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rombsix

Posts: 7815
Joined: Jan. 11 2006
From: Beirut, Lebanon

A break from guitar

Hey folks,

I am going to be forced to take a break, it appears, from guitar for the coming three months. I am currently in the USA, and will be traveling all over the Midwest, South, and Northeast doing training interviews (the plan is to eventually move to the USA to train/work as a psychiatrist). The traveling and constant packing/unpacking is quite tiring and time-consuming, and I surely didn't get my guitar here with me because it was not going to be practical to attempt flying with it all over the nation. Hence, I won't be very active guitar-wise until my return to Beirut (planned at the end of January or early February 2012). Let's just hope I still know how to play guitar when I get back to Beirut.

Wish me luck, and cheers!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 1:53:15

ToddK

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

That sucks that you cant practice, but im sure you'll be fine. :)

Give me a shout when you're in the northeast. Maybe we can meet up,
and i'll bring you a guitar.

TK

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 2:28:26

Sean

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Joined: Jan. 20 2011
From: Canada

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

Hopefully you can meet up with some American Foro members and jam, hang out.
Best of luck and I hope things work out well for you Ramzi

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 3:03:03

KMMI77

Posts: 1821
Joined: Jul. 26 2009
From: The land down under

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

quote:

I am going to be forced to take a break

Nooooo don't do it!! Get a cheapy, a soft case and lug it around. don't be a wimp

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 3:06:57

GuitarVlog

Posts: 441
Joined: Mar. 19 2009
From: San Francisco Bay Area

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

Enjoy the trip and I hope it moves you closer to your career objectives!

If you come out to Northern California, you're welcome to my Prudencio Saez or to my Yamaha.
:)

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 3:35:11

Elie

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

hey Ramzi this is a great news
I wish you all the best my friend

we're gonna miss you over here
do your best, hope it all go smoothly with you

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 4:02:39

Florian

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From: Adelaide/Australia

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

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I am going to be forced to take a break, it appears, from guitar for the coming three months.

thats ok man, its fine...sometimes its nice to have a brake and come back reinvigorated and fresh...i totally understand how you feel...i have just come out of a couple of months brake ( i only did what i had too, playing gigs, classes and lessons, nothing more, nothing extra...i only just got by on autopilot)...i just didnt feel like it...its ironic...this is just when u should be practicing and catching up with foro members

now i am starting to practice proper again...sometimes it happens

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 4:17:23

rombsix

Posts: 7815
Joined: Jan. 11 2006
From: Beirut, Lebanon

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

Todd: Thanks my friend! It would be a treat to meet you and to see you play live. I wouldn't want to borrow your guitar though as I don't know how I'd return it (and I don't want to ship it for fear of damage).

Sean: Thanks my friend!

Kris: I just might, as soon as I feel more comfortable here and figure out how things work.

GuitarVlog: Thanks my friend, but unfortunately I didn't apply anywhere in California because that state requires special paperwork.

Elie: Shokran jazeelan ya Elie! Kafoo w bit dallak kafoo!

Florian: Thanks for your kind words, Flo!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 19:51:08

Andy Culpepper

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From: NY, USA

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

Good luck with everything Ramzi. Maybe you could try to pick up some kind of travel guitar. If you're going to be in my neck of the woods you can play a few of mine

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 22:03:33

Richard Jernigan

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From: Austin, Texas USA

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

Hi Ramzi-

If you're near Austin, Texas you are welcome to play my '82 Arcangel Fernandez blanca. It doesn't go out of the house, but you are welcome to come in!

The '67 Ramirez 1a blanca isn't getting much exercise these days. Maybe you could warm it up a little.

RNJ

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 22:11:23

Ricardo

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From: Washington DC

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

If you make it through DC come hang with me.

Ricardo

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 4 2011 22:12:23

Doitsujin

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

I also have to take a break..already for a while because im in the US now.

Sorry US-guys but all people I met till now, especially women, are totally fake. I cant distinguish between flat fake nice talk and real opinions. I hate that !!! I'm so unhappy. Everybody here is ****ing fake!!! What a dilemma. :(

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 0:48:29

chester

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to Doitsujin)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Doitsujin

...women, are totally fake... What a dilemma. :(

Must mean you're ugly.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 0:53:25

Doitsujin

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to chester)

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Must mean you're ugly.

No u idiot.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 1:29:49

marduk

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

that must have been so hard to do! I hope you get back home to your guitar soon.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 1:54:14

ToddK

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to Doitsujin)

quote:

I also have to take a break..already for a while because im in the US now.

Sorry US-guys but all people I met till now, especially women, are totally fake. I cant distinguish between flat fake nice talk and real opinions. I hate that !!! I'm so unhappy. Everybody here is ****ing fake!!! What a dilemma. :(

Hey Doit, you should read "Catcher in the Rye". You're the main character.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 1:55:35

rombsix

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From: Beirut, Lebanon

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

Andy: Thanks my friend!

Richard: I'm afraid if I come into your house, I might never leave.

Ricardo: It would be amazing to meet you in person, Ricardo. I'd have to be sure to get my photo taken with you, and have you autograph a copy of your new album for me.

