HYD & MG!

For more than one year, I have been such a huge addict to East Asian Dramas! The way of acting and the storyline of the dramas always attract my attention. I don’t remember watching any drama which I did not admire except for few. I watched a lot of them starting with the Korean Drama Winter Sonata and the last one I watched was the Taiwanese Drama Meteor Garden.

Let me write more about Meteor Garden. This drama is the second one I watched as a Taiwanese drama, the first one was "Devil Beside You". I watched this drama because it follows almost the same storyline of the Japanese drama "Hana Yori Dango" --- "Guys Over Flowers". Though MG was produced before HYD, I did not hear about it until I watch HYD.

MG follows exactly the same storyline of the original Japanese comic while HYD had many changes within it. The thing is that both dramas are amazing, the actors and actresses are very good at acting besides they are good-looking as well.

The basic story in both of them is the same. A normal poor girl who join a school full of wealthy students. This school is controlled by 4 super-rich guys who gives a Red Notice to anyone goes against them. The story gets more excitement when the poor girl go against them and get that Notice.

I recommend HYD and MG to those who did not know or watch any East Asian dramas…they are missing a lot of fun.

Field Trips

In the first and second weeks of my summer job and exactly in the weekends, Dad decided to take me and my brothers to field trips….to our universities! In the first week, we went to see M's university…The American University of Sharjah. It was HUGE! The fact is that it was in the University City, a place that contains many colleges and universities. I was impressed and enjoyed the place!

The next weekend, we went to ZU's new campus! I was stunned to know how far it is, it is far than I expected it to be! First, I thought that we lost the way coz M drove forward and forward. But once I saw the tower of the university from a distance, I knew that we were on the right road. The new campus was unfinished but looked BIG! We had a drive around it and went back inside Dubai. The traffic was terrible but we managed to get out of the city.

What bugs me now is the long road to the new campus! I think and in order to get to the university before 8 o'clock, we should leave UAQ at 6: 30 or maybe before! In other words, I should wake up before 5 am and hop in the bus at 5:30 am! Wow! That sounds really hard, and I thought that the university may provide students who come from far places with dorms…but I just heard rumors about that nothing more…

Anyways, I cant wait to be there, and if there is dorms or not I would love to go to the university everyday…its one of my joys in life!

Final Mission!...C3

Chapter 3: In Sahara Center

We arrived to Sahara at 10:30 am and the girls went to play and dragged me to play along with them while everybody else was watching…but I was starting to have a headache so I said that I would be back after 10 mins. The general manager and the other 2 orgnizers went to grab something to eat but I said that I want to buy something from the Coffee Bean…my favorite place for a latte.

I saw one of the students walking around! Once she saw me she said "Please Ms Maryam! Come and play with us!" and this time I actually did! I played games, which I do not usually play. I ended up feeling dizzy and I am glad that I did not fall in a place full of guys! However, I am glad that I made my students happy by playing with them. Then one the girls said that she bought me lunch and that was too much! I was seriously touched!

The end of the trip was terrible! A girl collapsed! She was sick yet she played! So we had to cancel lunch and take it with us. The girl was in a really bad shape but she started to feel better when we arrived to UAQ.

This trip will never be forgettable, it was the final day of my job with my sweet students…I will never forget them and hope to see them soon.

Final Mission!...C2

Chapter 2: I think it happened before

Our third place we aimed for was the Ministry of Civil Defense in UAQ! We did not know where the manager was, so we asked an Indian man who was working there. He asked us to follow him and we did. He took us through the stairs to the fourth floor. I was walking near E in order to protect her from falling with the gift… and guess what? I end up falling on my both knees on the hard floor! The Indian man looked shocked along with another one who appeared out of nowhere!! --- does not that sound familiar? --- my students were shocked and asked me if I am ok….well, I WAS NOT! But I told them that it hurts a little. When we arrived to the manager's place, we were shocked again! Why? Because the manager was in a romantic mood! He was turning on a soft music. We ignored that, went to him, and thanked him for the support and their part of teaching the girls about Civil Defense for one week in the summer school.

The last place was to UAQ's Radio Station. The security showed us the way to the reception where a girl showed us the way to the manager! Like the others, he was happy and appreciates us coming to him! I never visited those places and I don’t think I would have if I did not work in the summer school.

