Common Cairo Occurrences...

A friend of mines friend came to visit last week,

and it was interesting to see his shock re-actions to things around him,

pretty much the same ones i was having a couple of months ago.

Things in Cairo are a little bit different,

some of things i'm getting used to

others not.

But i thought i'd start a little thing where i put up

the occasional picture or tell little stories to emulate a wee bit what i'm talking about.

I also thought i'd call it Common Cairo Occurrences,

mainly because i like alliteration

i thought i'd start with this dude,

There are so many of these guys driving around,

and you wouldn't believe how fast they go,

down little alleys ways swerving between

people and what not.

Trust its impressive.

Growing Old....

I secretly hope that when i'm old i'm one of those crazy old ladys

that kids are secretly scared of but know for a fact that i'm guaranteed

to give them a sticky old sweetie from my handbag.

anyhows,

i was inspired by this blog today

here

"A person is not old until regret takes place of dreams"

John Barrymore

Introducing Sookie the Uki.....

So here's the thing, i have a problem where i like to give inanimate objects names.

For some reason it brings them a little bit more to life

and makes them more friendly,

is this strange?

I dont know,

but its a thing i do and wont stop doing

even if you tell me that it is indeed strange.

So when i got my ukulele one of the first things

i started doing was trying to pick out a name for her.

The initial front runner was Lulu, i dont know why, which then progressed to Gigi.

But ultimately i have decided to call her Sookie.

Sookie, the Uki.

I think has a nice ring to it.

Plus it reminds me of Sookie from Gilmore Girls,

which is one of my fave tv shows,

and she had a fun personality but was also a little bit ditzy and clumsy,

i like to think that Sookie my Uki, shares these qualities.

Plus, you say it quickly it sounds a bit like Sookie the Wookie

and that makes me giggle.

Besides, now when people ask me what i have been doing all day

(and i do mean all day)

i can tell them i've been hanging out with Sookie,

and hopefully they wont question it further

and i look like a nice friendly person rather

than the ukulele obsessed hermit

which is what i have actually become.

Dear Deer......

My latest obsession is youtubing ukulele videos....

some that can inspire me

and some that can teach me how to actually play the thing.

I came across this one by Kate Micucci,

which definitely goes under the catagory of inspire.

It also inspired me to buy her mini EP from itunes could Songs.....

its sparkelicious.

(almost) A little mermaid....

Dahab was amazing.

I didnt want to leave.

After a few initial hiccups

(fighting with the bus driver for charging extra money)

and turning up to find my hostel double booked, and that they couldnt care less

(Octupus World Hostel, big black mark)

things were just great

I spent every day snorkelling,

and bought a disposable underwater camera

the pictures are ridiculously bad quality,

but i had fun taking them

and they will always be full of the memories that only i can see.

i spent the evenings attempting to play on my new ukulele,

(more about that later.)

it was bliss

and i think that in another life i would like to be a mermaid...

just sayin....

Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside.....

I just found out this week that i have four days holiday.

And seeing as i'm not sure the next time i'll get a holiday

(dancers are always working when everyone else holidays)

i'm making the most of it.

I'm catching an over night bus for 10 hours to go to

Dahab

where i will stay in a youth hostel that costs less than 2 euros a night (should i be worried?)

but hopefully its going to look a bit like this

and i'm going to look a bit like this

(its so weird to me that its November and its still summer)

My Bonnie....

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

My Bonnie lies over the sea

My Bonnie lies over the ocean

So bring back my Bonnie to me