Finally Back on Track

After a nice long week and a half of relaxing and luxury I am back to the life of an Egyptian.

Relaxing on the Deck Daddy getting into the Egyptian Culture

The time my parents were here was great!!! I got to lie on a ship's deck next to a pool while sailing down the Nile.

The view from the boat

I got to see all the greatness of Egypt once again through the huge and glorious temples in Edfu, Kom Ombo, Luxor and Aswan. Although this is the second time in 6 months visiting these temples, I will never get sick of listening to the story of the god Osiris and how his body was spread all over Egypt and about the goddess Hathor who apart from being beautiful was also the goddess of love and merriment.

Temples and Inscriptions

My favourite Temple - Philae Temple in Aswan

Sailing to Philea on a Nubian Felucca

Nevertheless, it was not the most pleasant holiday. The memories of being pestered by my sister and lectured by my parents, although forgotten, came back to mind, and then I suddenly remember one of the reasons why I left home!!!!! Though I must say that I really miss the pampering and the lavish meals!!!

Anything for a good Bargain!!! The Egyptians hassle the tourists lying on the deck of the cruise boats from their little rowing boats

Finally life is Alex is starting for me. The AIESEC people are now back in town, and finally, 3months after my arrival I got my welcome party. It was quite a surprise actually and I totally did not expect it, but it was great fun!! I was an excellent occasion to get drunk and let myself go, which is something I had not done in quite a while. Although young, the AIESEC people are great fun, I guess its nice to feel young once in a while ;). My Beweb (sorry for the spelling, in English terms this guy would be called a doorman) was probably shocked at the number of times we ordered Drinkies (the only store in Egypt that sells alcohol in abundance, and like everything else here in Egypt delivers right to your door) and he was also probably even more shocked at the amount of people flocking to my apartment!! Poor doorman, might actually give him 5pounds extra this month for his comprehension.

I also managed to get Sat off work, although the working hours are still terrible and make you feel a bit miserable sometimes, it is nothing in comparison to the pleasure of having a Saturday off. These Egyptians must learn that Thea Weekends are sacred! And nobody messes around with my weekend OK!!!!!

The house is looking way better now, my home decorating skills came into action, and I now have a nice sweet livable home with a beautiful view of the sea as soon as you wake up in the morning!!!! Ain't you jealous??!!!

My housemate (Irena) is also quite nice, although Russian she is quite an interesting character!!! She is 26 and passing through her own little life trauma. Actually pretty crazy in her thoughts for my perception of a Russian, but funnily enough she is also a good laugh. We often come home after work, make our asses comfortable on the sofa, light a cigarette and bitch about people at work, life in general, our lives and how we feel, very often staying up in about 4am or 5am!!!! This is what I guess is the coolest of having a house mate!! This is the 1st time I am living with someone, and I must say that I had gotten used to my independence, and sometimes solitude so at first it was hard to just sit and chat! But actually now, I cannot wait to go home for that!!!

Irena is a Sagittarius too, so we tend the share the different characteristics, although different in character. So its nice to hear that I am not the only one feeling this way and there are other people with the same desires as mine!!!! Besides she is the only one I find with a maturity and life experience high enough to have certain conversations with in Alex.

I have also now learnt how to deal with Egyptians, when before, someone use to charge me more, or bamboozle me I used to sulk and get frustrated at Egypt. But now I actually enjoy putting my foot down and giving them a piece of my mind in my broken Maltese / Arabic!!! The funniest is when the landlord found out that I have a different aspect to my nice docile character and saw the new Egyptian Thea scolding him cause he did not fix the window, the bell and the sink, and refusing to pay the deposit. Irena was then militant about having the ceiling fixed and we both stood our ground and refused to pay. We now have the sink, bell and window fixed and a guy coming to fix the ceiling next Friday, plus a proposal for marriage!!! The guy was so stunned by our straightforwardness that he immediately fell in love with us and wanted to marry us both!!! It was hilarious!!!

Anyway I think you have had enough of my long anecdote so I will stop here! But this is not the end!!!!