I guess not ! days here are moving very rapidly.Since early december and am feeling am moving in circles.if i do not catch the prayers during daytime, at the end of the day,am so tired,so i do not postpone them unless am in the streets of Okayama.Life is moving rapidly really.Monday was the 1st of december and i started to go to the lab..doing nothing except reading papers on my project.I phone my prof edani el tarsha.So i continued reading on tuesday and wednesday till i have captured a 3rd year medschool student who is prelimenary working on my same project and he did a presentation in China while we were there from 23rd till 26th of november-4 planes in 3 days-he started on thursday to teach me some procedures.I have seen my prof in the department meeting on friday-ba3d el sala-i told him that am only reading stuff and am waiting to be taught some procedures to start with my cell line.He told me ya wash ya wash, wana mesh keda..howa fakerni 7astanna hena gambo toul el 3omr? ana waraya 3ayanein fee masr el sara7a..El mohem , kelma menni 3ala kelma menno ,He told me that he has finally ordered for me a computer for the lab work.I begged him to be his assistant in the operative field , 3ashan eidi ma tenshafsh,he told me ok wadi wesh el deif.I asked him for some papers because i have to start my post graduate registration, he said ok we nam 3ala keda-masri wallahi mesh keda ?-El mohem , we finished with this week be 7alawto we morro- morro is the department meeting everyweek that is always and forever held in japanese wana feih zai el atrash fel zaffa.Saturday has finally come..wind has started violently with a very cold weather,the temp dropped suddenly to -3..at 4pm , i went out waiting for my new japanese teacher.she was white when she arrived at applied , the place near my house.She was so cold.I gave her some sweets and ginger with cinnamon to be drunk.we made our appointment till next week,wed afternoon.She asked me to buy 2 books from maruzen bookstore that will cost me 4 5000 yen - ya salat el nabi howa keda men awelha?-gah Sunday,yom el wa2fah, somt till mid day el sara7a ,the temp continued to go down and am alone and my brother is in osaka , so i started to eat,could not make it wallahi..i needed some soup to warm me up specially that the AC was fucked up and started to make the temp at the room more cold!..i shut it down and continued on warming myself up with some hot drinks.Monday came , i was awake at dawn , made my prayer, taken a shower - 7omayet el 3eid el kebeir bA2a- and waited mahmoud to call me.HE came at the nearest convenient store with his wife and baby.we went to tsushima campus to make the eid prayer and i was aquainted with some egyptians and some turks.they were nice and i was sitting beside an egyptian mother that was talking to me about her grandson,who is now hospitalized with leukaemia at our new hospital in OKayama university , paediatrics oncology with his mother, he is only 5 yrs old.We talked about what is happening in cairo and why the percentage of cancer is increasing.I remembered my mother and my life in cairo.I remembered my patients and the ones i could save if i were now in cairo ,save or at least help.I remembered that i cried the last night while being alone after seeing the clip of mohamed fouad,tameni 3aleik.and i cried as well last thursday when i remembered my patients that are still making consultation with me through my mother and skype program.My friends are leaving cairo for abroad,shaker was insisting on saying bye bye to me on the fone while i was on skype with my mum.Shabana has left as well though he is sick..My collagues haven't got their money from our working hours during this last summer,including me and ihab..i asked mum not to bother herself and search for my rights.they are already lost.When i have seen the clip of mohamed fouad about takbeirat el eid,i cried also on th first day of our eid.I remembered everything related to cairo , my patients,the harmony of working in a team filled with compassion and faith- i swear to ALLAH ,the egyptian docs are the best,we are making miracles wallahi in cairo , sob7an allah..i thought about returning back to cairo and end up what is here..then i said ,may be am getting emotional a little bit,i
have to think and rethink it over and over..this chance will never come again..but in exchange of what ?
nothing is free in this world..i slept few seconds before mahmoud's call..i guess i have seen part of heaven..i have seen the green silk we are going to wear in heaven..i do not know the meaning of this but i was awake afterwards and happy and relaxed.I went to the prayer and then back to my home.Mahmoud went to the park , el malahi ,for his kid.I made el fatta and searched for some meat in the fridge,nothing..we have not made our order from Tokyo..i opened a canned beaf meat that my mother sent me through mail service.At around 3 pm , i went to our secretary to give her some papers for my registration.I met my prof in his desk and he smiled at me-kheir ya3ni mesh 3awaydak!-and he told me that he will sign the papers-motashakerein ya 3am-i went to the head of the department of surgical oncology and organ transplant and asked for" please doc,what is the meaning of entrance exam for my registration in the post grad?"..he told me ,nothing special-special!-just an english exam and oral exam about surgery and internal medicine in general- ya a7a- kont 7a2olha- fata7t bo2i 2aad keda and then i went down running to finish some other paper with my supervisor, he wanted so eagerly to know my height and was astonished that am 168cm ,he told me with wide opened eyes that he is 168 cm and ana shorter than him , so i stepped beside him and started to gamble-tab 165cm-no ,his answer-tab 162 cm,noooo,his answer also..omal kam ? he said 160 cm kowayes,olt tayeb..ra7 kateb 163 cm,lol..he told me i must do this paper with myself,while he was so proud-wade7 wallahi -el mohem ,sa2al shewayet quiz hatla keda 3an el tarash weza kont bashouf sheish beish walla eih..nahar eswed? mesh ana kont ma3ak fee china walla enta neseit ?...el mohem , the day passed be 7elwo we morro we nemt taba3an. the next day , tuesday , i went to the city hall asking for some papers to be issued..On monday i collected my ID just on time, they are writting that i will be subjected to penalty if i will not take my ID card before tuesday..olt el hamdolellah..konna 7anrou7 fee dahya besabab el sotal..el mohem , i released the paper and went to maruzen bookstore ,bought a novel we tanesht khales kotob el yabani elli matloub azaker feiha..went back to the lab and completed my experiment..el mohem , today ,wednesday came, i took my first japanese lesson- am fucked up with this kanji we beta3-..shakli mesh 7akamel we 7amashi 2allawi keda, shewaya english 3ala shewaya loghat el khors..bass olt bardo at least i have to finish the month,anyway,after it immediatly,i went out to the medical check up center and they made lots of investigations and questions in an hour or 2,can't remember..anyway,they took around 70 cm blood from me , ba3d shakshaka gamda and vasovagal attack kaman,excessive salivation and el donia betdour beya,went out ,called my brother ,he came see me at okayama station and we went for eating sushi at the sushi bar.we returned back home ,me by bus and him by bick and went i have reached home , he told me you are still not oki ,take some rest we yen3al abo el cells..before he completed his sentence, i dropped sleeping after finishing my prayers..
