iranian tunes and we danced around! It was uber fun! I also had showed them some line dances they do in America. Hamid is getting me some blank CDs and I am going to burn them some CDs, probably with techno music on it and stuff. After that, we played Uno for a bit. The electricity went out for a bit, but we still played, and they were asking me curse words in English lol, I got Baba to help out on that part. I just told them a few mild ones because I don't really like using those words. After that I pretty much just came to lay down like right now haha. I really like Bandar, they are so nice, outgoing, and uber fun! This is going to be an amazing week :) I can tell!
Shayda :)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Day 12 in Iran
Day 12
Today was probably the most entertaining day in Shiraz. I woke up
and just kinda hung around. Took a shower, then the guy that took us
to the historical places picked Baba and me up and we went to eat at
this really nice restaurant. His son joined us too. We ate and I was SO
full I almost threw up. I wanted to die, lol. We then went back to that
guy's house and hung out there for a while. I checked my emails and
stuff. Then I went into the living room and had lots of the cherry drink
stuff that I LOVEEE here. I sat around and watched music videos on TV
for a really long time haha. I saw some really good ones! There were a lot
of british singers too, it was good. After that, we went to this picnic
in this little area. That was pretty fun, they just hung around. Ate fruit.
Then they started making kabob and I didnt want to eat still, I was still
so full from lunch. I was getting a bit sleepy so I went to lay down...
let me just say...some people were NOT very considerate to someone sleeping.
I didnt really get much. Then I went back out after about 20 minutes and
just kinda sat there and watched everyone. We all left and came home and slept.
Shayda :)
Today was probably the most entertaining day in Shiraz. I woke up
and just kinda hung around. Took a shower, then the guy that took us
to the historical places picked Baba and me up and we went to eat at
this really nice restaurant. His son joined us too. We ate and I was SO
full I almost threw up. I wanted to die, lol. We then went back to that
guy's house and hung out there for a while. I checked my emails and
stuff. Then I went into the living room and had lots of the cherry drink
stuff that I LOVEEE here. I sat around and watched music videos on TV
for a really long time haha. I saw some really good ones! There were a lot
of british singers too, it was good. After that, we went to this picnic
in this little area. That was pretty fun, they just hung around. Ate fruit.
Then they started making kabob and I didnt want to eat still, I was still
so full from lunch. I was getting a bit sleepy so I went to lay down...
let me just say...some people were NOT very considerate to someone sleeping.
I didnt really get much. Then I went back out after about 20 minutes and
just kinda sat there and watched everyone. We all left and came home and slept.
Shayda :)
Day 11 in Iran
Day 11
Today, I woke up with no bloody nose! Yay! Haha, anyway. Got up,
we got dressed. Then we went to the bazaar. First, we got ice cream
and it was interesting, they had huge ice cream sandwiches!
I took some pictures, you can go see. Anywho, we got some and then went
to the bazaar. Walked around a lot. It was funny, Baba and I saw
a few people that were on the airplane with us coming to Shiraz at
the bazaar, they didn't know us, but we saw them. I got one or two
things...they were asking for a lot. Baba said they recognized his
accent and try to charge a lot. After that, we got lunch and then went
back to someone's house and ate. I started to take a nap, but their power
went out, so we came back to the place we were staying at. I was out for like
3 and a half hours! How? I have no idea, but I was! I woke up,
Baba and I went to the internet cafe for about half an hour, and that's all
that really happened today. We are about to eat....I don't wanna! Meh :(
Today was boring...
Shayda :)
Today, I woke up with no bloody nose! Yay! Haha, anyway. Got up,
we got dressed. Then we went to the bazaar. First, we got ice cream
and it was interesting, they had huge ice cream sandwiches!
I took some pictures, you can go see. Anywho, we got some and then went
to the bazaar. Walked around a lot. It was funny, Baba and I saw
a few people that were on the airplane with us coming to Shiraz at
the bazaar, they didn't know us, but we saw them. I got one or two
things...they were asking for a lot. Baba said they recognized his
accent and try to charge a lot. After that, we got lunch and then went
back to someone's house and ate. I started to take a nap, but their power
went out, so we came back to the place we were staying at. I was out for like
3 and a half hours! How? I have no idea, but I was! I woke up,
Baba and I went to the internet cafe for about half an hour, and that's all
that really happened today. We are about to eat....I don't wanna! Meh :(
Today was boring...
