Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Love with a Hooker:
Us and them were confused about the term “Love”.  My first remembrance of the word was back in the pre-school, when my teacher asked me if I loved Donald Duck or Mickey mouse more. I wanted Donald Duck, therefore I told her that I loved Donald Duck. At the moment “Love” was a word that I associated with possessing, and used it whenever I wanted something. 

As I grew up the term “Love” grew with me.  I started having crushes on girls at junior high.  I thought that must be the real “Love” I was looking for.  However, as I learned more about sexuality and the way hormones function, I found that the “Love” I discovered wasn’t more than a physiological urge. 

I met this girl in high school.  She was a beauty queen, and I had a wonderful time with her.  It might sound lame, but all I wanted from her was to talk!  I felt that I finally found “Love”.  A couple years later, I started loosing interest on her.  I realized that I was just curious about her life and love couldn’t be something come out of a curiosity.  

I went on with my life, and the search for love kept going.  I met tons of girls, and every-time I evaluate the term “Love” in that relationship it fits under one of the last categories.  It’s either out of curiosity, need or possession.  I totally gave up in love after that.  I started to believe that “Love” was a made up word with no true feelings associated with it. 

Until I went to Amsterdam, where I finally found “Love”.  It was a Hooker who showed me what real “Love” means.  As she explained to me her situation and how she was taking care of her three starving children and her old mom by selling her body.  The amount of sacrifice she was giving couldn’t be easily done without caring and LOVING her family that much.  I left Amsterdam knowing that to “Love” someone is to be able to sacrifice to those who you really care about! 

How do you deal with stupid people?

Note: Tolerance doesn’t work with me, they always find away just to prove their stupidity!

So.. Here is what happened in the past couple weeks:
- I had a pleasant stay in Kuwait.
- Met friends that I haven’t seen since high school.
- Two weeks in Kuwait was a tease, so bad I couldn’t stay longer.
- Kuwait wasn’t as hot as I thought it would be.
- I spent a few days at the beach, I even skied by dolphins in Jlai3a.
- I couldn’t finish half of what was in my restaurants list.
- Left Kuwait Last saturday.

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An interesting quote I read at the holocaust museum by Martin Niemoller:

In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.

Let’s get out of our shells and be a step ahead before it’s too late!

What good have you done in the world?
Do you know who you are?
If you died today will you be remembered tommorow?
Are you yourself?
What is your life goal?
Do you think for yourself?

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Coush Surfing:
I met him online through the Couch Surfing service. He was a fifty-year old man living alone in apartment close enough to the city to walk there. I stayed with him for three nights and all he asked me in return is to inform him about the culture and the country I came from!
It might be awkward to knock at some stranger’s house and sleep at their couch, but the amount of experience I saw coming through this experience overcame all my fears and made me strong enough to do it.  It was fun!!

Sexuality in Amsterdam:
I was shocked about how open the people were about their sexuality. The tour guide tried to explain how sexuality is viewed as a human desire that need to be fulfilled the same way hunger need to be fulfilled. I strongly disagreed with him and that didn’t make him very happy. My argument was “I have the desire to burn your house, shall I do it because I need to fulfill my desires the same way I fulfill hunger?” He was like “well… let’s talk about some history!” 

The flight from Dulles airport to Amsterdam was so smooth. Nothing is really worth mentioning except for what happened at Heathrow airport.
I was sitting in the boarding area at the new terminal, watching the news and minding my own business. I saw an ugly woman heading toward the same boarding area, I thought to myself “Shush, she is going to sit just right next to me!” Indeed, she came and sat just next to me.  I didn’t mind sitting by her, but she stunk really bad and I was thinking of how bad it’s going to be if she sat next to me in the airplane.  And guess what? I was at 12A and she was at 12B.
I turned toward her and asked her “Are you real or am I imagining you in my head?” She smiled and moved to the free seat in the back!!

Was she real?

My trip is over and now I’m in Kuwait for two weeks to recharge and get ready to start school at the end of the month. This is my first summer in Kuwait for four years!  Although Kuwait is theoretically the hottest place on earth, I found Rome and Madrid to be hotter than Kuwait!  At least ave everything is air conditioned and it’s not as humid.

The trip was awesome. I am carrying with me tons of good memories and stories to tell my children and grandchildren. It was the most enjoyable 50 days in my life.

I made a lot of changes on the trip as I met people and got recommendations to visit places that I have never thought of. Here is a list of the places I ended up visiting: (more…)

Bonjour..
I know its been a while since I last posted anything in this blog.  I felt the summery reports are a bit boring, so I decided to take a breake and post everything in details later on.

I am currently posting this from Interlaken, Switzerland.  Such a wonderful place with tons to do.  I am leaving to Zurich and then fly from london to Kuwait and spend two weeks with the familyah before flying back to the US.

I hope you all are having a great summer, looking forward to share some interesting stories with you =)

Have a great day

- Mario