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Wow, theres only a week left, and then im done....
Just a week! Times flies by so quickly sometimes.

Im proud of myself :D

I find this hard to believe myself, but I just lived through my first semester of college. (Notice I never mentioned anything about passing O_O)
It is definitely different than high school, and it took me time to realize that I was going to have to change my study habits in order to do well. Even though I wasn't taking a lot classes, I still found it hard to find some free time. I always found myself studying, or working on papers.
i just now hope i do well in my exams and this final project....

Al Ameer, The Prince

Entering through the door, we were welcomed with the smiling waiters and the delicious aroma of the promising food. Despite the Christmas tree at the front, the restaurant had the energy and spirit of Eid, a Muslim holiday. Although individuals may come with friends, Al Ameer is a restaurant mostly fashioned and oriented as a family restaurant.

The time it took for our meals to be cooked and brought to our table was incredibly quick, however this may be because of the lack of customers at the time we were there. Bread was being served fresh from the oven, and was handed to us hot and fluffy with the sides of pickles and peppers as appetizers.The food was fresh and looked just like the pictures that were presented to us in the menus. Not only was the texture of the food unbelievably amazing, but also the taste was very delectable.

The waiters service has not been tested, since the restaurant, as mentioned before, had but a few families to serve. However, for the time that we have been there, the waiters and service was very efficient. They seemed happy to help us and answer any questions that was asked.

Eid and Thanksgiving

This break has passed by a little too quickly for my liking. Even though our break has started on Wednesday and i didn't have class on Wednesday, i still feel like it was yesterday that i was in class...
but now here i am, all over again, studying. I cannot wait for our Winter Break to begin, that way I won't have to study anything for a really long time--3 WEEKS!!! aaah, almost like heaven... uhh, not really

So this break, we celebrated two holidays as both Americans and then as Muslims. The first holiday was Thanksgiving, and as you already know, it is celebrating the pilgrims arrival. We went over a friend's house. That was really fun, we have been going for almost 3-4 years now. Since we have no extended family living in the US, we usually get together.

The second holiday is a Muslim one that we celebrate for 3 days. It is the same day that Prophet Abraham (if you know this story) was tested by being told to sacrifice his son, but was given a lamb instead. In Arabic, this holiday is called Eid. We have a lot of fun with our family on Eid, but this one was even better because my grandparents were with us (for the first time). We went to Zap Zone lazer tag, bowling, watched a movie, and just hung out together. I love this time we have together, since my parents, siblings, and I are always busy with either work or school. These days we all agree not to busy ourselves with anything but spending time together. And of course, the best part of the day is the gifts. ;p

So far, so good

i started working on my paper, and it looks like it wont be as hard as i thought it would. i have thought on this subject many times, so i kind of have my thoughts a little in order, if that makes sense. I already have a page and im only talking about the basics.
i am happy that i have already started and unlike my other papers i wont be panicking as much (at least i hope not).

The Final Project

im actually really excited about this project, theres only ONE thing though that i can live without: the 8-10 page paper. Im sure ill be ok, its just going to take me a very long time to do, so im gonna have to start now.
in canton, we have a recreation center and the only thing missing is an indoor swimming pool thats covered. the one thats there has a huge glass wall, so there really isnt any privacy. As muslim girls, we show modesty by covering our bodies, but at the same time we love swimming and, trust me, it is not comfortable swimming fully covered with a scarf around your head!

Restraunt Review

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20091106/ai_n42032930/?tag=content;col1

there's actually more than just one review on this one...

????

i just realized that i have a project due tomorrow at midnight....NOT good... that would mean that adding to the things that i already have to do, i dont think that ill be able to sleep tonight.
is this wat college is all about?? oh well, i guess that i have to go through it anyways.
but this project is not easy, we have to make a website for some sort of compnay that u have to make up. i thought this project was all just through writing a paper and i never thought id be more than that..... oh God....

