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The beginning of the end 17 Nov 2010 | 10:06 pm
The dawn of a new day in Egypt. The sun is coming up over the apartment buildings while I prepare for another day at work. Not an unusual event but this sunrise is obscured a little by an autumn cloud...
Observations of Egyptian culture and religion 17 Nov 2010 | 08:05 am
As I grow better friends with the locals and learn more about the culture and religion of Egypt, I become quite frustrated with it all. Egypt is overpopulated, underfunded, dirty and disorganised, wit...
Moving to a new apartment 29 Apr 2010 | 06:52 am
About a month ago I moved from my 1st floor apartment at the southern edge of Al Rehab to a 5th floor apartment overlooking landscaped grass, palm trees, apartment buildings and the desert in the dist...
A trip to Alexandria 16 Mar 2010 | 06:25 am
I was very excited at the prospect of spending part of my school holiday in Alexandria with 3 of the Egyptian teaching assistants from work. We don't get much opportunity to talk during the school day...
Luxor to Aswan school trip 1 Mar 2010 | 02:32 am
When I was asked this January, whether I would be happy to go on a four day trip down the Nile on a 4 star cruise ship with the nicest group of 9/10 year olds I've ever met, I jumped at the chance. Th...
An unexpectedly cold winter 5 Feb 2010 | 09:20 pm
How I gloated when I said goodbye to my friends in Taiwan, telling them I was about to move to the land of eternal sunshine. While I sat shivering in the midst of summer in England last year, my dad c...
A night at the Cairo Opera House 18 Nov 2009 | 05:03 am
My first trip to the opera came courtesy of my student's mother, who works for the Cairo Opera House. I have always liked the idea of being a fan of opera, since it implies a certain amount of culture...
A warm November morning 8 Nov 2009 | 02:08 am
One thing that can be said for the part of Al Rehab where I live, is that the atmosphere is peaceful. There is the occasional very noisy truck, motorbike delivery man or child screaming from one of th...
Probably the best teaching job in the world! 22 Oct 2009 | 06:17 am
After a two year break from primary teaching I was a little nervous to take on what I considered to be a stressful and overbearing job in an environment where I didn't entirely fit in. That's what tea...
1st week at the zoo! 9 Oct 2009 | 08:06 pm
School started last Sunday and for the first two days the children were quiet and unassuming but I'm starting to see their personalities coming out gradually. I like most of them and especially like t...
