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Stroll
At my place of work, we are bussed to and from work. It picks up from the apartment at 6 am and departs the school at 3:10 pm. This means that for those of us that tutor after school we take a taxi back home. Usually, I like this. If a friend is tutoring at the same time we will share a taxi, usually to their apartment and I will take a leisurely stroll back to my apartment. The walk is usually about 25-30 minutes. It’s been nice to get out in the afternoon. If I tutor alone I get dropped off at the beach about 15 minutes away from…
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I learned an interesting fact
Weekend I was recently speaking with a friend of mine about some of the changes we are hoping to see in Canada under the new Federal Government. Somethings we are hoping stay the same with the new government. We arrived onto the topic of TFSAs (Tax-Free Savings) and investing money. This is when I learned my new interesting fact. In Islam, it is against people’s beliefs to gain interest. I wanted to know more. As far as I knew people were not keeping their life savings in piles of cash under the bed. My friend told me that they keep money in the bank and that money gains interest. The…
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Shopping and Bargaining
Weekend I went out last night with one of my Canadian-Kuwaiti friends. We took to one of the main streets in Salmiya for some gossip and some shopping and bargaining when we should have been headed for the gym. Three hours of walking around carrying bags are just like 1 hour in a gym class, right? In more traditional shops bargaining is the norm. I’m a bad bargainer. Unless I know I am being taken for a ridiculous ride, I like to see the price, pay it, and get out. She does not. She knows what she wants and she knows the value of it and will fight until she…