schedule crisis

I wonder why our registration law at uni is so weird and so stupid. Eveybody I know does his/her own schedule. I feel like I'm treated as a child forced to do whatever I don't want or like. In opposition, they urge us to be hard workers, independent and mature students. They get on my nerves. Because of the major dilemma which happens every semester, We have to do our schedules earlier, we get our curriculum plans and start planning what to take, in the last second when we should be registering (btw done by our advisers) all curriculum plans are changed.

I planned everything, timings was the most important thing, now I have the stupidest schedule ever. Frankly, I hate it, I hate 8 o'clock classes, I hate staying long days at uni, I just hate it. Yet, I have no choice what so ever. I'm trying to consume it and maybe by the end of the summer break I might like it.

Ne ways, deadlines are haunting me, I didn't finish all my to-do work, and today I'm going for skiing. Yaaay, well it's for a photography assignment, so I don't call it the big YAAAY WOOW thing lool.

Time to go get ready,

a very long month

This month is so long, I have no idea why I feel like that but it really is long. N e ways I got a new camera Canon EOS 400D (name needed, any suggestions?), well my brother bought it as a gift. Thanxx bro, love you. I like it, although I know very little about it. The pictures are just so good. Perhaps just the feeling of having a better camera makes me excited, I just hope that the pictures I took for our assignment are good enough. The best thing about the whole thing, I visited several places like Musafah industrial area and Sheikh Zayed's port to take shots, and the workers there are just amazing, they helped a lot. I took my assistant with me, just in case I got into trouble.

In three weeks we will be having exams. I have two more projects to hand in and a speech to deliver before that. I can't work on them coz my mind isn't so clear. Whenever I try to just do a single thing I get bored and lazy. Time wont wait for me, so I probably have to start working or at least worry about finishing my assignments. I even didn't finish the reading the Inheritance of Loss, I don't have time for it ne more. I will be free soon and then the fun will start. I can't wait...

Over the weekend, I went to Dubai. My two sisters, nephew and I went shopping and were crossing the road. A woman was driving her car and my sister didn't see her. That woman saw my sister and at first slowed down, and in few seconds, I pulled my sister when I saw the car. That woman opened her car window and started shouting angrily. What surprises me is how impolite people can be. She shouldn't have screamed, well I think she humiliated herself not us by doing that. Well, before I even got my license I learned that the propriety is for walking people crossing the roads, not the opposite. Very surprising.

The local doctor turned to be good. My blood tests were all fine. I have shortage of vitamin D, that's it. I also had an x-ray for the Sinusitis thing and have an appointment in a week. We'll see what happens.

The most important thing: for the first time, I have a new thing to add to my CV, a record. I wrote an article for the university magazine and a book review which are going to be published on the next issue, in June.

Ok that's it. Until then, bbye.

Bad Services + Stupid Rule

I have no idea why here (I mean UAE) we have bad services. Really bad. It's either you have to call every few seconds to ask if you product is fixed or to ask a question and never receive an answer. Every time, the same conversation happens and surprisingly all companies never care and treat you like shit. I think that is because we Arabs tend to not care of fixing our stuff, we just break them and buy others, so they think that all of us are the same. Well, we're not, I'M NOT.

Example:
Karamilah calling Borders two days ago
Sales man at borders: Good evening, (name of sales man) from borders, may I help you.
Karamilah: Yeah hi, I would like to book some books which aren't released yet.
Sales man at borders: Yes Madam (I don't like this word), can you give me the titles and the authors names?
Karamilah: The first is A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini and the other is Peony in Love by Lisa See.
Sales man at borders: Madam, can you give me your good name and you mobile #?
Karamilah: My name is ........? and my # is .........?
Sales man at borders: Madam, give me 10 minutes and I will call you back.

Karamilah keeps her mobile stuck in her pocket (which I hate) waiting for the call and never received it.
I've threatened many companies buy complaint letters and talking to the managers and everything but they never change. Ya3nee now, I have to go to the book store and book the books or I wont ever get them.

N e ways, because we are in a high-school based university, students aren't allowed to register their own schedules. Ha-Ha, funny isn't it. I think we are mature enough to do such a stupid thing. I'm giving a persuasive speech about this issue in two weeks and if I got the opportunity to write an article for the university magazine I will do it. It is just they want us to be independent and they are treating us like kids. Even though sometimes you can't blame them for such a rule but it is still stupid. I'm doing my own and let my adviser fill the whole thing, it is not them to decide what I want to study. Again, it is STUPID.

It's time to go to bed, tomorrow is a long day,
until then, bbye.

Anger-ed + Tagged

Have I mentioned that I have short-temper problems, well then, I think I can't cure myself from such a thing. Really, I've tried my best for a long time now not to shout and get angry but what happened today pissed me off. The good thing is that it was already time to go home and relax or something big would've happened. I need to take anger management sessions, maybe they will help me control my anger.

Another irritating thing happened yesterday. I have this instructor which will haunt me until I graduate for he is the only who teaches arabic media courses. N e ways, 7a6 3layah 7adah madry 3ala shoo, I never do anything suspicious in his class and he gives me the I-know-u-stupid-person look or the hatred look as I would confirm. I used to tell my friends look at the way he is treating me and they wont realize and say u r exaggerating. Yesterday, they saw it in his eyes, the evil-look. t3abt, how much more will I have to ignore. I will let you people know how he treats me next time inshallah, I don't feel like adding anything more about him n e more.

Rules

-You have to use the picture in my post

-You have to list exactly 10 points.

-You have to tag 3 bloggers when you are done.

I've been tagged by faith, and here is my list:

1- Checking reviews > buying novels > reading them.
2- Receiving msgs on my birthday.
3- Buying electronics or receiving them as gifts.
4- Cooking and make people try what I've cooked and tell me their feedback.
5- Watching movies (I just don't get tired of watching movies).
6- Going to a fancy restaurant with family members for either lunch or dinner.
7- Spending summer or winter breaks with kewl people traveling.
8- Sleeping.
9- Having fun teasing mom.
10- fixing a piece of jigsaw in its right place, especially when the whole jigsaw puzzle is hard.

now, I tag:
1- AD queen
2- crystalina
3- TL

Visit to the clinic - check

I finally went to see the doctor. Isn't that an accomplishment. To me it is big, but the only thing I wasn't sure I liked, the doctor was local. *no offense to any local doctor" It might be a bad omen for me, I have no idea. We'll see what happens, she seems to know what she is doing. N e ways, Today, I went to have my blood sucked, and they took 3 tubes of blood from me. I was scared, (when was it the last time I had my blooded tested= the answer is always a very long time ago) and the nurse's hand wasn't so light I felt a hard sting on my arm. The good thing is that I finally did it and went to the doctor to treat myself. It is a good step

The headaches are nowhere to stop and my nose and eyes hurt so much. The only painkiller to stop it now is Panadol until the test results are ready. I can't wait for the appointment, I think I will prescribe myself some pills that will ease the pain.

I was so happy that those headaches didn't ruin my day yesterday. It was my cousin's engagement. I'm so happy for her, I just hope she manages her life away from us. :).

Faith tagged me and I will post my list on the next update, I just can't think of anything.