Omar Samad

So i’ve finally slept off a bit of the jet lag from travelling, got back to my home in London. So was a bit of fun hanging out in the morning trying to get into my flat, after making a few calls managed to get in touch with the only flat mate left here and he kindly came home to let me in. To make things even better the boiler was broken so no hot water or heating, lucky for me I live right beside the club, I crashed hard and woke up just before midnight. Went for a bit of a walk and noticed there was a light on at Thuk’s restaurant, but for some reason I didn’t go in to say hi, I thought that maybe they were just cleaning up or something. So I carried onto the park where the fireworks were and made a few calls too on the way. Also I saw an omen on the way to the park and even was there on the way back.

I feel good, I stopped into say hi at Thuk’s restaurant today and had dinner there. She was so upset with me that I didn’t stop in to say hi last night I felt ashamed of myself. I really did, they were there till 4am last night and were even trying to call me to tell me about the party. I even had a suspicion there was something going on – but at that time just felt like walking alone for a bit. All the girls were there too today and it was so nice to see them again! she made me my favourite dish and brought me 3 different desserts after! we talked a lot and I really want to learn more Thai sometime I hear them talking and saying my name and giggling all the time! It’s so nice to feel the love and spend time with people that make me feel special. It was like that when I was home as well. So nice to be with my family, the nostalgia of walking through the woods, typical me as usual my head was in the clouds the whole time but who could blame me – she’s the type of woman that makes life worth living for. It was such a blissful night, the moon was full and the air was cold and crisp. We went to some place she knew of that was actually pretty far out from the city – spooky and magical at the same time. We walked and talked and all of a sudden we heard something in the distance, and it was just so amazing to hear it the wolves calling. They stopped after a few moments and we carried on our way, all of a sudden we heard the calling again – but this time it was so much more closer and there were 5 of them. We could even hear some rustling in the bushes, it was a bad situation we had to run for our lives firstly and secondly find out which way we were going, she had the idea of following the moon as it was in the direction where we parked so in a panic we did, and run we did the whole time we could feel them chasing us and getting closer and closer, we could see the road and quickly got into the car an irst time I could ever remember being hunted by wolves,and it was a big sigh or relief when we did. We pulled away slowly and down the path all we could see was glowing eyes. I took her to that spot after that adventure and it was just so nice laying there with her under the moon and stars at that place – one of the most amazing moments in my life.

On my last day at home, I spent the day with two of my best friends. We met in the afternoon for a delicious lunch at one of those trendy juice bars. Then it was to ACK Computers, where we spent some time, then over to Andreas’s pad where we chilled big time, played some kabuddie then listened to an audio CD – the power of now, did some yoga – chanting and meditation, chilled and enjoyed the last few moments together. The audio CD was actually pretty neat it started out as a background thing, but we were all pretty into it and very refreshing to have a discussion about it and get some thoughts and ideas flowing – the only time we ever have is right now!!!

Right now I feel so good, I spent some time meditating and thinking about things, what’s important to me, just enjoying the time here, fun things to do. I finished reading this book – tales of power, I always get to near the end of the book and I never want to finish, part of me is sad that the story is over but that’s just me. The predilection of a warrior.

So, yesterday something major kinda happened that shook everything up in my world, but maybe its the shake I needed, i’ll talk about that a little later. I just want to talk about my last Friday and how it made me realize something about the people here, everyone is so nice and willing to help its touching. I remember I was just on my way back to home but I realized that I lost my oyster card I just said I lost it to the tube chief and he just opened the door for me no questions asked I thanked him and carried on, so I actually met a kool person and ended up going on the tube with them which normally would have been fine but this time, time wasn’t on my side and the tubes were closed by the time I got to the other end, so we stayed out for a bit but I needed to find a way to get home now and I had no idea where I was, so I carried down the main road and first of all tried to get some food from a store but some argument happened or something and he called the police on me, so I started to walk away and asked a man for directions that was outside he was a taxi driver that had just pulled up, and I told him my tale, without thinking twice he offered me a ride and after he insisted I got him he wouldn’t even accept a penny from me! He took me to the bus stop but then we noticed that the bus was just in front of us so he did some fast driving to get a head of the bus and I was able to catch it! Like what a mission/night and I was just amazed that there are some truly amazing people out there.

