Thank you!

This entire week has been a blast. Been treated at the Crowne Plaza, Hilton and had some great fun times with all my new friends.

In short: spas, gyms, zumba classes, becoming a nurse to samiyah, then babysitting with samiya :P, playing poker with popsicle sticks, grand mosque, souk visits, disney, breaking bad, coop, lulu, cab driver recipes, and a lot of other things.

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The fun stuff aside, I don't even feel like I am turning 23. Well they say age is just a number right... but to be honest birthdays are those days that are special only because of the people around us. I miss home a lot right now.  For the last 4 years, Kedi , Sis, mom and dad always surprised me. The boys even did that last year and boom now its a whole new cup of tea. I know at 12 o clock today there wont be no sister saying happy bday or mommy blessing me. But at the same time, I am so thank-full for all the love and support from my family. Tomorrow I will go have dinner with a new family that I've formed overseas. People whom I now trust and I know will have my back.

It's an emotional time of the year to be alone, but then not really alone. To miss those I love, but to love what's here. I am so thankful for my parents and sistah to have been solid and have always supported me. I am so thankful of canim and habibi. You both are special and life wouldn't be the same. And most of all I am in awe and I am so blessed to be part of 197. Without you all, DMS wouldn't be the same.

Teesh, your like always there! Thank you :D
Cath - your mommmy to us all!
Law - your like the tech hub, and also umm the nerd check!
Miya- hehehe brown movie love <3
Furo- your mommy overseas!
Mr. D - Mentor and friend.  Your so awesome that I kinda love u like a daughter!

Last but not the least, have to thank ludu baby, R, Har, Arj, Pete, Chi, Martini, Aria, and all those that talk to me on a day to week basis. You make me feel loved and keep me in the loop always. I love you all and you are so special!

So this 23rd Bday, I thank the great one for blessing me with all the special people in my life! I hope to be wise, to love always, to be strong and to always have fortitude!

V

Love

There are some days where I feel like I am talking to stones , some days where I am talking to the wall, and then there are some days where I am talking to real students. I have to talke each day, one day at a time.

I remember the first week thinking WHY.. OMG WHAT DID I SIGN UP FOR...but you know what.... if you love what you do... you can make others love it too!

And I smile while I say this... but I do love them. The bad annoying ones... the ones that do not get the personal space concept and will be in my face about the H.W....the one that yells Tim hortins... the ones that tell me Mssss your so pretty... the ones that say Mssss I hate Math.... and the girls that just need a comforting hug. I love you all. I hope you will understand that I only assign the 40 to 50 questions for your benifit and for you to do well.

I hope all days will be like this crazy yet rewarding.

I hope I can make the difference and not give up!

V

One month in...

So hello there...

It's been a while so let me update you with whats going on!

1) The girl who hated cooking now wants to call 20 people home and wants to host a dinner party!

2) Tutoring is good money in this part of the world and you can actually get to teach!

3) Everything from Chapatis to groceries can be delivered.

4) The cold water is hot and the hot water is cold.

5) Your parents and siblings will always love you even if you lose track of time and extraction of tooth days (Sorry Sistah)

6) If one plan fails... something else will work out! (Invites to Shisha {Which I dont do}, Invites to Matts awesome breakfast even though I showed up with few cookies and nothing else, Coop Trips, Fahaheel, BB episodes and random movies)

7) As much as I'd like to get a few of them suspended, I still love them. And I can be of high tolerance but at the same time have a few blow outs. Voltage issues here :P

8) New faces... great places... new experiences... learning curves.

9) When you find someone you can share your clothes with it (Teesh) ... I miss you sistah! Not just because my wardrobe got split in half. But because your the equal to in my equation.

10) Sweep your house everyday as you can find the dessert inside.

11) Being positive ... yet not forgetting the old... but learning to accept the new and learning to be responsible.