Friday was as usual tense. Helicopters were flying very low. Soldiers everywhere. The usual hundreds of muslims arrived from various parts of the country to the Al Aqsa mosque to pray. Nothing happened though. At least we didn't hear of any incidents. But in Tel Aviv police shot at a speedy car. Looks like its getting more dangerous there than here.
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/police-officer-opens-fire-on-vehicle-during-car-chase-in-tel-aviv-two-lightly-injured-1.408416
The fine weather yesterday gave way to very very cold weather last night. Some weather stations say it was down to 1 degree. On my dog calendar, there's this pic of a bulldog in pullovers. How apt!! It sure was cold! The forecast is more rain next week - several days in a row. If it does happen, then we'll probably have snow. Wouldn't that be nice?
Spent yesterday cleaning up my room. It's the Chinese New Year round the corner. Everyone here is talking about ... italians, poles ... they watch the TV and are all excited about it. Want to know more about the Dragon and how we celebrate it. Well, my answer is always "Google it!"
The New Year blessings are up on my door. Hope the Dragon will be nice to me. The Rabbit was a complete disaster. Tomorrow evening 10 of us will be going out for the Reunion dinner. Let's hope it won't rain! Now the only thing left is to vacuum my room. I've developed tennis elbow from carrying the tonnes of books in the library. Can't do any heavy work .. or carry the vacuum cleaner for that matter. Will have to get someone to bring it up for me.
And the diarrhea hasn't stopped. Awful. Hope it goes away soon so I don't have to bare with it during the New Year. I'm off food today to starve it off.
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