Day 62: October 25

Woke up and rolled out of bed. Made my way to school in the usual fashion.

Arrived and went over the newest chapter and the associated story. Couldn’t really concentrate due to the retake I was taking afterwards. After class our professor handed Max, Raffi, and myself our retakes. She told us to turn it into her by the end of the day and left. I was shocked at how trusting she is. I had no plans of cheating, but Max definitely took advantage of her kindness. He is a nice guy, but not always the most morally upstanding.

I felt really confident by the time I finished. The extra studying had paid off and I did much better this time around.

Spent the remainder of my break grabbing food and studying for colloquial. Colloquial came and went with little to report. Mostly just vocab exercises… practicing the words in situations etc.

After class I went out to the track and did an air alert workout. Afterwards I left for the library. I have to wait on campus until seven to catch the bus into Al-Rehab. Last week the on campus clubs and local businesses tabled in the quad. One of the businesses was a paintball place just opening up. I stopped and talked to them for awhile. When they heard I had played in the states they immediately invited me to come out and play with a team they were setting up.

I decided to go out and check out the field. At Seven I caught the bus to Rehab and made my way to the field. They have two small fields, one air ball, and the other speedball. It’s decent, but not amazing. I ended up staying for four hours. I talked with the refs, field manager, and owner.

They really wanted me to work for them and play on the side. However, the hours would be every day from eight until twelve… that just wouldn’t work with school. In addition to this they didn’t pay well. As for the team… ya they wanted me to found it and find players for a tournament in March. That’s not happening.

It’s cool the sport is coming to Egypt, but it is a long way from being like America. The fields charge for paint by the hundred, and the markers are super old.

The field manager, Mohammed, gave me a lift back to AUC and I caught the last bus home. I did homework until 1AM and went to bed.