At 9:30 am we were on our way to Sahara Center. There were 10 girls between the ages of 11- 16 and it was easy for me to handle them along with the general manager and 2 of the organizers. One of the girls said that she want to go back home because my earrings were prettier than hers! Well, little girls are always like that!

Final Mission!...C1

Chapter 1: A Messanger!

Before the final ceremony, the general manager and I were discussing something to do with the special girls who participated in the final ceremony's events. We thought about taking them to a trip and since we know that they LOVE Sahara Center, we believed it the best place.

After the final ceremony ended, I told the girls, most of them are my students, that we are going to take them to Sahara Center. They loved the idea and we agreed to gather in the summer school the next day at 8 am. When the girls left, I had one final mission from my boss. She said that I am going with 3 of the girls to the companies and ministries which supported us to give them a gift and a certificate! I agreed, since I really love this kind of jobs.

So the next morning before we go to Sahara Center, I took J, A and E with me to where my boss sent us. First, we went to UAQ's Municipality, we went to see a woman who the GM knew very well. She was so happy for the gift and the certificate as well. Then we made our way to the Alkebesy Group, J, A and E fought about who is going to carry the gift and the certificate so I told them that every one of them will carry one to a practical place…its really hard to take care of kids!!! In the Group, we met the manager who was DELIGHTED once he saw the gift he said "OH! You brought me a gift!!"…he really appreciate it.

The Final Ceremony...2

After that he went with the general manager to discuss some other stuff. While the manager of the girls club started to give certificates to the organizers and I was one of them. When I heard my name, I smiled and wanted to walk to the stage but something stopped me!! My students!! They started screaming and saying "Hooray! Hooray"!! I was stunned but I smiled at them while I got my certificate and my present.

I went after that to the hall where the work of my class was presented. We made many brushers, languages cards, info cards, stands…etc. the guest of honor was pleased with what the literature club presented. Even reports were there, I was busy with my students that I did not get the chance to talk to them…

Then my students came around me and we had a chat….they give me gifts, cards and asked for my email and phone number! I had no idea that I would be that popular in the summer school! And I will never forget about them!

The final ceremony was not the last day of my job….next will be about the fun last day which I spent with 10 of my best, hard working special students.

The Final Ceremony...1

I had no idea that being the organizer of the literature club would be that tough the first day I accepted it. However, when the day of the final ceremony finally came…I felt sad to say goodbye to staff and students but happy about the events of that day at the same time.

That day, I had to go to work earlier that expected, at 7:30 am. When I arrived there, I found the "acting group" of my students there before me. I watched them practicing for the last time before going on stage. The general manager gave me a new mission, which was taking some photos of the ceremony's events. However, I had to run around the place when needed to make sure that everything is in its expected place.

At 10 am, the guest of honor Mr. H arrived from the ministry. I knew that gentleman from before, the first time I met him was when he paid a visit to the summer school to have a look at its activities. That day I was giving my students information about South and North Korea. He shocked me when he said that he lived in Korea for 20 days. My answer was "Aynaosayo?" which means "how are you?" in Korean, he was stunned and answered "Aynaosayo" means "I am fine"…

When he arrived, the general manager and I guided him to the auditorium. That place was full of girls and their mothers. Then the ceremony's events started which contained 3 plays, some commercials between them and I was taking pictures of all of that. Then Mr. H was asked to give certificates to the special girls. Most of them were from my class, and I was so proud of them.

Tough but it kept me busy!!

The third week was the starting of the real hard work in the summer school. In it I was teaching my student about different culture: Japanese, Korean, India, Spanish, Italian, American and Brazilian. My students really enjoyed it and they always asked for more.

The thing is after I finished teaching; I stay with the general manager to finish our other paper job. In order to do that we stay at the club till 7 or 8 pm!! After I finish my work, I go to the hospital to stay with granny till 9. After that I go back home to prepare for lesson and finish some related work.

However, I was the one who was chosen for the business trips around UAQ. In those trips, I go to different organizations to deal with paper work or to buy some stuff for my work.

Before the day of the final ceremony, the general manager, the other organizers, some special girls and I stayed in the club till 10 pm. Preparing the gifts, practicing for the different activities for the ceremony and checking the stuff which should be shown in front of the guests.

In my next blog, I will talk in details about the events in the final ceremony!