Shayda :)
Day 10 in Iran
Day 10
This morning, I woke up with a bloody nose...ewwww. It was gross.
It was probably because of the elevation and the fact my nose
was so dry because of the climate change. I sat around and showed
everyone our pictures from Iran so far. After that, I took a shower
and then Baba did and we went out with one of his nephews...can't
remember his name...anywho! We went to a few historical places.
We took quite a few pictures. It was really really hot outside too.
Baba said it was about 115 degrees outside. We also got ice cream
while we were out. I was hoping to find an internet cafe, but they
couldn't find one, so I can't email people for a few days, meh :(
the thing that upsets me about that is emailing people at home makes
me feel comfort and realization that the time is going by faster to
go home. I mean, I am having fun, but I REALLY miss home and as much
as I love family...too much of it always gets me. We have been constantly
overcrowded with family the past 10 days and I am starting to go crazy!
Anywayy...we came back here, ate lunch, and kinda took naps. Well, I barely
did, but everyone else was probably out. I was just laying around thinking...
mostly about how I missed home! Haha. Anywho, I finally got up and just
sat around more in the living room. My dad then found out there was an
internet cafe that was barely a block away, so we went to it and checked
emails. I may probably go there again the next two days, whenever I have
access to home, it makes me comfortable. After that we went to this
one street and just walked up it...there was basically all mens clothes
so i didn't enjoy looking...although we crossed this purse like store and
I bought a new wallet! It is uber cute! Only like, 2 dollars too, haha.
It has two slots to put money in, so I divided my American money from
my iranian money...even though I only have 1 American dollar haha. It
also has one little coin purse on the side with the slots...and Then
it has a spot for your license and whatnot...but the best part...
IT HAS A MIRROR IN IT! How freaking cool is that? I didn't discover
that until 10 minutes after I bought it. It made me love it even more.
Then we came back, ate, and I am laying in bed while everyone else
in the other room is watching the World Cup Game. Hopefully tomorrow
will be better...I hope Bandaar is better....anywho, goodnight.
Shayda :)
This morning, I woke up with a bloody nose...ewwww. It was gross.
It was probably because of the elevation and the fact my nose
was so dry because of the climate change. I sat around and showed
everyone our pictures from Iran so far. After that, I took a shower
and then Baba did and we went out with one of his nephews...can't
remember his name...anywho! We went to a few historical places.
We took quite a few pictures. It was really really hot outside too.
Baba said it was about 115 degrees outside. We also got ice cream
while we were out. I was hoping to find an internet cafe, but they
couldn't find one, so I can't email people for a few days, meh :(
the thing that upsets me about that is emailing people at home makes
me feel comfort and realization that the time is going by faster to
go home. I mean, I am having fun, but I REALLY miss home and as much
as I love family...too much of it always gets me. We have been constantly
overcrowded with family the past 10 days and I am starting to go crazy!
Anywayy...we came back here, ate lunch, and kinda took naps. Well, I barely
did, but everyone else was probably out. I was just laying around thinking...
mostly about how I missed home! Haha. Anywho, I finally got up and just
sat around more in the living room. My dad then found out there was an
internet cafe that was barely a block away, so we went to it and checked
emails. I may probably go there again the next two days, whenever I have
access to home, it makes me comfortable. After that we went to this
one street and just walked up it...there was basically all mens clothes
so i didn't enjoy looking...although we crossed this purse like store and
I bought a new wallet! It is uber cute! Only like, 2 dollars too, haha.
It has two slots to put money in, so I divided my American money from
my iranian money...even though I only have 1 American dollar haha. It
also has one little coin purse on the side with the slots...and Then
it has a spot for your license and whatnot...but the best part...
IT HAS A MIRROR IN IT! How freaking cool is that? I didn't discover
that until 10 minutes after I bought it. It made me love it even more.
Then we came back, ate, and I am laying in bed while everyone else
in the other room is watching the World Cup Game. Hopefully tomorrow
will be better...I hope Bandaar is better....anywho, goodnight.
Shayda :)
Day 8/Day 9 in Iran
Day 8/Day 9
I got busy and preoccupied so I forgot to write haha.
