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Since international versions are sooo expensive ($1500/10 blocks), I often wish our craftsmen were more professional to properly tailor-make such brilliant ideas. Can you imagine how cool that would look against a wall?

We have been spending these gorgeous weekends apartment shopping. We usually just park our car somewhere and then walk for a couple of hours, enjoying the weather while looking around. Our destination today was the 3rd-5th Circle district. We started at the 5th Circle, which was full of high-rise, crowded housing projects that reminded me of Cairo and Damascus. We walked down to the Fourth Circle, and the area in between was very nice, but also crowded. Unfortunately, we did not see a single sign for a house on sale, so we crossed over to the Third Circle area (the Jordan Hospital side), and ohhhh, my God.

I fall in love with that area every time. The problem is, the deal with these old neighborhoods is that they are usually not advertised in the newspapers or in real estate agencies. But I REALLY want a house there. We are looking for something small (around 110-150 sq m), rennovated/new, and that is under 80 thousand JDs to buy. In a calm area where I can read outside without being bothered.

Everyone keeps laughing at me and telling me that I’m dreaming. Which perhaps I am… but I hope I’m not.

So I’m wondering if anyone has heard/seen of any apartments in the 3rd/4th/5th Circle district that would fit what we’re looking for. A number… Precise directions… anyone selling? I’d really appreciate some help.

Thanks!

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I think one of my favorite phrases ever is “Google it.” This phrase tends to usually piss people off, for reasons that I cannot fathom, because I can’t really understand people’s dislike of finding stuff out on their own.

I guess the Japs (naturally) are more affectionate towards Google though, because the newest trend in advertising is the replacement of URLs with… ta da… search boxes. Complete with recommended
search terms. I think that’s both awesome and brilliant, plus, it’s much easier to remember keywords than URLs. (source, via)

I do not see that happening in the Arab world anytime soon, because we seem to not be as comfortable with finding our own information.