Ouch!

You know it's a good party when you come home pierced. 
We celebrated Hameed's end of finals (yet again) at Jamila's handicraft shop on Thursday.  She kindly invited the whole crew over for a lunch of baked chicken, cauliflower, yogurt sauce, salad and cake...all delicious.  Since her and her friend are handy with a needle we also thought it'd be a good opportunity to get our noses pierced.  Wahina - why not?  (Rachel and Jenn also got their nose pierced but I don't have the photographic evidence just yet.  Thanks to Juan for the photos!)

Jamila offering encouragement pre-piercing

My piercer describing where she's going to stick me

Hameed, as surgical assistant, sterilizing the needle with a match

Yikes, it's about to happen...

She was quick and confident, this definitely wasn't her first piercing

The needle had black thread which went through the hole
 in my nose and was then tied in a knot.

done!

Hameed with all of his women!

Hameed, Peretz and Najib.  Najib is fluent in Pashto, Russian and
 Urdu and is now learning English.

Delicious lunch

Cake from the pastry shop.  Notice the cardboard is recycled cereal boxes