HOT!

There is a serious problem with the AC in a building in the university where I have THREE classes today! So all day, I have been hopping from one hot class to another! I'm exhausted!

To anyone who is in charge of this AC problem,

Please solve the
problem before you sweat and burn in hell for making us go through
this.

Thank you, I appreciate all the time you spent thinking about
'inferior' students and trying to solve their problems.

I would
just like to note that the university is here for STUDENTS to STUDY, not for
you
to rot in an office in the fourth floor.

Yes, I know where your
offices are.

And I'm writing this during class so if you have a
problem with that, just go knock your head on the wall behind you.
Whenever I look up and see the sweating teacher, I feel bad for him and
then I feel worse for me because HE IS NOT WEARING ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
LAYERS OF
CLOTHING.

Just a student from this #$%^ing university,

MJ

What's your favourite ice cream flavour? I wouldn't mind any now.

Class is over, i'm off to buy myself some ice cream! :D

TAGTAG!

I was not going to do this, but since i'm so busy and don't have the time to think of something to write, I decided to post it and entertain anyone who reads my blog. :)

Four jobs that I’ve had:-
Math and IT tutor for freshmen students. (Ah. That was a complete headache and I just remembered that I hated it to the point that I didn't go collect my money.)
… I never really had a job. Even though I kind of do something now but I don't want to talk about that because I don't get paid.
Oh wait, my dad pays me to study. :D

Movies that I could watch over and over:-
Pride and Prejudice (BBC)
Sound of Music
Wimbledon
Mulan (yes, the Disney Mulan cartoon!)
I will stop here because I always feel like such a … girl.

Four places where I’ve lived-
I have always lived in the UAE except for sometime in Riyadh but I don't even remember that.
Four TV shows that I like:
I don't watch TV.

Four places I’ve vacationed:
UK
Gold Coast, Australia
Cape Town, South Africa
Malaysia
Just had a long discussion about where to go this summer with family, the world seems so small.

Four of my favorite dishes:-
Lasagna
Grilled fish, white rice and green salad.
Yalanji
Caesar salad and Greek salad.

Four sites that I visit daily:-
Gulf News
All the blogs I read
Webmail / Hotmail / Gmail
Google

Four Books that I’ve read this past year
Blink! The power of thinking without thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Few books by Phippla Gregory
I Capture the Castle -- by Dodie Smith
My Sister's Keeper : A Novel – Jodi Picoult

Four Bloggers that I’m going to tag with this:
Everyone was already tagged! But if there is anyone out there who was not tagged and is part of the uae blogging community, then just go do it.

Scooby-Doo! Where are you!

I discovered something about myself!

I almost never sit and give my back to the door!

How did I get to conclusion? I don't know, but I remember that I thought of that before I sleep and thought of where I sit in all my classes, of my bed's position, my place in the living room, my place in our dinner table, etc.

… and then I had some weird dreams.

Then woke up to my sister talking about Scooby-Doo! Yes, the same Scooby-Doo from CartoonNetworks.


Why?

Our neighbors who didn't move to their house yet hanged two Scooby-Doo's from their roof.

Why?

I will just tell you the whole story.

Few weeks ago, the 'men' came and tried shooting all the pigeons and scare them away, but the problem is, they came back.

Ladies and gentlemen, the men's way of doing it didn't work this time so the women took charge.

Today, the women came with two Scooby-Doo's and a Pakistani guy and hanged the two Scooby-Doo's from the roof to scare the pigeons away.

So do you think Scooby-Doo is capable of the job? He will spend the night hunting ghosts (from all the running I see him doing on CartoonNetworks I'm guessing that's what he does…) and the day scaring pigeons away.

Genius idea of the women, isn't it?

I will keep you updated with the results of this experiment. :)


By the way, I don't think they meant for it to be a Scooby-Doo, they just wanted a dog!

It's raining – Alain is the place to be!

It rained all over the UAE, but Alain people know how to celebrate and enjoy it like no one else. :D

Rain in Alain is different too because the weather is not as polluted, and Clouds, green of plants and sand dunes make such a nice picture. Rain in Alain is not grey from all the pollution and dust in Dubai, its clean!

Friday, as we were driving back from Dubai we passed by "7araka" and oh my. It was all covered with cars!! Everyone was outside! Everyone was going there, and there was traffic in Alain and not in front of private schools, no.

