stupid Americans :)

tsk tsk...someone from America came to Egypt with the swine flu. Hopefully they didn't know that they were infected while they were in America. Anyway, two Americans who lived in the AUC dorms in Zamalek, began showing signs of the swine flu. They were immediately hospitalized along with their roommates. The dorms are also under quarantine for a whole week...no one can go in and out (and I've head that they have run out of toilet paper?). As of now there are 5 more cases of students from the AUC dorms and supposedly some Americans who work in a petroleum company are also sick and quarantined.

AUC is also closed for a week. We were sitting in class (and I was so excited because it was my first day of class!) and all of a sudden people started passing around masks. lol it was funny because the Americans on campus just played with their masks while the Egyptians actually wore theirs. We were all then sent home early. I don't have school on Sundays (the weekends here are Friday and Saturday)and so I won't be able to go back to school until Monday. At first I was really upset and was afraid that I would become really bored. But then I got sick (either from the heat or bad street food), so I was able to sleep for a couple days straight. I was also going to make plans to go to the beach for a weekend (but I realized I didn't really know the people I was going to go with) and also we were assigned homework. We have to finish the homework that was previously assigned and also read a novel. Which isn't that much, but when everything is in Arabic...it takes me a lot longer. I also got a gym membership and there are plenty of things to do in Cairo so I should be fine. Maybe I'll take a day trip to Alexandria. Who knows.

I just hope that the Swine flu issue gets fixed quickly. A lot of Egyptians are getting nervous too, especially since they are still battling the bird flu. Remember how they killed all the pigs? Imagine what will happen if Egyptians get sick...Cairo is so crowded and it will spread quickly. I hope that they contain the flu so I can go back to school!