I HAD JOY & FUN!!..P5

Then out of nowhere something happened to the bus’s breaks!! It was damaged!! We waited for a while till they brought us another one.. the thing that annoyed me was some girls who thought it was cool that the bus stopped in the middle of the road….. My granny did not stop calling, shouting, swearing at me but I am used to it.. I mean nothing new about that.

At 11:45 pm I was in my Dad’s car – every girl called her relatives to take her home from the bus-. My Dad said that it was my first and last time to stay at the university till that time. When I arrived home, I was hesitating of going inside my granny’s room…my father who was supposed to support me did not stop teasing … he thought it was funny and it was!! My granny did not say a word to me which means that she was REALLY mad!!

The rest of the night was calm.. I was looking at my friends’ picture … that day was really something and that night will stick in to my mind forever….

I HAD JOY & FUN!!..P4

R called later and asked me about the events … she told me that her cousin D is around and asked me to meet her after she described her for me…and I did!! R’s cousin is so nice and I was glad to meet her.

I met some teachers’ family members like my Arabic teacher wife, Ms. B’s friend and daughter, Mr. To’s cute baby and wife, Mr. J’s baby, Mr. Tf’s wife and others I don’t remember who but it was quite fun!!!

Around 9:45 pm K and I said our goodbyes to AS, AM and A. UAQ’s bus was the last to leave since the Indian club members are UAQ’s girls. Some girls wanted to order from Hardees’ and its been a while since I had fast food … so they counted me in.

I HAD JOY & FUN!!..P3

My grandma started to call me and asked me to come back home even if I had to come by a taxi!!!! My father called later and told me that my granny’s friends and my relatives in Sharjah all know that I am still at the university…I knew that it’s another trouble caused by my granny. Later my aunt call and said that I don’t have to worry about a thing…she said that she will take care of my grandma and I just have to concentrate in having fun.

I had a nap for half an hour and at 5:15 pm…my friends and I took our laptops to AS locker. Then we went to the cafeteria and gave the security our tickets. After getting settled in a table … we saw many visitors and some teacher wore Emirati traditional clothes which were really nice!!!

We had a delicious meal though I missed eating tradition food in breakfast. My friends and I got separated because Ms. E called again and asked me to see her…so I promised them that I will catch up with them later…

I found Ms. E sitting outside with a girl … I guessed that she was the one Ms. E wanted me to meet. I had a nice chat with both of them…the girl Z is really nice and friendly … I like to meet this kind of people.

I went to pray later and then I met my friends again. AM suggested to take a picture for all of us in the Indian club and we all agreed. The picture looked nice and I will treasure it forever…

I HAD JOY & FUN!!..P2

In that morning, I was so happy getting into the bus... I was kind of sure to stay after what my Dad said last night…I started my day with knowing my WON’s presentation results…I got 87% which means a –A ..I was not really happy about it because I believe that I did better than this. I had my English class which was OK. I left N building at 2:15 pm and went to see my friends K and R…

R said that she can not stay in the evening because she had an appointment. While I was with them my cell phone rang and it was Ms. E!!! I was glad that she contacted me.. I have not see her that much since Ramadan started. She asked me if I will stay for the evening and that she want to introduce me to a girl who has a positive character like me…

Around 3 I went with K to see our other friends who will stay with us for the eve – Mr. D’s students-. Mr. D was still working with them but they soon finished. He asked me to come for his students’ observation… I was not sure of accepting but knowing that Mr. D’s wife and Mr. Dn may come gave me other thoughts.

I had a nice chat with Mr. D and my friends K, AS, AM and A. I was surprisingly sad to know that Mr. D will not stay for the Iftar …Mr. G ,who I met later, said that he will not stay either.

I HAD JOY & FUN..P1

Last year, I was so sad that I could not make it to the Iftar evening. In that day, I called my friends R and A to ask them about the atmosphere…R told me that I missed a really great event and she wished if I was there with her….for that I promised myself to stay next year….

And it DID happen this year!! Before a week of the even, I told my Dad that I want to stay in the Iftar day but he said “NO never, you will stay here! No more talking about this subject” but I am not that kind who gives up easily…during the whole week, I was trying and trying to convince him…

The thing becomes more complicated when my granny joined the picture. She insisted that it’s IMPOSSIBLE! She said “do you think that we don’t have food in here? What do you want people to think about us!” …

In Monday before two days toward the even, I was not planning to go to the university in Tuesday since I did not have any classes, I asked my friend K to buy me a ticket for the Iftar day….though I was not sure of staying and I was not sure of my father’s final decision

In Tuesday, I was so lazy to leave my bed…some friend called and asked me where I was and why I did not come to the university....K called too and said that she bought a ticket for me, at night I completed my assignments … and my Dad told me, behind my granny’s back, that I can stay in the university if all UAQ’s girls will stay.

