New Years

Hi Everyone,

Sorry about not posting a lot but my family is here in Egypt and my days are fully loaded with events. Haha my family has an abundant source of energy that i wish i could find for myself. In the last two days I have gotten roughly 4 hours of sleep and there is no break for me...but its all totally worth it. I cant express how much fun i have with my family and its going to be sad when they leave so spending every waking moment with them may at the time seem like stressful or whatever but looking back already at the last week its really really amazing.

So other than that I figured its new years eve its time to do a little reflection on the year 2007 and talk a little bit about the expectations for 2008...

2007 - hmm, overall i love this year a lot. It was full of changes in my personally, many life changing events, and many decisions that had to be made. In terms of the material stuff and events, i graduated from college in the very merry month of May (just a little steven foster reference) also i of course came to egypt which is an event that is indescribable to how much its done for me in my life. Really opens your eyes to the world around you when you actually take the time to go look at the world. Hmm, i dont know what else really, i mean in terms of events, i was able to get something off my chest this year that was really gnawing at me for awhile which was a really big relief. In terms of maturity, haha, i mean i feel as if i matured in some aspects of my life. I am still very much a goofball and like a child but i mean hey i have been living in egypt on my own for awhile thats gotta require a little maturity to be able to be done, right? I really took time this year to do a lot of personal reflection which i tend to neglect because i want to focus on other things around me. So 2007 to me was about changes and significant ones at that.

2008 - umm, i dont have any expectations for 2008, why? because the way i see it if you expect too much you'll end up getting disappointed in the end. This is because no matter what you may plan there are always going to be things to alter them either slightly or maybe a complete and drastic opposite so if you hang yourself up too much on what you want from this and want from that when the inevitable change happens you will just be all whiny and sad when things dont go your way. So what do i say? let what happens happens with no expectations. Like i am not saying dont make plans because thats too much in the extreme of being lazy and a sluggard. So I will set plans and have wants i am sure but wont get too hung up or attached to them. Let God decide since He already did. So what do i want from 2008...i want to be a better person. Haha i know that sounds like Miss America but yeah i would like to be a better Andrew. As of right now i can be very stubborn and i think very lowly of myself and get on people's nerves. So i am praying that i become more flexible, that i learn to let others have their ways and to know when to stop being "too nice" haha so many people tell me that i am too nice and that its annoying so i am going to work on that this year. So thats about it to sum up...

2007:
-great year
-many changes
-many joyous events

2008:
-no expectations
-working on maturing


haha, if anyone has any suggestions for me please feel free to express them and i'll welcome them with open arms. Like the Bible says in the book of Proverbs chapter 12 verse 15.... "The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice."

anyway happy new years everyone and be safe! Oh yeah, i'll tell you my plans for this year. So as tradition has it i spend my new years with my family and its awesome that they are here! So after work i will go find them and at 7pm we are going to a church service. Haha, there are two church services one from 7-9 and one from 10-midnight:30 and my parents have chosen to go to both so they can see as many people as possible. Haha, its going to be a long night but thank God i have a day off tomorrow from work and hopefully will get to catch up on a little sleep (thats wishful thinking though, haha) anyway once again good day to you all.

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Merry Christmas

Hi Everyone,

Its December 24th and its not christmas in Egypt (that is January 7th) but it is still Christmas eve in America and i am still American. So to everyone i wish you all a Merry Christmas. I pray for all your safety i hope the weather is enjoyable and that you all have a wonderful time with friends and family! I dont want to go on because i'll end up sounding like a christmas card. So from Andrew in Egypt i say "Merry Christmas to all and to too all a good night!"
-Andrew Nader Ghobrial

an amazing tale

Hello Everyone,

This is a post that is really really great. It has nothing to do with Egypt and it has nothing to do with me. It has to do with a man by the name of Paul Potts. For those who might know him he won this British version of American Idol this year called "Britain's talent" or something along those lines. Anyway this guys story is actually pretty cool and very inspiring. I will provide you all with the wikipedia biography of him and you should all take the time to read it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Potts

also i want to provide you guys with the link to a youtube video of this audition or whatever it is to just see this guy in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DelJrP3P7tA&feature=related

and another thing i want to add is a reflection and a small commentary by the man who made me aware of Paul Potts. This is Tom Griffin's response to the video. So i wont add my own commentary because i doubt i can express it as well as tom did. I do have opinions and if you want to know them you may ask me and i'll gladly tell them to you.....

ok i'll post more about my cruise trip i just came from. Also my family is here! my father is landing in a few minutes at the airport but i unfortunately am at work and wont see him :'( its alright though i have had a lot of fun so far and i will post some pictures up for all you to see. Ok have an excellent day everyone!

