Helping at CEPA! P4

Chapter #4: It was over but not bad at all!

In the “papers room”, I saw S putting calculators inside boxes, without thinking twice, I offered my help. it was not that easy!! But it was fun. Whenever a teacher comes holding a bag of calculators I ask him or her to put the calculators somewhere near me. Mr. Dn and S were taking some of them while I was working on my own boxes. I finished around 2 boxes and went to help S with hers.

During that time, many teachers did not stop teasing me about not going home as the rest of my mates did. “You are working with the ELC!” “You don’t have a home to go back to?!” and stuff like that!! While Mr. Tn told them that he booked me as his assistant for next year.


After finishing working at 1:30 am, I called my brother who was in Mega-Mall with A, aunt and her boys. While I was waiting for him, I had a nice chat with Ms. C, Mr. T, Mr. Dn and Ms. Ch. At 2:15 pm, I went to gate A and after 15 min my brother arrived with the rest.

We went to have lunch at Ajman City Center. And after lunch I wanted to buy westlife’s newest album “Face to Face” but my brother was in a hurry. So maybe next time. That CEPA day was amazing I “Worked Hard and Had Fun” at the same time! It was a nice experience and I got the chance to see what happen behind the sense

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Chapter #3: And the exam started

Teachers and my mates started to arrive; I was surprised to see some of my classmates there! Moreover, some teachers where surprised to see me like Mr. B, my level 8 ex-teacher, who said “Oh my God! Even at Thursday morning!”

Mr. Tm arrived to the room later and he showed me and my mates red thing to wear! I did not like them because it was weird!! I told him that I am not going to wear it and he failed to convince me. All my friends wore that red thing , all I did was taking one and holding it in my hand.

Mr. Tn, my boss, arrived later. I helped him carrying stuff to our classroom. I helped him checking the project, volume of the video, distributing pencils, erasers and calculators. And we wanted for the new students to come, they arrived around 9:30 am. We got them seated and then we checked their identities and passports.

The exam started at 10:10 am, Mr. Tn asked me to tell the girls some directions in Arabic and I was glad to obey. During watching over the girls, my head started hurting…that is clear since I did not eat anything since I woke up. So at 11:00 Mr. Tn allowed me to go and have a cup of coffee while I asked my friend K to take my place.

When I went to the “Breakfast Room”, I saw Ms. P who said “Its seems like you did not leave the campus since yesterday, you must locked yourself somewhere and you just got out!!” many teachers were in the room and of course they laughed out loud!

I went back to class and stayed with Mr. Tn till the exam finished. The truth is that it finished earlier than expected at 12:40 pm. So, Mr. Tn and I collected the stuff and the papers and went back to the “papers room”

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Chapter #2: On my way...

At Wednesday night, I was preparing myself for Thursday. My brother M was the one who would take me to the university. That night I slept but at 3 am in the morning, I woke up suddenly looking at my mobile thinking “oh! I must be late for the exam!” when I found out its three in the morning, I could not believe it. So I grabbed my hand watch to make sure and it was 3! So, I went back to bed.

I woke up at 5:45 am and I dressed for the big day. And before I finish my make-up, I went to check on my brother, who was still sleeping!! So I woke him up and it was 6:15 am the time when we should have be on our way to the university. While my brother was taking a shower, I talked to my father who asked me to go straight to the car because of my grandma. She knew that I was going to the university in Thursday and she was against the idea.

6:35 am, M and I were leaving UAQ, everything was quiet and the roads were empty. So around 7:10 am, I reached the university and thanked my brother asking him to wish me luck. I first went to building N, as Ms. K asked me in the before, and it was so quiet and dark! I walked toward N006 but before I reach it, I heard a noise from N010, the room where the exams papers were kept, the door was open! I saw Mr. Dn and Mr. Jn working on the boxes!

I greeted them and asked if I can do anything for help. Mr. Jn said that I should go and see Mr. Tm in the Auditorium because he had to give me a card. I went there and I saw Mr. Tm who said that I was the first to arrive. He gave me my card along with my mates’ cards and other teachers’

Helping at CEPA!! P1

Chapter #1: A week before

2 weeks ago, F told me that people in the students services need some students to work for them in the CEPA exam. She said that we can work together and I agreed. I wrote my CV and gave it to the SS in the day after. But F suddenly did not want to work and I was sad that she changed her mind.

