Sick sick sick

Poor me, am all sick, catched a cough and a cold that aint leaving me alone. Please dont hesitate to pity me!

Tears

I think i mentioned in the last blog that time is running sooo fast here. Well and with that the time of saying good bye comes too fast too. Today Eli and Claudi (two good friends from my study life is Heilbronn) left Cairo. Oh my - suddenly i couldnt control myself and starte sobbing soooo badly. Was surprised of myself too. Poor guys, who took us to the airport,they just didnt know what to do with me. Luckely i caught myself pretty fast. But still, i really miss those two. They are some really good friends for me, especially as we already spent some good time together in Heilbronn, and now had a special time in Cairo. Oh my - did we laugh, cry, talk, dance, study together. I guess this is how life goes - actually I should be used to have people coming and leaving my life. But it just becomes so obvious that now the time at Heilbronn is over and that a new part of my life is gonna start.

lets see what the next six months in my internship here in cairo have for me.

(damn - why is this stupid chinese porno site popping up??? any idea how i can get rid of it???)

Damn... itchy itchy itchy... my mind is turning all around itching... morning - day especially night - scratch scratch scratch... cant sleep - wanna cry - then wanna shower to take ich away the itch - but doesnt help. I thought i had an enlightning that it might be caused by the chili con carne - as i had the last itch after my b-day and 3 days of chili but then my dear flatmate took away the illusion and announced that my dear friend FLO the flea is back... Damn i thought i actually got rid of him a while ago and really was very very upset to realise that he is back. He is soooo damn annoying and just doesnt leave me. He wandered from one part of my body to another and finally has marked almost all bodyparts... How to get rid of Flo the flea in a couple of days? I CANT SLEEP. (itch itch, scratch scratch)

Washing clothes every day, hanging out blankets, spraying the matress and putting it in the sun, taking 2 showers a day all just doesn not help... please leave me Flo - go find another life!

Laziness in Cairo

Another week over - and with that my time at the MIU (Misr international university), here in Cairo, comes to an end - and with that also my time as a student attending classes and writing exams.

For sure my last two uni exams were kind of different. The exam on last Monday had the special treat for me that suddenly somebody’s question sheet - including short answers - was lying on my table - although there are like 3 guards over watching the exams. I had no idea where suddenly the paper came from - but was more than pleased as it contained the answers I required. As I found out half an hour later, the assistant must have accidentally taken the question sheet of one of the other students and left it on my table when I signed the attendance paper... oh what luck... of course I pretended not to understand a word of Arabic when suddenly a big cry started regarding to where the his question sheet with the answers is. Oh well... But for sure my student career couldn’t end too smooth with the last exam - as I somehow must have mixed up times and got a surprising call telling me that the exam was in 40 min. while I was still lying in bed sipping my tea. Considering the fact that it is a 1h drive to uni - I got there 20 min late - but still was able to finish the exam early - as my mind was empty... Well - so much for my time at uni here.

But that’s not all that happened last week - no - I also started my internship here at a EU project to poverty reduction concentrating on street kids, disabled kids. As I only had 2 days so far - it’s hard to give an overall statement regarding the internship - but it looks promising. My area will be within organisational development and capacity building of NGOs (non-governmental organisations). Let’s see how it will work out... for sure ill write a line or two to inform you...

Uhhh and then i went to the opera yesterday - Carmen ballet - very very nice. You know that is actually what I like about Egypt - cultural events are accessible to everybody - even if you have a low budget.

Uhhh and just to give you another insight in my luxury life here - we went grocery shopping - 2 trolleys full of stuff - including washing powder - cans of food - etc - and instead of carrying it home like donkeys - we gave them our address and they actually came 1h later carrying it up to the 4th floor. All we had to do is put it in the new fridge. And to top this - as we forgot toilet paper and milk, I just now (half past eleven in the evening) called the supermarket and asked them kindly to bring milk and toilet paper to our home - ohhh my life is sooooo amazing... and now that I even have the number of the vegetable guy and the pharmacy (not that I need stuff from there regularly) I don’t have to go out of the house any more... ohhh lazy lifeeeee....

Well if we think of it the other way round - I guess this is one reason why women get fat here faster - as they don’t have to move. Furthermore it is not only grocery etc that is being delivered - no even mc Donald’s brings you food 24h... now tell me - how are you supposed to loose weight in a city that has a 24h food supply and restricted moving/ walking possibilities? I mean - even to go down the road - you take a cab here. But no - not enough - even dry clean is picked up daily and brought back within 24h. Did I mention that not only delivery is a luxury aspect here but also having a cleaning lady that cooks for you.... well actually this part is a little restricted as the cooking variety varies between milk rice and mahshi (filled vegetables = dolma)

Well on the one side it is total luxury - but of course it has the negative side of not having to leave the house. Laziness is supported tremendously.

The start of a new era ... Nadia on the blog

Okay... lets see how this works... after hearing so much about blogs, and knowing that not everybody is happy receiving my long emails - i finally got the move to this blog ... if it works or not we will find out later...

Well actually this is the best alternive right now to distract me from studying for tomorrows exam... I already cooked, cleaned, showered, phoned, chatted.... so now its time for sth new...

With this i hope to keep track and share some of my memories and let you take part in them.

Lets get going...