"This whole year came and went quickly, and I think right now, out of all things that have been said to me and spoken to me have all come together, and been solidified by the mortar of one single instance… Paul Potts. Until today I have never heard of this man, but while reading an article I read about his remarkable performance on a show called Britain’s got talent. He appeared on the show for the first time, and when he walked on stage he was only a cell phone salesman. He stood there before the judges, and the look on his face was absolute fear. Here it was this man stood before these three judges and thousands as jury waiting for his sentence.

The music started and then he opened his mouth, and what carried from it was a sound that shocked me. As I listened I saw people begin to rise and applaud and shout, and I knew why. Because they had heard what I had, not a voice that tickles your ear for a moment but a sound that haunts and fills and overwhelms the senses. Filling the heart until it feels you are about to burst and the only way to release this is in a responsive outpouring of emotion. I felt my eyes tear up and then realized something very great—it is alright.

So often I am carrying this burden this and judgment, making it my own personal weight and my own personal burden, to hate or despise certain things, and in a way hate people I deem as foolish or stupid. Well in this moment, I couldn’t anymore, my heart just burst. This man was not just singing, rather he was speaking and preaching and fulfilling what I believe was G-d’s will. In that moment, as soon as he opened wide the gates of his tongue something spilled forth, a wave of song, baptizing him and making him something new. No longer a cell phone salesman, he was now a new creation!

The whole circumstance made me think of something else as well. This show came about because of the success of American Idol, whether you think the show is good or bad. From this spin-off one man was able to enter and to achieve something great—his dream. It is amazing how so much happening has resulted in such a great victory for this person, and how much occurred at chance to allow him to achieve it.

First had to be the proposal of the show (and even before that reality TV had to become big). Then it had to have multiple successful seasons than it would have to catch on in Britain, and then he would have to get up the nerve to try out for the show, and then even get to the main judges to get in the show, and then he would have to not botch up during his first performance. There are so many other variables that I haven’t even bothered thinking about that all had to happen that would seem implausible in conceiving none the less impossible to occur! YET THEY DID! All these chance happenings occurred allowing this one man to experience an amazing gift! The rest of his life from that moment on would be different.

It reminded me of a few things… Nothing is purely evil; this may sound funny, and truth be told it is a bit of an exaggeration, but I have never cared for reality TV and have felt that it is a silly moneymaking greed influenced creation. Yet here it is allowing someone to experience a different life and allowing for them to have success. Hence I have to conclude that even though there may be something that may seem evil something great can come from it. That we are not in control; for in this show one man as I had aforementioned received a miraculous gift which had come to pass through none of his own machinations. Instead this came about through things that were not in his control and he simply leapt at the chance. Hence I see that there are so many variables that affect our lives that simply are not in our control. Finally I see that there is something beautiful that is constantly revealed through people and circumstances. A message about hope; that we should always believe that there is something greater in each moment, I think that perhaps hope is not something better in our lives that is evident, but rather as scripture says is something unseen, so I can only conclude it is a mindset, a conscious decision to see differently. One other thing I have gleaned is that this man came forward with his talents things he was given. He did not wait or stand back and try to let this chance fall in his lap, rather he acted upon it!

So if I take these lessons into conscious action then I should believe and act in these ways—to see that not all is understandable in the moment, and I have to have hope and see beyond a single moment which may seem good or bad, yet not let a moment pass where I can consciously do better for myself or for another. How do I know these things are accurate? For when I heard this story, I heard Potts sing I experienced this for myself. Hope revealed through one chance instance reading one chance story which so happened to make me see something different.

However, in the end, I am not in control but something greater than me certainly is. Whether it is chance, or some great divine formula, or perhaps I shall simply call it G-d for now, the same One who has allowed all things to work out for the good who love him, the same One who has through nature, circumstance, and song, revealed Itself to mankind."

