Return of PA-MD-VA-DC and Back

I sent Dr. Mohamed to Dulles International Airport yesterday. Unlike the other times, this time I went into the terminal. He needed assistance in finding the US VISIT office. Turns out that he's too old to be registered into the system.
Don't lose your car; note down the parking section..
My first time in..
Qatar Air opens at six..
So what next? Yehaaa, jalan-jalan cari makan.. Super H, best Korean grocery store in DC..
Haven't seen this kind of display for a while..
Got my bluefish (sekor, $20.00@10lbs!), my baby octpussies, my pomfrets, my ikan pari, my shrimps with heads on, my galanga, my red chilli peppers, my shallots, my mandarins with leaves, and the list goes on...
Not bad, not bad. I will return!
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PA-MD-VA-DC and Back

Mishal and Mishail are two brothers from Riyadh who were trying to get to Indiana from DC after their arrival. I said I could help. So that was what I did..
On my way: Saw an A-Frame bldg, my earliest dream house, before the geodesic...
What it sez, at Blairsville..
Approaching Summit, PA.. can you see the wind-powered generator?
On I-70, in Maryland...
Approaching bridge crossing the Potomac and into Virginia..
"Sun, sun, sun, here it comes... " (what song?)
A Virginian (horse?) farm..
In Herndon, looking at one of the many Halal grocery stores. A complete store, with fresh meat. Got 10 whole chickens..
It also has rotiserrie chicken thighs @1.50 a pc...
Arrived at destination (Comfort Inn) a couple of minutes early...
Now to get back home!
Reached Sylvan Glen Apts four hours later...
A good drive was had by all!!
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Sharkey Chain!

Luqman made this..
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Community Service

Last Friday, for the second time in two weeks, the parking lot at the masjid was not plowed of the snow. We had to push half a dozen cars out. Here's us getting to a brother's car (Masood) out of the snow..
Today, I went to the airport to pick Dr. Mansur up. He always asks me...

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Today's Breakfast Menu..

A spread consisting of Teh Oh, Rotti and kari ayam yogurt! NyummFinished it off with half a goblet of grapefuit juice!
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Luqman's Helix

He was bored, but a bagful of clothes pins did the trick!------------------

Nothing Specific

Breakfast today...
Wasil was here for the County Concert, 3:00 pickup...
Visited Bassam after that; had tea with him.
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Washed!

Looking fresh!All three of them.
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Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah..

It was 30 years ago today. The president -- Jimmy Carter. Ronald Reagan was taking over in a few days. I was fresh off the plane, getting out into the cold in St. Louis, at the RAMADA, waiting to have breakfast. I did, at the cafe there, two eggs, a toast, and OJ, before the rest of the party of 110 got down.

We were put on two Greyhound buses which went down Route 3 and stopped at Murdale's McDonald's. I got more OJ and a packet of apple pie. What do I know then! A few minutes later, the two buses were at Faner Hall D, at the roundabout. Then I heard someone from outside asking for 'the guy who missed his plane'. That was me!! I went down, got ahold of him, and soon enough, I was in his beige Ford Torino, my two bags in his trunk. His name: Burhanuddin Wahid, 3rd year Econs, from Sabah. He took me to his apartment at Pyramids B where I bummed for a week before the 'community' leaders found a gang of three ex-ITM grads who'd accept me into their apartment. Their names: Roslan Latif, Abdul Hasib and Shaharain Shaharuddin.

That was the beginnings of my US odyssey, thirty years ago today.

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Melting Icy Spears

Ten days ago..
Next five days.. yehaaa!!

Soon to be gone
Going, going... the pathway I made for the mailman..
Don't get stabbed in the head!!
Who's there?

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