Driven by Curiosity…

Yes it is what it sounds like… it is a case of fornication, or in this case adultery, since the man is married. It is one of those classical stories that we Jordanians, love to pretend we are shocked to hear… since it is the Egyptian guard and the Philippina maid. As if Jordanian men, and Jordanian women are exempt of engaging in something so scandalous.

The story goes like this; our neighbours are two unmarried sisters, live together in one house… The sisters have a philippina maid that takes care of the house… as a matter of fact the girl is young and full of life, she is a queen of seduction. She has been acting funny around the guard, who happens to be married and his wife actually lives with him.

He waited till his wife left to work, and went up the stairs to the house where the girl lives. It happens that one of the sisters had her doubts and paid a spy, whose identity is still kept secret to tell her if the guard goes into the house. True to her expectations, the spy calls her at work, and within five minutes she brings four male colleagues and goes home, where the rumour has it that they caught the guard and the maid in the act!

Now, I won’t get into the stupidity of the maid of the guard… I just don’t want to get into the whole pain of marital betrayal… (even when there is no sex involved)…it breaks trust and respect, it ruins self esteem and makes the person feel unimportant and unloved… I think I might have been more sympathetic if there was no wife involved… I would have been more sympathetic if the guy did not go into someone’s house to express himself! and since it was consensual act between two adults, I just won’t dwell on it.

However, the whole vindictiveness of the house lady really surprised me… I wondered why she brought four men? Why not three? Why not two? Why not one? Why four? And I think the thing is that she knew that if there were four witnesses, it becomes a case of adultery that is punishable by religion… even though this is not punishable by the Jordanian law, unless the wife decided to pursue the law, or if the father or the husband of the woman who has been part of the act. This act was done only to prove a point… and that she did.

I could not help but think there is some sort of jealousy involved, not about the man of course, but about the idea that she is unmarried and virtuous and simply can’t have fun for whatever reasons…. but her maid can… I mean…if she was afraid of catching them alone, she could have asked one or two men to come with her… but four?!! Come on.

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Actually, I am not sure that this word even exists!  And no I am not talking about animals behaving freakishly all of a sudden in Amman… I am talking about cars acting all freakishly!
I happen to hate aggressive people… they just make me angry, and I specifically hate people who inflict uncalled aggression for no reason at all.  I can’t remember how many argument I got in during my Jahiliyat years (… non-driving years.  So my personal calendar is divided in BD, AD… different from Anno Domini… for me it is Before Driving and After Driving) with people I was riding with, because they shouted at other people while driving.  Today I realize the error of my ways.  I sincerely want to apologize to all these people… one specifically… with whom I had countless arguments for aggressive comments while driving. You people were right… driving in Amman calls for aggressive language.
The truth is, in Amman driving can be easily considered an animal act.  Vehicles act exactly like animals that are fighting instinctively for scarce resources… this could be time, street space, or green light… whatever resources are at that specific moment.  The nonverbal signs are based on aggression, competition and jungle rules…
It is kind of difficult for me to understand that these vehicles are driven by people with sense and humanity… how do these people (including myself, I am learning how to become aggressive fairly quickly) transform from logical beings into illogical beings, just by getting into their cars?  At which point does the switch happen?  Is it the moment we turn the key? Is it when the wheels start driving? Is when we come in contact with the first car? When?
The point is I find myself shouting at people, and practicing an amazing willpower in order not to give at least three people the finger, every time I get into my car!
Ohh something else, I now think that the utmost act of hypocrisy is when someone with slogans such as لا اله الا الله  ( There is no God except Allah) all over their cars, roll down their windows and calmly toss their garbage in the street,  as if the streets are a big trash can that have been developed for them to toss their garbage…. I just feel like shouting النظافة من الإيمان (Cleanliness is part of faith) from my window….  Obviously it is needless to explain that throwing garbabge is not acceptable from anyone… when I see a perfectly coiffed and made up woman throwing things from her window, I always get this mental image of her throwing banana on the floor of her living room… ( it is always a banana!) I wonder if this is indeed the case… why people in our culture who are so big on pickiness feel it is perfectly ok to throw things from their windows?
On a different note, I was just introduced to a Jazz singer called Diana Krall…. This woman has the sexiest voice ever… she really is cool.

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