Gaza’s T.Ts

Attention citizens of the world, I wish to get you attention.  Message from Anonymous person from Gaza. If you are planning on visiting Gaza, there are a few things/facts that you must be aware of, I repeat MUST be aware of. 

First things first, Gaza is not a place to be feared, and Gazans are probably the most hospitable people on earth. Where ever you look you will find a welcoming smile and where ever you go you will find a home.

BUT, (and there is always a but) you need to know that Gaza is like “twitter” everyday there is something trending. So here are the most trending topics in Gaza that you need to know, Just in case you decided to come down here .

 T.T. number 1, #ElectricityCrisis
See, If you’re planning on spending along time working on an assignment or a project on your computer, make sure to “save” every single thing you do every two seconds. You never know the electricity might shock you and go off at any time. Happens a lot.

T.T. number 2, #Unemployment
In Gaza, it’s funny to say “I’m unemployed” because the answer that you will most likely get is “aren’t we all honey!”

T.T. number 3, #GazansHeartPDF
PDFs are Gazans best friends. If you’re a bookworm, Well, don’t be go and find another hobby, because there aren’t a lot of books around here. So if you’re planning on coming to Gaza, bring your books with you.

T.T. number 4, #F16s
You have to keep the windows of your house a little open. Whether it’s winter time, summer time or even spring, just keep them open at all times. You never know when the F16 would feel like laying some rockets here or there.
ps. check this: http://wp.me/pUy13-cu 

T.T. number 5, #Drones
And the Oscar for the most annoying “unmanned aerial vehicle” that’s buzzing keeps you up at night and in the morning distort the signal of your TV goes to… DRONES.
ps. check this: http://wp.me/pUy13-eQ 

 T.T. number 6, #Vocabunoia
In gaza you have to prepare yourself for paranoia along with vocabulary change. I’ll give you a couple of examples:
#Paranoia:
A door slammed “oh god was that an explosion?”
Thunder “F16, not F16, F16, not F16”
#VocabularyChange:
A mother nagging “ok ok I’ll do it  just stop droning all over my head”
A student nailing a presentation “did you see, I practically bombed the class!”

T.T. number 7, #Classico
In Gaza, the most exciting days of the year are: Eid days, First and last days of Ramadan, all the holidays, any other day that causes a no-school-day and of course Classico day. You know in Gaza football is a big deal, just like anywhere else. 85% of people around here are FC Barcelona fans and the rest are Real Madrid fans. True story!

T.T. number 8, #Teachers
In Gaza my friend the yellow-page celebrities who are always traced by paparazzi and autograph fans and the one’s whose news is always the major topic in gossip are teachers. No, I’m not kidding.

T.T. number 9, #Facebook
Believe it or not, in Gaza FB is the 99%
ps. check this: http://wp.me/pUy13-3c 

T.T number 10, #GazaBeach
Come and see our beach yourself, it’s even more beautiful and famous than Miami beach!
ps. check this: http://wp.me/pUy13-7C  

T.T number 11, #BachelorParties
Weddings and engagement parties are increasing these days. You will enjoy the bachelor parties guys held at the middle of the streets where everyone is invited to come and dance and probably sing! I am not going to describe what these kinds of parties are like for I am not a spoiler, come visit Gaza and see for yourself. 

T.T number 12, #GroomlessWeddings
Now as for the weddings themselves, you will see that groomless weddings are a trend in Gaza. The groom would be a Gazan who works abroad escaping unemployment here in Gaza, and could not come to his own wedding fearing any complication in the borders.

T.T number 13, #GazaChildren
In Gaza the children’s wildest dream is to fly a kite, they don’t know any better. 

T.T number 14, #GazaSky
I don’t know how to break this to you but, in Gaza, the only natural scene that we enjoy is the sky, no mountains, no waterfalls, no colored trees, no hills, no rivers no nothing. Just a beautiful sky and a beautiful sea.
ps. check this: http://wp.me/pUy13-7C 

T.T number 15, #GazaWar
ever since 2009 and all we talk about it the war. the war has left a mark or i’d rather say a scar on our lives. 

See the reason why I wrote this is mainly because I read an article on the travel.nytimes.com yesterday, (no I do not visit that website normally, not even ever) it’s just that the title of the article kind of caught my attention “The 45 places to go in 2012” I thought it was interesting so i scanned it. I saw London, Cuba, Moscow, Antarctica, Jordan and even Space! and to my surprise I didn’t find Gaza! so I wrote this in order to enlighten you all about Gaza and show you how it is worth visiting.. you know despite all the trends and all.

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