Marduk: Indeed, my friend.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 2:13:11

Doitsujin

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

hmm I don´t know that book... I would rather prefer to meet some nice people than spending my time reading. But so far as I understood the plot of this book, I really would like to go to Manhattan too right now and vent my anger with some...
But Im in a ****ing university town. Since Im in the very end of my PhD Im one of the oldest here. It sucks so much being unable to find people in my age,...and beside of that..honest people.. they seem to not exist here. Its all about whos drunk first. And the girls date 2-3 guys at the same time at different days at the week. Ridiculous! And I'm stuck here till mid of next year!!
I seem to be a magnet for the ridiculous and it accumulates lately!! :(((((((

Sorry for hijacking that threat.. but Im really ****ed up right now. :( I hope I get to see a good side of the US soon! A single good thing would make me sooo happy~

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 2:24:27

chester

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to Doitsujin)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Doitsujin

quote:

Must mean you're ugly.

No u idiot.

Geez, guess you're not getting a phd in irony.

BTW - Ramzi, I'm disappointed you didn't even acknowledge the thread I dedicated for you. It's a song from an old Lebanese band, thought you might find it interesting.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 2:37:32

Doitsujin

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

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Geez, guess you're not getting a phd in irony.

Oh maybe that's the problem I have here with the people.. I don't get their sense of humour.. I believe their words...

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 2:42:20

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 3:57:37

rombsix

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From: Beirut, Lebanon

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to akatune)

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My first question is, you can't bring a guitar and practice in your hotel?

I didn't get my guitar with me because I had to have three pieces of luggage with me, and getting the guitar would have been just too much.

quote:

who are you treating? Have you studied culture in depth, enough to understand folk from a different culture?

I am not treating anyone now. If I get a psychiatry residency position, I'll be treating people in whatever state I end up in. It doesn't require "studying culture in depth" to be able to work as a psychiatrist at a country different that that of one's origin.

quote:

Sounds like someone afforded you a grand opportunity. Congratulations.

What do you mean?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 4:22:18

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 4:42:31

rombsix

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From: Beirut, Lebanon

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to akatune)

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2) the mind is fraught with processes dictated by the native culture of the individual. A misunderstanding could have serious consequences. Not all brains are the same, when considering how neural pathways and hippocampus schema are developed.

Indeed, but every year, thousands of international medical graduates (from India, China, etc.) get accepted into psychiatry residencies and end up practicing psychiatry in the USA. Hence, cultural differences are important, but they do not dictate whether someone foreign to the US culture can see American psychiatric patients. If you want to discuss this further, please PM me.

quote:

someone hired you or accepted you over others for whatever program you are involved with. The fact that your skills and intelligence have been recognized is a great honor. Your hard work has been rewarded. It is a great opportunity and will assist you in further success. Congratulations. Your family must be proud.

I've been invited to interview at some residency programs in the USA. I haven't been accepted yet, though.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 4:51:32

Pgh_flamenco

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From: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

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(the plan is to eventually move to the USA to train/work as a psychiatrist).

I thought you wanted to be a surgeon. What happened to change your plans?

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 4:56:41

rombsix

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From: Beirut, Lebanon

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to Pgh_flamenco)

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I thought you wanted to be a surgeon. What happened to change your plans?

Nope - I guess you mistook me for someone else.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 5:01:04

kozz

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From: Eindhoven NL

RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

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Hence, cultural differences are important,

I agree Ramzi!
But more in a way we can learn from each other.

Funny thing is that I am seeing a psychic for quite some years now and have taken a lot of medication because my mind is at 300% all the time.
Depression, ADHD, hypersensitive, indigo child and so on,...al kinds of diagnoses but none could help me to relax (exept the morphine I'd to take for my hernia)

Two weeks ago I went to an acupuncturist as some kind of last resort.
She said she could threat me for all this, but first we need to bring you back in balance (to much yang)...and since the second session I've never felt better before!
And the only thing she did was bringing the Liver energy back in balance.
And as a bonus I got feeling in my drop feet again, which western healthcare could not help me with anymore.

Sorry to got sidetracked!

Anyway,
enjoy your journey Ramzi and you have a lot a people already welcome you with a warm heart as I read above!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 5:51:23

XXX

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to Doitsujin)

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ORIGINAL: Doitsujin

I also have to take a break..already for a while because im in the US now.

Sorry US-guys but all people I met till now, especially women, are totally fake. I cant distinguish between flat fake nice talk and real opinions. I hate that !!! I'm so unhappy. Everybody here is ****ing fake!!! What a dilemma. :(

Welcome to high-context culture ;)
But you dont really needed to go to US to find that out. Just compare the native english speakers on the forum with non-natives, and you will find out that they labern um den heissen Brei herum.

I just took part in an intercultural program at the uni. Was interesting about all the cultural differences. But i have to say, the German way of communication is more rational and effective

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 9:29:54

gbv1158

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to XXX)

quote:

Just compare the native english speakers on the forum with non-natives,

(.....)

what you write is not nice.

rather, the truth is that in general Americans are victims of manipulation of information and the biggest fault of their society: the loneliness.
This, I believe, makes individuals - in society - "different" than they are in their hearts individually.
But in the end, if you can "watch" over the appearance and able to "hear" instead of "being heard", then discover that stupidity and falsity have no nationality.

ciao
Giambattista

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 10:33:07

gaash

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RE: A break from guitar (in reply to rombsix)

"Everyone" thinks where they are from is the best and everywhere else is horrible. Get over it Doitsujin if you aren't happy in the states, leave, or find people who make you happy. I can assure you if you are anywhere near some metropolitan area there are many people of different backgrounds and cultures and types that you will find yourself happy to hang out with unless you really are as sorry a person as your hijacking of the thread makes you out to be.

Good luck in the states Ramzi, don't listen to him, every country has it's good and it's bad, and since the US is such a huge country there is a lot of everything.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Nov. 5 2011 11:14:16