My favorite movies
I do not watch movies a lot. Do not be surprised because it is true. Due to the lack of my English language I did not watch movies that much. I do not understand and I feel lost when I watch movies. I asked my husband if I did not understand something but it is boring to spend all the time just asking him. However, really I love watching movies especially scary and action movies. After I studied English I started to search for movies. And I watched some movies on the TV but I never remember the names of the movies. Also, I did not watch Arabic movies because I do not have Arabic TV in my house. I tried to download movies from the Internet but it takes so long time. Now because I am studying I do not have time to watch movies. So, I did not watch for long time and now it does not matter for me and I did not search for movies any more.
Because my son loves to watch TV I watched some movies with him. But I remember the names of the movies we watched. For example Finding Nemo, Alvin and The Chipmunks, The Tale of Despereaux, and Shrek. I like these movies and it became my favorite since I did not watch a lot. I am sorry if I did not answer the questions of the blog or I did not reach the objective of this blog but I tried my best to answer some of the question of the blog.
Blogging
Writing blogs is really new experience for me. I never write blogs in English. Even by my language I do not like writing at all. At school we have to practice writing and it was the worst classes. I feel tired and sleepy when its time for writing class. My teacher knew that so she called me in every class to read what I wrote in front of the classmates. Because I am a kind of person who likes privacy I do not want her to do that to me. I do not want anyone to read my writing. That’s made me did not write at her class and when she asked me why I said I am sick or I had nothing to write. I did not get good grades in her class. Maybe that’s why I hate writing.
Now writing blogs is a requirement for 1301 and I have to do it. I feel really bad and I was thinking to drop the class and take it later. But I change my mind and just keep going. But then after a while I enjoy writing my blogs. I have had hard time because as I told before I hate writing also writing by another language is not easy for me. When I write my first blog I spent three to four hours to finish it. I felt really pressure and stress. But what make it easy for me is that the subjects of the blogs are really interesting and different. I am not sure if I am going to keep writing blogs but I will try to improve my writing skills.
“Sing, sing a song…”
Whenever I need to help my creativity grow, I just relax and change things around me. For example, I clean my bedroom before doing any thing. Also, I open the windows and refresh the air. I organize my paper and stuff to help me concentrate on my creativity side. Another thing I do help my creativity grow is eating. Really I bring a piece of chocolate cake with coffee and I eat it while I am working. I found these ways really help me if I am stuck with something and could not do it. It really helps me to be creative. When I was a child I love to paint. Working with colors was grabbing my attention when I was a child. I painted in the walls, doors, and windows. My mother gave me times out a lot because I painted everywhere. She gave my papers to paint on it but I did like that. I wanted something big to enjoy painting. Finally she bought me a big board to work on it instead of walls and doors. The last time I painted was 6 years a go. I do not know why but I know that I get busy with my life. I got married and I traveled to another country. After that I had my son. All these make me a way from painting for long time. During that time i tried to paint but it was really hard. I started painting but I never complete it. I Postponed my working for years. Now I am not sure if I can do it again!!
Stress relief
The last days of the semester I feel really tired. I feel the days are so long and never going to end. At the same time, I feel it is so fast if I did not finish studying for finals and writing my essays. That’s made me feeling the pressure. And since I have two classes, the feeling of the pressure becomes worst. One of my classes is Math, which not easy class. The teacher gives us quiz every day and every week one test then the final exam which in the last day of school. In addition to home works every day. Another one is this class (1301), which is harder than the Math because I do not like writing essays. (1301) is all about writing essays, research, citing, and reading. It is not that easy to handle these entire things in short semester. But to control all that I am using a technique to help me relief, relax, and at the same time get my work done with out feeling stress. First, I tried to organize my work and divide the time. I did the home works first and I spent about two to three hours for finishing that. Then I set a time for writing essays and I choose the time very carefully because writing is not easy for me. Then I took a break and I did something during the break. Onetime I went to shopping another I play with my son also I went out to buy ice cream. After that, two hours before sleeping I study and review the chapters. These techniques help me relief and get my work done.
Great films
I was born in 1985, so the movie I watched was out of Africa. I like watching movies so much. But for long time I did not watch movies any more because it is hard for me to understand the language. When I watched movies I understood the general idea but I had hard time to understand the details. For out of Africa I like the movie even I had little bet hard time to understand some words. I like the adventure in the movie and the animals. It makes you feel really in Africa. The movie shows how it is hard to change from place to another place. It talks about a woman who traveled to Africa with her husband. They had a plan to make their own business. The woman had a hard time to get used to her new life in Africa but after a while she could not live anywhere else accept Africa. Also, she was having hard time with her husband. She did not accept that her husband would leave her for many days alone. After a while they get divorce because she thought that her husband lied to her. She met a man and they enjoy the life in Africa with the adventure and the animals. She likes to tell stories and the man that she met loves that and asked her to write these stories for him. They fall in love and they make a very romantic story in Africa. Finally she went back to her country, Denmark, and tells all stories about the life in Africa.
