Inspiration from the balcony

I discovered that being unemployed and doing nothing than chilling at home, going to cafés with friends, going to job interviews, taking Arabic classes and chatting virtually hasn’t given me a mental push to come up with something writable.

Until today when I finally decided to clean one of our balconies. But it’s not a simple balcony – it’s a Cairo balcony. Cairo balconies are huge and have a considerable bigger amount of dust on it because of the sand storms, dust and pollution. One of the key factors in balcony-cleaning is that you need to do it regularly. We have been living in this apartment for almost 3 months now and you can only guess how many times we have cleaned it before (the answer for not so bright people is – 0).

It’s amazing how balconies are built. The ground is with a small angle so the water you poor on the ground for cleaning all eventually runs out from a small hardly noticeable pipe. Very high tech. I suspect cleaning ladies were the ones who told construction men to do it that way.

Oh, almost forgot to mention. I got a new job now starting on 1^st of June. I am very excited indeed. And what do you do when you have two weeks of vacation before you start a job where you can’t have vacations for first 6 months?

You go home!

I am landing to Estonia on Monday 21^st and taking off on 30^th to be here on time. I am not as well prepared as last time when I had a To-Do list 4 months in advance but I am sure I will enjoy it (the flight was booked yesterday).

See you all.

Meanwhile

Many things are happening lately but I try not to have one of these “I had a sandwich for breakfast” type of blogs with lot of personal updates.

The heat has reached Cairo and its just May. You know its summer when the cold shower is a relief and not a pain. Of course in case you have one of these flats that doesn’t have air conditioning like ours.

I want to thank all my friends and family who have made it here during my stay. Especially to my parents who just left back home. Everybody who comes here is suddenly part of a roller coaster with many cultural shocks; they experience ugliness and beauty, chaotic traffic and ultimate chilling, chaos and balance. I hope you all have had a great time and for the ones who haven’t made it here yet but are thinking about it – you are more than welcome and I am always looking forward seeing you all.