Trip to Los Angeles, California
July 1-6, 2004

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JFK terminal-trains

Suleiman and me, in JFK
 

In the car

Suli and I arrived 2 hours before the seattle group. We picked up the car and picked them up.

Me and Allooshi in the front..

.. and the rest in the back (Suli doesn't seem interested in Abdul's gadget)
 

Hotel Lobby

(no comment)
 

Our room

a group picture
 

In Beverly Hills

shopping

in a roadside cafe
 

Mimicking the walk

Suli (unnoticed,) making fun of how saleh walks

Actually he's doing pretty good.
 

A Lebanese Restaurant

Excellent food.. and excellent specials (stuffed eggplant and "kusa")

The "Kings" Cafe

Abdul is watching me

Suleiman, pretending not be watching..

we are CLEARLY watching

Ali is on the phone.. but still manages to watch..

With Faisal Al-Ibrahim and Nawaf Al-Moumin, who really showed us a good time.

it shifted to "Coat Bu 6" outside later in the night..
 

In the Bakery

We buy desserts everyday, more than we can eat in a week.

with the owner

"hurry up.. he's gonna shoot.."

"ok.. go ahead, we're ready"
 

In Century Mall

In Beverly Hills.. with Mohammad Al-Khalifa and friends.. who really put up with all our requests and asking for directions..
 

Late night activities

reviewing the day's activity

saleh, preparing for the next tourny.. and ali is.. i don't know what ali is doing!

In Sahara Cafe

All of us at the table.

one side

another side

and the other side

different side -- different day.

with the waitress and the fa7am guy (the amigo)

!!هيه أعدتي جات جنبك في المجلس
 

Finally!!!

We found ali's long-missing twin sister. (In Sahara Cafe)
 

Late night conversation

letting it out..

pondering..
 

The Ultimate Plan*
(read about it)

Abdul, trying his plan with Saleh, apparently not so successfully.

Ok, the fake photo with Ali. Suli was also in on the plan and posed with them to make it look natural.

Moment of truth. Abdul successfully acted like he was gonna kick the **** out of Bu 3alwa.

15 seconds later, the **** was kicked out of him personally.

Universal Studios

buying tickets

standing in line

some happy (though sleepy) faces

Ali with his favorite character.. (ali is in Yellow)

down the escalators.. to the rides.

that would be a bad way to start the day..

Jurasic Park, the Ride

the lovely bunch

before getting on the studio lot tour (where the acting goes on)

someone got excited... this is sad :(

ok.. we rode everything, we ate (of course).. and now we head back home.. (and eat on the way)
 

Last night attack

Attack on the guys room.. by me and saleh.. ali almost kicked our butts.. but we left before he could catch us (check video section.)

 

 

* Abdulrahman, sick of the way Ali intimidates him and other smaller fellows, in Seattle and on the road, decided to do something about it. The plan, proposed by me, was to befriend Ali temporarily for a fake photo, and then grab his shirt and act tough for a second or two. The trick was that I will be ready with the camera to "document" this great insult to Ali and his ego, and then Abdul can use this photo to blackmail and threaten Ali. Abdul first rehearsed with Saleh (didn't go very well) and then carried out the plan as described with Ali. Note: he paid a price, but the plan worked.

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