This morning I felt caught in the claws of an irrational fear. Irrational because I wasn't quite sure what I was so afraid of. When I thought about it, it came to me that this fear might have had to do with the notion of 'time slipping away'. I remember my dear mother telling me when I was in my... Continue Reading →
Nights over Egypt
Blessings. 2010 is our year On the last day of the year I fled the relative boredom of Alex and went to Cairo to spend New Year's Eve with my friend Moina and her friends. Now, I like Cairo. I am very fond of Cairo. This mad, dusty, dirty, exciting, way- too- big-a-town was my first... Continue Reading →
That was the year that (almost) was
Dear year 2009 I just wanted to say that I thought you were pretty good. You started out well with an unexpectedly entertaining New Year's Eve/Night with my evil-little-genius friend Lou in Covent Garden. A week or so later I celebrated my '15th' birthday in style with family and friends from the Lowlands and from around the corner. The month... Continue Reading →
The Times They are a-changing
Everything is possible, always. The year 2010, it has a magical ring to it. End of a decade or the start of a new one. As I mentioned previously, I've got good vibes about the year 2010. Maybe because I want it to be a good year, maybe because my vibes are very much in... Continue Reading →
Yule is what you make of it
People who know me wouldn't say that I am a miserable miser who's got no friends. They would know that I'm not a big fan of Christmas, though. I absolutely loved it as kid. When I was little it wasn't that popular in Lowlands Country to celebrate Christmas the way people celebrate it know. The feast of... Continue Reading →
How to solve a problem like Landlord
Our landlord is a kind man and looks after us as his tenants very well. Any problem we have he fixes almost immediately and he is definitely not money hungry as he always asks us if we are okay for money, offers us to pay the rent later of even offers us to lend us money. He is very... Continue Reading →
Showing the Jones we are Good Girls
Anna and I hosted a party at our mansion two days ago. We've got the ultimate space for a good house party, but we are expected to be 'good' girls and have no male visitors, no loud music and no booze in the house. We thought we could kind of fool the people in our building by starting early at 5, but most... Continue Reading →
London Calling
My dear friend Adam from London is paying us a visit and will be staying for a week after which he will be travelling to Beijing to visit another friend who is doing the-year-abroad experience. The only difference is that she loves Beijing and that she doesn’t want to leave. I am very grateful for the... Continue Reading →
Classism and the Country
Having lived in London I’m used to a bit of classism although it was something getting used to coming from Lowlands country where people are much less class aware. But being in Egypt I have to get used to it all over again it seems. Here it seems normal not to treat common folk with... Continue Reading →
Gold in Beautiful Dry Lands
Arriving in the Sinai after an overnight trip from fertile, cloudy, autumn-like Alexandria is like arriving on a moon where the sun always shines. Funnily enough I slept like a baby on the bus - I normally don’t tend to sleep well on overnight journeys- and woke up a few minutes before we were due to arrive... Continue Reading →
Dark Fairy Adventures 