friday nights all right
As you can tell from the cheesy title to this post tonight im in a much better mood than when i last wrote. Not least because so many of you wrote comments on my blog, (its lovely bein' in luv when your 8n'half) thankyou and if i havent written back yet its because untill the wee small hours tonight i was finishing an essay for university, and now thats done too another reason to be happy!
And then there was the unexpected pleasure of Friday night dinner. I was invited to Abi and Stephanie's for dinner. Good news enough i hear you cry, indeed but improved no end by two unexpected presences at the table. First, Gemma a very old school friend who i havent seen for ages who i didnt even know was in the country or was friends with Stephanie (Stephanie's from Atlanta, Gemma's from Gants Hill- who would have guessed). Second the returning Navit Robkin. For those of you who have been paying anykind of attention to my rambling's you'll find that surname familiar. Yes Navit is daughter of Judy and Shai Robkin with whom i stayed during my teaching in Atlanta. Im sure i dont have to remind you what superb people they are and what a wonderful time i had with them (if you feel you need refreshing see below - the 'MR Saarrraalaway' post). And of course, navit is lovely in her own right and i had the good fortune to get to know her when she was first at pardes in early 2004. The surprise of spending time with two unexpected friendly faces was just what i needed to cheer me up after the depths of despair that is ulpan.
So obviously i spent some time catching up with both Gemma and Navit. I checked in with whats going on with Navit's parents, dog (i miss kishke- crazy dog)and her 'true southern' grandma, who, for a women in her mid 90s is in pretty incredible form.
In the course of the conversation it turned that Shai (Mr Robkin to you) has a new israeli music radio show in atlanta. I dont know whether hes keen to have a cult following in anglo-Jerusalem and amongst people who associate with me (am somehow i doubt it) but if youre interested the link to listening to the show (Sundays 10am local time, 17:00 jerusalem) is here: http://www.am1160.net/talent.html ill certainly be tuning in, next week sad as i am. Im just in that kind of mood
go on sit back and enjoy some cheesy israeli classics all served with grieeets and biscuits and gravi- dammmnnn that tasts guud!
its ok im going to bed now...when i come back i promise to be sensible
And then there was the unexpected pleasure of Friday night dinner. I was invited to Abi and Stephanie's for dinner. Good news enough i hear you cry, indeed but improved no end by two unexpected presences at the table. First, Gemma a very old school friend who i havent seen for ages who i didnt even know was in the country or was friends with Stephanie (Stephanie's from Atlanta, Gemma's from Gants Hill- who would have guessed). Second the returning Navit Robkin. For those of you who have been paying anykind of attention to my rambling's you'll find that surname familiar. Yes Navit is daughter of Judy and Shai Robkin with whom i stayed during my teaching in Atlanta. Im sure i dont have to remind you what superb people they are and what a wonderful time i had with them (if you feel you need refreshing see below - the 'MR Saarrraalaway' post). And of course, navit is lovely in her own right and i had the good fortune to get to know her when she was first at pardes in early 2004. The surprise of spending time with two unexpected friendly faces was just what i needed to cheer me up after the depths of despair that is ulpan.
So obviously i spent some time catching up with both Gemma and Navit. I checked in with whats going on with Navit's parents, dog (i miss kishke- crazy dog)and her 'true southern' grandma, who, for a women in her mid 90s is in pretty incredible form.
In the course of the conversation it turned that Shai (Mr Robkin to you) has a new israeli music radio show in atlanta. I dont know whether hes keen to have a cult following in anglo-Jerusalem and amongst people who associate with me (am somehow i doubt it) but if youre interested the link to listening to the show (Sundays 10am local time, 17:00 jerusalem) is here: http://www.am1160.net/talent.html ill certainly be tuning in, next week sad as i am. Im just in that kind of mood
go on sit back and enjoy some cheesy israeli classics all served with grieeets and biscuits and gravi- dammmnnn that tasts guud!
its ok im going to bed now...when i come back i promise to be sensible
posted by Ben at 3:08 am
2 Comments:
Well, you never know. That's sort of what it's supposed to be about, right? Or is it just to help you pretend to Americans that you can talk with Israelis?
Oh look at you, going all native, and you're not even over here.
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