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Okay, so I don't have much time for this particular post. I am leaving for a week-long trip to Jordan, but I haven't updated this in awhile, so I figured I should do it before I leave. I've put up pictures, too, so hopefuly that will keep you occupied for a bit.
I'm basically doing another quick list of things I've done in the past few weeks...
-My digestive system has had a rollercoaster ride. I'll spare you any details, but it certainly made life interesting.
-After I recovered from a bad bit of gastrointestinal stuff, I got bronchitis. Fortunately the clinic in my dorm was helpful (unlike the one on campus, where the doctor didn't speak very stellar English), and the doctor prescribed me two meds I recognized (I've had bronchitis before), and things are basically cleared up now.
-The Nile and Cairo are actually quite beautiful at 6:30ish am. The smog diffuses the sunlight so that everything has a muted golden glow. Then later in the day, the sky returns to its usual smoggy grey-blue.
-AUC is getting a little bit easier to deal with every day. I'm not sure if it's that I'm used to it, or if they're actually improving. I think its a bit of both. To give you an idea of how things at AUC run even when they're not moving campuses, the Downtown Campus was bought as a temporary campus...90 years ago.
-MAC PEOPLE...I've discovered that the Weyerhausers follow you no matter where you are. The Hill House on the Old Campus has a dedication plaque that thanks William Bancroft Hill and his wife Elise Weyerhauser Hill. I laughed out loud when I read that. And then was stared at by the cool Egyptian kids sitting near me while I whipped out my notebook and wrote it down.
-Also, ran into someone from New Trier at AUC living in my dorm. We played in band together for four years. NT alums truly are everywhere.
-AUC's student newspaper ran an article that was titled "AUC now says foreigners should've stayed home". Which really made me feel good about being here. On a semi-related note, the shuttle bus drivers (our ONLY way to get to and from campus...no taxis out there) briefly went on strike yesterday, nearly stranding people there. Fortunately that didn't last long.
-I went to Khan al Khalili at night during Ramadan and ate some Egyptian Pancakes, went to the Citadel and surrounding attractions for the day, went to the Cave Church near the Citadel (had to go through Garbage City to get there), and got my teaching assignment at STAR. I'll be teaching Iraqi and Sudanese refugees level 1 English (maybe level 3, we don't know if we have enough Arabic for level one) in the 6th of October neighborhood. Yes, there is both a road and a neighborhood named 6th of October here.We start teaching in about 2 weeks. I'm very excited.
Gotta run to catch my bus to Jordan. insha'allah I will be posting again in about a week.
I miss all of you!
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