So the thing that kinda shakes me up a bit, the beautiful woman that was at my side is gone now, its a bit of a shock still but somehow I know im gonna get through it this time, and also i’m moving! moving to West end of London RIGHT BESIDE MY SQUASH CLUB.
I couldnt be any happier about the location and everything, my only concern is the commute to work now is going to be 25minute tube ride, where I had a 13minute bike ride from here. But thats what its all about moving things, London is a city that never stops moving the pace here is furious and maybe part of me wanted to test that out if I had it in me to survive out here on my own., and i’ve done it. I found an excellent job one of the nicest areas of central London, I fell in love with the area soon as I had my interview and more importantly the people here were what made it even more amazing, right away I knew my manager and team lead were the ones. It was as if it was an omen, the area of London is called St. Pauls, and I made the connection with Paul my first mentor at BlackBerry. I’ve also got my squash club sorted and training partners and slowly extending my social circle with some amazing people that I meet here.
Moving is hard for me because i’m leaving such a wonderful family, they really took a liking to me and I was actually in tears at the dinner table the other night talking about it. The lady of the house took me as a son even though I was only a stranger to them, but I became part of their family and she cooked and cleaned for me and thought nothing of it, a truly amazing woman.

So I think everything is falling into place, I was pretty distraught with letting go of my love for her but I just have this feeling inside me that says everything is going to be aright. This is it, this is the warriors way.

So this is a pretty interesting time in my life right now, I think thats what people call the cross roads. In my case its being in a position of having to redefine a lot of things that I have taken up for granted. My lifestyle has been so comfortable high paying pushy corporate job, living at home with my family which also includes no expenses at all, without even asking for things my parents do everything still, cook and clean I have a car whenever I need one. Close to work and my squash/tennis club, been fortunate enough to have travelled many places. Even more fortunate to have experienced love.

The start of it all was when she left, I never experienced anything like this before in my life. Ive had girls leave me before but I never really cared as much for anyone or anything. Its been just over a year now since it was over and I still remember her from time to time. To make things worse a couple of months after that my baby cousin had developed a serious case of pancreatic/liver cancer and left us within 3 weeks of being diagnosed she was gone. I felt myself being in a different world of thought. I spent many days in the forest at night especially by myself, maybe there was something about the natural beauty of nature, the way the moon shone over the water and the sound of the wind that blew through the trees that calmed me down.

Ive never felt any kind of pain before.

OK, so Was just having a lil time to myself after rolling through 4 episodes of Battle Star Galactica tonite, season 4 !! man, i was in tears for lots of parts in it !!! heheh before i get side tracked, i just want to drop a note about what actually motivated me tonite to write about it.

So about actually 1 week ago, there was a very favourite Prog House, Trance dj that came to Toronto, and omg was so there, got dropped off by my sister, and omg was rocking out all fuckn night! it was just magical too btw, like i havent been moved like that for a while and to feel such a  beautifull orchestration of music and energy was just an experience of a life-time. BUT the single thing that made me smile looking back tonite was !!! ok when i was walking back to the coat check to get my jacket, someone put their arm on my shoulder and i turned around and the guy said to me ‘Man you are such a good dancer’ . I was really so happy to hear that! it honestly made my day, and I thanked him and then peaced out.

So I tried calling my buddie Gem, who lived only a few blocks away, was gonna crash pad over there, but he didnt pick up for some reason, and LUCKY ME! that i found some people going to Missisauga and some how managed to swing a free ride back home, so like i still had to wake up Aunty Helen, but she’s always kool ;0

Oh btw, it was Hernan Cattaneo.

OK so maybe things didnt go according to plan.. but I still did awesome personally in singles and awesome in doubles with my partner.

So in the first round I was matched up with a Racketlon veteran Hannes, a German, and he was solid player indeed, his specialty was tennis, and when we played I only needed 8 points to win the match, but i only got 6, losing the match by 2 points!! I was pretty bummed out about that but decided to not let it get the best of me, and look forward to the next day.

