Still tired after the weekend and staying up late working on my project. Rolled out of bed, ate more toast, and walked to school. Arabic class was long today. Then I chose not to go home for lunch and to go to Chicken Mac with Christie and Ron so that I had some time to finalize my presentation before class. Walking home for lunch would have only given me like a half hour of time to work because I get home at 1, eat till 1:20, leave to walk back at 1:30, and then have 15 minutes before class to work. Alternatively, eating at chicken mac meant I had from 1 - 2:30 to sit and work.
The presentation went well. I had to discuss how the author, Leila Abouzeid, reconciles her Islamic Feminism with her faith in the book. After class, I walked home with Joe, Tash, and Meredith and hung out at Tash and Meredith's house. Their older host brother was over with his wife and 7 month-old baby so it was fun to play with the baby and eat cookies. They were basically throwing her around like a rag doll! Afterwards we did some work on the roof before I went home for dinner.
Dinner was good: spicy noodles and veggie soup with an egg and meat casserole that you put in your bread. Meals are so funny in my opinion because we always watch the same four shows at lunch and dinner. They are:
Egyptian Soap opera - follows people who dress in the colonial style. Not sure what's going on but it's clearly dubbed in Dirija. Recently, there was a huge wedding followed by an episode where a woman gave birth to a stillborn child.
Turkish Soap opera - a show about people who dress like they are in the 1940's. In the episode we watched last night, there was a pretty exciting car chase where some soldiers chased a man they thought had drugged a royal woman, but it turns out, the woman had been put in another car. My mind was blown!
Studio 2M - a show kind of like American Idol where they sing songs in both Arabic and English. I've seen women perform Adele and Jessie J, but we don't watch this program that often. There are three judges who critique people but I can't decide if they rate on a scale of 15 or 20 because I've never seen higher than a 14. They do text-to-vote but I'm not sure if anyone has actually been kicked off the show yet. This show is pretty popular, but competes with Arab Idol, which is on a rival network.
The News - self-explanatory
After dinner, I read some more Scar Tissue and hung out with my brothers before bed.
The presentation went well. I had to discuss how the author, Leila Abouzeid, reconciles her Islamic Feminism with her faith in the book. After class, I walked home with Joe, Tash, and Meredith and hung out at Tash and Meredith's house. Their older host brother was over with his wife and 7 month-old baby so it was fun to play with the baby and eat cookies. They were basically throwing her around like a rag doll! Afterwards we did some work on the roof before I went home for dinner.
Dinner was good: spicy noodles and veggie soup with an egg and meat casserole that you put in your bread. Meals are so funny in my opinion because we always watch the same four shows at lunch and dinner. They are:
Egyptian Soap opera - follows people who dress in the colonial style. Not sure what's going on but it's clearly dubbed in Dirija. Recently, there was a huge wedding followed by an episode where a woman gave birth to a stillborn child.
Turkish Soap opera - a show about people who dress like they are in the 1940's. In the episode we watched last night, there was a pretty exciting car chase where some soldiers chased a man they thought had drugged a royal woman, but it turns out, the woman had been put in another car. My mind was blown!
Studio 2M - a show kind of like American Idol where they sing songs in both Arabic and English. I've seen women perform Adele and Jessie J, but we don't watch this program that often. There are three judges who critique people but I can't decide if they rate on a scale of 15 or 20 because I've never seen higher than a 14. They do text-to-vote but I'm not sure if anyone has actually been kicked off the show yet. This show is pretty popular, but competes with Arab Idol, which is on a rival network.
The News - self-explanatory
After dinner, I read some more Scar Tissue and hung out with my brothers before bed.
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