"do you have a match?"

Hello everyone,

My weekend was really cool and enjoyable. If you would like to know more about it i can tell you guys later in more detail. Basically i went to a sports camp where they were having a bible message televised on a really popular channel called "Sat 7" anyway it was great and other than that I got a haircut and saw family and played with my little cousins. Great weekend.

Haha, so i might have described getting a haircut before but i'll go quickly into it again. This was my second haircut since i have been in egypt and i went to the same place. I was quite surprised that they remembered who i was. They were very nice and it was so cool getting a haircut in egypt. haha they are very thorough, very excellent, AND they massage your head at the end. Haha it was so awesome and the best part is it only cost 25 pounds total with tip. I hear there are places where you can get a hair cut for 5 pounds. 25 pounds is a little less than 5 dollars and 5 pounds is less than 1 dollar...so yeah really good service for like a fraction of what you pay in america. Anyway i feel refreshed to have a hair cut again.

Ok, so i titled my entry do you have a match is because the phenomenon of asking for a match in egypt. So i was in a taxi going to work in the morning and all of a sudden this car pulls up to us and the passenger asks the taxi driver "andokoum kabreet?" (an-doe-kome ka-breet) which means do you guys have a match? the taxi driver did and in the middle of driving down this high way they are exchanging this book of matches back and forth and then the car thanks us and drives away. Haha, i dont know what i am more amazed at, that the driver asked for a match or that the taxi driver was so willing to give it to him! I remember many times back in freshmen year at the University of Hartford. My suitemates all smoked and i hung around them or we would be walkign and someone would simply ask, "hey do you have a light?" and they would always so "nope" or "just ran out" when it wasnt true at all! I would be like "why dont you just give him a light?" they would just respond "if he wants a light so bad he should just go buy his own and stop trying to use up all of mine." haha i just didnt understand, like a lighter costs maybe a dollar 2 dollars and they werent willing to give someone a hand? These people in egypt without thinking about it will give up their stuff in the middle of moving traffic! haha so crazy how different people are here. Anyway that was a cool experience. One thing i dont understand though about taxi drivers here is that for some reason a majority of them have these fake rubber grapes hanging in their cars. I cant figure out if there is a reason for it or if they signify anything. I asked my cousins but they dont ride in taxis often enough to notice i guess. Oh well if i ever find out i'll let you all know.

Hmm i dont really have much to write about these days, i dont know why i cant really sort out all my thoughts...got a lot on my mind i guess. Sorry everyone but soon enough i'll have many exciting things to say.

I hope Joe got to read this