Cairo, Egypt

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

talk like an Egyptian...

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Different computer today...but I can see ol' faithful from where I'm sitting now...I think she's pissed..."whatever, talk to the hand" (move head quickly to left and right a few times). (??)

The weather is just horrible today...complete sand storm, it's like I'm in a scene from "Apocalypse Now"...any moment now, I expect to hear any moment now "Flight of the Valkyries" coming from Robert Duvall's calvary of helicopters, as he roars over the rooftops.

Egyptian folks are too nice...out of all the places I've visited/lived, Egypt takes the cake - hands down - in measurements of "niceness" I stopped counting past 10,458 for the amount of times I've heard "welcome to Egypt!" I even subtracted the welcomes that were followed by a muffled yet audible " ...you stupid cracker"...so the sum is still impressive - you see. I've been given a handful of ad hoc Arabic lessons...most notably in a department store from an eager gentleman whose name I can't remember now, but was all the willing to poor me some tea, and go over some grammar and things of the like. I just couldn't see that happening at Elder Beerman? Well now that I think about it, that's pretty bad business, b/c I was took up about a half hour of this guys time...Ahhh, whatever, their a developing nation...who needs customer service.

My weekend officially begins now...sooooo don't be too jealous...just a little though (smirk...wink).

Climate: Apocalyptic
Eating: an apple...tricking myself to believe it's pesticide free.
Listening: The Dandy Warhols
Wishing: Ted Danson didn't ruin "Gulliver's Travels" for me.

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