Happy Eid

Hello Everyone,

I hope everyone has prepared their sheep for today to slaughter for the Eid...no? ok that makes sense. So in Egypt there is a Muslim holiday called Eid El-Adha (Adh-ha) which means basically "to cut the lamb". Basically its based on a story in the Qu'ran about how Allah asked of a man to sacrifice Ishmael but in the end provided a ram to be used instead. So in Egypt during this Eid everyone gets a sheep or a cow or whatever they can afford and all slaughter them together and give the meat out to the poor and feed them. Its to symbolize how Allah provides for them and in gratitude they give to those who truly need. I think its amazing the culture and mentality of this country...

anyway This post will be relatively short and I wont be updating for some time because I am headed to a Cruise! Yes, my first Cruise and it should be exciting. I do however have a fever currently and pray that it leaves me before I eventually have to start having fun. My temperature is like 38 degrees celcius which is a litle over 100 degrees fahrenheit so not too bad but its all good. Thank God that one's physical self has no effect on how one should feel overall so overall i am awesome. Why? well i guess i have to be happy because my little sister is here, haha. I am kidding i am very happy she is here. I took her to the pyramids and sneezed a lot but it was enjoyable. OH! Let me tell you guys about waiting for her arrival. She is supposed to land at 12:15pm in Cairo and we suppose it will take her about 30minutes to get through customs or whatever maybe an hour tops. But the plane gets delayed and is going to be 2 hours later so we wait and wait and then eventually she lands and comes through. But thats not why i bring this up. I dont care waiting i am somewhat patient and it was a nice day so its great, but here is what happens. I am standing at the gate waiting and people start filtering through and everyone is whatever an Egpytian here an American there, but then...oh man...this just HUGE guy comes out and all of us are in shock (when i say us me and all the other Egyptians waiting for our passengers) like i cant possibly describe how big this guy is i will show you a similar idea to what he is. This isnt an exaggeration i just "googled" big arms and I got this picture. Not exactly him but very close. Haha, wow he was scary.

(just imagine him in a yankees hat and a really really tight t-shirt...yuck)

But thats not the funny part all of us were just in awe until someone who hadnt noticed at first turned and was like "eh wahsh da!?" (ay weh-sh deh!?) this means "What is this monster!?" and that was a very accurate question because no one knew. Haha and then people were like "lazam tarzan wal la haga" ("must be tarzan or something") Anyway yeah that was nuts but its all good. I am headed to a cruise now and i will provide pictures or something from that trip. I hope everyone is good and well. Keep safe in the snow storms and beward these monsters out there....Lord he was huge...

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I am back

Hello Everyone,

I am back from upper Egypt and successfully returned safely from my building and have suffered no injuries. I know some of you are anticipating me to talk about the build and what i did and what i got from it, but i am sorry to disappoint you all that i cant. Its not even that i wont its seriously i was in awe and i dont think i can express it in the form of writing. I will however gladly tell all of you about it when i return and can do it in person and be able to use the proper hand movements to describe things!

I will give you some minor demographics however. We went to a village in Minya called Tayeba ("Tie-ay-ba") and it was really really amazing. We worked on a house that just needed a few brick walls so we were able to brick up a wall with some cement. I have now learned how to mix cement manually and i am not sure if that will ever prove useful in my life but it was fun learning! Other than that it was nice and i enjoyed it a lot and its really given me perspective on stuff...

My weekend is what i will talk about. It is the end of the semester at the seminary and they had a nice all day fellowship/party thingy and they let me join in. So it was saturday and me with about 40 other students get on this bus at 9am to head over to this place called Wadi Degla (Waa-dee Deg-la) it was this nature perserve...haha and when i say nature perserve i mean a desert. It was really beautiful and amazing. It was like a 10kilometer walking path in between these huge mountains. It was nice and hot (thank God), and i got to just talk with some people and everything. I had a really really cool conversation with this one kid Remy about religion which i enjoyed. Anyway after the walking we headed back to the bus and went to the seminary. There we hung outside did more talking and i was able to eat my first sugar cane! It was really really nuts trying to eat them. What you do is you bite and strip the green layer (i guess its the bark of it) and then once that happens you can bite into and chew on the sweet goodness inside. Its very trying on your teeth and jaw and i definitely felt it in the morning, haha.

After eating and playing some chess with people we ate a delicious lunch of BBQ'ed meat and macaroni beh bashamael. Bashamael is a type of creamed topping you put in the form of a casserole. Then there is macaroni with ground beef(or lamb) and sauce. Basically its delicious. After eating we had a football/soccer game and that is always fun. Afterwards i went back to my room where i then went to my cousins to babysit. Overall it was an excellent day!

