Well, Halloween in Egypt has OFFICIALLY passed. (although
tonight, many embassies are holding their Halloween parties. I know a few staff members who claim the
Swiss embassy holds the best Halloween party in all of Cairo and will be going
tonight. Last night was my “BIG” night
out- and I got home in somewhat of a panic of how I was going to manage a good
costume with NOTHING on hand. I didn’t
wanna do my school-teacher ‘snow queen’ costume with snowflakes pinned to my
white skirt. Its Halloween! I mean, I’m used to having props, costumes,
and professional grade make-up and prosthetics at my disposal. So I pulled out my street make-up, went into
the kitchen and started scavenging.
The result:
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shoot zombies in the head to kill them |
My eyes have never seen so much sephora make-up in their lives,
my face was pale with white ‘highlighting’ shimmer powder and baking flour and
the best part: my blood!! (Or should I say: crystal light mix and dish soap) I
was so pleased with the result. I consider myself a ‘hallo-genius’ Not many
people could have thought of this master idea.
And trust me, ketchup is NEVER the answer for a quick fake blood recipe.
It just looks like you attacked a sloppy joe.
Oh, in case you didn’t know, we went as the sheriff and
zombie from HBOs ‘walking dead’ series
We were supposed to attend the CDN embassy Halloween party
but by the time we got ready it was too long of a cab ride and I was not
planning on setting foot on the metro looking like that (let us not forget,
most Egyptians do not celebrate Halloween, and even if they did, the walking
dead on the metro near tahrir square does not sit well with me..)
I should add, many egyptians have adopted the traditions of the holiday and on halloween night we saw many masked faces and devil horns walking around the neighbourhood. Not trick-or-treating, just scaring people, having fun and yelling 'hahhhpee halloweeeeeen!' in naturally awesome egyptian accents.
In 6th of october, where my school is- halloween is celebrated with trick or treating because the area is so heavily populated with western expats with children and Egyptians and their children.
ANYWAY, We decided to go to the ACE club in Maadi which is about a 4
minute walk from our apartment. Luther
and I met up with some friends we have made around the neighborhood and made
our way to the ACE (Association of Cairo Expatriates)
The place was just FILLED with all sorts of costumes, from
jesus to a rubix cube.
I would have to say, I have happily gotten Halloween out of
my system. I am okay with not going ‘all
out’ because I got to carve a pumpkin (which we made a delicious stew with), decorate my school and ended up having
an awesome costume that a lot of people recognized and I got to party with
awesome friends from all over the world.fellow teacher creatures :) |
happy halloween everyone! |
my gift was trick-or treating in our apt.!! I got good chocolate like twix and dairymilk!! And tickets to Cairo Operas production of the Magic Flute in November!!
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