...having a few minutes with people like the fellow working the counter at Al Wahda Mall's Costa shop Saturday afternoon. He asked how I was and then, when I did likewise, he motioned out into the mall, where a bunch of kids were bopping around to Lebanese dance tunes as part of the Summer in Abu Dhabi festival.
"I am happy today," he said, "because there is this music."
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How to be a happy expat
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Somehow your posting reminded me of what a friend working for UN in Sudan mentioned,
"One young artist named Aisha [in Sudan] said: "It is very kind to send us food, but this is Africa and we are used to being hungry. What I ask is that you please take the guns away from the people who are killing us."
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