Random Scrap:
It was strangely quiet even. It was a place that in theory was probably not supposed to exist. Despite the high temperatures and desert climates there were over twenty golf courses and most of the houses had green lawns in front of them - all thanks to the water stored underground and ever present sprinkle system that would keep ground irrigated. We were looking down at the valley. Down one of the main roads (all of them crossed each other at a perfect 90 degree angles) I noticed blue lights of ambulance. "People's everyday problems seem so small when you look at them in the distance. We are here just for a blink of a second anyway". It was one Kamil's moments of wisdom. And looking in that way I knew he was right. The words in the emails or phone calls sent back home telling about my first trip to the ocean or huge houses were not exaggerated. But it was also true that I had spent a lot of time worrying. I had already known that this fear of unknown combined with crash of expectations with reality was something I had to learn to live with.