Assessing ourselves
The last few months I was in my country waiting for some papers work to finish. By these papers I can come here to the USA and complete my studying. I never expected that these papers would take so long to finish. I felt so desperation and extreme anxiety. But, I tried to make my self stronger by enjoying my time until these papers are done. It is really hard to wait for something that makes you some time want to regress. I was having a plan by start studying last semester so I can finish some of the requirements of my degree plan. But unfortunately I could not do that because this paper did not finish at time. That’s made me feel so hopelessness. But finally, the papers were done. However, I lost the opportunity to start my studying by last semester. That enforced me to start my studying in summer term. I was not sure if I can take summer term because it compressed term. I do not like that because the lack of my language. But I did not give up I push my self to start school in summer and I did it. Now I am at the end of the summer classes. Only four days left to finish this term. It is not easy to miss things you plan for it. Some times you want just to runaway from the entire world. But helping your self to be stronger and believe in your self can aid you to catch up and never give up.
Enlarging Your World
http://www.tertia.org/so_close/2009/06/porridge-brain.html
I read this entry and it is so funny. I chose it because we are in the same position. I know how she is feeling and I know what happen when you have kids. Every things around will be changed. Her writing shows that she has sense of humor. That’s made you read all the entry and you do not want her to stop writing. I felt connection with her because what she said about losing 50 % of your brain if you have kids is true and I experienced this situation. The writer concludes stories that really make you laugh. Also, her stories show her personality. She is struggle but she did not give up. She works to solve her problems. She also rethinks about her problems. Finally, she finds the solutions. She concludes the latest work art of her daughter, which makes the entry really joyful. However, Having children is really beautiful thing. But it has some consequences. Every thing you get used to do it, just forget it. If you have a schedule for every day you will not be able to do it unless if you spent all the day waking up. I assume that maybe we could be friends because we have something in common we can talk about. And from her writing I felt that she is a kind of person who can make friends easily. Moreover, I felt also she is a kind of person who love to talk and opens subject to talk about. All that makes it easy to be friend with her. It is really wonderful experience to read blogs from outside world.
Connecting
I read Vy entry about Assessing ourselves. When I read it, I felt that she is talking about me. I felt related to Vy because we both international and it is the first time for us to take classes with native speakers. I felt that Vy is very hard worker according to her writing. She struggles to finish her ESOL classes so that she can start her college level. Also, she has great efforts that help he reaching her dreams. Since I had the same experience of how it is hard to learn new language I know how much Vy work to get to the first step which is start college level. After I met her in class I know she is just like me. We felt lost and we did not know where can we start and how every thing going to work. She asked a lot to understand the home works and other requirements to just make sure that she does it correctly. I like that on her and she explains to me also after she asked. Her experience similar to me and we became friends already. Because we are in the same situation new language, first class with native speakers, and same feelings when we do not understand. These things make us friends. So whenever I need help she helps me and if she needs something I help her. Another thing I notice from Vy entry that she dose not like to feel failure. She works very hard to just get what she wants. She dose not want to regress from any thing she started it. She encourages me to work in this class and to not feel breakdown.
Soundtrack of My Life
Please note these songs are in Arabic. I try to meet the objective of the assignment. These songs are not familiar to non-Arabic speaker. Each song’s is translated to English accept some songs.
Opening credit: A day without you- Nancy Ajram: This song reminds me of my sister. She loves it so much. She has a great voice so when we ask her to sing something for us she sings this song every time.
Waking up: The Rain Song- Muhammad Abdu: One of my best songs. The lyrics are so inspiring. My husband is a big fan of these lyrics. I never listen to this song until my husband sings it for me. It is really meaningful.
First Day of School: Try someone else- Asala: just for fun. The rhythm of this song makes me feel happy.
Falling in Love: Can’t say Good-bye- Muhammad Abdu: Home sweet Home. I miss my home. Whenever I listen to this song I remember my family. The lyrics of this song make me cry.
Fight Song: Eyes’ Ocean- Asala: a blend of feelings. I don’t exactly know how to describe it. Probably it is a deep desire to meet my family members.
Prom: I love you, you love me-Children song: my son’s favorite. We listen to this song every day before bed and we give each other kisses and hugs.
Life: Your are my soul- Asala: I love this song. I sent this song to my husband when he got mad at me and he did not talk to me. After listening to this song he forgive me that’s why I love this song.
Birth Of Child: Happy birthday to you. This is the first English song I listen to because we were separating the first birthday for my son. At that time I did speak English. We listened and sang that song for my son and we really enjoy that party.
Cleaning house
When I was cleaning my house I found a lot of things missing. I was wandering where could it be. I was cleaning my son’s closet and I found my son’s hat with summer clothes. I was looking for this hat for long time because my son loves this hat. It was a gift from one of my good friend. But finally I found it when I cleaned my son’s closet and he was so happy when he saw his favorite hat. Some other things that I found are things that bring my memory back many years ago. I found stuff for my son when he was a little baby. It was wonderful feeling to see this stuff after many years especially if you did not expect to see these things again.
Another thing I found when I was cleaning my bedroom is a ring. Very special ring from my best friend she gave it to me when we graduated from high school. I never thought I am going to see this ring here in the US because I thought I left it in my bedroom in my country. So it was wonderful feeling. And also I found a piece of picture for my father. This is the best thing ever I found when I was cleaning my house. I cried when I saw his picture because I love him so much. I did not have any pictures for my family except in my computer. So, it is different when you hold the picture by your hand. I took that piece of picture and I put it in my wallet.