So i will post more eventually on stuff but i have some reports to write up and we have vacation tomorrow for the holidays! There is a Muslim Eid i believe and i dont really know much about it at hte moment i am sorry, i know it has somethign to do with slaughtering a lot of animals. There is so much livestock in cairo now awaiting the day to be killed on wednesday? maybe thursday? i dont know. I feel bad though because i live up the street from a butcher where tied the street is a cow, sheep, and...camel. I have never eaten camel and i dont think i will begin...the poor thing is a baby too :'(

anyway tomorrow my little sister joyce is coming and i have to mentally prepare myself for this three week headache that i will soon have to endure....haha joking! haha it should be fun so i'll post later hopefully in the week about what i do. Good bye all.

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a simple apology

Hello Everyone,

first off i need to apologize that i wont be doing a thursday post this week because i will be in upper egypt building and wont be back for a bit. This might be a regular thing so i'll announce when i wont be around of course...

I also want to apologize for something more fo' serious. It has come to my attention recently how frustrating i can be when i am being stubborn. For this i apologize to all of your who had to endure through that all and i thank you all for your continuous patience with me. I could try and come up with some excuses to why i am like that or to soften the severity of it, but i wont. I just wanted you all to know that i now realize it and i am planning on changing it and fixing my stubbornness. So God willing the next time you guys are around me i'll be more tolerable and easier to enjoy a meal with. Ok see you guys when i get back from my build! have a good weekend.

Sincerest Apologies,
Andrew Ghobrial


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my weekend!

Hello my friends,

I am just going to give you the haps' (the happenings, aka the things that happened) on my weekend. So first off i would like to say i had a really good time. I did many things, i saw many things, and it cost very very little! so a great great time.


Saturday - This was a very good day in that i got to do and see many new things. I started off by waking up at like 7am (on a saturday!?) yes because i have put myself into the habit of waking up that early everyday for work so it transfers to the weekends at times. So yeah i woke up at about 7 had time for prayer, reading, and all that cool personal alone time stuff and then i was off to the computer lab! In the computer lab i did some research on something that has been on my mind a lot (i chose not to share it because if i did i would have to dedicate an entire blog entry to that topic...) So after some research i played UNO with my friend Hanna. I hadnt played UNO in a long time and it was really fun learning how to play it again. Anyway after awhile we decided to head out by bus to think place called "Khana Khalili" (phlegm-an-ah phlegm-ah-lee-lee") Its a place with this huge bizarre where tourists all go to buy things all the time. I went with Hanna just to walk around and see it we didnt buy anything but we did observe the most crowded street ever. I felt really bad for the foreigners (the ones that look like foreigners, haha i know i am one but i at least look egyptian) so yeah they couldnt take like two steps without someone in their face with something saying things like "1 dollar, 1 euro" or trying the guilt thing like "my family wants you to buy this" or something like that. After some walking and talking we stopped at a famous Mosque in Azhar and we went in. This is the first time i have ever been inside a Mosque and it was absolutely amazing. I cant really describe it on a blog because i wouldnt do it justice without so just know for now I am in awe of it. After the Mosque visit we ate dinner which was SHAWERMA! haha i really really love shawerma and i eat it so rarely that its truly an awesome experience. For those who are not aware of what this amazing meal is its simply shredded beef with some things like onions and other vegetables cooked and put into some bread...simple...and...awesome. After eating we went into a cafe which is what cairo is famous for. I read an article on the plane ride saying that there are i believe over 200 cafes in cairo alone so yeah they are famous for that. So we went in and ordered this delicious drink called karkadeaya ("Car-kah-day-ya") This is a hot drink that can also be served cold and its made from that hawaiin flower...the one thats like everywhere. (its called a hibiscus)



Anyway its really good and its good for your kidneys. So after that we walked back to the bus and went home where we played ping pong and i watched a scene from Chainsaw massacre 2 and immediately left because i was really really grossed out. HOW CAN YOU PEOPLE WATCH THAT SORT OF THING!? where is the enjoyment of watching like a 14 year old girl running for her life crying and screaming as this maniac chases her around and stuff? then to find out her friends were behind this to kidnap her and then have her watch as some other 14 year old girl gets her neck bitten off by this other weirdo! I will never understand people who like horror films. When I sit down to watch a movie i want to laugh, smile, or at least be intellectually challenged not watch someone mutilate another human being...anyway thats for another post entry as well haha.

