Joy!

Though life was not brightly smiling at me during the last weeks, it does not mean that not everything was being well. There was couple of things that made me really smile during them.

Thanks to my part time job in the library, I got to meet some amazing people. One of them is Sa. She is a tutor as well but an excellent one! She is really cool; I can say that she is the only friend that I got a long with really well since the day we first met. We have been friends for around 1 month and a half; however, we got really close. We have the same ideas and they we joke are the same. And yea! She is a good teaser as well but she doesn’t tease me as my other friend, God bless them.

The other thing that made me really happy was in May. It is my dear ex teacher’s Birthday…Mr. G! I could not give him his present on his birthday because I was so busy that day with my classes and stuff. However, I already planned with him before his BD, to have coffee with him in following day of his big day.

In that following day, I heard from him that he won’t make it to the campus until the afternoon. I suggested having lunch instead of coffee and he agreed. Around a quarter after1 o’clock, we met. We went to grab our lunch and I said my official “Happy Birthday” to him. We sat and had a chat about this and that. Mr. S and Mr. Gn joined us later and we had fun teasing each other. And again Mr. S and Mr. G talked about Mr. S’s favorite TV show which I had no clue about. it was a really fun gathering! I just want to say again “Happy Birthday Mr. G” I cant wait for next year :D

Two days again, I was in the dinning hall with Asma when we saw Mr. N, the assistant dean of my college. As always, he started to tease me while we were chatting; I asked him if he had someone to have lunch with. He had none so I asked him to have lunch with us! It was really amazing! We were joined by Mr. N’s friends, Mr. Tm and Ms. J. We had a really fun chat and I really enjoyed chatting and socializing with them!

Those events really made me happy and refreshed me whenever I was having a bad day. I should not be complaining coz things could have been worse…

Ups and Downs!

The last week of April and the first two weeks of May were the worse weeks this year. I am not sure what exactly was happening but I have been going through a lot of ups and downs for some reasons.

I can’t really mention everything in details, all I can say is that my mood was not stable at all. If something good happens, I prepare myself for A BIG SHOCK and it always happen. Due to all that, by the first week of May I felt sick and stayed at home to rest. Besides, I thought it was a good idea to stay at home and study for that economic exam. Now, looking back at it, I wish if I went to the campus that day even if I was DYING!

When that exam started, I got another unexpected shock! I completely did not know the answer of the first question which was counted 20% from the whole grade. What made it worse is that afterwards I discovered something…the teacher explained that question in class in the day I was absent! The thing is that I went to see my teacher twice before one day of the exam but I did not find him.

When I thought that things won’t get any worse that day, something else happened. I went to get my grades from my Environmental science teacher. I was full of confident, that I won’t get less than a B! I was wrong again…I got the SHOCK of my life knowing how BAD my grade was! I did not see that one coming at all!! I studied so hard for that exam and got such a shameful mark! Lately, it always happen, the harder I study, the fewer grades I get…maybe I should not be studying TOO MUCH! But if I don’t study like that…I am afraid that I would fail or won’t get good grades….

What a life I am living! When I thought that the ups and downs are decreasing, another thing happens. Like 2 days ago, I was not allowed to go help in the CEPA Day which I was really looking forward to. I even attended the sessions for CEPA Helpers, I was so excited but….I could not make it. I really felt so unhappy about it but there was nothing I could do about it.

My new Part Time Job

After my team won the Tanmia-Damas Quiz, I felt kind of empty. There was not much to do expect studying and having fun with friends. In short, my life was back to normal. However, I was helping Mr. P with some work for the upcoming ESSC 2007.

In that morning, I was sitting in the coffee shop doing some work for Mr. P. when Mr. T, who was my boss in the CEPA exam last year, came to approach me. He said that I looked bored; I told him that I am doing some work for Mr. P. and had not much to do. “Come with me!” he said. I looked at him like asking for more explanations. He repeated that sentence again. So I left my laptop and followed him.

I went with him to see Ms. H, the one who is in charge of the LEC in the library.He asked her if they need more tutors for students. I looked at Mr. T realizing what he meant by that hassle he made earlier! He was kind enough to get me a job! Ms. H said that they need more and he said that I can be a good one! I thanked both of them for that opportunity.

Now, I am a tutor working on Zayed University’s Library. I have few students now and the good part is that I can work between my breaks. When I have no students, I help with doing stuff around the library: shelving books, setting at the librarian desk, organizing the SRAs…etc.

Working and studying is really tiring but I really feel like I am doing something useful with my life which feels…REALLY GOOD

April Fools 2007!

It’s almost the end of May and I wonder…how could I possibly forget to write about April fools this year?! Last year, April fools was really something, people fooled me and I managed to fool some of them and I hoped to do the same this year.

Sunday, April 1^st, I was so busy with my three morning classes followed by my part time job in the library which I will write more about later. When it was 2 pm in the afternoon, I realized that I kind of forgotten about the whole thing. I was thinking about an idea to fool someone! The person who came to my mind was Mr. Dn! since he fell for my trick last year

I went to his office and he was there. I asked him about April 1^st and how the day was treating him. Nothing happened to him he said and I replied saying that it was fun playing the trick on him last year. I then started my Joke saying that I am going to transfer to AUS next year once I get high grades in my current semester. While I was saying all that he looked at me like saying “I’ve got you, you can’t fool me again”. After finishing he said “You can’t leave ZU”. It was obvious that he knew about the joke.

I left saying that I will try my best next year and he replied “But next year, you won’t be in ZU”, He knew exactly how to answer me. As he reminded me with the expression “Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me” he was right. Any ways its better for him to be careful next year, I AM NOT GIVING UP!

Nothing much happened to me this year, but at least I managed to fool two of my friends H&K.

April Fools' Victims lol

I failed tricking Mr. Dn in the April first, I will share the story later, but two of my friends fell for my trick. In the bus, there are those two kind friends of my K & H. The only way that they can do to kill time on the road from and to the university is… playing UNO! I always tell them that it’s a waste of time and I always wish if they can just chat with us instead of playing. However, its kind of fun to tease them everyday about playing and stuff.

I was discussing with S, who she calls herself “Vipo”, the UNO thing. And we came up with plan! We planned to steal the cards from them one day but the right chance did not come until April first. That day on the way back to UAQ, K & H did not play and went to set somewhere else at the back leaving their stuff on front. I think that that had something important to take care of.

I looked at Vipo and told her that it was our chance! We asked A, who plays with them sometimes, to grab the UNO cards! She did and I quickly hid it in my bag. Vipo and I could not stop laughing until we reached UAQ.

In the following day, it was a surprise that K & H did not discover anything! On the way to the campus, H suddenly looked at me saying “Because of you and your nagging, I think that I left my cards at home!” I played innocent “You forgot it H! I thought that you never do!”

After moments, Vipo said that we should expose ourselves. She called K & H after I head the cards behind my back, we both said that we have something to say. I showed them the cards and we both said “You were victims for our APRIL FOOLS DAY”. Thy eyed us not believing that we actually did that! They pretended to be angry at us but later we saw them laughing.

It was really fun! Those girls really have a sense of humors. I really love my bus mates, its them who always make the long trip much easier! Bless you friends!