Citadel

Ahhhhh… How do I start this?

Let’s begin with, it’s been a month since the semester started and I’ve been drained since…. don’t be surprised, Day 1.

How busy was I? I had to think twice to pee or browse through my phone image gallery to upload one (or two) pics on Instagram. Yup, thaaaaaat busy.

Sometimes I just want to take 5 and whatsapp a friend or a cousin or someone, y’know just to say Hi.

But when you’ve only posted one picture on Instagram, what are the odds of the rest? Cooking is beside the point.

Anywho, amidst the business of wanting to disturb people here and there, a friend posted this picture on Instagram.

The minute I saw it, I almost bawled.

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It’s like, she thought of me too! She remembered me! What a timing!

OMG. I think I just sound so hormonal. I can’t handle myself. Let’s move on people!

That instapost takes me back to Citadel, Egypt.

Citadel’s a place where you can view the skyline of Egypt. I find it interesting cause in one compound, there’s two Masjids (Mosques) and four(?) museums. 6 for the price of 1!

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The loooooong pathway up. Seriously, I thought we were never going to reach up. Salute to senior citizens!

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There were many greens here. It was nice seeing colours on top of the standard brown/beige/nude/neutral colour scheme of Egypt. Bahahaha. Gah! I could live here (just not in summer, what was I thinking!!??).

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First up, Masjid Sultan Al-Nasir (Muhammad ibn Qala’un).

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Pardon that girl polluting this pic. I’ll tell her to stop being a sore eye the next time I see her.

Then, we went to the next mosque. Walked though this beeeeeaaaauuuuutttiiiifffuuuuulllll road. Pictures can nevah, do justice. Gotta be there to feel it.

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Like I said, pictures cannot do justice.

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Shoes for sale. Anyone!?

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My one and only customer for the day. Teehee. That’s a step to success right?

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The well decorated interior. Too awesome that my phone can’t capture it’s beauty. If you’re planning a holiday but don’t know where to go to, now you know!

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Shade, anyone?

Oh, have I told how beautiful it is outside this mosque? I mean it was for the royals. *shrugs*

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This mosque is on the highest ground where from the balcony, you can view Egypt’s skyline.

I thought of Skyscrapers but was greeted with this instead,

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Remind me to not have any expectations. Not that it’s ugly or something. One (me) needs to be more open minded that not every place is filled with tall buildings.

Where’s one place you’ve been abroad to with your friend(s)?

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🌎: Saladin Citadel of Cairo, Egypt.

5.41pm

(Long sentence, take a deep breath guys) That moment when you’re supposed to end at 5pm but your tutor insist on giving extra lecture but ended it (the lecture) early cause he saw our blank-faces-stuffed-brain-expression and is a kind dude and when you lift the blind curtain after finishing that small bag of chips,
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5.41pm

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Night is here.

If anyone ever asks me if I’ve studied from day to night, don’t mind if I said ‘Ya uh.’ 😉

Seriously, give me back my autumn!
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Hearty weekend

Time check: 0256 hr.

Its been a busy week and will be so, till end of next week – for me.

Pepped myself with comfort food.

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Anyhowlydone hors d’oeuvres. Don’t ask me what I put on it. I had noooo idea but it tastes gooooood!

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I was watching some stuff and they had chicken soupy ish noodle dish and I just had to! *salivates again*

The chicken seasoning (made from scratch, according to the recipe), is dannng salty. The broth however, was as bland as me.

Turns out, by mixing the two together, it works well.

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Not a single stock cube used. Totally legal to cekik (chow this down) now, right? 3.10am!?

I’ll just have it for tomorrow… Dinner or (never) whenever I get home.

Loooong day tomorrow, I mean, later.

Whatever comes your way in the future ahead, I hope you breeze through it with gusto (no matter how challenging it gets)!

Oh and find the right comfort food yo! It helps! Tried and tested.

Disclaimer: Individual results may vary.

Reward

Last Monday turns out to suck all my youth straight from my pores. Gahh. Just the thought of it… How did I last through that day beats me.

History & Technology module + guest speaker after this two heavy subjects. I was more then happy to finally walk out after being cooped up all day.

To treat my legs for seating down the entire day and my soul for bearing patience, I stopped by a crepe shop for some ‘beat em stress away’ food:

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Not too sure if the lady hates or love me, that butterscotch sauce was d.r.i.p.p.i.n.g.

Warm crepe on a cold autumn evening. Check!

Occupied

Tomorrow, last week, I sent my laptop to the repair centre cause it went cuckoo and I figured better now then later on, where I’ll be doing heavy computer workload.

The first 24 hours was horrible. Ahhh…. This must be how break up feels like.

My bed almost threw me off for being on it too long and before I start singing to my walls (talking to it doesn’t work anymore. Tried and tested.), I figured I better occupy myself with a healthy activity.

I heard smoking weed is no good. Don’t they come from seaweed, no? Ok, whatevs, I’ll consider that seaweed thingy next time. This time round, I took cooking/baking.

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I made curry rice.

Then I realised I had a good Japanese Curry Bake Rice with Momski before I flew here and I scatter some cheddar and chuck the pan in the oven.
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Flips pan.

And of course…. life is NEVVVAH complete with desserts.

I got puff pastry leftover from the other day and googled dessert ideas with puff pastry. Results were Mind Blowing! Minimal ingredients… things you already have in your pantry which is how I ended up with this:

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Cinnamon cream cheese filling. Apparently it was sold in Macdonald’s in States.

Sighhh… When will my laptop be ready? At this rate, I might start origami with my laminated floor sheet.