عيد ميلاد سعيد

   Today was all just one big mufaja (surprise). I had thought about my birthday a little bit, and I honestly had no idea what to expect, for the most part I wasn't really expecting much of anything, but it ended up being quite the opposite.
   I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, but my host mom works at the Amideast center, so I get to see her almost every day. Anyways, today at the end of lunch she surprised me, along with the other group coordinators, with the most adorable cake I had ever seen. I actually didn't want to cut it because it was such a nice cake, but it tasted as amazing as it looked!

Walida habibi!

Icing figures of my host mom and I, Salalah ticket, Arabic class stuff, and of course happy birthday in Arabic!

For dinner we had traditional Omani food, rice and meat, eaten by hand of course! I seriously don't know if I'll be able to eat normally when I get home, I love the whole use silverware sometimes, other times don't. Then, a second cake! Sarah made it with the help of Sammy, Celine, and Bekah an incredible chocolate cake with coconut cookies(they kind of looked like croutons). The cake was quickly devoured amongst sixteen girls.

The cherry on top: going to one of the two Mexican restaurants in Oman and spending the whole night singing on their karaoke machine. The NSLI-Y group monopolized the machine, and I'm sure we drove everyone crazy, but it was worth it.

 I am very fortunate to be in Oman and I am so grateful to all the people that made it such an incredible day!