Hey guys! :)
Sorry that I have been slacking on blogging... merp :/ But anyways today I have another lengthy post, it'll be a querencia essay. I actually wrote this for English class but i honestly think it is of my best pieces of writing that its worth sharing. Also I'm kind of too lazy to type something up, heck i'm to lazy to do anything that involves effort anymore! I have a bad bad cause of 'senioritis'. For those who don't know what a Querencia is, it's specific a place that makes you feel at home, a place where you feel comfortable and feel all the good stuff inside. Whether it's on a bench at the park, at your grandpas house or in your bathroom haha. I hoped you liked the last post and without further ado I present to you... *Sound the trumpets*, My Querencia!
A
Vacation spot
At an open lunch
beach bar on the Titanic Beach Resort in Hurgada overlooking the Red Sea is
where I realized how beautiful life is. With the gentle sea breeze softly
whisking across the fine hairs of my cheeks as I gently took a sip of Pepsi
from a giant plastic beer mug to rehydrate my evaporated body and sun kissed
skin, I found myself in the cool comfort of a beautiful tropical paradise. Sitting on my bamboo
chair, I allow the ocean sounds of the soft rolling waves to hypnotize my mind
into a state of wide-awake-trance with every shut of my eyes during the brief
slow sips.
The golden sun casts its rays upon my tired
and exhausted body as I notice the pretty pastel colors of the environment. The
crystal waters of the Red Sea darken the farther you look away from the shore
reminding me of the pleasant time when I snorkeled among the colorful chorales
and parades of fish earlier in the day. This all reflected a sense of experiencing
the pure pleasantness of life as I look upon the water. A friend of mines
finally found me. We walked to the bar to grab some food to revive our empty
stomach from the calorie burning, water sport action filled day. The happy
feeling of not having to pay for food as it was included in our package made me
thrilled like never before to eat French Fries. At that point I was thankful
for everything in my life. While standing in line among all the tourists one of
the chiefs calls us up and asks us what we want. As I leaned over the smooth
marble table all I could smell something awful, beer. We asked for two plates
of fries and two hotdogs while some worker behind the counter exclaims to him
that there’s a line for a reason. The chief quickly put a smile on his face,
rested his arm on the waiter and swayed his hand out towards us as if we were
some masterpiece yelling with pride in Arabic, ‘Dol Masreyen ya 3am! (They are
Egyptian man!). The waiters face smiled instantly, it glowed along with the
chief and it apologized to us, in fact to prove his apology he yells to all of
the staff behind the counter, “Guys if these mademoiselles ever come upon you,
wait on them hand and foot, Egypts beauties first”. At that point the muscles behind
my smile hurt from smiling to hard. My friend and I constantly glanced over at
each other so surprised and proud of their treatment towards us. The hilarious
waiter turns around and says ‘See I hooked you guys up perfectly(shoft
zabatokom)’ and asks us what we’d like to drink then ran to the drink machine
with two cups and of course yelled out ‘Beera?’ as a joke. The whole staff
seemed to be taking part in our conversation now as they laughed and giggled at
every joke Jala, the Waiter and I exchanged.
A Russian
tourist next to me complained about us being waited first with a thick stench
of beer in his mouth, I quickly turned around to be able to breath; I could not
take the scent any longer. The Chief whom was busy on the grill looked up clearly
irritated, said in Arabic “Go sit a side drunken idiot(Ro7 a3d 3ala gamb yahbal
ya sakran) ”. We busted out laughing, I laughed as if I never heard a joke before
in my life, my stomach contracting, my mouth wide open and hands clapping like
an odd seal. The chief laughed with us and when we looked over at the man, we laughed
some more because of course he did not know what we were laughing at. The
waiters around asked for our names and told us theirs proudly becoming friends
with their own people. Ahmed came back with our drinks, telling the chief to
stop making fun of the tourists, reassuring the Russian man something in
Russian and waved bye to us as we made our way back to the chairs.
Passing through the confused
drunken tourists while laughing hysterically at what just happened we finally
reached the corner of the bar, sat down and caught our breaths. After I thought
I stopped I would look at Jala and laugh again, and then she’d laugh and then we
ended up laughing without reason. I could not believe how happy I was to be
there at that moment, in a beautiful place, laughing, with a friend, making new
friends, and still relaxed and undisturbed. The scent of the ocean mixed with
the warmth of the fries reaching deep into my excited stomach. As the fries in
my hands moved closer to my mouth, the tide of the sea moved towards the shore.
The scent of the fries got stronger, the tide even closer and once I bit into
the crunchy deliciousness the tide I was keeping track of collapsed hugging the
shore while the insides on my mouth felt the texture of the fry changing as my
tongue opened the soft center.
Jana left to see
what her mom was calling her for and I remained still till I finished my plate.
Longing to swim in the clear waters before me, I stood up and strolled over to
the emerald waters washing upon the soft sand. Looking into the sea lagoon, I
saw a whole world that exists under the depths of the sea. The plants and
animals of this majestic place seemed to sway like the waves of the ocean. My
eyes were drawn to a scene of sparkles glistening underneath the water. Dancing
and piercing through the water, the majestic fish are like shimmering sequences.
Gazing at these beautiful creatures I decided to swim with them once again.
So yea... I kinda like the beach. lol that was my specific moment in time but the general place is on vacation in Egypt :)
That was long aye? If you have any questions feel free to ask at ask.fm/askshourouk... and if you're cranky about this being long be like this cute kitty below!
haha meoww ;D Toodles :*!