It was a rain festival.

They hold events there whenever it rains, so the police and 'ta7areyat' come and they arrange the cars and everything and guys get to "e5amsoon" in turn and all.

I took some pictures but they are not as good as the videos.

When I called my brother to make him feel bad about 'oh all the fun he is missing' he said that Dubai Marina is just perfect and talked about it and made me wish I was there.

Oh yo Bald guy!

My younger brother is getting so into Arabic poetry and reciting it, his Arabic teacher asked him once to show the other students how poetry should be recited; he went out and recited this:

يا صلعة لابي حفص ممردة
كأن ساحتها مرآة فولاذ
ترن تحت الأكف الواقعات به
ا حتى ترن بها أكناف بغداد

Which he memorized from satirical poetry and the guy is basically saying that your bald is like a mirror, and if I touch it the sound would echo all over Baghdad.

The teacher got mad at him; even though I don't think she should have because it's Arabic poetry!

My brother went on to tell her that 'it's Bin ElRomi' and to explain it to her… she still didn't let him say another one.

I found that he knows more than I do, which is basically nothing. He told me this one too:

يقتر عيسى على نفسه
و ليس بباق و لا خالد
فلو يستطيع لتقتيره
تنفس من منخر واحد

Which is that this guy is saying that the other guy is so cheap and greedy that if he could he would breathe from only one nose. (One side!)

(This will probably be my last post that includes arbic, it took me forever to write and edit it, and then I still couldn't do it the way it should be - two columns.)

Pretty deep.

In my communication skills for business first class, the teacher was asking my friend which high school she went to and my friend also mentioned the school I went to but the teacher assumed one way or another that I went to a different school, and I only knew that two weeks later.

Last week, I was leaving class and was ready with my iPod on and all, when she caught me and started asking me questions; I answered but kept walking toward the door. Her husband came, I smiled said hi and thought that now is a good time to leave class, when I was at the door she said 'oh she is the one who went to *insert school name*' and he was like 'ooh!'

I didn't know what to do, I might have told her that I didn't go to that school if she mentioned it when I was the only one there, but the way she said it to her husband, I felt bad about telling her I didn't go to that school.

She then turned to me and asked 'do you know this person?'

MJ: 'eh no' *is walking out*
Husband: 'do you know this person?'
MJ: 'no' *I'm no outside the class and they could see that I was not really paying attention to what they are saying because I had iPod on*
Husband: 'the principle…'
MJ: 'ooh!' *runs away*

In another class…

I like to write my notes on the computer because I always lose papers, they get all mixed on paper, it's neater and easier to study from and because I already have to use the laptop when I'm studying so it's easier to have everything in one place and always with me.

I was answering questions and debating things with the teacher and the teacher kept calling me 'o'7t MJ' (sister MJ) but because the students didn't get what I'm saying, he started explaining it to them in Arabic and English. I thought that now is a good time to read my notes, organize them, and add things to them.

He kept talking and talking.

… And I opened a website and started reading.

'o'7t MJ, what do you think?'

I look up to find that teacher and students are all waiting for my answer.

I think… 'Crap! I'm in trouble!'

And I just said the last number that I heard another girl saying '350!'

WRONG ANSWER!

The teacher had the evilest smile on his face, I could see that he was thinking 'I got you didn't I? Acting all smart and here I got you! You better learn!'

Teacher: 'it's what you were just explaining to us MJ, the answer is 500 because…'

I was going to go after class and show him my notes, just to prove that I was not playing… not that much at least.

The very real Malsoon

The very real Malsoon *insert my family name here* drinking pepsi, but found it's empty and still won't give it back! (no one was holding the pepsi for him in the picture)

He is the cutest thing ever. and so clever too!

He thinks of himself as part of the family, and that he has the right to everything just like every one of us, he has to eat, drink, play, talk, walk, etc. when we do. Only thing he doesn't have is a laptop, and he gets so annoyed when we all use ours and he doesn't have one and so tries to break the laptops or cut the wires.

I love him when he is walking around and then hears my dad's voice and run to him! He does run!

He acts so human at time with all his face expressions. When you talk to him, he turns his head to one side as if he is really listening to what you are saying.

oh, he is an African grey parrot.