Secret talents

Mujaddara & fish

There was a stabbing attack this morning near the coastal city of Tel Aviv ... an arab attempted to stab twice ... because he was challenged for not wearing a mask or so it seems. And it took place near a hospital. There seems to be a rise in violence. With the threat of annexation of palestinian land and the pandemic ... tensions are accelerating. It's not a nice feeling.  https://www.timesofisrael.com/security-guard-stabbed-lightly-hurt-outside-hospital-assailant-shot/

The weather is getting warmer by the day. It was 30 degrees today and the weekend is forecast to be 36. I'll need to set up the portable aircon soon. My room is the 2nd if not the hottest room in the house as it gets the morning, noon and evening sun. Walking home today from work carrying 6 kg of stuff under this heat almost killed me. I reached home short of breath and with chest pains. I thought I was going to black out.

Home haircutting

It was a very morning as the school year is ending and I must write reports for both libraries. It means doing the whole year's financial statements of buying books and magazine subscriptions. luckily I have a couple of librarians helping me to countercheck. It'll take another week before I can finalise the activities report as well. Monday I was working through the whole day and forgot about lunch and was very hungry. The cooks from the central monetary offered me some food leftover from the community lunch .... mujadarra (rice and lentils) with fried fish. I dislike lentils ... but I ate it anyway ... thankful that the cooks didn't forget me. Today our cook made some waraq dawali (rice wrapped in grape vine) and kept some for me which I ate for lunch. It is one of my favourite dishes.

Because of the breaking of distancing laws by the ultra-orthodox jews in several cities yesterday, the govt fears a 2nd wave of infections while the rest of the country is easing on the lockdown. The nightmare is we'll be thrown back into another 2 months of lockdown. One good thing about our last 2 month lockdown was ... we found out who among us are great cooks and haircutters!!! Surprise secret talents!!!

https://www.timesofisrael.com/fears-of-2nd-virus-wave-rise-as-200-arrested-in-meron-2000-gather-in-jerusalem/?fbclid=IwAR0MTSyf_GUw50N9QP2bMdRPHtZlU5oxeEu8YLdPn6o20620czHkw1OIHtI