hybrid bike

it went like this:

cool bicycle (using the formal arabic word for bicycle)

huh?

your bike, it’s cool. what is it called?

cycle. it’s called cycle (the name for bicycle in omani arabic)

it’s cool

thanks

how did you make it?

well, i took a big new cycle, then changed the front so it would be smaller

yeah

then i got iron added (a strip of iron wrapped around the back tire which makes an awesome noise when you drift the bike), then i painted it white, then i changed the colour and then i changed the handle bars

cool. i’ve never seen a cycle like this in all my life. it’s the coolest cycle ever

yeah (lit. ‘normal, normal’)

he rides off - almost hitting another cyclist - and drifts around the corner…

watch out!

yeah ('normal, normal’)

the priest

khalil, a tunisian muslim, is the only ordained catholic priest i know who has officiated marriage ceremonies in japan. 

little balls of colour

we were people watching from a corner cafe. a man sat down at our table and talked for twenty minutes, showed us his drivers licence, told us he was from frankston. enjoying a holiday in morocco. been here every few years or so for the last twenty years. imports fish for a living.

and then they appeared, transported on a portable table. their owner shaking a rattle. causing a minor commotion. for the five minutes the chicks were on that corner, the entire cafe watched.

greatly perplexed by the colour.