I had my first driving lesson today. The sun was high in the sky when my instructor, Tony knocked on my door at about 12.40 PM and we set off. He drove us to some place across the river in Gateshead and pulled over. Because I'm learning to drive a manual car, he taught me about the three pedals near the feet - the accelerator (gas pedal), the ( Read more... )

Last Monday, a guy got beaten up by a bunch of immature Arab men, right in front of my dad's hardware store. The reason: he wouldn't give them way when they tried to cut into a jam-packed line of cars waiting to get to the roundabout ( Read more... )

After school today, I was standing outside the gate near the football field and talking to alienhybrid, Jolie and the Candy Girl [whose name I can't seem to remember now!]. I was facing the parking lot and just leisurely looking around when this guy in a white coupé caught my eye and beckoned to me ( Read more... )

Rushdi, Ammar, Ahmed and I were walking out of the building in which Global Links, my work-place is located and I spotted intensely dark smoke rising from a place which was across the street from us. My friends didn't really spot it because it was night-time and the smoke was black, but I guess all that carrot I eat must do me some good, so I was ( Read more... )