{"id":751,"date":"2009-06-01T15:24:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T12:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/?p=751"},"modified":"2009-06-01T15:24:56","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T12:24:56","slug":"a-taxi-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/a-taxi-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A taxi story&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-752\" title=\"1-avoid-driving\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/1-avoid-driving.jpg\" alt=\"1-avoid-driving\" width=\"450\" height=\"582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/1-avoid-driving.jpg 470w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/1-avoid-driving-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-753\" title=\"2-voting-elections-lebanon\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/2-voting-elections-lebanon.jpg\" alt=\"2-voting-elections-lebanon\" width=\"450\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/2-voting-elections-lebanon.jpg 470w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/2-voting-elections-lebanon-174x300.jpg 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-754\" title=\"3-holy-guacamole\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/3-holy-guacamole.jpg\" alt=\"3-holy-guacamole\" width=\"450\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/3-holy-guacamole.jpg 470w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/3-holy-guacamole-160x300.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-755\" title=\"4-i-don't-know\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/4-i-dont-know.jpg\" alt=\"4-i-don't-know\" width=\"450\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/4-i-dont-know.jpg 470w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/4-i-dont-know-179x300.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-756\" title=\"5-choose-relatives\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/5-choose-relatives.jpg\" alt=\"5-choose-relatives\" width=\"450\" height=\"609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/5-choose-relatives.jpg 470w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/5-choose-relatives-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-757\" title=\"6-really\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/6-really.jpg\" alt=\"6-really\" width=\"450\" height=\"829\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-758\" title=\"7-they-do\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/7-they-do.jpg\" alt=\"7-they-do\" width=\"450\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/7-they-do.jpg 470w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/7-they-do-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-759\" title=\"8-memory-of-people\" src=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/8-memory-of-people.jpg\" alt=\"8-memory-of-people\" width=\"450\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/8-memory-of-people.jpg 470w, https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/8-memory-of-people-162x300.jpg 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Right after last week&#8217;s crazy lady adventure, this week-end I get &#8216;taxi adventure&#8217;. And because I don&#8217;t learn my lesson about how everyone knows everything in Lebanon, I had to undergo a panic attack before the driver explained to me the sequence of events that led to him knowing my family tree better than I do. I&#8217;m sure he thought I was lying, but I really don&#8217;t know my extended family tree. I can barely remember where I placed my phone 2 seconds ago, let alone remember the voting areas of every single family member of mine! I have to say the Lebanese are gifted on the memory level. Maybe that&#8217;s why they can&#8217;t get over the civil war&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[390,446,521,659,675,1158,1238],"class_list":["post-751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-stories","tag-elections","tag-family-tree","tag-gossiping","tag-lebanese-elections","tag-lebanon","tag-taxi-driver","tag-voting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mayazankoul.com\/amalgam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}