in a perfect world

According to Wikipedia, queue areas are places in which people in line (first-come, first-served) wait for goods or services. Examples include checking out groceries or other goods that have been collected in a self service shop, in a shop without self service, at an ATM, at a ticket desk, a city bus, or in a taxi stand.

So why, why, why can't I just live in a country where people know how to line up?! I am so annoyed with the fact that both in Egypt and here in Vietnam, NO ONE knows how to make a line! How is it possible?? We went to Hanoi and Halong Bay this weekend and I was losing my patience VERY quickly with the lack of lines.

It happens all the time here and soon I am going to start to freak out when it happens. I'm going to make a sign in Vietnamese to carry around with me that says GET IN LINE!!!!!!!

That's my vent for the day. I'm going to work on teaching my class to line up. Changing the country one line up at a time! :)

a little piece of "home"

we have heard talk of this lebanese restaurant in district one (downtown saigon) and kelly has been dying to check it out. well, tonight he got his chance and it made me a little "home" sick! for egypt!! it's in a quiet little back alley, the writing on the sign is in arabic, there is ramadan cloth everywhere, and the smell of apple sheesha lingers in the air.

we ate all kinds of food that reminded me of egypt, drank lemon mint juice, sat on low cushioned benches and finished the night off with a little sheesha. makes me think of all the little things that i do miss about egypt. and of course, all of the egypt gang was there and we reminisced about the "good old days".

a nice night! now if only we could have started out on a felluca....

Cairo Time

today tammy and i watched "Cairo Time", written and produced by Ruba Nadda. it had been recommended to us by Simon and Kathleen and after searching and searching, i was finally able to find it. anyway, the moral of the story is - you should watch cairo time too. expecially if you have lived there, travelled there, or know someone who has. parts of it were so true to what cairo is really like that we laughed out loud. parts of it we were shocked that they chose to bring up, like how some men treat foreign women. parts of it made cairo look really beautiful and more calm than it actually is. but truly, a good watch and i think it even made me a little "homesick" for egypt. anyway, give it a try. see what you think.

Memories

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

Last year ELK Lodge hosted the third stop of a very fantastic-dance party- St. Patrick's Day apartment crawl. It was so much fun I think it deserves to be remembered...
I Miss all you crazy "Egyptians"!! Thanks for the memories! xo

Christa, Meghan, and Linds with Papa Cairo

Kathleen and Simon - the newly engaged couple xo

Bonnie, Me, Kelly P., Kathleen and Christa

Trina and Christa. Can I get a WOO WOO!

Ma and Pa Cairo

The girls and white Peter

ROOMMATE pajamas!

Me and Kevin