Before the Term
Posted January 31, 2007It has been quite some time since I last updated. I offer my state of relaxation as a partial explanation for my absence. And with the internet connection here as finicky as it is, adding pictures and other media to my website can become a bit of a project.
And speaking of projects, I have a big one I'm working on, which goes the rest of the way to explaining my lack of updates. It will be unveiled soon on this very internet. Stay tuned.
Oh, but my winter break is drawing to a close. Classes begin again on the fourth of February, so I will need to get on a remotely human schedule again. We will have to cut down on the dinner parties and late-night foosball sessions in this apartment, which the neighbors will probably be happy about.
In the past few weeks, we've gone bowling at the Nile Bowl, the only bowling alley we know of around here, and, thus, the best. It's quite fun, in part because bowling is an imported sport here in Egypt, and the Egyptians can be very entertaining to watch. Of course, I don't claim any actual bowling skill, though I will admit that I bowled my second and third turkeys ever here. (A turkey is three strikes in a row. Unlike baseball, strikes in bowling are a good thing.)
On the 22nd of January, some of my friends and I attended a concert at the Cairo Opera House. The orchestra was enourmous - about 67 players - and the "Spanish Gala Concerto" was sparsely attended, but we enjoyed the music. We couldn't attend the concert, however, without formal wear, and it so happens that I had a suit tailored for me earlier in the month. The cost of the suit was 220 Egyptian pounds, or about $40. Here we are about to hit the town in our nice clothes:
The relaxtion afforded by the break is wonderful. I have been able to read, play music, play games, sleep in, stay up, work late, cook and see my friends, all on my own schedule. In short time, though, I will take up the balancing act of school and life. And faster than I think I can really appreciate, the end of my time here in Cairo approaches. I may be closer to figuring out where I go from here, but that conversation is not yet meant for the public. For now, it remains one of my late-night projects.
The other late-night project will be up within the week!
