Very Nice, Khigh Five

I'm nearing the end of my time here in Cairo. I dont actually know when my flight is, but its sometime later this month. Egypt has become a place I really do not want to leave and if it were not for graduate school I believe I would seriously consider staying for some time.
My ability to share stories with a fun and interesting twist is running dry, and I apologize. Nevertheless, I can share some good stuff. This week as I was riding the metro to school, I saw a guy wearing a University of Tennessee sweatshirt, it was very strange. That day last week I also went to eat some kosheri and play some good old dominoes again. I ripped through my first competitor as usual, and was called out by the "champion" of the coffee shop. I dont really know what this means, but I will say that a good crowd of people watched our game pretty intently. Again I must reiterate that dominoes is 90% luck, but alas I was able to defeat this guy and it was pretty fun. This guy from Sudan talked to me a lot and he thought it was hilarious my name was Blake and it sounds like "black". I think I mentioned this before, but most of the time when I tell someone my name, they respond by saying "you're not black".
Lets see, I played some 1 vs 1 bball with my friend Sherif the other night and as soon as we started he slipped and hit his arm on the ground pretty hard. It didnt really phase him then, but a few hours later when we were eating with some guys he started complaining about his arm. He ended up going to the hospital and found out he had fractured his arm. This really stinks because we had an "Egyptian Roast" a few days later and he was the chef. The bbq was a lot of fun and it was a party for my friend Eslam getting engaged the next day. We went to this park by a university and had some great food. Eslam spent most of the night decorating his car with hearts. It was really funny because you could tell he was nervous about the next day, and he kept asking me if I thought it looked good and where else he should put hearts. I think he did a good job, and inshallah she loved it. We had chicken, spaghetti, shwerma I think, and chips. It was a great night and I am really gonna miss these guys.
Other than that, I played basketball as usual this week, but some guys were pretty upset I didnt show up one day the week before. They said they had come just to play with me, so I felt kinda bad. I learned how to play a strange variant of backgammon this week, and had some awesome conversation with a friend that night. So that was really cool, and I have also had some other great opportunities to chat recently.
Mashi, I got some information on coming back here next summer so hopefully it works out. Alhamduillah