Happy b-day ducky.
Also about the sand ninjas thing, here's a little story that happened between me and a little scottich kid on my way back to Oman:
Kid: Do you think I'll get tan if I stayed in Oman for 2 weeks ?
Me: Haha, you'd better hope not to get tan.
Kid: So then I'll be considered black or I don't know....
Kid's sister: Cameron, that's inappropriate to be said to the man!
Me: Nah it's okay, but we aren't actually black. They call us "sand nigguh". (I said it that way because their parents were sitting next to them)
Kid: Sorry?
Me: They call us "sand niggs".
Kid: Sand nuggets ?
Me: *whispering the boy* "sand niggers"
Then the kid looked at his family then at me saying: "Dude you're racist"