Greetings from Alex

Assalamualaykum all, sorry for the lack of posts. For the past few days I have been touring this legendary land of the pharoahs and home of the greatest ancient civilisation in the world.

Already, I had visited many historial sites along the Nile River with my batch. We have still yet to visit the famous pyramids and the Sphinx, since it's in Cairo, so it might be a lil bit late to go there.

1. From the airplane, the country looks like one freaking huge sand box. These huge expanse of North African desert is lifeless yet beautiful.

2. The currency in Egypt is the Egyptian Pound. 1 Egyptian Pound equals 100 Egyptian Piastres. Mmm... piastres. ;)

1 Egyptian pound is about 60/50 cents Malaysian.

You gotta have plenty of these as baksheesh (tips), else you can't get service anywhere in the country. They carry your bags, you pay them tips. They open the door for you, you pay them tips. Even when they pose for photos for you, you gotta pay them tips.

The quality of Egyptian banknotes is pretty bad. They feel like cloth more than the plastic kind we're used to.

3. Of all the cars you see in Egypt, 99.9% has scratches on them. For that reason, you're almost never gonna see a brand new car in the country.

A city where traffic lights are not needed. Careful lah ok? Orang2 Arab ni cam laju gilaaa depa bawak ketaa

4. The galabiyya is a type of long robe commonly worn by Egyptian men. Over in Egypt, when the guys there wanna go out, they don't put on their t-shirt and jeans. They put on their galabiyyas.

The galabiyya is the like the national uniform of all Egyptian men. They wear galabiyyas out for every occassion. I mean EVERY occasion. Hisap sisha, pergi tepi pantai, name it.

Now that was meant to be a quick post to say I'm still alive!

I hope everyone had a happy day and is having a good month where ever you are right now. I know mine has been.... hm, eventful.

I'm not really in the mood to do anything else but study so I've decided to become a hermit for the next few weeks. But don't fret. I know I can't stay away from the blogging world for too long.

Sayonara for now.