Sunday - This was much like every sunday. I went to church in the morning by bus with my friend afterwards i went to my tunt nabila's house like i do every sunday for family day. I helped her with the computer we picked up my little cousin samy from school and eventually the rest ofthe kids came where we drew (rather i drew...) haha ok let me explain something. Every sunday i would draw with the kids something, usually it ends up me drawing the same thing for them 5 times (there are 5 kids) since they dont like the way their drawings came out. Yesterday i made the mistake of drawing a colored, "more complex" drawing than i usually do before the kids came. So what happens? the kids come, see my drawing and each want one of their own. Haha so there i am drawing the same thing 5 times but what happens? one of the kids put a mark on their drawing and wants it again...so i am a softy that is not a surprise to anyone and i might need to learn to say no but you guys gotta see these kids....they are adorable! so haha in the end i drew the same thing 7 times along with another drawing of a giraffe. So since i have talked about this drawing enough i might as well show you what all the "hype" is about. Allow me to implicate my MSPaint skills and re-draw the drawing.

haha ok, so other than that i went to church again and heard an amazing message which haha once again is worthy of its own post. So if you are interested in finding out about it tell me and i'll be more than happy to tell you guys about it it was sweet. Ok so now i am in the office many meetings and what not to take care of so be good and have a great time everyone!

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Marc Gottlieb: friend, brother, story teller

Hello Everyone,

So how is everyone? I am doing well i am back to egypt time so i am not really exhausted during the day. So today i have selected my good friend marc gottlieb to be the focus of my thursday dedication post. Why marc? to those who ask this i say to them why NOT marc? I have know marc for quite a bit now since freshmen year of high school i believe, however marc and i did not start off as friends. We didnt hate each other just we hung out in a group and wouldnt really say much to one another. I remember the first time i actually hung out with him and we became actual friends. It was during the summer and nic palar invited me to go fishing with him at the harbor and he invited marc as well. So it was the three of us hanging out for like 5 hours at the harbor trying to fish and i guess thats when i finally got to know marc more and we hit it off!

Anyway time to move on. So Marc is known for different things by different people but one thing i am sure everyone can agree on is about marc and his story telling. Marc is a man who loves to tell stories (who doesnt, right) but whem marc tells a story its like completely different than when other people tell stories. The first thing is that he takes a really long time to tell a story always running off in different tangents. A lot of people rag on him because of it but to be honest i love it because its not like the tangents he goes off on are boring or something all of it is very interesting and entertaining.

The other thing about marc's stories is that he tends to repeat them a lot. Haha, usually repeats them within a few hours of originally telling them. I remember one time at like night we are all hanging out and marc is telling a story. Haha, and as usual its taking as some would say a unecessary amount of time to tell when all of a sudden our friend nic, who has been hanging out with him all day, interupts him and is like "listen marc i have heard you try and tell this story 5 times today and i could tell it in about 20 seconds." We all had a good laugh about it i hope but yeah marc does tend to repeat himself a lot and tries to add on more details. Not making things up but describing more and more each time....haha i love it.

Anyway one of the greatest moments in my high school career was at graduation day. We the graduating class were sitting in the auditorium waiting to be called outside. Then Marc stands up to give a speech and like final encouragements to us all his class. He proceeds to tell one of those jokes that goes on for a really really long time and then the punch line is terrible or something. So marc tells a 10minute story and at the end with a terrible punch line and nobody laughs except for me because it was hilarious! That was an awesome thing and i really appreciate marc doing that. Anyway the point is if you dont know marc go out of your way to meet him and talk to him. He is really cool, intelligent and just a really fun guy to be around. Ask him to tell you a story but knowing marc he'll probably tell you enough stories to last you a life time haha. But yeah seriously marc is great.

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can i use your mobile?

Hihi everyone!

I am back in Egypt and the work is a lot since its piled up. We have a build team coming in a week and i have a lot to do to prepare for it. But regardless of that i am setting a little time to post to my friends.

So i was in the states for two weeks and i noticed so many differences that i might have not if i never went to egypt. The biggest one was how scared a lot of people are to interact with others. Granted due to my arabic appearance people might be a little more likely to not want to interact with me in fear that i might i dont know i guess go terrorist on them or whatever goes through their minds. But yeah i guess over the last four months i was so used to walking down the street making eye contact with everyone i passed and saying some sort of greeting, even sometimes shaking their hands just for the courtesy of it that i figured it might cross over the seas to America.

