i want a maid :'(

Today, after 2 painkillers i was able to move.
dusting, cleaning, mopping ain't a picknick.
I wonder how our maid at home is so big, she should be a supermodel by now.

My mom disagrees with getting a maid and thinks that cleaning after myself will be a good discipline.
My strategy is next time i will fake an injury in my back, and call her crying.
If that doesn't work, then my starategy is what mommy doesn't know, won't hurt her.

As for nisrin, i will revert to the great tool of brainwashing, and nagging and pestering!
and if it doesn't work, i will get the maid to come for the two weeks i have to clean in, and nisrin can do the other two weeks :P

You can tell i have spent a great deal of time contemplating tbout this, that should give you an idea about how i feel :)

Bye Bye German

Today I worte an email to my favorite german teacher, in german.
I just butchered the german language and scarred it so bad that it will eternally suffer.

Damn that american University system - hehe

on a different note, today is cleaning day!
Part of being an independent person is cleaning after yourself (and sometimes your roommate)
Let's see how that goes
Something new every day huh?!

You know you've become too lazy when...

You go check out the gym
and wish they had escalators instead of stairs!

A new Race in town

With the Race for becoming President of Egypt over, a new race is in town.
The Race for the biggest presidential ball-sucker in Egypt.
And it's a tough one. Hundreds of prominent individuals are trying to guarantee their place, hanging big-ass signs and billboards costing thousands of Egyptian Pounds.

According to those business men's common sense, it is better to invest thousands of pounds in ball-sucking than donate them to the poor, or start a small project to help underprivileged families, or provide a few jobs for that endless supply of unemployment.

And the race is ongoing, so far the candidate that is ahead in my humble opinion, has a BIG giant billboard with fireworks and says "Mabrouk Mubarak" which was hung only few days after Mubarak's re-election. I guess it helped to know the results before hand huh?

Luli's Joint :)

No, it's not a cigarette full of "herbal remedies".
It's actually my new place!

- A newish fridge,
- No cockroaches anymore - well there are still some suvivors but they will DIE very soon!
- running water - finally
- a "haraami dish" (some cable that gets you some cool cable channels for 20 pounds a month)
and yes Susanne - haraami comes from haraam :P
- an awesome balcony - where your clothes dry off in exactly 6.5 minutes (I swear)
- pink wastebaskets
- a quilt with pink flowers on my bed
- 3 computers
- Elevator - HAH I wish! (I live in the 6th floor)

and last but not least a cool roommate!

Casa de Luli and Nisrin is up 'n running

Victory over Cairo!

I have finally had victory over the Streets of Cairo.
Today I showed the taxi driver a new route to go to maadi - well it was new for HIM!
and he actually thanked me for teaching him a new road.

On a different note, every time I go to work, and when the stupid taxi driver takes the route I tell him to take (which does not happen very often) I get on a bridge and see one of the most beautiful scenes in Cairo.

It's a view of the Nile, from one side there are big buildings but the other side has this big green area with trees and plants for agricultural purposes. That view is just awesome, in a grey city like Cairo.
It brings a smile on my face.

The biggest dumbass?!

I think I am the biggest dumbass in nomadlife who still cannot put pictures up on her weblog!

On another note, my quest for independence is still ongoing and not that pleasant at the moment.
Moving out is harder than I thought

MENA Number 1

Yep It's official, MENA GN is or the roll.

With the new member countries of Algeria, Oman, Qatar and Bahrain, we will be 8 countries! Yaay!
Which means, more MENA people!

Special thanks for the people who worked hard on those extentions, mainly Tamer and Jen, as well as others.

Hurraay for MENA

Thank you India !

So I am back in Egypt after 17 AMAZING days in India.
At first I had something to look forward to when I came back, but as it looks that thing is not happening.
So now I wish I were in India now ....

What I will miss about India:

1) the awesome parties :)
2) seeing old friends
3) Paneer!!
4) Naan
5) the elephant ride
6) driving next to a camel! - yes even for an Egyptian this is a first
7) the confusing traffic, crazy and on the wrong side (or right depending how you want to look at it)
8) Paneer and Naan
9) the rickshaw (or toktok)
10) the nice colorful clothes, and the beautiful scenery

Well, back to reality now - it's time to see what I want to do with the rest of my life, since in the society I am in, being female and 22 ain't fucking easy

The Graduate!

Yes! I am officially a graduate!
My graduation ceremony was yesterday night, and i celebrated in style!

The ceremony took place in Alexandria, Egypt - miles away from where i am.

Yet i celebrated by watching a bunch of guys, dressed up as girls giving lap-dances to poor AI dudes at the Miss IC party (great performance from Abhinav haha).
Only In AIESEC huh?!

So i guess this is the End of an Era, i am officially an adult now.



oh and by the way, ingrown toe nails SUCK!! 9 years of suffering and they are still going on - even in india - grrrrrrrrrrr