Washington DC – Day 12 (June 4, 2005): Arundel Mills

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…

Washington DC – Day 11 (June 3, 2005): National Geographic Museum

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…

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Washington DC – Day 45 (July 7, 2005): World Bank Tour

Today, I had the opportunity to tour the World Bank. The tour is organized once every month, the first Thursday of the month. My friend from St. Louis, Fari Nasution, and I met up at the IMF Center for the tour. Fari had also moved to DC from St. Louis, precisely one week earlier than…