So on Day 8, nothing really happened until the evening. I was
going to a birthday party with Sahroosh and Parvaneh. I went to their
house about...idk...7 or 8. They let me check emails and stuff. I was
wearing my new dress, and I was so excited about it! We didn't leave their
apartment till about 10 or so, and I was already getting tired..uhoh! Well,
we got there and it was probably the most amazing garden I have ever seen
before. There was a gazebo and it was basically a fountain! Water was falling
off of it into a pond! It was so beautiful. It looked like somewhere someone
would be proposed to. Geez I hope I get proposed to in something beautiful
like that! We went inside and said hi to people and everything then sat down
and watched people dance some, then Parvaneh and I got up and danced. The
music was like Arabian Techno, and some Persian Techno. It was so neat. It's
like they basically made their own club. It was really cool. The music was
loud, there were lights everywhere! It was awesome. After that for a while
we sat around and stuff and then we ate, then went back to dancing. Parvaneh's
brother asked me to dance a couple of times, whenever I was dancing with people
I kept looking down because it was too awkward to look at their faces, idk why...
I am just weird like that. After that they did the birthday cake and presents
which took a while, I was just sitting there thinking. Although somethingg
funny they did was when they figured out who's present the guy was opening
he would get up and dance with them for a second. It was cool haha. After that
some old man started singing and it was making me fall asleep...I mean, dude, it
was 2:30AM already! Then after that we finally left and I slept in the car some.
I got back and CRASHED! Didn't wake up until 11AM.
The next day not much happened, I finished the 7th Harry Potter again. It got too
intense to stop reading haha. Farideh, her husband, and Parnian came over for lunch.
It was really funny because Farideh's husband went out to get lunch and on the plate
was like, chicken, red cabbage, peppers, and cooked carrots. All of us were exchanging
a lot of our food on our plates, it was cracking me up. I had like 4 cups of lemonade
too. GAH I love homemade lemonade! After that for a bit, I was showing Farideh and
Parnian my pictures on my computer which only really consisted of family and prom pictures.
I then showed Parnian my music. I was excited she had heard of a lot of stuff on there, more
than I expected. Then her and i played a few games of ERS. I won both times :) she doesn't
cheat and that's why I am able to win haha the younger girls cheat a lot. After that Baba
and I went to the airport in Esfahan. I am glad Sandra warned me about the seperation
of women and men lines. The first line I went through, Ame Narges was there with me, but
the second one I was alone and I told them I spoke English and it helped. We got on the plane,
which was REALLY hot. It made me tired. They gave us food, which tasted like poo. And then we
landed. We got our baggage and saw everyone here. There were a lot of people that greeted us
at the airport! They gave us flowers too. It was cute, there was this little girl, I can't
remember her name, but she loved me! She wanted to hold my hand on the way to the car and
she wanted to ride with me. I gave her one of the little stuffed animals I bought, and she
liked it haha she was very shy. We got to Ame Fatimeh's house and we ate...afterwards I was
sooo full, I wanted to sleep, so I crashed in one of the rooms and then moved over to Baba's
and my room. Haha I dreamt a lot about Buffy...it was funny haha. Anywho, that's all!
Shayda :)
I got busy and preoccupied so I forgot to write haha.
So on Day 8, nothing really happened until the evening. I was
going to a birthday party with Sahroosh and Parvaneh. I went to their
house about...idk...7 or 8. They let me check emails and stuff. I was
wearing my new dress, and I was so excited about it! We didn't leave their
apartment till about 10 or so, and I was already getting tired..uhoh! Well,
we got there and it was probably the most amazing garden I have ever seen
before. There was a gazebo and it was basically a fountain! Water was falling
off of it into a pond! It was so beautiful. It looked like somewhere someone
would be proposed to. Geez I hope I get proposed to in something beautiful
like that! We went inside and said hi to people and everything then sat down
and watched people dance some, then Parvaneh and I got up and danced. The
music was like Arabian Techno, and some Persian Techno. It was so neat. It's
like they basically made their own club. It was really cool. The music was
loud, there were lights everywhere! It was awesome. After that for a while
we sat around and stuff and then we ate, then went back to dancing. Parvaneh's
brother asked me to dance a couple of times, whenever I was dancing with people
I kept looking down because it was too awkward to look at their faces, idk why...
I am just weird like that. After that they did the birthday cake and presents
which took a while, I was just sitting there thinking. Although somethingg
funny they did was when they figured out who's present the guy was opening
he would get up and dance with them for a second. It was cool haha. After that
some old man started singing and it was making me fall asleep...I mean, dude, it
was 2:30AM already! Then after that we finally left and I slept in the car some.
