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There is very little to share these days about my life. It's mostly boring studying with short drawing breaks...I'll take a break away from this hectic routine pretty soon so that's kind of exciting. Otherwise, I thought I'd share a few common proverbs and questions you'll hear here in Egypt...
1) If you're wearing red, this is the usual question: 'Ahlawy?'
This simple phrase always makes my blood boil. People are really obsessed with football and think everyone is obsessed with it so they HAVE to ask if you support the only club here that wears red: Ahly. Usually I just manage to mumble something that corresponds to me not being interested in football but being a supporter by default (don't ask, I'll explain later).

2) If you're being a pain in the butt for someone, 'If your dear one is honey, don't lick it all'. Quite self-explanatory I guess...It basically translates to, 'Kindly stop being a pain in the butt to people cause they'll hate you eventually if they don't already do".

3) 'A monkey in the eyes of his mother is a gazelle'...Again, very self-explanatory and quite a teller on motherhood. This is the awesome thing about Egyptian proverbs. They're short, to the point and they fill in for quite a ton of meaning.

Anyhow, I'll be returning back with some more later on...When I'm a little less busy than right now.