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Cleveland - Days Thirteen - Fifteen

Well at least I didn’t double post, instead I triple posted and the sad thing about this post is that I won’t put up any pictures simply because I don’t have much.  With Daddy out of the hospital we are spending most of our time in the hotel and so I’m getting lazier.

Friday the 18th of July was a very boring day, Dad was back home with us and we were just dealing with things it was just normal for us, lunch was pretty boring and generic as was dinner.  I mean seriously I don’t even have enough things to fill more than 3 lines.

Saturday the 19th of July, was a somewhat exciting day! Ever since the iPhone 3G’s release I have been playing a bit on eBay by bidding on some iPhone 3G’s and I kept losing the bids, well low and behold that on this Saturday I actually won a bid! I won the iPhone 3G 16GB Black MODEL UNLOCKED! If I were to tell you the price you would tell me I was crazy or something but bear in mind that the unlocked models are already really expensive starting anywhere from 800$ to 1400$, I got mine for a simple 860$ (not that simple but well you get the picture) and well I will have it soon with me.  Other things that happened were insignificant that day because well nothing tops getting a sold out iPhone 3G Black 16GB Model!

Sunday the 20th of July, was also a normal day, however, it was the day we moved out from our suite to a larger one, one with two bedrooms and a connecting door! It’s so much spacier and cooler than the one before but I miss the bed covers and the fact that the other room had 4 pillows per bed, I sleep on 4 pillows really.  I also had an adventure that day, because when I bought the iPhone well, I had to wire the money to Western Union and that in itself was an adventure.  I didn’t know that they were closed on Sundays, so I spent almost an hour or two walking to the nearby Western Union shop to find out it was closed and all.  The journey wasn’t that brief but consisted a lot of unnecessary details.  Otherwise things with my father and sister are well.

Dad is recovering nicely and so am I ;P I guess that’s enough for now but Monday was quite a busy day for me and I’ll be sure to write that post a bit earlier than these.

Cleveland - Day Eleven & Twelve

I know I promised but I couldn’t really do much.  I had to double post but starting today it will be last inshalla and I won’t double post again.

Wednesday the 16th of July was our Eleventh day in Cleveland, it’s getting boring with my trips back and forth with the hospital but I guess what can I do.  Basically Wednesday marked a week since Daddy had his operation and he was starting to feel better, the doctors told us that on Thursday he would be able to go home, so we were excited.  He was more than us really.  We spent most of the day at the hospital and on our way back I took a few nice pictures of the evening.  The sun really stays up for most part of the day, it only goes down at around 9pm can you imagine that?  Such long days!

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Cleveland - Day Nine & Ten

I tried to not double post like this but at some point in my day I feel not that well and not that inspired to write so I will try and make this my last time to double post but I can’t promise you that.

Monday the 14th of July was our 9th day in Cleveland, it’s been hectic really simply because immediately when we got there we were sent to the hospital, dad had his surgery, and now we’re just waiting until he recovers.  So quick it’s scary, it’s like I didn’t even have time to unwind yet or even deal with my jetlag.  So the reason I didn’t post much was because I didn’t do much those two days, on Monday I spent a high majority of my day with Daddy and my sister and we left quite late from the hospital, also the reason why I don’t have much pictures for you guys.  We were thinking of getting some microwaveable dinners but instead we decided to try Cedarland at the Clinic, which is a Lebanese restaurant.  I really liked it, having my kabab’s without feeling deprived of some nice Arabic food.  The store is run by Arabs and it was awesome meeting the owner I believe who comes and asks us what we’d like.  Kind of reminded me of those Italian mobster movies, well not mobster but where a family owns the restaurant and no matter how rich they can get they still can be waiters for their own customers.  I had the Kabab’s of course, sorry no menu picture today, and my sister had the Cedar platter which had Baba Ghanouj, Hummus, Kebbeh, Grape Leaves, Tabbouleh, and a sort of Meat Pie.  It was delicious.  Later on it was hotel time, watching Noor & off to bed.

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Cleveland - Day Seven & Eight

I am combining days Seven & Eight together since I didn’t go out much and since I won’t be posting up any pictures *sorry everyone* but Saturday and Sunday were quite slow for me.

Let’s start off with Saturday the 12th of July, after my crazy 4 hour wait in line for the iPhone 3G, which I didn’t get by the way since I had to have a contract, I decided to spend the entire day with Pops.  We got to the hospital at around 9am or 10am and spent all day with him.  He still had his chest tube inside and was still in so much pain.  On a scale from 0 to 10, 10 being the highest level of pain, he kept on feeling a 7.  They put him on some morphine for the pain and he was being monitored greatly.  All in all it was a nice relaxing day for all of us, we skyped back home, it seems that Grandma is basically living with us in the hospital since we talk to her so much, she worries about her oldest son, so we have to ease her worry.  We then got home at around 5pm or 6pm and I waited until Noor came on, watched the episode then slept due to a huge headache I was having.

Sunday, the 13th of July, I woke up a bit late since I got up in the night and still felt the pain, so I took Panadol Night, and went back to sleep.  So I kind of got to the hospital late, at around 10:30am rather than 9, my sister Fee was there though and she was there when they took his chest tube out.  He looked much better but still had to remain on his Oxygen since he was a smoker and he felt short of breath.  We spent more time with him and stayed until around 7pm before we went to the drug store nearby and grabbed us some microwavable dinners, I loved the Lasagna dinner so yummy.  Oh and we skyped our sister Dee, while we were eating at the hotel to make her feel that we were all around each other.  In the end I slept so much later and it rained also.  The weather is absolutely amazing to the extent that I almost blew away from the huge gusts of wind.

*Jealous anyone?*

I Stood In Line for iPhone 3G!

Friday, July 11th 2008, was the day that the iPhone 3G was released all around the world, in the US too! I thought that it wouldn’t get that much coverage here in Cleveland, or that it wouldn’t be that interesting, not like New York and the other States, but how I was wrong.

Some, like my sister Fee, might call me a freak, an Apple Geek, or someone who doesn’t have anything better to do. But I wanted to at least experience one thing like this. So once we arrived at Legacy Village I checked out the line and decided we should have lunch first then check it it would be less a bit.

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