Dennis Oh!!!

Dennis oh or Dennis Joseph O`Neill is one of my favorite Korean actors. The first thing that attracted me to him was his smile, that killer smile! Besides, something in his eyes notified me that he has a really big kind heart! It is true that I have never met him and I might never will but the facts I am feeling are giving me a good impression about this gentleman.

I first saw him acting in a drama named “Witch Yoo Hee” during my summer vacation. Since that time he became my number one Korean actor after Lee wan and Lee Jin Wook. He is half Korean, half American, AS his mother is from South Korea. He was only speaking basic Korean but in a short period of time he actually improved. The progress can be recognized when we see the difference between the two dramas he acted in Sweet Spy and Witch Yoo Hee.

In Sweet Spy, he did not know much Korean and most of his lines were in English. However, in Witch Yoo Hee, he was speaking a very good Korean! I could not believe that he improved that much in two years only! He must be a very hard working student.

Hmmm, I wonder why I am writing about Dennis! Is it because I have no other topics or maybes maybe because I like this model/actor! People might ask! Why? Well, Just because!

Westlife 2007 & "Back Home"

A band that sold over 40 million album worldwide, had 14 UK number ones, won the record of the year 7 times, and it’s my favorite boyband….whom I am talking about? WESTLIFE of course!! 6 years in a raw and I am still a loyal fan for this Irish boyband. Yay! No matter what others say about them or those who dislike them, nothing will ever change my mind about them!

On November 5th, 2007, they released their newest album “Back home”. It has 11 songs in including Michael Buble song “Home” which they made a really good job making a cover of it. However, though Westlife made a lot of cover songs, one sure thing can be noticed, they have never ruined the rhythm or the meaning of these songs! With making cover songs or not, they will still be my favorite boyband, NO MATTER WHAT!

The sad news is that they are going to take a year break after finishing their tour sometime in June. A whole year is a lot! But then, these men, I cannot call them boys, had dedicated their life for Westlife, they deserve to have a break. So no album for Westlife next year which means that “Back home” is the last album they release while I am still in the university! Next time they release their album, I am not going to be in ZU!

The main reason behind wanting a year break is that Nicky wants to spend more time with his wife and his babies Rocco and Jay! Shane wants to spend time with his wife and baby Nicole! Kain is planning to get married soon and Mark wants to hang around with his boyfriend Kevin! They have a life outside Westlife after all.

I cannot wait to get my hands on their newest album, I don’t know what’s my story whenever I want to buy a recent album they released! It just does not happen to me as quick as I want it !

The Outstanding Golf Trip...Part 2

Mr. Dc asked us to go into the coffee shop and order something until the golf professionals come to teach us. I sat at the coffee shop and ordered lemon juice and had a really nice conversation with the girls, Mr. Dc, Ms. M and our dean who joined us later. Around 11:00 AM, the golf professionals arrived and introduced themselves, M and S. They looked really professionals and they were good looking too!

They guided us to the fields where they showed us different kinds of golf clubs. I learnt something, “Its not about the straight that you hit the ball with, its about the swing and what kind of club you are holding” we took our positions and both M and S started to teach us how to hold the clubs and hit the balls. I was so happy when I hit the ball from the very first try but it did not go far! I soon ran out of balls and S was kind enough to bring me more.

We asked the dean and Mr. Dc to hit the ball for us and they did! It was awesome! They looked really good! We moved to the other field which we only had to put the ball inside the hall! It was not easy as it sounds! But then, time flies and it was time for us to go back to the campus!

We thanked our teachers and the golf professionals for all what they did, we really had a good time. This trip was the best I ever had because simply I had a really good time with the business girls and teachers! Now, I really want to play golf again, it’s like a love from the very first sight! One day, I will join the golf club and go there whenever I get the chance to because golf is a good sport after all!

The Outstanding Golf Trip...Part 1

Being a full time business student and a part time tutor at my university’s library is quite hard but still challenging. I really feel content whenever I work hard, study hard and for sure have fun! I always try to make time for my friends and grab any other chance for fun….like the trip the Dubai Creek Club.

