Sunday, September 11, 2011

Tenth anniversary of 9/11

I'm in a majority Muslim country for 9/11, savoring Pakistani and Arabic food yesterday and today. I'm surrounded by Arabic and Iranian tourists (who come to Malaysia for the shopping & beer, I am told). Many of the Arab women are completely veiled... this creeps the hell out of me. This is the most improbable of places to be on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, yet here I am.

The other day, I took out my U.S. Passport and looked at the quotations contained within that the have for decoration, you know, the ideals that will still don't always live up to, those quotations... and I was seized by a desire to be home.