I got back and CRASHED! Didn't wake up until 11AM.
The next day not much happened, I finished the 7th Harry Potter again. It got too
intense to stop reading haha. Farideh, her husband, and Parnian came over for lunch.
It was really funny because Farideh's husband went out to get lunch and on the plate
was like, chicken, red cabbage, peppers, and cooked carrots. All of us were exchanging
a lot of our food on our plates, it was cracking me up. I had like 4 cups of lemonade
too. GAH I love homemade lemonade! After that for a bit, I was showing Farideh and
Parnian my pictures on my computer which only really consisted of family and prom pictures.
I then showed Parnian my music. I was excited she had heard of a lot of stuff on there, more
than I expected. Then her and i played a few games of ERS. I won both times :) she doesn't
cheat and that's why I am able to win haha the younger girls cheat a lot. After that Baba
and I went to the airport in Esfahan. I am glad Sandra warned me about the seperation
of women and men lines. The first line I went through, Ame Narges was there with me, but
the second one I was alone and I told them I spoke English and it helped. We got on the plane,
which was REALLY hot. It made me tired. They gave us food, which tasted like poo. And then we
landed. We got our baggage and saw everyone here. There were a lot of people that greeted us
at the airport! They gave us flowers too. It was cute, there was this little girl, I can't
remember her name, but she loved me! She wanted to hold my hand on the way to the car and
she wanted to ride with me. I gave her one of the little stuffed animals I bought, and she
liked it haha she was very shy. We got to Ame Fatimeh's house and we ate...afterwards I was
sooo full, I wanted to sleep, so I crashed in one of the rooms and then moved over to Baba's
and my room. Haha I dreamt a lot about Buffy...it was funny haha. Anywho, that's all!
Shayda :)
Day 7 in Iran
Day 7
Well as you know, last night we stayed at Farideh's. I woke up about 8
and played a game of chess. I then went downstairs and Farideh had another
headache, so I went upstairs to check my email, and then my uncle was on
his way over to get us. We leave and come back here. We just kinda lounge
around, I read some, played chess, listened to music, etc. Farzaneh and
her kids then came over and the eldest had Eclipse on her laptop, and I
really wanted to see it! So, I finally saw it! I must say, it wasn't too bad.
Better than the other ones, but not super amazing. I would watch it again and
enjoy it. I was shocked. I really hope the next one is amazing, because that
was my favorite book of them all. I just completely forgot how cliche a lot
of those movies are...there were a few parts I was like ...seriously? or
that's so lameee. But overall, not too bad of a movie! After that, I came
in Baba and my room and listened to music and played games again and read
some more. I surprisingly didn't take a nap! It was a miracle! After Baba
woke up, I got dressed up and stuff for going out with Parvaneh and Sahroosh.
I went to their house and it was soo cute! I loved it! We then left and
bought the dress that I tried on yesterday I liked for the birthday party
tomorrow. We then went to Parvaneh's brother's house, well, her parents
house, and hung out. We got there and sat around and stuff, I checked my
email again, and then came back and everyone was sitting around talking.
I didn't talk much, because they were all speaking in farsi. It was funny
because at one point they asked how much farsi I knew, and I was telling
them the English words I knew and I said "oh! I also know, go" and I was like
ohh crap...because in farsi, go means shit. I was like waiiit! And they all
laughed..it was funny but embarassing. After that we ate Pizza...which they
still all eat with ketchup. Then they let me watch a movie while they played
poker. I watched Zombieland...great movie :) then I watched them play poker
for about an hour and then we left. OH! Parvaneh picked some roses out of
their family's garden for me! They were purrrdy, it was really sweet of her
:) anywho, it's like 2AM here...I am uber tired and I have a long night
tomorrow...nightnight!
Shayda :)
Well as you know, last night we stayed at Farideh's. I woke up about 8
and played a game of chess. I then went downstairs and Farideh had another
headache, so I went upstairs to check my email, and then my uncle was on
his way over to get us. We leave and come back here. We just kinda lounge
around, I read some, played chess, listened to music, etc. Farzaneh and
her kids then came over and the eldest had Eclipse on her laptop, and I
really wanted to see it! So, I finally saw it! I must say, it wasn't too bad.
