basma's blog

Hello people, I have been here in Cairo about 50 days. Many things had happened to me some of them are really nice and some of them are not so bad. But the most improtant thing that I saw my mum and my sisters and all the family. Good news, the family has a new born baby. Now my brother has a baby boy his name is Youssif. We did the baby shower at my mum house, it was great. Because of my broken leg, I have spent most the vacation at home and the kids are always with their ants and their cusines. The weather in Cairo is very nice generally ; however, sometimes at noon it becomes very very hot becaue of humidity. I have this feeling that I forgut the English language. Anyway, I'm comeing back to Calgary in the end of this month and if I forget the language, I'll remember it rapidly with my kids. Today we have a plan to visit the pyramids at midnight. There are like a cermony that it hold just once per year, I hope I can go and take some photos for memory. see you..

I'M GOING TO CAIRO

Hi there, Yesterday was the last day in the writting course that I took it in the Effective writting center. I did two tests grammar test and an essay test) and I handed in the research paper. It was very busy day and I stayed in the univesity until five o'clock. I was so tired and I couldn't drive to my home. So, I called Bassem to pick me up. Oh, it was a mesrable day. After we arrived to the day home that is my kids in to pick them up as well, I found my kid had a really high fever and he could not talk to me. I panicked and we ran to our doctor who is in Tuscany N.W. and I'm living in the S.E.. After the doctor checked my son up and gave him the medicin which is course antibiotic and he looked fine, it was my turn, I could not move. I was in bad situation, exhausted and stresfull. Then, the doctor checked me and he tried to going me out from that stress and he asked me if I have the dinner with him tonight or I leave the kids with their father going to Egypt and I go with him to Hawai:))) He was really nice, and I laughed a lot.

It seems that I'll going in my trip without know my application's result. You can not imagine how much I'm frustrated, I've waited for 8 weeks uptill now. I have to wait more. I'm waiting.

I'm packing, it is horrible I have to put all our clothing in luggage, and clean up the home neatly. I bought many presents to my family and my friends, still do not buy a present to my aunt. I do not know what I can buy to her? Oh, I hope I do not forget anybody else.

I bought books from the CBC book fair. It was very sheap and many valuable books. I bought a lot of books and tales and I'll take them with me to read them there. I hope I can do that and I hope I can blog my adventure in Egypt. I'm very excited.

Did you see the rain this weekend. It was amaizing,did you try to drink rain's water before? maybe it's not taste good but you will feel the pureness of water. In Cairo, I used to do things under the rain. I like to have the last drop of rain between my fingers. Or to smell the grass after rain. Did you notice the birds? they sing for the rain. Rain means life. On the contrary, the snow, Did you see birds sing for the snow? Did you see a life in the snow? My kids love the snow more than the rain, I tried to convence them with my theory, but it doesn't work. Anyway, I like rain.. Oh it's raining again now.

Now, I'm reading three books in the same time. in order to prepar a paper research about education system in the elementry school in Calgary. Realy,I got into the depth, it's kind of weired. The teacher talks to me like its a normal to do that. Many times I can't catch her words, her comments,or even her answers. However, the optimist side of the story is I'm in progress.

My older son Ahmed his neck name is Mino, has written the first poem in his life and he didecated to me. It's about a caterpillar. It was so funny but I was so happy because really he has the tallent. After he red the poem with his didecation for his mom, he told me that he will change the didecation to his friend because he had promissed her before. I agreed after I got a promise that he will write a good one to me sooner. I think it's fair.

Muzica

Yesterday I saw concert show on music channel on TV. It was live from France and the maistro was one of the most famuse, incrdible people in that career. "Yussif EL Sisy" he is Egyptian and he lives in France. The show was 2 hours and he was playing by himself. I can't bleive that because he is rarly doing something like that. I forgot to tell you that he was palying PIANO. Oh my god! it's unbleivable, I LOOOOve Piano specailly in live show. I was in another world I felt like I was in dream. I swear, I forgot everything with his playing. He played the famuse music pieces from everywhere, especaily from europe or his special music.. wow. it was amazing.

I'm wondering about myself, I don't know how to play piano well but I have this sense of music. I studied music in Cairo for a year and I can read a music notes. When I was in university I bought spanish Guitar and I learned how to play a little bit but unfortinatly I didn't continue cause of my study.In that period of time I was crazy about guitar. I knew everything about it and I went to all guitar's shows in opera even I knew all the famuse people who play guitar. I still like guitar but my first love now is piano. I can feel piano, I can lesten to the paino all the time, and everywhere.

Well, to be honest not all the time I can lesten to the piano, cause of my little monkeies. TO correct the data when i drive alone by myself or after 8:30pm at home. Anyway, I have that feeling that I did not have it from a long time. this feeling i can not describe it to you. Now I try to teach my kids how to lesten to that kind of music in a simple way. I hope I can do that.

Hi everybody, I'm still waiting for my application's result and for more practice I started a grammar caurse in the effective wirtting center. Actually I thought the caurse will be boreing and it's nothing new. On contrary, the caurse is really really hard!! It's a lot of homework like a hill. The teacher is nice and good but she is in hurry all the time. I feel like I was in grade four and suddenly I am in grade twelve.It's really differnt than the LEAP. Anyway it's a good practice on regular speed before next September that if they accept me.

Rose Too ( my teacher's name) has advised us that the best way to improve your English is make it as a habbit. It means, if you got used to read the news paper in English everyday or to blog in English eveyday or even to paraphrase your favorate subject in your text book every day, that will be very helpful to inprove the language.

Sometimes, in the class room, I have felt a little lost especially when she said something very fast and she said oh! sure you know about it.In that time, I have felt like screemed "NO I DO NOT KNOW IT". Really I miss my teachers and my class mates

These days, I have ensomnia oh! I remember this word from the LEAP. I don't know why, maybe I'm worried about the caurse, about the application, or maybe about the
preparation for the trip to Egypt. Anyway, the week end is comeing soon and I have a lot of things to do in it. For sure I'm going to get tired and I will fall a sleep quickly. oh! I remember I have to watering the planet right away, I have to go then, see you..

I hope everything is going well wih all of you. I'm still waiting for my application's result. It's really too much to take all that time for make their decision. Anyway I'm waiting.

Today was my son's birthday. He invited all his class mates (10 girls and 5 boys) It was really crowdy. And sudenlly the house became as a class room; fighting, complaining, asking for things and many things else. It was two and half hours but actually I felt like it was 10 hours . Afternoon, the boys were had another party for one of their friends in the neghbourhood. I was too tired but It was really good chance to have a rest for two hours. So, I drove them their and went back home for nap.

I put some pictures fom my son's birthday. I hope you like it.