Westlife & Josh Groban

Westlife and Josh Groban are two of my favorite singers. I knew Westlife since high school.. Well in the beginning I thought that they are the famous backstreet boys because I had no that good experience in English songs and singers… and I knew Josh Groban just last year thanks to my friend Sara.

“Smile though your heart is aching” is an old song which Westlife renew it and “You raise me up was” renewed by Josh Groban … I love those songs they really touch my heart especially that they are sang by those amazing singers

But recently Josh sang “Smile though your heart is aching!!!” I was shocked when Sara told me that.. It was so nice and I loved it with Josh’s voice…and last week Westlife sang “You raise me up!!!” it was so so so cool by them…they switched the songs … I wonder if its just a coincident..

"WON" Presentation

I was not supposed to go to the university in Wednesday since I had not any classes. But I went to complete last preparations for “Ways of Knowing” presentation with my partner and friend Ra.

We met at 10:00 am in the library. She asked me if I know any empty classes to practice our presentation. I knew that class in J015 which is always empty. Our luck was not with us and it was full of students. So we went to N building … there were no empty classes in the first floor…but in the second we found N119 empty –YAAYY!!-

She showed me the PowerPoint she made…it was pretty good, she got some help from her cousin. I left this work for her since she has a good experience in PowerPoint.

Ra is a really good partner; we divided the work between us equally. She was really helpful … we practiced our presentation together. Enshallah it will go very well in Saturday…

"Lost Memories of My Love"

I’ve been reading this fiction for about two years!! I was waiting for this writer to submit her next chapters …. And today before couple of moment I finally finished it… I finished a whole 41 chapters!! With 165695 words!!!

I love this site of fictions http://www.fanfiction.net/ !!! and “Lost memories of my love” is one of the fictions which made me so excited to read it more and more…. and to find out what will happen to my characters… this was one of my first fictions to read.

It tells a story of a girl ‘Rinoa’ who went with her friends to study abroad but when she comes back … she find out that her father got married … that did not mean that she have a stepmother only, but also she have stepsiblings! Seifer and Ashleigh

Ashleigh feels jealous of Rinoa and tries to steal everything from her…. Her father love, her friends and even her boyfriend!! This girl will go throw hell with the treatment of her stepmother and stepsister especially when her boyfriend “Squall” goes on a trip to gain special training .. leaving her saying “Love Always Return”

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2046090/1/

Text Messages!!

“I know you but you may don’t know me” “I can not believe that you don’t know who I am!!” “Just try to guess who this is” “Don’t disappoint me!! Try to guess who I am!!”

Those text messages were sent to me while I was on my way to UAQ. I was wondering who is this annoying person!! Is she a girl I know.. or maybe worse it could be a guy!! My friends said that I should call and check but I wanted to know more about this person throw text messages before calling him\her.

When I got home, I made up my mind to call this person and finish this thing. I called … it was a girl!! But not any girl…it was my new friend A!! She really likes to play tricks on me! And she successes as usual … that was not the first time after all…she really hit on my nerve but I have a good spirits as people say … ah very well, I’m used to this kind of things..

Fasting..

“Wake up! Its 6:00 am, the bus will come soon!” I looked at my alarm clock it was 6 in the morning…in the first day of Ramadan.

I did not have to go to the university since I don’t have classes but I did. I needed some books for my projects... I went to the library with my friend K where we met R and A. everyone got busy with her own work.

Around 10:30 am or so I went to see Mr. G. … I felt like there was something wrong with him…I felt like he does not treat me as he used to do before … I wanted to meet him and to make things clear.

He seemed really happy to see me … in the beginning I hesitated to talk to him about that subject but …I gained my strength and I told him about everything in my mind. I was shocked to know that all what I was thinking of was from my imagination!! He said that he don’t have any wrong ideas about me … he still think that I am the same old Maryam! I was really happy to know that!! I was glad to know that my first teacher is still the same … and he don’t have any negative thoughts about me….

When I arrived home, I had a short nap from 4:30 till 5:30 pm. I had breakfast with my family…my Dad, granny and brothers .. something was missing… my uncle and grandpa … they used to have breakfast with us is the past years but not anymore…God give them his mercy.

Eclipse!!

In Monday afternoon I told everybody on my way about what will happen to the sun. It will eclipse!! I told my friends and teachers and some of them already knew.

I love the out space very much; when I was younger I drew my own universe map! For my surprise I found later on that my map looked similar to the stars maps in books!

I read about the eclipse in a news paper. I was so delighted because I did not witness one for about 4 or 5 years…. I was really looking forward for this event which was supposed to happen at 2:59 pm as Mr. T told me later – I thought it was going to be in 12 am-.

