2nd-to-last full day

went to café graffiti to say bye to my friend madison. we had met at a party earlier this summer and had hung out over the course of my stay in amman. remember that impromptu iftar in front of jordan university? she was there. we talked over tea and coffee at the café. we talked about religion quite a bit…relationships… traveling. she’s traveled through south east asia, so if i ever get around to that bucket list item, I’ll definitely be asking her for tips and things to do.





I don’t know if you can tell from this picture, but on the wall behind the dude, there’s a little girl with a pen strapped to her back like a weapon. i’ve been seeing this icon all over amman and a friend of mine from class had been saying that it had significance, though when we were talking about this, he could not remember exactly what the significance was. i looked into this and found out that it is a logo for project pen, which is a space for writers to publish their work online. it’s based in amman, and project pen designed this logo out of their belief that “writing is a personal battle.”

more info about them here:
website
facebook

here’s a clearer image of project pen’s catchy icon:



later tonight, played a 2 hour game of soccer with my friend hamdan from wild jordan café and 6 of his friends. it was so much fun but pretty rough on me physically. 20 min in, i didn’t think i could do the whole hours. i am extremely out of shape. and i’m a terrible shot. haha, should practice more when i get home. i pulled through, though, and it felt so good afterwards. we played at the best time of day – right before sunset. not sure what the score ended up being; i think by the end of it, though, most people were pretty tired and were just messing around (i.e. goalie ran way out of the goalie box and suddenly became a forward). the guys were really nice though. we played at an elementary-high school. apparently, it’s a thing here for schools to charge a fee for people to come and rent their soccer space for so and so hours.

picked up on some useful things to say when playing soccer, as well...

• يالا go! = go! go!
• حارس = goalie
• اِرجع = back!
• اُخرج = return!

tonight is also my last evening with my feline companion. will miss this cutie pie.