A Day in the Life

I think the best way to illustrate what a normal day looks like for us is by song. And what better song to show a normal day in our lives than the Beatles' "A Day in the Life". You'll notice that the wording has been adapted a bit to fit our situation. I recommend you read it with the music (if you don't have the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Q9D4dcYng):

‘A day in the life’ in refugee camps in the Sahara

I tried to run today o boy,
It wasn’t popular - I went alone,
And though the run was rather short,
Well they just had to join
It wasn’t really all bad
The guy they sent was pretty nice,
He spoke Spanish and that broke the ice,
Lots of people stared at us,
They’d not seen my face,
Nobody was really sure that I was not kiiiiidnaaapped


I tried to teach today o boy,
The English language is on floor and door,
All my students turned away,
But I just had to teach,
Thinking it’s OK


I’d love to show you


Woke up,
Got off the floor,
Feeling frozen to the core,
Found the way to the tent and drank 3 cups,
And sitting in the sun I started heating up,
ha ha ha ha
Found my da’raa and grabbed my turban,
Made the walk in minutes flat,
Found my way inside and had a blast 
And somebody spoke [English] and I went into a dream.


I went to Arabic o boy
28 characters you have to know
And though there aren’t very many,
We had to know them all,
Now we know the characters of the entire Arabic alphabet.


I’d love to show you.