Weekend

Tensions have reached a new high when news report that Israel has been bombing Iranian military targets inside Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. Of course all this was done with the tacit agreement of US and Russia. In fact both countries have come out to say Israel has a right to protect itself. Well we're just waiting for the consequence now ... not that it will start a war. Like I said in the previous post ... an all out regional war is unlikely. But skirmishes are enough to jolt our relatively peaceful lives and cause lots of inconveniences such as curfews, road blocks and work strikes.

Chapel at Netanya

Yesterday evening I had to travel to Netanya, a city by the Mediterranean Sea 102km away form Jerusalem for Mass ... technically it should take only 1 hr 20 mins to get there. But it doesn't take into consideration the walk to the bus stop, waiting for the bus to be full, traffic jams along the way, then a change of bus at Tel Aviv station, another wait, then another walk from the station to the chapel. Reality is a 3 hr journey. A nightmare especially when I need to use the toilet because of my IBS. Anyway I came home at 11pm .... that's 40 mins earlier than the previous night when I came home from Herzliya. It's been an exhausting 2 days ... celebrating Masses all over the country because of shortage of priests.

Night market at Musrara

The walk home at night brings me pass the Musrara night market. Quite an event each weekend as jews, christians and muslims come to buy fruit and veggies at a whole sale price. Well this coexistence will come to an end when regional wars spill into our country.