Since we're not going to the Citadel I guess I can sleep in. Woke up at 12:30 and mentally went over my day. I really wanted to watch a movie and do some journaling. It sounded like a relaxing way to start my day. I had heard allot about the movie Momento and decided to start streaming it while I got ready for the day.
Ended up walking down the street and picking up some koshri for brunch. Walked back and turned on the TV just to see what was on. Scrolled through a few channels and guess what I find... Memento. I guess it’s meant to be.
Ate my koshri, watched some Memento, and did some journaling. All the suggestions for this movie were very correct. Initially hard to follow but it has an amazing ending. The entire movie is done with scenes progressing backwards...!
Anyways finish watching that and work on some more job/internship applications. Takes me an hour and a half but I finish and polish the application and turn it in. A day early this time... sigh. Now it’s time to do some homework.
Did homework until six thirty and then went out with Evan to grab food. We went to get pasta from the koshri shop. Well turns out they are out... so its koshri for dinner.... two meals of koshri (very Egyptian).
Walk back to the apartment and get a call from Kevin. He wants to watch the Egypt/Algeria soccer game. Its Egypt's last game in the World Cup Qualifiers... they are down 1 game and 2 goals. They must win today by at least two goals. If they win by two they play again... if they win by three they advance.
I had been trying to get tickets to the game all week but to no avail. I had finally given up and decided to watch it while doing homework. However, Kevin's idea of going to a cafe and watching it with other
Egyptians sounded attractive... So I walked out to meet him.
We walked through the back alleys to a cafe he had seen setting up projectors earlier. We got to the cafe just in time to see the crowd erupt after the first goal. Egypt was up 1-0 after five minutes of play.
Momentum was with the Egyptians as they danced on cars and buildings around Cairo.
There were about three hundred crazed fans huddled around the big screen projector. We joined the cheering crowd and watched the rest of the game. The next 90 minutes were pretty uneventfull. Both teams attacking but making little progress. The Egyptians were starting to lose heart as it looked like they were about to get knocked out.
As the final minute of regulation time ticked down and 6 minutes of stoppage time was announced. With two minutes left the Algerian keeper fumbled the ball and the Egyptians took advantage. GOAL! Egypt was up 2-0. The crowd went crazy. People were shooting fireballs, waving flags, dancing in the streets. Drums and chants were heard echoing across the entire city.
Kevin and I hung around watching the festivities for awhile, and then split ways. I walked back to my apartment laughing and cheering with all the people in the street.
I made it back to my apartment and did some studying. It was crazy to hear the crowds outside in the streets. The partying and revelry continued well into the night.
At around midnight I gave Sara a call to say goodnight and then went to bed.
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