Egyptian wives abroad: Moving on

Egyptian wives abroad: Moving on: "The next few weeks were a continuation of challenges, one after the other, it felt like a very long nightmare,from the challenge of getting ..."

Moving on

The next few weeks were a continuation of challenges, one after the other, it felt like a very long nightmare,from the challenge of getting a UK driving liscence (didn't matter if you have been driving for 20 years in Egypt) to completing my residence paperwork, which entailed taking an exam for the first time to get the British passport, I was one of the very first people who had to do the exam...finding my son an Arabic teacher in london,, literally one mission after the other, getting a job proved to be the toughest one with no references in the UK and no English work experience....I look back at these days from my current job and think, there must have been a great power up in heaven looking out for me to put me where i am now...my husband likes to call this power 'Chris Blakeway'....he is in fact my rock, with God's help and Chris as my back, I now feel any challenge can be conckered....
The truth of the matter is, life is a hard journey, full of challenges, hurdles, surprises and sad stories, but it's a journey we must take, we have a few choices, quit and feel like loser, take no risks and have no gains, or work hard at it, take on the challenges and risks, and the gains will be plenty...calculated risks are very much what I like to take on...helping others along the way is a must, being there for others is a plus....I feel so sad for so many acquaintances around who are so negative, and put everything that goes wrong around them to bad luck or evil eyes...we definitely make our own luck by either thinking positive or negative...if you get up in the morning having a positive attitude of things will be done as we want them to, I promise you they will be done, if we think negative and become pessimistic just because we had a few mishaps then nothing will be accomplished
We really all must stop spreading rumours and negative news, we need to promote positive thinking and publish accomplishments more than sad, wrong stories, that's the only way we will move forward and our beloved country will take its place in modern history...we have all the potentials of being a great nation, but we also are so negative and a pessimistic bunch....that desperately needs to change
الي الامام الي الامام

Egyptian wives abroad: The day I decided to stay

Egyptian wives abroad: The day I decided to stay: "After a teary afternoon, I sat in a corner of my then half empty home, furniture was still being slowly delivered....I gathered my thoughts ..."

Egyptian wives abroad: The day I decided to stay

Egyptian wives abroad: The day I decided to stay: "After a teary afternoon, I sat in a corner of my then half empty home, furniture was still being slowly delivered....I gathered my thoughts ..."

Egyptian wives abroad: Egyptian wives abroad: Another day in the life of ...

Egyptian wives abroad: Egyptian wives abroad: Another day in the life of ...: "Egyptian wives abroad: Another day in the life of an Egyptian Wife abroad... : 'Some people back home may think we've got it easy, living in..."

The day I decided to stay

After a teary afternoon, I sat in a corner of my then half empty home, furniture was still being slowly delivered....I gathered my thoughts as I was about to make a major decision that would possibly affect mine and my family's life forever, do I toughen up, take up all the challenges ahead and stay in the UK? or do I just simply quit and go back home to what I'm used to? after a long pause, I decided I'm not a quitter and how can I make an impulsive decision based on less than a week of trial...I got up, emptied my shopping bags and pretended I was just back at home in Alex. on a day where I had no help, I cooked a nice meal for my family and started to make a plan of action....I called my only Egyptian friend I knew in London then knowing that she would sympathise and understand where I'm coming from (how vain now looking back and thinking about it) my whole life revolved around help..I asked her if she can recommend a maid even once a week, which she did...hurray I felt, it's not too bad after all, my next challenge (again very vain) was ironing our clothes (I had never done it before) well i knew what it entailed (roughly) that got sorted by my good old man, who decided to pinch in knowing otherwise I might just collapse....I think you've all started to get the message by now....7 years later and looking back on the first few weeks I moved abroad, I feel so sorry for anyone of my generation or beyond who have been brought up the way I was...really sad how we were so spoilt, no wonder (and I'm not judging) half of the marriages around me collapse, I utterly sympathise...it's not our fault (men and women) it's our parents faults for the way they brought us up, with minimal responsibilities and too much support which bread a spoilt, non productive bunch...everything was provided for my generation whether upper, middle or even lower middle class, an apartment for when you get married if you were a boy, the big lavish wedding of course whether they could afford it or not, they would even borrow to make it happen, all the furniture if you were a girl......till recently I was obsessed with "must buy a nice diamond ring for my son for when he meets the right girl and wants to propose" my husband kept humouring me till one day he said " if the boy can't afford to buy his wife to be a ring, then he certainly shouldn't be getting married" how much sense does that make.....I thank God everyday I married a man from the do it yourself world, his family brought him up in a way that instead of handing him money, they taught him how to earn it....to be continued otherwise our supper will burn

Egyptian wives abroad: Another day in the life of an Egyptian Wife abroad...

Egyptian wives abroad: Another day in the life of an Egyptian Wife abroad...: "Some people back home may think we've got it easy, living in Europe might be a cushy life, all about modern technology and elite society, ho..."