An email was sent before the end of the weekend at Dec 11 announcing a trip to play golf in Dubai Creek Club, I was so excited that I replied right away. The trip was on Thursday, the best time of the week coz I have no classes on Thursdays. I came to know the my quantitative methods teacher and the dean of my college were going too! When I asked my teacher about what I should be wearing, he said “A hat, sunglasses and funny shirt!” though I have no idea what funny shirts have to do with playing golf! It was a joke anyways.

I bought a hat, a new sun block, a sports bag and sports shoes as preparation for playing golf. Some of my friends wanted to come with me but as the email said, only business students. that morning, I had breakfast with my friend Sara, she was shocked on how causal I looked! Ah well, I was not going to a party, I was going to play golf so I wanted to wear comfortable easy clothes.

I joined the business girls at the small cafeteria in B wing where we met Mr. Dc, my business teacher. He said that the dean was going to meet us at the club. We hopped into the bus and followed Mr. Dc to the Dubai Creek Club. I have never been in there and it was so nice when we walked around the place. I enjoyed the smell of the wet grass and the nice light breeze.

The two Eids!!!

The two Eids were really calm as usual especially with me not being able to go out. In both of them, I stayed at home because simply my brothers went out with their friends and dad with his friends and co-workers. However, I stayed with my granny and received guests.

One very interesting visit was from one of my uncles who I did not see for 4 years because he went abroad to study with his wife. He called and said that he was coming to see me with his wife, my granny who is my mom’s mom, some relatives and he said something about a surprise! I did not get him when he said a surprise until he came home.

He brought his children with him! God bless them! It’s been a really long time since the last time I held kids though in a way I had no idea how to hold them! I had a good conversation with them, one of my brothers joined us later. It was good to see him and his family. He mentioned something about going to Liverpool in the mid-year break and asked me to join them. I wanted to and tried to convince my dad but he always have different opinions than mine.

For sure, my granny’s sisters came to visit as usual with all the teasing and stuff! Granny kept saying the same thing during the last two Eids, she wants me to marry my cousin who is by the way 5 years younger than me, and we both have completely different views about life! Lately, I see the marriage subject coming a lot on the surface and it seriously bugs me! I cannot get married, not now!!!

So these what were basically happening with my Eids. Poor me same story every year, no one have much free time in order to take me out! Anyways, things could have been worse!

My 21st Birthday Party! C7

Chapter #7: My birthday presents and final thoughts

Obviously, my business teachers are always busy with their classes and stuff. Though I wanted them to come so bad, they could not make it. I really understand but still, I made the party from 12 to 2 because I know that 12 is when most business teachers are free. There is always next year…

I attended the afternoon class and went to reorganize for some stuff. I met some teachers who could not make it because they were away outside the campus. I really wish if more people came to my birthday party. I was still wearing the tiara I could not take it off! I was so grateful to my friends! God may bless them, they are always there for me.

When I got home, my granny was there and my auntie joined later. I talked with them about my day. Of course, I brought the biggest piece of cake back home to share it with my family. I then opened my birthday presents, every single girl and teacher brought me stuff related to who I am. One thing in common, ALL IN VIOLET OR PURPLE! Beside, some of my favorite chocolate “Ferriro Rocher” It took me 3 days to look at all my birthday presents!

I had an unforgettable birthday! Now I can proudly say that I had a very nice memory of my 21 birthday. I thank every single friend who helped me with the preparations and every single teacher who came to my party. I thank those who text messaged me and sent me emails … those who did make it, as I already said, there is always next year…. I can not wait for my 22 birthday, God himself knows what is going to happen at that time.

My 21st Birthday Party! C6

Chapter #6: Lets get the Party Started!

At 12:00 PM, the guests started to arrive. I was happy to see them as I went to say hello myself. There were some friends and teachers who brought me birthday presents, seriously! They did not have to. We all moved to where my cake was. Another shock, “I don’t have a knife!” K ran to bring me a knife while another unexpected surprise happened. I suddenly screamed, my friend Monako came to me carrying a pillow that has a tiara on the top of it. It was so beautiful! It took a while till I wore it because I simply did not want to take my scarf off!

