Happenings

On Monday I had a 5 hour Hebrew exam.

That's right.

5. Hours.

At least 2 of those hours were on grammar exclusively.

Yes, you can mail me your pity via Australia Post.

But now Ulpan is finished. What will I do with myself?

Well, immediately after the exam iI built a sukkah on my mirpeset with my German Lutheran Pastor (GLP for short). And then I went out for Chinese and ran into heaps of people I know, who don't even live in Jerusalem.

Today I went to the Islamic museum with my Ulpan friends and then I went to Kfar Saba for a Brit Mila. Ewww - get ready for a post on child mutilation later.

While on the bus in Kfar Saba I ran into a friend of mine who was on shlichut to the Kollel in my home town. Yup, you can totally tell that Israel only has 5 and abit million Jews in it. There is no escaping everybody you've ever met.

Apart from that - tomorrow I'm off to the sukkot shuk to haggle over a set of the 4 species while being glared at, fondled and sweated on by haredi men.

For chag I'm in Pisgat Ze'ev. Shabbat - who knows?

Finally, the buses in Jlem have changed now from wishing me a 'Shana Tova' to 'Moadim L'Simcha.'

On that note, Chag Sameach!