Goodbye Semester!

  • Feb 8th, 2007
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    • Spring Vacation began a couple of weeks ago; I already feel boredom I have never felt before.

     
    17 days left until we begin the new semester, just like every year, I wait with enthusiasm. Waiting to unleash my temporary energetic brain.

     
    But before that, I looked to the mess which was made last semester.  Books are near the PC, tons of handouts which were given to me by doctors are everywhere, pens & pencils rolling all over the place.     

     
    Yes, it is time to clean up, I removed the books and put them where they belong, and took the handouts to trash?  No I didn’t, the handouts are far more valuable to me than books, as I opened the box which contains the old handouts, memories of the last years rushed into my brain.  After picking some old handouts, memories grew bigger, sending me back to my first day at the awesome University of Bahrain.

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    It was two years and a half when I first stepped on the campus. It was queer to have a majority female classmates and a couple of guys that I don’t know, and to spend 5 hours doing nothing but waiting for the bus to come, with no friends to talk to.

     
    Suddenly, I woke up from this flashback and continued to look at the handouts regaining more memories during the process.

     
    After that, I placed the handouts of the last semester with the old handouts while I told myself that by doing this, I am not only putting papers inside a box, but also making some memories to remember at the end of next semester!    


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    Research Paper

  • Jan 11th, 2007
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    • Delaying is something I am used to, I delay any task given to me whether I have one day to finish it or 1 year. I can tell stories about the bad management of time, but would I ever learn from my mistakes?

    Well I had to write that research paper about History and its effects on human beings for the American history course. As usual I started writing the research very late, began working on the research paper at 3 PM.

    Two hours passed, spent on jumping from a web site to forum, it was time to pray but only three lonely lines were written.

    After a short break I came back to the computer, realized that I have to write five pages in that day, erased the written lines & began to write the introduction, visited Wikipedia and typed the magical word “History” the result came back in seconds, I took the information I needed and began to it.  Soon there were nothing more to write in the introduction, making me face the body of the research, now I need to use the books I have and a reliable internet articles, I open my books, and started to Google for useful information.

    In less than an hour I have wiped out all the resources I had, the result was only one page, then it was time to use my imagination, I remembered what has been written in the introduction, which opened my eyes to new horizons.  I could actually think of the things that we learn from history (thanks to my doctor and previous readings) all what I had to do is to link what we have learned with new theories produced by the brain.

    Bedtime arrived, “I will only sleep when I finish the research,” I said.

    I was creating ideas and supporting them with quotes from here and there nightlong, I finished writing the fourth page just minutes before Al-fajir prayer.

    After finishing prayer, I was reminded about a test that I should have done before, Oh that what I really needed!  Anyway, I done the test in minutes, and then back to that research paper, I stared at what I have done in order to write the conclusion but by that time my brain was clogged and nothing came to my mind.

    After half an hour of staring I gave up, it is time to get ready for the university. “Those useless days of copy & paste research papers are gone for good,” I murmured. 

    I went to the university and the day started, at the US history course I had to promise the teacher that the research would be in his hand before the end of the day.  After the end of class, I had a rest, and then to the lab I went, I hardly wrote the conclusion as my eyes were closing due to lack of sleep.  After all, I FINISHED IT then handed it to the doctor and left his office.

    Later on, a friend of mine asked me if I had a good lesson out of this, I told him that I had a good lesson indeed. At the moment I was whispering deep in my soul “Managing to do a required task in a little time is what makes us good time managers!”

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    Lost & Found!

  • Dec 25th, 2006
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    • I lost this pen almost 6 months ago, and had searched for it since that date. It is not a special pen, not a gift from a dear friend neither an expensive pen. It is just a 50-fils pen which I wanted to regain. Not that I am stingy, but I really liked that pen, I felt the comfortable when I used it because it reminded me of the good old childhood memories as I used to write with a similar pen.

     I have just found this pen accidentally a couple of days ago, with a joyful happiness I opened the lid of the pen, rolled the head on the paper… oooops my precious pen has dried out and became a useless peace of plastic & ink.  Even though it took me half a year to find this pen, I threw it immediately when I saw its uselessness.

    Message: When you search for a lost item (or person), you might find it, but it could be of no use when you find it.

    You should ask yourself, would it ever be the same again when it is in your hands?

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    Back to school

  • Sep 8th, 2006
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    • Back to School

        After months of doing nothing, it is time to use my brain again.  The university opens at September 17 2006. 

        This break was the most tiresome vacation ever! I thought that I would relax if I spent my vacation this way.  However, I discovered that it is not good for my health to stop working and relax; I just can’t bear it this way.

        I have been working in summer vacations for years, every year when the vacation is about to end I feel tired, broken, but the most important thing that I feel satisfied, this satisfaction is because I have done something and earned some money, which would be spent on university expenses.

        Anyway, last Thursday I went to the university to finish the subject-registration process. It was normal to wake up early at a Thursday morning; I didn’t feel emotionally wounded because the weekend has been shifted from Thursday-Friday  to Friday-Saturday, all the people in Bahrain will get over it and will forget that there was a day off on Thursday.         

        Back to the registration, I have spent 6 hours to get all the required stamps which is good because I have seen some of the friends and chatted with them and most importantly because I have seen the UOB and its buildings.

         After nine days, we are going to have some fun as the university is going to apply the new dress code, which have been introduced a week ago.  We shall see if the eye-gazing machines will be able to order the girls not to dress improperly!

        For the time being, I will count the days until the sun raises again.

    ومتباركين بهذي الليلة

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    Body Language

  • Apr 18th, 2006
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    • I always thought that the body language is something that we could understand wrong. That is why I never believed in it.  However, yesterday in my learning teaching class, I became more comfortable with the body language thing.  Rebecca Smoak the Regional English Language Officer of the US embassy was our guest.  She taught us many techniques of controlling students, which depends on the body language. Now I can say that the body language is very effective.  It could make your students hate your class or love it. Therefore, I will apply some of those techniques on my students     

     

     God help them    !!!

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    امتحانات فاشلة !!!

  • Nov 2nd, 2005
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    • في هذا الموضوع ما بتكلم عن المراجعة الطويلة للأمتحانات ولا عن خوفي الشديد منهم اللي يخليني ارجف

    لأني اساساً عيار وجمبازي ولا ادري ولا اخاف منهم

    بس محور حديثناً اليوم هو الأمتحانات الفاشلة 

    امس  قدمت امتحان من اكره الأمتحانات في مسيرتي الجامعية

    الأخطاء فيه شحلوها وشزينها

    الأخطاء مال السبيلنغ لا تعد ولا تحصى ، تخيلوا وياي عطونا من العناوين ويبغونا نوصلهم بالقطع المناسبة

    بس لين بديتون تحلون تكتشفون ان احد المقاطع ما له جواب ومقطع ثاني له جوابين

    تواصلون مسيرتكم في الأمتحان ، وفجأة تكتشفون ان فيه سؤال مكرر بس حاطينه بصيغة ثانية ويش تسوون

    d: انا سويت مثلهم وحطيت نفس الجواب بس بصيغة ثانية

    وفي أحد الأسئلة حطوا لينا جمل وفيه خيارين يبغونا نوزعهم على الجمل

    المشكلة ان الخيارين ليهم نفس المعنى :s

    شرايكم في الأمتحانات الي جدي مو تشوش الطلبة من كثر أخطائها ؟

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