Today is Andy’s (he prefers Andrew… but he’ll always be Andy to me..) birthday!
Woke up and did the normal routine. Studied some review sheets on the bus in preparation for the Media Test.
In media we were given our test and I blew through it like a hurricane. I answered all but two of the questions in five minutes. There were a few I didn’t feel completely sure on, but all-in-all I felt pretty good. Afterwards we watched a news clip from BBC Arabic. As usual it was really tough.
During the break Max and I ran to grab some breakfast at the pizza place on campus. The ‘American Breakfast’ includes and omelet, hash browns, toast, and juice. It was delicious. Next we had formal, we spent most of the class period preparing for tomorrows test. Just reviewed vocab and the important grammar material… nothing to exciting.
After class I walked with Max and Henry to the food court. From there I walked to the track. This time I had my workout clothes with me. Did an endurance workout. Really tired by the end, but it was a good tired.
Walked back to ALI and went to colloquial. We had a full class today and went over the vocab from the new lesson. Mostly verbs associated with daily activities. Basically we just went through a guy’s daily schedule.
Took the bus all the way to Tahriir. Got off and proceeded to the large government building across from the National Museum. I walked up a flight of stairs and followed the signs towards the passport office. After ten minutes I was directed to an area resembling the DMC. Many windows set up in a rectangle. Found the correct window and enquired about extending my visa. They referred me to another window… which of course referred me to a third. At the third I was told they closed at three and would have to come back the next day…. grrr.
Walked back down Kasr El-Eine to my apartment. Stopped on the way to grab some snacks from the local sweet shop. Went up to the apartment and started studying. Also made a quick call home to wish my bro happy birthday.
Made a review sheet and reviewed vocab for most of the night. At one point me and Evan walked down to the koshri shop and ate some dinner. On the way back we stopped into the tire store in front of our building and chatted with two employees we’ve gotten to know… Besides that my night was devoted to the next day’s Foosha (Formal Arabic) test.
Went to be at around 1 AM. Not feeling 100%, but better than I did this morning…
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