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Thursday, November 10, 2005

Heavy week....

Well Well Well, i dont know from where to start, but i will just summurize.
I am finally in Basel - Switzerland, again for another experience, (i can't stop:)
last 2 weeks were just crasy.......From the time i left St Louis on October 10th, i went to Miami to stay with the other trainees (supposly a vacation :), we had fun in the beginning, then WILMA was approching, and everybody start being ready to evacuate or to leave ASAP, and what a feeling :)), We decided to stay home since they said that its gonna be level 1, but then, suddently, WE HAD TO LEAVE, the hurricane is LEVEL 3 and could be dangerous, we decided to drive to JACKSONVILLE, FL on sunday afternoon, 6 hours drive,we got there arround 07.00pm.
convergy's paid the hotel and gas and fod and stuff, i stayed for 5 days, and then i went back to miami with JO and Ally on theit truck , as soon as i got an email from aiesec in switzerland, telling me that my visa was ready in Washington DC.
i was suprprised when i saw trees on the road, no electricity, carfew at 11pm, no fresh food, nothing......what the hell???
i stayed 2 more days then i flew to washington, where i got my swiss visa and i spent the day with my friend SAFIA (tunisian trainee, she was in SAN JOSE, CA) we've been arround all the city, and i had to hurry to get in DULLES airport,but i was late eventhough i paid 55$ (cab)...:S i hate that :)))anyway, i get in the next flight, and i arrived at LAGUARDIA airport at 11pm, took the bus to manhattan and landed at Jill's Place after midnight....next day, discovering NEW YORK (no comments:)) on wednesday , i had my interview for canadian GREEN CARD, and i got it :)) yeah....so i spent the rest of the day walking arround, then i went to AIESEC US office were i met some great PEOPLE, SUZANNE (ex MCP) and DONNA, were so helpful that they decided to go with me till i enter the train :)) yeah, thanks to that, i was on time and didnt miss it again.
the thing is, when i bought my ticket : miami- new york, then New york - St Louis (through chicago), i didnt know that i have to go to washington, so when i called to change the itenerary, the lady said that i have to pay 250$ fee, then i told her : forget about that, i will cancel the first one, and take the second one, i didnt ask for my money back cause i know that i wont get them anyway.....so when i arrived at NEWARK airport, i was SHOCKED after the lady told me that my ticket was cancelled in total and i have to buy a new one !!!!!!!!!!!! and also the connection from chicago to st louis wont be possible anyway cause they plane is gonna leave late... what a disaster, i almost did sthg stupid , couldnt bellieve that especially that i had to leave at 0900am next morning from st louis to tunisia !!!!!!!
so i bought again the same ticket but from NY TO CHICAGO, and for 240$ one way !!!!!landed in chicago at 11h30, then i had no choice that renting a car in chicago at midnight, and drive all the way down to St Louis, till 05.00 am (when i got there), i bearly put my luggage, slept for like an hour, then organized my luggage again, left to St Louis Lambert Airport, again to chicago, then to Frankfurt, where i met SAFIA, we arrived arround 07-00am, safia had her plane to tunsia at 12h45 (with tunisiar) and mine was at 22h25(lufthansa), so i went with her just to ckeck, and what a surprise !!!! they flight manager said that i can fly with them cause the plane is kinda empty, so he called to swith y luggage there, and get in the plane SO HAPPY that i will finally arrive home early, instead of spending 10 more hours sleeping on a chair in the terminal 1.
we arrived in tunis arround 15h00,and ...surprise...me and safia were missing 1 luggage each, we were waiting for like an hour,finally we filed a claim, and went home, i was almost dead : didnt sleep for 2 days.....
i went back to the airport at night and my bag didnt come in yet...what a shit....
went back to monastir, where i met my family and friends for a very short period of time, coz i had to leave on sunday night to BASEL through FRANKFURT again.
My cousin who work in the airport did a very good job coz he almost called everywhere to get me my luggage like few hours before i leave to switzerland, i am so grateful cause all my winter clothers were in that luggage :))) i couldnt imagine buying everything from the beginning, and where ?? in switzerland : hell no !!!!!!
So, i left again, and after few hours transit in frankfurt, i landed in BASEL, and started my new chapter, will get back with more details soooooon. ;)

10 Comments:

Ahmed said...

Dear Emir,
Time is running very fast. I'm so happy for you and excited about your feed back concerning Swiss life ;-)
Houny Gynia ew swaye3 zeyda: anis bech yebny ala ethaleth fi darhom fi tounes mezzel y5ammem kan fil karhba wil zhez lil mra.
Since Riadh's mechy lil canada il a preferer investir directement dans la bourse de Montreal.
Quant au el 3abdoulella je suis entrain de chercher des investissement en asie entre temps hana il koll dezzine ala il Swaye3 ezzayda.
Take care and enjoy swaye3 zeyda kan famma :-p

4:45 AM

 
Emir said...

Hehehe, sweya3 zeyda lenna mawjoud mais ma y5allsoukech fihom, ckif ta3mel OT ma3naha maghroum b'5edmtek :)) Et puis rabbi yzidkom ya sidi :)
Swiss life....lazemha blog jdid wl 7keya hedhi w chouf w chouf:)

aya taw na7kiou fih later el mawdhou3, sallem 3al jme3a ;)

10:45 PM

 
JillO said...

Hi Emir! Wow, I didn't know you had so much trouble in Newark! I'm so sorry!!! But hopefully now you are enjoying your time at home. I hope you have a wonderful time in Switzerland. Continue to write so that I can keep up on your adventures!

Big Hugs,

Jill

2:14 AM

 
anis_aroud_the_world said...

fhemt chnia...
hana tonton n7aoulou nfarhdou 3ala rwhna, chwaya OT we chwaya noum de temps en temps...
non je plaisantes, wallhi en fin de compte famma jaw..ou famma fhemt chnoua...:)
ti anyway...you know what I'm talking about..khallit blastek ya barouna...rodd belek 3ala rouhek et ma tkatharch mel choclata...
BAROUNA THNIN

9:03 AM

 
Walid said...

Hehhe world traveler... reminds me of someone... i need to here this storry from you.. i will mayve visit you soon we shold talk about it:)

take care and a big hi from Geneva

11:31 AM

 
Emir said...

Jillo, don't worry, i am doing Okay and really having fun right now, once again, thx for hosting me in NYC ;)soon, I will be able to update my blog more often.
Anis, tawa fhemt chniya, wallahi i wish u guys were here, a lot of fun stuff to see and experience, totally different style : swiss style :)))Miss u all and fhemt chniya, i will see u soon enchallah.
Walid, tu es le dernier sur ma liste pck tu es le plus proche ici :))))Non, ofet i will be in geneva, not coming weekend, but the one after, so i will tell u whatever u want to hear :)) See ya

8:44 AM

 
Shady said...

Abaourn, u know what i'm saying!?
7'alit beblastak abaroun!
u know what'm saying?

12:11 AM

 
Emir said...

Abaroun4, u guys r leaving soon anyway, so, u have to start looking where to go after, and i wish it could be arround here, fhemt chniya ? so, u know what i am sayin, me and barouna will welcome u :)))

7:59 AM

 
Shady said...

abarouna, shnya le7kaya?
when r u gonna post on ur weblog? we wanna see some cool stories in here? U KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?!
or u didn't score yet? fhemt shnyea?

5:29 AM

 
Emir said...

hehehe, iam still playing additional time :) well , im very busy man, but dont worry fhemt shniya, u will read some stories soon, Just Hold on abaroun.

9:22 PM

 

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