updates: haven't tried molokheya yet, but did get some chicken from the market... i don't know how i feel about this though... it's the first time i've witnessed a chicken being killed for me... meaning; i actually saw her alive with the other chickens (and a pigeon) in the cage on top of all the cute bunny rabbits... the man put his hand in the cage and grabbed the chicken, bent the neck backwards and slit off the throat, threw it inside a plastic drum for it to bleed and then put it in some hot water before he stripped the feathers off, cut off the feet and handed it over to us in a plastic bag... i've yet to cook the poor thing so we'll see if i think 'poor chicken' when i open up the bag, or just see a 'piece of meat'...
i'm done watching all of natalie tran's vlogs [see link on previous post] so maybe i'll start to watch this korean miniseries that LuckyCharms burnt me before i left oakland... think it was called "pasta"
in other news: i just came home from a shopping trip with Sunnrise and her cousin, in what i'd like to call "the labyrinth market" in mansheya. tiny, tight alleys with little shops that sell scarves, accessories, textiles, craft/sewing supplies etc. Sunrise wanted to get some fabric and beads to customize a dress she's wearing for her friend's wedding, and i wanted to check out some scarves as i only brought with me 2 from the states. i figured why bring a bunch when this is the land of scarves?
so i'm happy that i found 4 coolbean scarves that are a relatively thin material. one moss green, one indigo, one grey, and one black with grey tones. i figure i'll start with some basic ones and elaborate later on my new collection according to the clothes i have.
i haven't been doing too much lately other than going food shopping and spending time with Manaoomti, whenever he comes over (every other day)... the next time we went back to the "butter shop" the guy was apologizing to Manaoomti about not being able to understand what i wanted at first and then he said "she was calling you to find out what butter is in arabic right?"
then the next time i went alone, the guy asked me where he was so i told him "shoghl (work)"... that's right.. making the feloos (money) so i can come here and buy groceries :P
the other day we went to the souq (market) and got 4kg (8.8lbs) of strawberries for 10l.e. (less than us$2)!!! Manaoomti and i cleaned them and then i portioned them out and put them in plastic bags and now they're hanging out in the freezer. of course i made some juice with some too. delicious!
mozzies have totally gone buffet-style on me. i don't think i remember a time i've had this many bites at one time. totally ridiculous! and what's worse is that Manaoomti has no bites!!! so unfair!
ooh and i actually have a job interview on sunday morning. we'll see how that goes. it's at this language school close to the airport. so i'm going to meet up with my contact, who i'm thinking is the principal at the school and ride over with her from smoha. gotta meet her at 7:15am so i hope i can wake up that early haha... don't know a whole lot about the job or if they're hiring for immediate employment or if it's for the fall or what... i'll find out more on sunday.
which reminds me, i have to renew my visa
my internet connection isn't the greatest but i'll try to upload some pics on my fb soon
happy weekend~
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