Thursday, February 11, 2010

Cairo International Book Fair(CIBF)


Ahmar incident

It is a fairly hot day. We got dehydrated easily plus with the dusty environment at the
antique book shop, so we decided to get some refreshment and food before we continue our quest
at the book shops.

We ordered a pizza and 4 caramel for dessert. After we finish it, i'm the only
one who still feels thirsty, so the girl come to take my order. She stood about a meter from me and I ordered a jelly with a serious face while pointing at her(actually my true intention was to show the jelly at the shelf BEHIND her) but the jelly appears to be at the same level with her BOOBs so it appear like i'm ordering her BOOBs! She smiles at us.

The moment I said ahmar(red) to order the red jelly, the girl & my friends laughed leaving me behind clueless. I made a blur face and ask “leh/why?” and they wouldn't stop laughing at me like hell. I ask again and again then only my friend explain to me that “ahmar” was also used to describe PORN. “HUH?”.. with a blushed face I see the girl went away while smiling to make my order. Sure she think I'm reckless man. I had no mood to finish the jelly after that.

This story explain something weird that happen to me few month ago when I was out alone to buy a pen. I asked for red pen, instead of giving me the pen, the salesgirl and another Arab girl was laughing at me. I thought it was my pronunciation maybe it is weird so I went back with the slumber face and the “AHMAR PEN”. Now it is VERY clear for me. I wont use that “ahmar” word or simply point at anything I want. :-) :-)
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1 comments:

K said...

I sure won't forget your 'blur face' LOL
So the 'red pen' huh? Heh I didn't know that ;)

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