This weekend

So today is Friday and i have a lot of things to do. I love the idea of not having classes on fridays, the three-day weekend thing is really working for me.
So the things i have to do consist of my paper, calc homework, and studying for an exam. Which is not bad compared to my past weekends, i just hope ill be able to finish everything and do it well.
oh and i have to catch up w/ my posts......

uh oh....

i have a bad bad feeling im not doing wat i supposed to for this paper...
i have words, but these words. . . its all so confusing, maybe a break?

Oh my...

i just realized that im very behind on posts. i think its because time is flying with all the things that i have to do in a short period of time. im actually working on my comp paper right now. And guess wat?? my thoughts are getting all jumbled up in my head and i cant just pick one out and put it on paper. im not even half way through, but im getting there. i knwo i have a lot to write about this subject, its just the paper+pencil=work equation is looking more like paper+pencil=BLANK...
this is getting just a little frustrating...

My Problem

I realized that my problem is not that i don't know what to write, but that i don't know HOW to write it. I think of all these ways to support my ideas, but then when it comes to putting pencil to paper, i get a blank. Or when i do get words that make sense onto the paper, then the sentences together don't really have a meaning.
i think that writing is the weirdest thing. Unlike math, where there is only one version of it, writing has so many different versions its hard to keep up. u can write soemthing that little kids can easily read while writing something with the same meaning for elders but those same kids don't understand!!!
it gets really confusing, because when im told to write a certain way....i get even more lost... is there no such thing a 'just writing'??

An Egyptian Girl in America

When I was reading this article, many of the things Karima was saying was the way I thought of the American people. Now, of course not everything she said i can agree with, but she did a good ob in summing up all the points that i typical 'outsider' would think.
One aspect of Americans that I like a lot is how if you were walking outside and happened to pass by a random stranger, that person would smile at you and say hi. I have been to so many countries, and that is something that you would not find.

A bob in Your Life

Does everyone have a bob in their life? Someone or something they can say spill their hearts to without worrying about whether they'll think something weird about them or not. Bob can be anyone or anything anywhere, as long as there is a bob.
Can bob be a thing? A picture? A stone? A memory? Or does bob have to be alive? Can bob be a plant?A pet? A human?
Is there a bob in your life?

I think im getting the hang of it...

For the first few weeks, I was starting to panic because of the homework load and difficulty of the subject. Now I realized its not that bad. I mean its definitely not easy, but at the same time its not impossible. I think I had it stuck in my head that college is for old people and that there is no way I can do it. I even thought of dropping out for about a day.....
But now I'm sure I can do it, if I lived through high school, I can live through anything :))

Mid-term Blog

Other than the part where we have to think too hard to write a paper, I am enjoying this class. There is a lot of interaction between the professor and the students, rather than the proffessor being the only one talking and the students slowly falling asleep. I can confidently say that my first COMP class in college was cool.

The Project

I was very scared/excited today for my project/presentation. When the prof called my name, I couldnt beleive it, mostly because I thought my name would be toward the end. It took me a few seconds for it to click that she was acually calling MY name. While i was going up, i tried concentrating on putting one foot in fron of the other and not falling on my face, w/ a failed attempt b/c somone *cough**corey**cough* had their feet in front of me, but thats ok b/c i caught myself.
so anyways, i think i did well, i think. i know i didnt fail.....my voice was shaky, idk if anyone noticed, but its all done and i cant change it now...

I'm Excited

My grandparents are coming from overseas today. Well, acually its tomorrow, but early tomorrow, like 10 minutes after midnight tomorrow. Less than 4 hours left.
Havent seen them since the summer. if you were to walk in our house, you can feel that we're all waiting for someone to come.... and the clock is ticking....

MLK: Letter form Birmingham Jail

"So the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be." (9th paragraph of letter)

Before stating this, King, Jr. writes many diverse figures and claims that they were as much of extremists as he was. Every person he mentions is an extremist in a different aspect. If a person is an extremist, that is not the problem. However if this extremity is taken too far, then it does become a problem. He says later on that the world needs 'creative extremists'.

