Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Somewhere Nowhere ...


I found myself in the middle of nowhere in London. 

I took the airport shuttle to go downtown. I was expecting being dropped in Paddington the place I know very well, but again, I found myself in a place that I don’t recognize. I was walking down the street and suddenly I heard some bad and mocking words that sound familiar to me! He was Tunisian, carrying a bottle of Celtia! He was working in a bar and asking people to come inside! Exactly, like what the sellers of the Zitouna-mosque street do in the Medina. Actually, he was harassing them. I stopped by and asked him to show me the way to Paddington. After a long chatter, telling me bullshit on his life in the UK, he finally told me how to get there. I planned to take the bus, which is cheaper (I m a Sfax-man in New Yoork ♪♫♪♫) . I got my wallet out of my pocket to look for the Oyster card that I haven’t bought yet! And then I got Two surprises, I didn’t found my money; I realized that I forgot it inside the passport that I left behind me in…Tunisia! How did I get into The UK then? The second surprise which didn’t surprise me that much; the Tunisian guy liked my wallet and asked me if I can give it to him!! Looks like he misses Tunisia that much… While I was walking and trying to remember some places I visited, I heard someone calling for me, He was my brother Riadh! What does he do there? He lives in the US!!! I told him that I decided to travel to Asia, and I found myself in the UK, that I missed my passport and I don’t have money enough! I took my wallet again to check the money left, and I found bills of 1, 2, 50 US $ and guess what, I got a 28 $ bill!!! As usual, he asked me not to give a fuck about that problem and that he is gonna hook me up. But, there was a condition, which is : To visit my grand Ma who is waiting for me, for long time and got mad at me because I didn’t visit her the last two times I’ve been in London!! Hold on a second, My Grand Ma lives in Sfax!! - Aaah, come on bro, again with your stupid arguments, don’t be that much lazy! Go to visit her, you know her address! He said that to me and he left …