I blow the two candles that took the shape of 21! I then cut the cake when Mr. K said “Make sure that the line is straight” I smiled while being careful not to drop the multisers balls. My guests started having their cakes, wrote in guest book and took photos with me. The funnies photo was the one with four male teachers Mr. K, Mr. D, Mr. P.D and Mr. Sc, they all knelt down in order to reach my height, it was just so funny.

Two of my business teachers only came to the party, I was wondering where those who PROMISED to come!! I sat down on the ground with some teachers and friends and had a nice conversations while drinking Arabic coffee. Mr. Do came once he finished his class, I was so happy to see him because he made time for me! Around 2 PM, Mr. B came and was followed by Mr. Dn and Ms. Je. My friends said that they had to steal me from them for moments, they showed me a video made by them. Sara, Vipoo, K, Monako, Am, and H were so kind preparing and saying some really nice things in the video!

I went back to join Mr. Dn, Mr. B and Ms. Je with conversations and talks. The weather was so nice and calm, I really enjoyed it. They left after taking photos with me. I then had to clean the miss, I saw some workers and asked them if they can do it for me. I had a class at 3:00 pm and I could not miss it. I gave the workers the cakes and food as a reward for what they would be doing for me. I took some cake to the business people and prepared what to say for those who promised.

My 21st Birthday Party! C5

Chapter #5: The kind Chef and another trouble!

When I reached it, I talked to some workers in there and one of them predicted that it was my birthday “I can tell” he said! I smiled and asked the other guy “So where is the Chef?” “He is getting some stuff ready to come with you”… in a minute or so, I saw a young guy holding a cream bottle and coming to me. I did not know that it was the Chef, well, he is too young to be a Chef. I introduced myself to him and told him the story of my cake. He asked me to show him the way.

We walked all the way from the cafeteria to the DE second floor where my cake was waiting. He saw it and wished if it was on a table, I apologized for that. He did his best to make my cake look normal and guess what! When I had another look at it again, I was SHOCKED!! It looked exactly the same when I first saw it! I thanked him so much for his help, he did not charge me anything! I felt guilty because he actually did a lot! I invited him to the party but he was so busy. So I promised myself to bring him something once the whole hassle finish.

The trolley guy, who helped me bringing the cake to Mr. D’s office, came. I wanted to show the Chef the way to the cafeteria but he said that I looked so busy and said that he knew the back. The trolley guy left the cake with me after helping me putting in on the trolley. I pushed it to the party’s location where I saw all my friends there waiting for me. Another problem was on the way…

“Maryam, some of your stuff were stolen, the winners presents and the chocolates!” Sara said. I was so shocked that I could not notice that I started to swear, God may forgive me for that…I calmed down since the party was about to start soon.

My 21st Birthday Party! C4

Chapter #4: Running, fixing part of the cake and RUNNING AGAIN!

I called Sara and asked her if she can blow balloons for me, she was kind enough to say yes. I met her between CD courtyard where the party was. I was talking about how awful my day was so far. As usual, she was trying to cheer me up saying that I can depend on her. She needed boxes to put the balloons in them because the winds kept dragging them away! I went to the head of workers, who was kind enough to bring us boxes! I realize very late that I am going to miss my economic class because there were many things that needed to be taken care of so I apologized to my teacher and told her that I cannot make it.

H called and said that she found a solution for the cake problem. I took her to where the cake was. The big piece at the middle was scary that I could not look at it, the borders were bare, it had a nice decoration on it earlier that day. H took out Meltisers chocolates from her bag and started to redecorate the borders and WOW!! It looked nicer! I could not thank her enough, however the white cream in some parts was gone along with the 21 number! I did not know what to do then an idea came to mind! Why don’t I go to the cafeteria and borrow cakes’ cream from them?

That plan came into action once I realized that I was walking QUICKLY to the dinning hall. I talked to one of the staff who went to the kitchen and came back “Wait for 15 minutes, the Chef is going to go with you to where the cake is, he is going to fix it for you” I thanked him so much though all what I wanted to do is to get the cream and do it myself.

