It's been forever and a day since I wrote the last blog post...My apologies. In any case though, I'd like to begin writing by pointing out one of the many ingenius designs of Egyptian civil engineering. It goes a little something like this:
In each room of our apartment we have a ceiling fan. There is also a light that hangs from the ceiling. The electrical cord to the light is not threaded through the fan shaft, which is what attaches the fan to the ceiling, such that the light bulb rests underneath the ceiling fan. No, no. The light is dangling from its cord above the blades of the fan.
There are of course three options for cooling off your room. One, an air conditioner. Two, opening up your doors and/or windows. Three, turning on your fan. We don't even have the first option, so that's out. The second option gives way to mosquitoes entering, especially in the evening, as there is no such thing as screens here. That leaves the third option wide open.
Do me a favor though and imagine what that does to your room...it turns it into a veritable disco ball room, minus the music. Right now the air is pretty stagnant in my room.
In other news, my family should be getting on a plane right about now to come visit me! That means in about 18 hours or so they'll be landing safe and sound, God willing, in Cairo, Egypt. Pretty cool stuff, huh? I thought you might think so too.
In each room of our apartment we have a ceiling fan. There is also a light that hangs from the ceiling. The electrical cord to the light is not threaded through the fan shaft, which is what attaches the fan to the ceiling, such that the light bulb rests underneath the ceiling fan. No, no. The light is dangling from its cord above the blades of the fan.
There are of course three options for cooling off your room. One, an air conditioner. Two, opening up your doors and/or windows. Three, turning on your fan. We don't even have the first option, so that's out. The second option gives way to mosquitoes entering, especially in the evening, as there is no such thing as screens here. That leaves the third option wide open.
Do me a favor though and imagine what that does to your room...it turns it into a veritable disco ball room, minus the music. Right now the air is pretty stagnant in my room.
In other news, my family should be getting on a plane right about now to come visit me! That means in about 18 hours or so they'll be landing safe and sound, God willing, in Cairo, Egypt. Pretty cool stuff, huh? I thought you might think so too.
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