The kids at school don’t get to have a party for Halloween this year. We had a great time in 2004 at the party, but it was on a Friday which is normally game day. Since it falls on a Wednesday this year, we get nothing. No dress up, no snacks, no party. Not that it’s a big deal to the kids as they don’t do anything anyway. There’s no trick-or-treating in the streets, no going from door to door showing off their costumes, no bags of candy.

Ah, the fun they miss out on. It was always something I looked forward to when I was a kid. I’ll have to wait until I come back to the States to see this “holiday” done up right. And I have the perfect costume, too: Sam shipped me an Arab knee-length white robe with red checkered head scarf in exchange for sending her some Korean noodle soups. I was going to be Osama Bin Martin.