The teachers would have started today if it were not for our good fortune of getting most of the week off for Eid, a traditional holiday in the Middle East. This holiday is meant to celebrate Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ishmael, as an act of obedience to God. (Read more info about the Eid al-Adha here.)
The students are usually out for a week because of Eid, but we were asked to report on Wednesday to begin. One teacher that has been here longer than us told me that it is a slim chance that students will come to school on Wednesday and Thursday though. I rested a lot today. I also am getting back in to my creative mode of writing music. I found a virtual keyboard and wrote a nice song called, "Somebody Else's Girl". No, I am not going through that situation. I usually channel words, phrases, or experiences of others to come up with concepts and this one really hit me. I couldn't get the melody out of my head so I knew that it had potential. I recorded the concept and sent it to different producer friends of mine to see if they could make a beat around the melody I came up with.
Right before sunset, I went to the rooftop pool of my hotel/apartment and got a relaxing swim in. Afterwards, I got dressed to hit the town with some more teachers. We went to a Belgian pub near the marina at the Intercontinental hotel. I walked outside and got the chance to look at some nice boats and even a couple of yachts. More than ten of us got together to celebrate the birthday of one of the teachers in our group. From there, we went to another hotel called the Shan-gri La to visit some of their lounges. We got the party started with an American-style Soul Train line. We had fun breaking out all of the old dances. What dances did you think I did when it was my turn? Times up! I cranked the Tootsie Roll and jokingly broke out the Moonwalk. I also did the Robot. We laughed at each other and had a fun time living the Abu Dhabi night life until three in the morning.
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