Monday, December 04, 2006

As usual, I am late. I’m meant to meet Nay-Nay at the supermarket to go for our first grocery shopping expedition. By the time I’m there, she’s done and coming back with 3 big bags of shopping. I ask her how much she spent, and realize I’m pitifully equipped with 30 pounds in my handbag. But I go ahead anyway.

Get to the supermarket and realize I don’t know Egyptian numbers….!

3 weeks in Cairo and I cant even read their goddamn numbers as yet. So I scope out everything with a price in single digits. If it’s a single digit, I must be able to afford it! Another good tip: Buy only products with Arabic writing on them i.e local produce. Cornflakes? Buy the Arabic version. Butter? Arabic butter, very good, very cheap.

Somehow, I manage to scrape by, paying only LE 34.50…..phew!!

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at December 05, 2006 sandra said...

hi farzina! i love your blog! haha its hilarious!! booga wooga

so you're living it up in cairo eh? : )

back in singapore at all this winter?

-sandra

 
at December 06, 2006 Farzina said...

saaaan!!! Omg i cant believe u read my blog hehe....im not back in Singapore until like end of January/ early February! But when I'm back I'll be there for awhile! When you back from Montreal??

 
at December 11, 2006 sandra said...

haha, im back xmas eve! call tarn and we can meet up! :) havent seen you in forever

 
at December 11, 2006 bund (tarn to most) haha said...

nancy, you're seriously living the dream......
sheesh!

this is the kinda life i dream of
i wanna do an aiesec programme too, if you have any recommendations please lemme know, you know my qualifications! thanks

 

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