"Sandra, what Korea are you from?" -Doria

Just so you know, Sandra is American...Korean-American, but she grew up in New York City. The thing about Egyptians is, even the most intellectual have little political tact when it comes to talking about nationalities of East Asia. Thursday our class was invited to spend the evening having dinner with our professor in her apartment. We decided to make stir fry. Even though all of us could cook better than Sandra, our professor insisted that Sandra make the stir fry because she was Asian.

Fortunately, Sandra made a good stir fry and dinner was a success. Our professors Iraqi friend came, and his British friend. Even though we all spoke English better than Arabic, we had to speak Arabic the whole time. For 5 hours we chatted about films, destiny, war, Egypt. You name it, we talked about it. My brain hurt! Afterward, I found it very difficult to speak English. I found myself forgetting my own language. Sometimes I think I need to get out of this country.

I really am starting to get used to life here. It is funny how even the strangest things seem more normal. Even speaking in Arabic for five hours seemed normal. What isn't normal is the weather here. 55 degrees feels like 35 and it is raining. I didn't even bring umbrella! This is not what I signed up for. Please somebody remind me of this wish for warm weather when I am complaining of the heat. Well, I think that is all for now. Happy Sunday!