So we had our first mixed doubles match earlier in the day, and we won that pretty easily, and then shortly after that was my singles consolation match semi finals. (I had a bye), but this was a guy from Montreal and a really competitive guy, and really good at badminton. So he was pretty good at table tennis also, and I beat him 21-14, and then came badminton and just wow he was amazing, i was struggaling to get a racket on the ball, but i did manage to get one point! a cross court smash, that he wasnt even close to! I smashed him in squash, but made a couple mistakes, and going into tennis i needed to beat him by 2 points, which was very doable in my mind. So the whole match through it was pretty even, id be up by a couple points, or he would. Eventually landing up with a scoreline of 19-19, and just wow, my favourite part of the match where everything is on the line for these next couple points, im not sure what it was that stuck in my mind that made me feel completely at ease or what, but i was totally relaxed. He was serving and didnt deal with the pressure that well, with a double fault leaving a score of 19-20 for me, and then i guess feeling a little shaky with his serve he hit a serve that just floated over the net, I smiled and ran up and hit one of my favourite shots a down the line forehand, with the perfect amount of pace on the ball and all he could do was watch it go by Samad wins!! So turning around I realized that everyone in the club was watching this match, and being rained on with cheers and applauses as we walked off the court, the Umpire came up to me and said he was really glad I beat that guy, he was one of those guys that doesnt smile, and is too serious, just not fun! and for some reason the club crowd was loving me!! and a big high five from my partner Ally!!

I won the finals pretty easily, the thing that I liked about the finals was that I beat this table tennis coach in table tennis, and he was furious with himself., just furious!! lol and we actually had to play the guy I beat and his partner that Allison beat in mixed doubles, so we beat them pretty easily too to jump into the finals, eventually losing a heartbreaker by 2 points in the end, this time at 18-18 we couldnt pull it off ;( but another time most definatly.

I got talked into staying around for the Vancouver Island Squash tournament next weekend at the same club, so I re-arranged my flight to suit it, and am looking forward to it quite a bit.

im just thinking to myself, all my loved ones havent heard from me in a while and i thought i would say hello.

I started off saying hello to an old friend, she was very happy to see me and made me feel so cozy again. shortly after I could hear the rain coming down, so i decided to go for a walk, and getting about to the end of my street i thought to myself.. why am i walking lets ride!!

I ran back home to grab my bike, and booked it over to the creek. I drove in the main gate, one of the rare times i have but now that i have a membership it rocks!! i

Just as i was pulling up to a set of picnic tables just off to the side, opened up a rather large field that absolutely lit up completly by a sharp bolt of lightnign right in front of me!! i dropped my bike off and climbed up onto the table for a while, reaching for my bag i grabbed my water and just stood there for a minute just watching the night sky.

A strong gust of wind came along and gave me the signal to move on, and onwards I rode. what an incredible sensation it started to rain, only drops came but it was enough to let me feel it.

Next I came up to the shore line, an elder tree agreed to watch over my bike if i would return one day and tell him about how the world has been changing. He showed me his three children and just as it turns out they were watching the night sky also. I sat down beside the youngest of the 3 and we were so engrossed into watching the night sky shine bright with light, that it was the entire universe. I returned back to the elder and pulled out a snack, i packed a grape fruit earlier and omfg was it evar delicous, it was the most lucious juicy fruit that ive ever had in my life. i sat down on the ground emcompassed by the warmth of the elder i was rejuvinated from the cooler temperature, and I enjoyed that grapefruit so much, i worked my way down to about 1/2 of the fruit left, and i broke it in half. A little snack for someone i thought to myself as i dug a lil hole in the ground and put my peels away.

the sky was lit up with colours that will only ever exist in that moment of time. The wind returned to guide me as it again was time to ride on.

oh k btw, just figured out that computrer problem (xp) i found an old ide kicking around and slotted her in.

I was being engulfed by the forest as I carried on my journey and it was just amazing to feel the energy like that at that moment. I was completley in the heart of the woods now, and I took a stop to meditate here and absorb, resonate with the earth as much as i could.

it was pooring rain down so hard at this point, it was incredible i was just sitting there and not even getting that much wet, pure bliss.

The rain stopped and i knew it was time to go from here. I continued on, and shortly after i came to a clearing that was well light up by the sky. I needed to take a pit stop, and nows my chance i thought, i pulled up beside a tree and started to let it drizzle out. A sharp snap of a twig caught my attention and the sounds of little footsteps coming towards me made me feel a lil funny.