Better than the other ones, but not super amazing. I would watch it again and
enjoy it. I was shocked. I really hope the next one is amazing, because that
was my favorite book of them all. I just completely forgot how cliche a lot
of those movies are...there were a few parts I was like ...seriously? or
that's so lameee. But overall, not too bad of a movie! After that, I came
in Baba and my room and listened to music and played games again and read
some more. I surprisingly didn't take a nap! It was a miracle! After Baba
woke up, I got dressed up and stuff for going out with Parvaneh and Sahroosh.
I went to their house and it was soo cute! I loved it! We then left and
bought the dress that I tried on yesterday I liked for the birthday party
tomorrow. We then went to Parvaneh's brother's house, well, her parents
house, and hung out. We got there and sat around and stuff, I checked my
email again, and then came back and everyone was sitting around talking.
I didn't talk much, because they were all speaking in farsi. It was funny
because at one point they asked how much farsi I knew, and I was telling
them the English words I knew and I said "oh! I also know, go" and I was like
ohh crap...because in farsi, go means shit. I was like waiiit! And they all
laughed..it was funny but embarassing. After that we ate Pizza...which they
still all eat with ketchup. Then they let me watch a movie while they played
poker. I watched Zombieland...great movie :) then I watched them play poker
for about an hour and then we left. OH! Parvaneh picked some roses out of
their family's garden for me! They were purrrdy, it was really sweet of her
:) anywho, it's like 2AM here...I am uber tired and I have a long night
tomorrow...nightnight!
Shayda :)
Day 6 in Iran
Day 6
Today, woke up, took a shower, then we came to Farideh's for lunch.
I checked my email, and came back down and we all just hung around. There
was this little precious girl named Teena, she was such an adorable
girl! She was probably like 3 or so. We then ate. We had Kabob and some
type of Okra thing, but I hate okra, so I just had kabob. Everyone sat
around and talked. They found something on TV, thank goodness it was
in English. It was The Dead Zone, something like that. I watched it for
a bit, but then I got sleepy, so I went to lay down for a nap. It took me
an hour or an hour and a half to fall asleep. I was just laying there thinking
some.
Farideh and Parnian woke me up. I only napped for an hour or and hour
and a half...so I was really tired whenever they woke me up. They then
showed Baba and me pictures from a long time ago. i was still kind of
waking up, so I didn't seek as much enjoyment. After that we came
downstairs and Parnian and I played ERS. OH! I had homemade lemonade.
It was so yummy :) probably had about 5 cups of it, haha. Then we watched
some CNN, and after about an hour we all went out. Parnian wanted me to
try this Pomegranate Ice Cream...the stuff to go with it was VERY tart...
it tasted bad lol. But the actual Ice cream itself was good :) then
we pretty much went window shopping and everyone else got some ice cream.
Then we went to another little mall and got some pizza. Then Baba and I
picked up some clothes so we could stay the night here. Now we are about
to have some pizza and then go to sleep. The end!
Shayda :)
Today, woke up, took a shower, then we came to Farideh's for lunch.
I checked my email, and came back down and we all just hung around. There
was this little precious girl named Teena, she was such an adorable
girl! She was probably like 3 or so. We then ate. We had Kabob and some
type of Okra thing, but I hate okra, so I just had kabob. Everyone sat
around and talked. They found something on TV, thank goodness it was
in English. It was The Dead Zone, something like that. I watched it for
a bit, but then I got sleepy, so I went to lay down for a nap. It took me
an hour or an hour and a half to fall asleep. I was just laying there thinking
some.
Farideh and Parnian woke me up. I only napped for an hour or and hour
and a half...so I was really tired whenever they woke me up. They then
showed Baba and me pictures from a long time ago. i was still kind of
waking up, so I didn't seek as much enjoyment. After that we came
downstairs and Parnian and I played ERS. OH! I had homemade lemonade.
It was so yummy :) probably had about 5 cups of it, haha. Then we watched
some CNN, and after about an hour we all went out. Parnian wanted me to
try this Pomegranate Ice Cream...the stuff to go with it was VERY tart...
it tasted bad lol. But the actual Ice cream itself was good :) then
we pretty much went window shopping and everyone else got some ice cream.
Then we went to another little mall and got some pizza. Then Baba and I
picked up some clothes so we could stay the night here. Now we are about
to have some pizza and then go to sleep. The end!
Shayda :)
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