Last Sunday, Mr. Tm, the CEPA coordinator, sent an email to all the girls who were accepted for the job and I was one of them. We all met in J005 or what I call it “The Secret Room” where Mr. Tm told us about all the things that we must be doing in that day.

In Monday, Mr. Tm sent an email telling the assistants about the male teachers who we will be working with. I was chosen to work for Mr. Tn!! I was so delighted and when I saw him later that day, he already knew that I would be working with him and he was really happy about that.

Tuesday went normal nothing much happened while in Wednesday a thing happened. In the beginning of that day, I was in a really bad mood. Not till I went to my Humanities class where I knew that our results are out. And guess what!! I got 3 As in all of them mashallah!!! And later, Mr. S, my English teacher, gave me the result of my first English essay this semester which was an A too!! By that, my mood for the rest of the day was stable.

Skipping classes!

Last Monday and after finishing my last class at 3:00 pm, I felt a terrible headache taking over my head! I successfully made my way to J building when I heard someone talking to me! It was Mr. G heading home; he noticed the way I looked! I assured him that I am alright …. NOT!

That headache stuck inside my brain for the rest of the day. I refused to take painkillers because I don’t want to get use to them. I slept that night around 10:00 pm. When I woke up, that headache was still around! I wanted to take the day off but I could not because I had some important work to fulfill.

In my first classes, I was unusually quiet. After finishing them, I went to buy a cold drink hoping that it may refresh me…well, it did not. Later that day, I joined some friends at lunch

When we were leaving the cafeteria, I felt weak and when we started to walk…I felt dizzy and without feeling it I hang to R’s arm while K hold my other arm! I said “Leave me! I can walk alone!” but K said “Listen! Mr. Dn is having lunch back there, do you want to fall again!!” …I shut my mouth and went to one of the classes to send emails to my afternoon teachers informing them that I won’t attend their classes….it was my first time skipping classes, but I was obliged …

Teachers opinions about my Poems!

I write poems and show them to my friends but last Tuesday I showed one of the poems to couple of teachers. Ms. C Ms. L, Ms. T, Ms. P, Ms. J, Mr. Dw and Mr. W told me that I write very good and Mr. Dw wanted to know about whom did I wrote that “heart breaking” poem. He did not believe me when I told him that I wrote it for no one….That is true! On anther table I asked Mr. Do to read it and he said “It’s so deep”. Mr. Dn and Mr. M who were at the same table were discussing something and had no time to read it.

In Wednesday and through my investigations I knew that Mr. K, the one who run the TOEFL exams in AD campus, was at the university! I wanted to meet him and see how different he is from Mr. Dn the one who run the TOEFL exams at my university. I went to see S, Mr. Dn’s assistant, at the end of the day because she wanted to read some of my poems….after she read, she said that it felt what I was trying to say so I thanked giving her a copy of the poem.

I saw Mr. K in Mr. Dn’s office, so I went there and greeted him for the very first time! He was really friendly so I asked him to read my poem, he was impressed and gave corrections for some of the vocabulary. Then it was Mr. Dn’s turn, I was pretending to be mad at him because he did not read my poem in the previous day, who liked it! I said my goodbyes to them and wished that I could meet Mr. K again

Poems!

I may mention before that I love reading poems but I don’t think that I mentioned writing them in English. Yup, this is a new info for people out there who know me and does not know this fact about me.

I don’t prefer calling what I write poems because I feel its not really poems .. So I prefer calling them “Feelings in my heart and mind”. I wrote my first “FIMHAM” during the summer of 2003 in 2:00 am in the morning! But after it I don’t remember writing anything till last semester when I suddenly felt like writing something. It was about 3:00 am in the morning and I wrote 2 poems and a half. I believe that I write better in the silent nights where there is no one around.

