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Welcome in Egypt!: November 2009
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Monday, November 30, 2009. Anyway, I went to the orphanage with Saba and Tammam today, and it was awesome. Despite my fears, it was clean, well-kept, and had computers for the children. The workers there were incredibly pleasant and answered all of my questions for me. Simply amazing. One of the little boys we visited reached out and touched my chin. He rubbed his hand on my beard for a second and then asked, "Are you a sheikh? Saturday, November 28, 2009. Sex before marriage is totally anathema to most ...
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Welcome in Egypt!: June 2009
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Monday, June 29, 2009. You're in a chair, in the sky. There are two morals to this story:. First: If you have stock in United Airlines, sell it. Second: Watch this clip. And laugh at me. It's just a vibe I get. So I'm in the Frankfurt airport wearing green cargo pants, a pink UT Longhorns Swimming shirt, and tennis shoes and the whole time I am looking rather non-Arab. A lady approaches me and pointing to a bathroom, asks me in Arabic, "Is this bathroom for ladies? Sunday, June 28, 2009. An Elf in Egypt.
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Welcome in Egypt!: September 2009
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Friday, September 25, 2009. Order in the court! I got back from Church in Cairo (which was awesome, thanks for asking) and settled down to write a blog post for my new LDS YSAs blog. I didn't get very far when Michael came running in and yelled, "Tom, I need your help! Does this help require me putting on a shirt? Uh, yeah, we're going to court.". Apparently the guy who messed with Sarah and Katie (full story here. If that's confusing to you, try being there simultaneously translating. I wish I was joking.
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Welcome in Egypt!: Last day in Egypt
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Sunday, May 30, 2010. Last day in Egypt. So it's my last full day in Egypt, and I went to buy some breakfast. Of course, Egypt just couldn't let me go without being Egypt, so an old man, one of maybe three on the street, starts screaming at me. I turn and he's yelling, "Where are you from? What is your name? And good thing, too. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Last day in Egypt. Some of the few. Not the hardest test in my life. The End of an Era. Sorry Abinadi, Andrew, and Gavin. An Elf in Egypt.
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Welcome in Egypt!: October 2009
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Saturday, October 31, 2009. So, pictures are forthcoming, but I'll just throw it out there: Melissa and I were tigers for Halloween, and it was AWESOME. Yes, I just wrote that in all caps, BAM. Anyway, the tiger stripes were perfect, that was a result of Melissa's hours of hard work. The tails were sweet, good old Egyptian scarves. The hair dye was a mess, but it was fun. I love dressing up. Thursday, October 29, 2009. Is it in you? Tuesday, October 20, 2009. I'm in love with love. Summer has some good t...
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Welcome in Egypt!: April 2010
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Friday, April 30, 2010. With all of the moving out and in confusion, I couldn't make it to Cairo for my weekly Church experience. So I took this quiz. So we packed up, canceled classes, and moved out. All that really means is that we looked at apartments while all of our stuff was sitting in our friends' houses in our same building. And we did this secretly, so that we could leave at any time should our landlady try to go nuts on us again. And so now we're back. Home sweet home. What a crazy 24 hours.
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Welcome in Egypt!: Some of the few...
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Sunday, May 30, 2010. Some of the few. Items I've checked off my list of Life Goals:. Climb Mt. Sinai. Get scuba diving license. Scuba dive in Dahab. Go to Siwa and see the oases. Visit religious sites in Israel. Visit Jordan (Petra, specifically). Successfully complete the year in the Arabic Flagship Program. 04 June, 2010 21:52. Now set yourself some more goals and send us the document to show us what they are. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Last day in Egypt. Some of the few. The End of an Era.
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Welcome in Egypt!: August 2009
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Monday, August 31, 2009. To all of you who have written me, I will write you back when I get back to Alex. I have to pay for the internet by the hour here so I use it maybe once a week. And it looks like I won't be making it back to Alex as soon as I thought. I just got a room for less than half the price I pay in Alex here in Dahab, so I will be here for a couple of weeks more, then back to school. Thursday, August 13, 2009. Then Robert starts talking to four Russian girls. One speaks broken English...
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Welcome in Egypt!: February 2010
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Friday, February 26, 2010. This is too good. I was present during this Friday School lesson: Hayley's Story. And it was marvelous. Egypt for the Elderly. I was getting off the train and an old lady was coming from the opposite car to get off at the same time. I motioned for her to go first, and then she insisted that I go. So I did. I thought that was a little strange, so after I walked a step or two I turned around to see that she was waiting for me to help her step down from the train. Apparently there...
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Welcome in Egypt!: January 2010
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010. I've decided to start cooking more. So has British Katie. You can (and should) read her latest blog post. About it. She gives me a shout out, let's see if you can guess where. Did you read her blog? Because she just came upstairs and took two rocks out of our oven that used to be potatoes. Thanks for dinner last night Katie! So I work at the gym now. I learned that it's a terrible idea to use the words I learned from the guys at the gym on my conservative female language partner.
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