What's happening?
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
The situation overall is as bad as it can be, and everyone with an old car is finding a way to blow it up, it seems.
The gasoline problem is still present, not improving.. The bridges are constantly getting blocked, if not controlled strictly.
Bottom line: It's always proven that we have not yet hit the bottom!
When you can't walk anywhere without fearing that you'll get a bullet..
When you can't spend a moment without thinking that a relative is at a risk..
When you can't remember the name of your president..
When nothing is truly true but death..
When everyone's hobby is to lie..
When freedom suddenly seems unnecessary, security lost, love dead..
When strykers fill the streets, an occupier rules and birds get replaced with helicopters..
When your memories are horror, present is tragedy and future is unknown..
When all the above seems normal and living without water or electricity (Though you complain about it) doesn't seem impossible anymore..
When fuel, water and electricity become secondary needs..
When everyone who don't like you, hates you; and everyone who hates you, kills you..
When even lives are stolen, when heads are cut, when a human being is bought..
When all this happens and you can still smile, you're no one but an Iraqi who lives in Iraq..
But remember, all generalizations are false, including this one.. Cuz some people seem not to mind about any of the above anyway!
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I finally managed to get my glasses, and new contact lenses.
Yesterday, my brother-in-law came to show me how to wear them but felt unable after 15 minutes of trying to put the lenses in my eyes; I couldn't stop blinking. Today, he came with Xylocaine, put a drop in my eye and then started trying again to put the lenses in my eyes. In an hour, we were done putting them in, and I practiced how to take them off and wear them..
I didn't buy the contact lenses for daily use, nor do I plan to wear them a lot, but I really want to see people at special occasions.. I don't wear the glasses in weddings for example, and it bothers me not to be able to see the bride.
The gasoline problem is still present, not improving.. The bridges are constantly getting blocked, if not controlled strictly.
Bottom line: It's always proven that we have not yet hit the bottom!
When you can't walk anywhere without fearing that you'll get a bullet..
When you can't spend a moment without thinking that a relative is at a risk..
When you can't remember the name of your president..
When nothing is truly true but death..
When everyone's hobby is to lie..
When freedom suddenly seems unnecessary, security lost, love dead..
When strykers fill the streets, an occupier rules and birds get replaced with helicopters..
When your memories are horror, present is tragedy and future is unknown..
When all the above seems normal and living without water or electricity (Though you complain about it) doesn't seem impossible anymore..
When fuel, water and electricity become secondary needs..
When everyone who don't like you, hates you; and everyone who hates you, kills you..
When even lives are stolen, when heads are cut, when a human being is bought..
When all this happens and you can still smile, you're no one but an Iraqi who lives in Iraq..
But remember, all generalizations are false, including this one.. Cuz some people seem not to mind about any of the above anyway!
----
I finally managed to get my glasses, and new contact lenses.
Yesterday, my brother-in-law came to show me how to wear them but felt unable after 15 minutes of trying to put the lenses in my eyes; I couldn't stop blinking. Today, he came with Xylocaine, put a drop in my eye and then started trying again to put the lenses in my eyes. In an hour, we were done putting them in, and I practiced how to take them off and wear them..
I didn't buy the contact lenses for daily use, nor do I plan to wear them a lot, but I really want to see people at special occasions.. I don't wear the glasses in weddings for example, and it bothers me not to be able to see the bride.
posted by Najma at 5:33 PM, | 
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