So as i walked down the street i would say hello to like everyone or just give them at least one of those nods of acknowledgment to say "yes i see that you exist" but i was a little sad to how many rejections i received. So it would usually go something like this i would be looking straight ahead while walking down the sidewalk or something and see someone i was eventually going to pass by. I would see from a distance that he sees me and he sees from a distance that i see him, so i figure "ok this is cool now i can say hello" so we get closer and as we get to a vocal proximity of one another he looks straight down as if to hide from me or to fool me to think "oh this guy is really busy looking at his sneakers, i shouldnt bother him with a greeting" haha, this happened many many times and some people are more creative like they would look at their watch just as we get close enough to each other, one guy even went out of his way to fumble for his mobile phone just so he can do something which would make him appear busy. It blows my mind the the effort people go through just to avoid interacting with someone else....oh well what are you going to do?

Haha, saying mobile phone also brings up another thing i noticed. One of course is that now i say mobile phone instead of cell phone just out of habit of being in egypt. So what happened was one of the days i was back in the states i went to SUNY albany my old university to pick up some transcripts and see some old chums. So on the way up to albany i was talking on my mobile so long to the point of it completely running out of battery life and left me in a tight situation in that i sort of needed the phone to talk to everyone for the rest of the day. So i get to campus i go to my friend Austin Shea's building but i cant get in since i dont have a key or anything so i am waiting outside in the cold for someone to open the door or something and since i dont have my phone anymore i cant call him. So i see a guy across the road smoking a cigarette and i figure "hey he must have a phone i can use to call austin so i can get inside" i go over to him and ask him "excuse me, would it be ok if i use your mobile to call my friend? the battery in my phone died." He looks at me, and replies "umm, i would prefer not to" haha i had no idea what to say to that except "ok, well i guess thank you for your time..." and i walk back to my side of the road and stand their for about five minutes before someone finally opened the door. Haha, so yeah i dont know why people are afraid of talking to other people in the states maybe its the media, maybe its the educational system, maybe its everything all together, who knows. The point is i am going to challenge you all in the states to just try talking to people you dont have to be their friends, you dont have the feel pressured in that if you talk to them they are going to eventually want something from you or whatever just be polite and say hello at least! I know i am going to pursue this type of behavior when i return and for the rest of my days.

Ok back to work i hope everyone is well. Good bye for now!


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I am Back

Hello Everyone,

I know what you are all thinking..."what an andrew post? i thought those died away with the dinosaurs..." well you were wrong and i will explain why. I am sure most of you know already but yes the rumors of Andrew Ghobrial sightings in America last week were true. I was in America for 2 weeks and i just arrived back in Egypt yesterday. Very quickly i apologize to all who i didnt see but i did my best to see or at least talk to those i could reach while jumping from doctor to doctor. Oh yeah so i'll explain why i was in america. It was thursday november 15 and i was in the office. I get a phone call from my mother and its like 4am in america so here is how the conversation goes

Me: "umm, mom how are you...whats...up?"
Mom: "andrew you have a doctor's appointment on monday."
Me: "oh ok, who is it?" (by the way my mom and i talked about going to a doctor in egypt)
Mom: "Howard Zeitlyn" (my doctor back in america)
Me: "...uhh, so he is flying to egypt?"
Mom: "what? no i also bought you a plane ticket for tomorrow"
Me: "...!"

haha, so thats how that went the rest of the day was seeing if i could take time off, stopping by to pick up my passport from my cousin and then flying to america. The plane ride was good and i got to see Die Hard 4 and i liked it.

In america i had an excellent time where i got to eat, and give a lot of my blood away for tests. Just to let everyone know i am perfectly healthy and my blood is in good shape so yeah no problems there.

I thank all who took the time to see me and hang out with me and such i apologize again for those i didnt get to see but dont worry i'll be back before you all know it! (haha, and maybe before i even know it apparently)

So yeah i am back in egypt now the office is really busy since i have to catch up on a lot of work so i'll start posting again soon when things cool down. I hope all is well and yes i enjoyed my time back in the states but i am really happy to be back in egypt because the weather here is so much better than the weather in new york. Ok God bless everyone.


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