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One week ago, I was sitting through an interminable training.  TOEFL training, to be specific.  During one of our breaks Erica, a lovely older woman from New Zealand who lives in Ras Al Khaimah, mentioned some of the things about R.A.K. (that's what the natives call it) she wasn't particularly fond of.  The other trainees (not me, as I'd only been in country 1.5 weeks) tried to counter her arguments with positives about RAK, such as the wonderful ocean view.  With a look of both disdain and sadness, Erica said "There are no flowers in Ras Al Khaimah."  What a sad thought, right?  No flowers?  It turns out she was exaggerating, as I travel to RAK 3 times a week, and have definitely seen flowers there.  Not a lot of them, but there are flowers there.  There are most likely flowers wherever we look.  Perhaps we just have to look closer.