Yoyoyoyo,
So today was finally the first morning I got up at a normal time (9 AM). Ever since I got here on Sunday, I've been falling asleep at like 3 AM and getting up at around 6:30. Then, every afternoon I've been taking 3-4 hour naps in the afternoon. It seem as though lots of people do this though, since the afternoon is SOOOO hot and the evenings/night are ridiculously nice weather (like back home in the bay). Also, everyone eats dinner at like 9 or 10, so getting some rest during the day lets you stay up in the night for dinner, chillin and sheesha (for only 3 pounds, i.e. 50 cents, narnia!!).
Anyways, my first day of classes were really good, and there are randomly a whole lot of Harvard students (mostly phD students) in my two Arabic classes. Also, I got placed in a class with an awesome Arabic teacher, Sayyid 'Abdullah 'Ali, who has also been hired by Harvard to teach Arabic next year! Pretty random coincidences. I'm planning to go check out Coptic Cairo later today with a couple of friends---its the pre-Islamic part of Cairo also knows as Old Cairo (not to be confused with the larger and more famous Islamic or Medieval Cairo). It's supposed to be pretty cool....
A couple of things I've been doing in the last 5 days I've been here. To see basically all of my pictures, check out my picasa site: http://picasaweb.google.com/neilksawhney
Chillin in the statue garden in front of the Egyptian Museum
Obelisk at Museum 
Felucca (Nile sailboats) ride at 1 AM
Nile and Cairo is beautiful (and quiet!) at night.
Hanging out with Sam Ray before he leaves Cairo (and I just got here!)
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