Distractions

I've been here at the canton library for about 5 hrs trying to finish all the homework that i have that have to with the book.
I realized that its hopeless, i cannot for the life of me, sit for hours straight and just do work without more than a couple of things to distract me. Whether its YouTube, Facebook, my cell phone, or just surfing the web for random things (I'm a geek like that). So for today I have failed to accomplish anything. I have work up to my neck and I know I should be doing it, but it's too hard to concentrate on one thing for so long.
I need to stop getting distracted.
Easier said than done...

Saturday Evening Post: 4 Freedoms

If Rockwell didn't spend six months painting on the four freedoms, would it have been a big hit to people. Would we be studying it in our classes? Is it because an artist took so long to make these pictures that we still remember FDR's speech?
These answers we wont know. Some people differ in opinion saying that the four freedoms that FDR mentioned are not as important as they are presented to us. Some people say that there are more important ones that we have to consider, especially because the freedom of speech and religion are two that we already have.
However, I believe that people can take the four freedoms and interpret them anyway that they would want. If they want to look at the bright side and realize how these freedoms affect the way we live, they can and no one will stop them from looking at the down side (if there is any).

Ch 12 section c

Section C asks, "shouldn't everyone be willing to pay higher taxes in wartime?"(Lazere 264). I think that it depends. If a person agrees w/ the war and sees the reasons behind it are absolutely necessary, then yes. However, if the war was not important and people are dying for no reason, then why should people pay from the money that they earned to support it?

Facebook...

I really like it, I get to chat with my highschool buddies and see how they're doing...but sometimes it gets really annoying and I start yelling at myself why i have one.
Wait... what am i doing on the computer in the first place... i got to go and study.
AAAH! College!!

College Homework

College may be better than high school in many ways, but one thing that i find extremely annoying is the amount of homework that needs to be done. Maybe it's because I have four classes in one day, but for some reason i always have things to do when i get home (homework-wise). It's only the first week of my first semester, so I can't wait for the rest of the years as a college student.
I'm sure I'll be fine, but at the same time I was expecting more free time to do things other than college related things (aka homework and/or projects).

The Four Freedoms Posters

The display was actually extremely informative and interesting. I thought that it was awesome how each poster can be interpreted in very different ways.
In my opinion, all the freedoms are related in some sort of twisted way. For FDR's speech to be written about, drawn out, and analyzed shows its importance.

Control

What u say and wear, how u talk and show urself to other people, who u talk to and become friends w/, where u go and for what reasons. These things a person, YOU, can control.
Other things, on the other hand, cannot be controlled by u, no matter how much u want it to.
The way people react to different things, whether u'll be going to college w/ ur best friend, if u'll be moving to a different city, state, or country b/c of ur parents' job, whether or not u'll be living to see tomorrow. Things like these happen out of the blue. Sometimes u'll get a warning ahead of time and sometimes u wont.
It may seem sad/depressing to think of these things, but i learned from experience that it's inevitable and that it'll be a slap in the face if ur not ready.

First Day at Work :)

Today I started working, as in I have a real job with salary and stuff. It was pretty exciting to know that I was actually doing something useful and in the end I'll get $$ back. I'm working in my dad's clinic. It does get annoying at some point during the day and my eyes start to hurt, but it's OK, since as mentioned twice before I'm getting something out of it. YAY!!!

what i expected and what i got...

I've always thought that college was for 'big people'. I imagined a classroom full of ppl who have straight faces (some even frowns) trying to understand what the teacher is saying . I realized that its the same as high school, just a lot tougher.
I've always wanted to get out of high school, and i did, but now im in college and studying again. Only this time w/ a bunch of ppl i didnt even know existed...i kind of like it. its exciting and u never know what to expect.
I've always been to a private school, and i can definitely tell u that this is VERY different.