I was still firehosing away and was not ready to stop yet, but the footsteps were closer and closer, and finally i could see it what I was fearing .. the penetrating white lines of hair on black. A skunk, im not really too familiar with behaviour patterns for them but this one was coming closer and closer to me, I made out a shhhhhh’ing sound to try and scare him off, but he started to circle me in a 2m radius ok finally im done pissing!! yes, i grabbed my bag and hopped on my bike fast i couldnt get my pack around my shoulder and it swun back down towards my handle bars, fuck the strap is caught in the wheel as im frantically pedalling away, FUCK the skunk is charging at me as i look back,,k after a nightmare few seconds of trying to get my strap out of my wheel, as the skunk is barrelling down the path at me its only 1m away and i can see its eyes glowing. Finally my strap breaks free of the wheel, with one swift motion i swung my bag over my shoulder mounted my bike and rode off into the woods. before the skunk got me.

wow what a rush, obviously i was creeping in on his home and taking a piss at his tree he prolly wasnt too happy with the idea of someone moving in on his terrotory but whew, it made me laugh so hard after that i was tripping so hard about not getting sprayed by him.

I carried on my way. and for a good while i just biked, no direction or aims, just rode through the darkness as a king and his horse. the woods guided me to the exit and i made my way to the street, i was just crossing the street when i saw a pretty big frog down below, i immediately parked my bike to the side and watched him, i thought to myself id love to hold him, but then part of me thought that would scare him, i watched his throat bulge up and down as he sat there, and as i approached he stopped. BUt at this point i decided that he can feel the energy around him and know there is no dager from me, i grabbed for him, he slipped right through my hands the first couple of grabs but i got him this time,kneeling on the ground i opened up my hand and he jumped right out. My warrior instincts took over at this point and i grabbed him again , and this timei raised my hands up to my eye level, and then i released my grip on him. Excactly as i thought he wouldnt jump out becuase we’re too high, i told him i was sorry for disturbing his peace but i wanted to to touch him. he was responsless to me, and he made me laugh as i knew he wasnt going to budge., I lowered my hands to the ground and he stayed there for a sec, and then with one big leap he jumped into the bushes, off to share his encounter with me to his companions.

I eventually returned to my home, and started to trouble shoot my dads vpn problem, time is running out and i gave my word that i would fix it. Im happy to report that the xp install is about 90^ done now, and the xplite seed worked like a charm, on that spare ide drive that i found kicking. and its like 7:00 now everything working perfect dad is actually eating breaky and lookin foward to a stable VPN.

Love to Live

The train from Tokyo was a snap, 2h 45min, on a bullet train, I wasnt sure if it was a bullet train when I stepped on board, but I remember looking out the window and was just like ‘omg thats fast’. So getting to Kyoto is where I switched up to the Nara train line, and it was another 60min to get to Nara, I picked up a map from the booth I saw over on the counter, and was on my way to Yoan Cafe. So already I was sayin to myself how much of a fool I was for packing so heavy, but regardless of that I came up with a great idea of attaching the bag to my backpack with a rope, so i can just pull it! and omg made the walk so much better. So I was happy! so happy, and just walking up one of the main streets on the way, just wow, I couldnt wipe the smile off my face at all now! I was greeted with warm smiles and friendly faces all the way to the cafe! There was an old couple that were pointing out to my bag and laughing I turned around and laughed with them, and was waved them bye. The walk up these streets and neighbourhood was sensory overload.. this is what Japan was all about, this is exactly what I wanted to see and feel .. im so lucky to be here right now, but at the same time it feels so right and part of my destiny. The whole jounrey ive been on, from feeling the confidence in being enlightened to myself, I still feel there is so much more depth, and I am begining to rip my face off again, the lust for personal possessions is drifting furter away, ive already given half of the crap I brought with me, and I will do so even more so till im satisfied.

So a couple wrong turns here and there, and next thing I noticed I was there! Walking into the cafe I was greeted by one of the most beautifull woman ive ever seen and her parents, they kindly invited me inside their lovely cafe, we sat for a few minutes, and I decided to walk around for a few minutes before the sun went down. I cant wait for the chance to see these places during the day, the temples here.. are just unbelivable, im delaying the post for this so I can put the pictures btw.
and I only walked around 2 blocks!!

