Modern Egypt (especially Cairo, where I live) doesn't offer much in the way of solitude or stillness, and suddenlyIfoundmyself immersed in nothing but.
From there, tournament organizers needed commentators, and like my brother, Isuddenlyfoundmyself traveling all over the world to cover tournaments and watch the best of the best duke it out.
While there's nothing wrong with that, convincing my friends I had suddenlyfoundmyself a wildly attractive girlfriend was going to be hard enough as it was - without the added issue around her communicating solely in Portuguese.