My poems are mostly about a “Broken Heart”, I don’t know why I write mainly about that category, its not like I have been heart broken before or something! So far I wrote about 5 poems, it contains simple grammar and vocabulary

A Visit to the Global Village....3

Our night was not over because WE FORGOT WHERE WE PARKED THE CAR! That exactly what we needed, we divided ourselves in to three groups, M went alone, A with K and my aunt, F, Kh and I. my aunt asked us not to go so far, she did not want to lose any of us. I kept telling them, that we parked the car somewhere near the Adnoc station! But who would listen!!

I told my aunt that I am going there after I insisted she agreed. I went looking for it, and YES I FOUND IT!!! I called M and K! M came and once he assured himself that there was no one around but us, he came running “MYYYYYY CAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!” He was about to kiss his car, but it was a little bit dirty so he did not. We found A and K and went back home.

We reached UAQ in half an hour, M took my aunt and cousins to their home and we head toward ours. In the morning, my granny found out that we went to Dubai and she told everyone she know about that. Moreover she said that “I GOT LOST IN THE VILLAGE!!!”….REALLY?? When was that!!....

It was a looong day but I enjoyed it….It was a nice trip and I went back home full of energy which I need for this week because I have a feeling that many stuff are waiting for me.

A Visit to the Global Village....2

During the long road to Dubai, everyone was talking …..NONSENCE!! I mean my brothers brought stupid topics, my cousins had different things to say and I …K and I kept teasing each other! The road was really long and the traffic was horrible but having such a company made the trip more than just amazing!

When reached the village around 7:00 pm --- We left UAQ at around 5:00 pm, yup 3 hours in the road---. Then we separated, I went with my brother M, my aunt with little cousin and my brother A, cousin K, F. I had a nice walk with my brother but then I told him that I want to go and see my friend F --- who was in the village ---. I went walking ALONE to the Indian village but when I reached it and called F, she told me that she was leaving and that was TOUGH LUCK.

So I called my cousins and brother and they say that they are near the main entrance…I did not want to go all the way back, so I took hold of myself and walked alone. I bought some stuff till 9:30 pm when my aunt called and said that we are leaving. So I met her with the rest near the Indian village.

A Visit to the Global Village....1

I woke up late in Thursday and I felt like not doing anything. I had no interest in studying cause I had not that much to do and I did not feel like going online either. So after having lunch with my brothers --- Dad was still at work ---, I went to my room and I lied on my bed and had a nap.

“Maryam WAKE UP” I heard my little cousin Kh calling my name, I thought I was dreaming but I heard my other cousin F calling my name and asking me to open the door. When I opened it she said “Maryam! We are going out!! Get ready”. I was still a sleep and I gave her a confused look, she said “We are going to the global village! Don’t you remember that we discussed that yesterday”. For a sec, I thought that she was joking but then I recalled discussing that in the day before.

I went inside my room and I prepared for the trip to Dubai! I was so excited because it was my first visit to the village. Moreover, it was my first time going with my brothers, aunt and cousins to Dubai! Everyone was so happy about it.

Pleasent Surprise by the End of a HORRIBEL Week

What a horrible, stressful, awful week I had!! I worked really hard during it preparing for classes, writing essays, finishing assessments and organizing for the next researches. Besides all that, I had a fight with friends and that what made my week full of awakened atmosphere.

In Wednesday my mood was not stable at all, it went up and down, up and down. During that week and in Wednesday I kept telling my friend K “You know, in the old days when I had a bad mood, Mr. D used to come around and I felt better because I throw all my anger on him --- well, I mean we tease each other ---.” But since he went to AD for his project, he is no where to be seen.

Wednesday afternoon, I was waiting for F to come, suddenly I was Mr. D!! I thought I was imagining But I heard couple of girls saying that Mr. D is back!! F and the other girls went to see their ex-teacher. F asked me to come with them but I could not! I was so happy that I could not go and see my Irish uncle.

F drugged me with her!! He looked a little bit different from the last time I saw him. I had a nice chat with him and Mr. Dn who joined us later. Mr. D and I went to talk to the other girls and one of them took a picture us. He invited me to drink a cup of coffee and that was a really kind of him.

I spent around 1 hour and a half talking to Mr. D, everyone who knew him was happy to know that he was at the university. Mr. D came only because he had unfinished business so he left at 5:00 pm, God knows when I will see him again but till that day arrive “God bless you Uncle D”