4. Chilling out at Starbucks

Bahrainis love to chill at Starbucks. Girls wear their finest clothes, spray a bottle full of perfume and wear all their make up, caked one layer on the next, to act cool at Starbucks. They are not there for the boys, who also pretend they are cool, and bring their laptops, all their mobile phones and the remote controls of their Wiis with them. And I too, love sitting there, not for the coffee, which tastes like it has some camel milk infused in it, but to watch those cool people, roll my eyes and count my blessings.