I came back to the cafe shorlty after I set out, and Mayumi san suggested I goto the Japanese Baths and directed me right to it. At first I was a little surprised to see a woman right at the front with all the people around, but I think its just a little more open here the nudity in some regards. but regardless it was an experience, you start off by cleaning yourself with soap thoroughly in bucket baths of hot water, and then theres a series of 4 tubs, warm with bubbles is the first tub, and secondly is an electric shock one, which I was only in there for a few min, very intersting sensation!! and then it got hotter as it goes on, and then there is a cold tub which was clutch! In there I met 2 American doods 1 of them was actually staying with me at the cafe and the other was a fellow traveller, who had plans to join us for the travellers meal tonite at the Yoan Cafe. We cleaned up and made our way back to home.

So we were upstairs just chatting and also met one of the other travellers staying here, Nala a very lovely girl from Finland who has been studying Japanese language in Osaka and been here a couple of days. ‘can come down stairs now’ we heard from the bottom floor in a beautifull voice. What an amazing site,(i was in shock else I would have taken a picture) of the table arrangement, just wow, tonite we were going to be eating our own hand rolled sushi, there was a platter of assorted fish, all fresh, and also live octopus!!! (which was my favourite!!) and a big bowl of rice, and some mushrooms with mountain potatoe, and a very unique spinach salad ive never tasted before.

Ikadaimass !! I said out and we started, Mayumi San showed us how easy it was to roll one up, and it was!! I think all those times of rollin ls backz0rz kinda helped a bit but it was amazing!! my first 2 sucked, but i was doing them perfect for the next 100 rolls hehe wow this was honestly the best meal ive ever had in my life! everything so fresh, and nice the tea to go with was just perfect aswell. there was Salmon, Tuna, Crab, Octopus, and a couple other local fishes here I forget the names of. More importantly besides the food was the company, what an amazing opportunity to meet some of most intersting and beautifull people in the world! we talked and talked and ate and ate, seated at the floor level, what an experience. its been real pleasure to be here so far and its just getting started!! Soon after dinner a good friend of Mayumi san came over to visit, omg what a kool guy!! he reminded me of Gai sensei!! very funny and pleasent to talk he sat with us for some time.

So im just like chilling with Dave now on our beds and we’ll see what gets up to 2morrow not sure if our plans align but the day has yet to be seen.

State of Mind. What a fukkin night, nick i tried my best to capture some of the night, it was .. off the hook. Model T one of the hottest dnb djs in Australia was on earlier in the night, but he set the whole place up for the night, banging selection early on and more than enough to move me, i rode that shit all the way to the darkness that was soon to come.

I lost my voice a little earlier than expected, like midway through Model T’s set, but it wasnt so bad actually cuz it was a smaller club and I didnt have to yell so much anyways Crowd was soooo wikkid and the smaller club made it a lil more intimate on the floor, reminds me of those back in the day parties ^^ And actually there was 1 lil thing that made me feel abit wierded out, at one point this girl was dancin beside me and she bumped me really hard on the hip, and I was gonna say sorry, but first thing that comes out of her mouth was fuck you, so after a thought I was like bitch, fuck you too. And then she kinda just went away and that was the end of it thankfully.

But everyone eles was soo wikkid, and the sets got nice and dark.. sooo dark, and next thing we knew omar is on dnb .. uh oh!!! Breaking out all my original jungalistcal bad boy flow, and always inventing the new steps to go with the new sounds.

Raving across the world .. just incredible how regardless of where you are the energy is the same, and the people that attract to it and are there are so close to home. I love how theres a general kinda style to ppl how they dance and how they set into the drumandbass culture, over here its pretty safe, there was a big support from New Zealand krew over here with the state of mind label, and they were all pure vibes.

So after the party was done, about 05:00ish we chilled out on the streets for a bit, I ran around for a bit lookin for some food, really nice pizza place I eventually found which was top. But then, we did my 2nd most fave thing todo on a night out, AFTER PARTY!!!!! One of Johns good friends Craig was at the club too we hung out inside, and he invited us all over to his place, which was amazing!! I loved this part so much, cuz me and lady sat on the sofa witha blankey and John was playin some amazing Chicane music on the computer, which was PURFECt!! if you never heard chicane before, it’s a chill trance label, and i’ll send a link if u want. and Craig was just on a single sofa beside us, he popped on some strange dvd that seemed to flow with the music that was comin on. These kinda times remind me of when Jay used to take me round Toronto, we’d always after party till about 9:30–10:00 !!

