Let's Go Blue!!!

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When I was accepted for this position in Dubai and my father realized that I would be gone for New Years, the first thing my father told me was "you are going to miss the Rose Bowl." He knew that I would be in Pasadena as a happy alumni participant of "the grandaddy of them all."

So I sat in the AIESEC office, leading the one person University of Michigan fan club in Dubai for New Years. Since the Rose Bowl was a 5 EST game....it started at 2 AM in Dubai. I pulled an all nighter to watch this game and bought all the American party fixings such as Pringles, 7-Up, Cheetos, and Doritos to do what I do best in style....supporting my team. Me, my VOIP phone and ESPN radio online are quite the combination.

Note that I wore my U of M football Tee Shirt these past two days. Some would shy away from wearing such an obviously American Tee in the Middle East...I call them the unenlightened. Safety and showing your Americanism are not issues here, as long as it is done with taste and careful timing.

Hail to the Victors Valient!!! Braylon Edwards just scored a touchdown for the Maize and Blue. Did I ever tell you that he was my neighbor in the West Quad dorms? He called me "E". Pass it, pass it! Inchallah my next update will be a very happy one and I will be gleaming in the face with boiling maize and blue blood circulating. Inchallah. Salut!