Today Salman and I drove to Baltimore (or close to it). We met with Salman’s friend, Feysal, and several of his friends, for lunch and stuff. We all met up at Jillian’s, at the Arundel Mills. Jillian is a combination of restaurant, bowling, billiards, bar, arcade, and some other stuff. It’s very much like Dave…
Fari and I planned to meet up again for Friday prayer at the Embassy. Unfortunately, both of us miscoordinated on the plan, so we arrived late, but we arrived nonetheless. I had an appointment with Mas Irawan, so we got to be there anyway. Mas Irawan was the person who interviewed me back in Fall…
We went out for lunch today. The three of us (me, Salman, and Mariam, who just came two days ago for a visit) picked an Ethiopian restaurant, Meskerem, for our afternoon consumption. Meskerem is located in the Adams Morgan area, which is probably the most unique but undercovered DC neighborhood. It’s so ethnic, cool, urban,…
This morning I attended a workshop seminar where Macromedia showed their latest installment, Studio 8. Earlier this week, I received the e-mail invitation from my boss, Graham, and decided to register and attend it. The room was packed. There were probably more than 200 people who participated in the event. Most of them were government…
This afternoon, I scheduled for an interview with Pat Taylor, a temp agency specializing in the legal sector. I was referred to Pat Taylor by Salman, who had worked for them since he came to DC in February. Later in June, he got hired to a permanent position by the client company. The interview went…
Crap. I just found out last night that my internship didn’t go through. CAIR just e-mailed me that I wasn’t selected for the summer internship. Well, now what? Now, the plan could either be saved or let it fell through. I’ve traveled this far (three hours flight but still), so I won’t let it fall…