Being with these people .. My heart just echos ripples of love throughout the footsteps in my path, when i feel the love from them for me being there that moment makes me cry, even when i think back on the faces that are in my life. Craig was a really amazing person, he gave me a gift!! and also hes a head chef somewhere and invited me to the restaurant for a free meal!! so im deffo gonna take that up

I think we just decided to get a lil closer to home now, and we moved the after party to Johns now, so we went over to Johns, and i had some of his lovely Marberries and Bannanas we chatted and chilled abit, and I was like in need of sleep with a 17:00 flight comin up to Cairns I kinda needed to get some ZzZzzzzzz. John and karryn went over to Sarahs place to chill with her a bit, shed been out partying but just ended up at a different club, not sure where but sure she had a good time.

I remember waking up shortly to Johns wakeup call, and then Lady and mom and dad came to pick me up.

amazing.. just finihsed watching naruto on the plane to aus, im crying still. but man looking out the window .. one of the most amazing sites ive ever see, this truly is the land of the rising sun, i been sneeking peeks every now and then while i was watching naruto but man.. the colours ive never seen before, the suns tint is bringing out the blues and hues, … just amazing, i could even see the stars when it was first creeping out, now its a little bit more lighter outside but still .. AUS time is 05:29, so 1h 30min to go!!!

im soo excited can’t belive it, im actually gonna stay with ladyk .. funny how we lost contact for couple of years, and was able to pick up back where we left off and also how warm and inviting she was allowing me to stay with her. Truly an amazing person, I really look forward to spending time with her and learning her story a little bit at a time while im there. Besides all the sites and adventures.

Just being in the airport i was all excited about japan, getting closer to AUS makes me all excited about that now!! being just above the clouds .. woowo i can see the formation and shapes so clearly now its a little more brighter. i slept about 4 hours tonight so not feeling that bad, when i woke up i knew i wasnt able to get back to sleep so perfect time to pull it out. ;0

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Omar Samad

Thank you Omar Samad for reminding yourself of what is important. I have literally been crying the past while thinking of how happy i am to see my family again.
I love them so much, and it is the most amazing feeling in the world to be here with them right now. omg im crying so much more!! heheh ive only been home
about 2 days now, i say home but its my home in Birmingham that is, where I was born. and theres still so much more family to see!!!

Fury aunty my favourite aunty!! and her beautifull children, omg they’ve grown so much!! hehe today i only spent an hour playing with Sarah, but omg it was
the most amazing thing in the world!!! she was just showing me some stuff on the computer, and like we played some fun games at bored.com, then we played 2
player mario kart sitting down in my room, and she actually beat me in one race!!! lol i didnt let her win either. so i think i owe her a quid. but she owes
me a treat which im definately gonna cash in on soon. Sarah is the most adorable girl in the world!!!  i still remember her when she was a baby, and she would
bite me and scratch my face lol!! and Zainah too! omg they are the most gorgeous girls evar!

also i talked to bunny hala today!!! my other favourite aunty!! heheh omg i CANT WAIT TO SEE HER! OIMG AND HUSSAN TOO!!1 hehe he picked up the fone. wow
just thinkining about htem makes tears just stream down!!! but yeah, i was so happy to talk to him only for a few moments tho im gonna see them 2morrow.
Talked to bunny hala for a while after that, and wow!! hehe can’t wait to see them!!

so i havent had a hit yet. omg im dying to have one actually. i sent some emails around so hopefully within a couple days ill get some sorted out. but on another
note athar my cousin that plays squash has invited me over for the next weekend coming up so i’ll be going there, which is a 3h train ride from here, and
he lives right outside Camebridge on the coast. So i can’t wait to swim in the sea, and also play squash and table tennis with him!! man im really dying to have
a hit. i got a bike so 2morrow i’ll be biking around lots.

Arquam, what a nice young man hes become. and it’s really lucky that hes on holidays now because spending the time with him, just chatting doing simple little
things is honestly the most important thing in the world right now.

im sleeping in his bed right now. although hes not here with us, hes with us everyday in our hearts. The life and the legend of a warrior will forever
be ingrained within my heart.

My heart is filled with love for everything and everyone around me, and will always be my guide in life. hehehe im so fukkin happy about everything
and everyday keeps just getting better and better. UN BELIEVABLE!!!

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Omar Samad