Suddenly, my friend A called and said that the order from the bakery arrived. I ran again from the cafeteria to Wing B. A was waiting for me there, I got the food from him and by using a trolley I took them to where the party. I had to take the trolley back to B wing as I promised the security then ran back to the cafeteria.

My 21st Birthday Party! C3

Chapter #3: The beginning of the big day and the cake!

Three hours later, the phone’s alarm rang announcing the beginning of my 21st birthday! I ran to my room, took a shower and prayed. I asked the made to make some Arabic coffee as I thought it would be really nice to share it with my teachers and friends. I got dressed all in violet like I have been doing during the last 3 years. This time, I worse a violet dress, white boots, purplish-violet accessories and a purplish-violet scarf that my dear friend Sara bought me.

When the bus driver arrived, I asked him to help my maid to carry my huge cake! It was so big that it could not enter from the bus’s automatic door. They had to lean it a little bit to enter it inside. I carried the rest of the stuff, the winners’ presents, Arabic coffee, chocolate and the food my auntie made. My friends brought huge mats because we were planning to set on the ground.

When we reached the campus, troubles began. The bus driver was kind enough to carry the stuff with us to the gate, however, when he was helping a worker with the cake….the cover of the cake’s box, smashed part of my cake and removed part of the cream!! When my friend told me, I almost cried! I thought that my cake got ruined! I left it with Mr. D in his office since it was cold. My friends then said that they want to do my hair and makeup… I could not smile while they were doing it, I was thinking about my cake…

My 21st Birthday Party! C2

Chapter #2: Preparations Part 2

An idea came to my mind before my birthday of two days “Why don’t I make some kind of competition during my party?” I decided that the first person I see wearing violet, the first person who I saw stepping into my birthday party, the 8th person who signs my guestbook will be announced winners. Part two was making a competition and asking questions related to myself, I named it “How will do you know me?”

I did not want cake and Soda to be the only food in my party. A and Sara were helping me by making phone calls to different shops around Dubai until we got the right one. I told them what to order and they promised that the food will be on campus around 11:00 AM before one hour of the party.

My auntie offered making some food for me “Mamool” and “Konafa”! it was just so kind of her to do! My friends offered helping me with the decorations and organizing for the party. Others took the mention of taking photos of my party. K, H and Vipoo wanted to take care of the way I look in that day. Everything was set for the big day…

The night of my birthday, I was so busy going to get my cake with my cousin who was offering me rides here and there. After that, I was looking for a suitable guestbook and I found one after a search that lasted for more than half an hour! I asked my cousin if its ok with him to lead me his mobile phone because the quality of its photos is high!

When I reached home, my auntie finished making the food for me, she showed me how to do it! For the rest of that night, I was wrapping the winners gifts! At the mid-night, some friends text message me and it was such an nice surprise to know that they keep my birthday day in their minds! I finished the preparations by 2 in the morning and could not go back to my room to sleep so I slept in the living room!

My 21st Birthday Party! C1

Chapter #1: Preparations Part 1

Last year, when my friends surprised me with a birthday party, I thought about making my own for my 21st birthday. However, due to all the work and projects I was facing, I thought it was impossible. But then I woke up one day with the idea of “I MUST make my own birthday party this year!” and from that moment on, I started to plan.

My first biggest concern was the cake, from where should I order it? If I wanted it to be delivered to the university, there are not many places in Dubai that can bring it to the campus. The only choice was to order and bring it with me from UAQ. I ordered it before two days to my birthday, the design was basically one big piece in the middle surrounded by 80 pieces each has the number 21 on it!

For the decorations and balloons, I had to go shopping with my auntie to buy them. Besides, I had to buy plastic dishes, forks and cups. Though it sounds easy but picking them was not easy at all especially with a picky person like myself. There was something which I heard my friend Vipoo talking about “Candle that have numbers shapes” and I found the numbers 2 and 1!

I was looking for an E-Card to send it to my teachers and friends as an official invitation. It took me a really long time to find a suitable one. I attached the invitation to the emails of people who I want to attend my birthday party. My sis suggested ideas like a guestbook and taking photos and I really liked them.