1 .. 2... 3.. 3:30 and nothing happen. The weather was still sunny and hot. I was really disappointed.. though it did happen but the moon was covering the sun with 30% only….

At night I phoned my friend R and I asked her if she know anything about Ramadan`s date. Unfortunately she did not know anything but while we were talking … she said “they just announced it Ramadan is tomorrow!” … I really missed this month and missed its nights.. but the thing the I miss most is my uncle … this is the first Ramadan I spend it without him being with us in this new house…

When We Say Goodbye...

Thinking .. just thinking that whenever we meet a person..there will be that day when we will say goodbye once and for all.. I just hate those moments..

Thinking that one day I will not see my friends anymore or even my teachers makes my heart full of sorrow and sadness…I already lost some of my friends because I believe in thoughts… true it was hard but still it was the right thing to do.. you cant live your life with people who want to control it.

I did not meet people or communicate with them before getting to ZU. I liked everybody with different ways.. as I always say “all of them in a fruit basket and I like each fruit in a different way”…

My friends may stay with me ..God knows for how long, but what about the teachers I met? Mr. A and Ms. E are going to leave this year and I will never see them again… Mr. Dn and Mr. D may leave next year and Mr. G may leave in the next…who is left?
I may get over that and maybe I will know more new people but there MUST be that day when I will cry to see them leaving my sight forever…..

I hate those hard thoughts .. but I can not help it. Sometimes I wish if I did not meet any of them but sometimes I thank my God when recognize how blessed I am .. to be around people I like…

I will survive enshallah

3 in 1!!!

3 presentations in one day! I could not sleep that night because of those thoughts. It was the Globalization presentation which was really bothering me. I practiced a lot for it but still I was so nervous. The other two were for Mr. D – as I mentioned before – “Life of A Dirham”.

The first one was at 11:20 am. When I first entered the class, I was so happy to feel Mr. D and his students’ worm welcome. They were so happy to see me – I did not know anybody in that class-.

I stand there knowing that this is my first time that I will present a presentation in front of students who I did not meet before or a teacher who is not mine. I presented with excitement.. I was so happy to see all the eyes attached to me….after finishing I welcomed any questions or comments. Mr. D liked my presentation very much but he said it will be more attractive if I change the PowerPoint a little bit….

I was delighted because of my success and I was looking forward to the next. But something unexpected happened…. I met someone I don’t like, that person really hit on my nerve… I did my best to be calm but I could not.

3:10 pm I was on my way to my second presentation along with my friend K. She wanted to be there and she took permission from Mr. D. When I first got in to the class – all of them are my friends!- I did not like the atmosphere…I felt like every girl was in her own world.. besides I was not in my best conditions.

I presented my presentation but it was not as good as it was in the morning. Mr. D notice .. he said that my presentation was good but I looked really nervous.. I was not really happy about this one and I was afraid of my third and most important one..

When I was on my way to N, I was so unhappy. When Mr. T my teacher asked me to do my presentation…I took a deep breath and I look at my audience. I first told them that this is my third presentation …

And WOW!! I did better than I ever expected! Well, I made few mistakes but I was ok! Mr. T agreed with me…the thing that I will keep in mind next time is to avoid seeing people who I don’t like before a big day like that one..

Sorry & Thanks!

This entry is dedicated to a teacher who I did not like when I first met. I talked in many topics in my blog about situations with Mr. D! I was teasing, joking, full of anger in some of them.

I disliked him after our first meeting – some people know this boring long story- but day after day, month after month I had a different image about him. During last year, bad rumors did not stop spreading about this teacher, I heard a lot of them … unfortunately I believed some….

In the beginning of this year I met some of his students, I was shocked to know that their teacher is Mr. D! Since they are my new friends, I hang around with them. As a result I see Mr. D more often.

I mentioned once about attending one of his classes with Mr. T. Last Monday I presented two presentations for his new classes as an example. The topic was "A Life of A Dirham" .. my first presentation ever in ZU.

I even marked with him when his students did their presentations. He taught me some new teqnichs. I used that info in my "Ways of knowing" class. Ms. S was shocked but happy about the information I got … I told her about the source

The new phrases or words I learned were "body language", "eye contact", "pausing", "breathing", "rehears"… etc. I already knew some of them but I was glad to learn more. I used them in my GE's presentations.

So thanks Mr. D for all your support and information. Thanks for allowing me to be your assistant … thanks for every thing and sorry for being rude sometimes and for getting bad image of you….

Next week I am going to observe his second class with Mr. T and I will attend one of his classes enshallah …. I love to learn knew stuffs everyday and the life lesson that I learned was NOT to believe rumors …