Observations …
This post was supposed to be out 2 weeks ago but I never got to do that … so here it is and I even forgot what I wrote … 
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Life is all about surprises and mysteries. Sometimes you can actually explain some of the things that happen to you but most of the time, you just can’t.
As I sit here in the hotel lobby watching the Nile from the big French windows and enjoying the wonderful weather in Cairo, I looked around and started mentally noting down some of the not so common observations and I thought why not randomly script them down in a post?? It would be really good to remember these moments when I read this a few months or years down the line!!!
People here are smiling all the time which makes me feel a bit sad for our people in Jordan as we are frowning most of the time and we do not smile that often. So what makes these people all that smiley?? People are poor here and at home, they all talk politics just like back home, they have a far more horrific and heavy traffic than back home and Cairo is really big and overly populated than back home, so what do they have that we don’t and makes them smile? Is it the food? Water? Nature? Scenery? What makes them happy and us grumpy??? I really wonder …
Almost everyone smokes here … they smoke cigarettes, cigars, argeeleh, weed … etc.
The hold the cigarette as if they are nurturing it and they know that it is killing them but they love it. They want to have the liberty to smoke anywhere and at anytime which resembles people back home but I guess that we got used to the fact that more and more places are becoming smoke free and in my opinion; this is a blessing!!
I noticed that a lot of guys are holding man-purses here and I don’t see that in Amman. Can anyone tell me if this is a trend now???
Traveling in business class was REALLY GOOD
Traffic is a killer here … I literally preferred to have all my meetings in the hotel instead of wasting a good 2-3 hours on commuting back and forth between the hotel and the office and by that I saved almost 12 hours in my short stay … not bad, ha?
People here have a problem in showing up to meetings on time … they are always late!!! There was only the lawyer that we are dealing with; he is really punctual and professional and this is really good because it will not force me to keep dragging my appointment till after midnight and yeah, they really do not have a problem in working that late!!!
A lot of people here are constantly high on something!!!
The Nile is magical!!
They really have great shoes and handbags here … simply amazing!!
Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel is great and I have a wonderful room with a great view on the 16th floor … I wish I could take this view back home … we really need nicer views with water resources back home … wish that was possible!!
February 26th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
Looks like someone is having fun
Enjoy your trip Khalidah
February 26th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I was going to comment but I forgot what the post was about. J/k
I’m not fond of surprises, yet I love life! There’s nothing I’d like more than to know the outcome of every action I will ever take in advance!
About the good humored Egyptians, it’s just part of the culture. Your average Egyptian has a better sense of humor than the Average Arab from any other nation, but this is debatable of course.
Man purses rock! Where else are we poor men supposed to carry all the stuff one has to these days. Mobile, beeper, organizer, gum, wallet, keys, change, camera….!
How about a picture of the view from the 16th floor of the semiramis hotel ?!
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:33 am
Hey Khalidah, I tagged you! Write for Peace, via Fadi
March 19th, 2008 at 1:09 am
I really like this post…you were wondering why Egyptians are so happy while they facing a lot of daily life stress…well.. maybe its in the FOUL or the eXtra polluted water of Nile ((KiDDiNG)).. People of Egypt cant afford going to shrinks or buying antidepressants, so they just tend to smile to ease it a bit. o|c they don’t smile all the time, but they just tend to do so most of the time.
Thats something I’ve learned while living in Egypt…no matter how bad is your life, just give it a smile to light it up a bit.
March 19th, 2008 at 2:40 am
sorry again…about the man-purses thing..well..most of them are schooler or sales representatives as for me I carry my laptop in a similar page..