Rua’s visions^-^

Ramadan ....wow ^_^

2011-09-09T07:24:00.001-07:00

Dear readers of my blog ^_^

I am really sorry.I didn't wish you a happy Ramadan as I was going through several unexpected life changing events in my life...I was disappointed in many people...but anyway I am trying to fold some pages of my life and things that already happened and facts that cant be controlled by my side..

Back to my topic for this post which is Ramadan..

For me this Ramadan was the first time I spent away from my family and friends in Japan, and to make things even worse, I'v been through many things that made me afraid that I will not stay alive by the end of it!!

At the beginning, it was really sad and bad for me , so I decided to start going to the mosque after I finish the internship that I am doing in the summer break...
I used to go to the mosque almost everyday and met a lot of friends that I have never thought of meeting..

My new friends saved me from the situation I were in and they made up for the sadness and loneliness I felt for the past one year and a half stay in Japan..T_T

This Ramadan was amazing to me as I met new friends whome I really love and appreciate having from the bottom of my heart. It has been an eye opener for me on how Muslims in Japan live. for me I felt that Muslims are sisters and brothers when they are away from their home countries because they are minorities ,which is not the case when they are in their own countries. I really wish that Muslims everywhere will feel the same connection that I felt during my Ramadan in Japan.

The feeling that I belong to a great nation , the nation of Islam... this year I felt Ramadan more than any year before. I am grateful for that !!

At the end of this post... I want to pray that I will always be surrounded by friends who love me and may allah give me the strength to go on with my journey in achieving my dreams..

Thank god for the blessing that u have given me so far ... al hamdullella * thank god*

See ya next post ...be aman alla

Life ... Shocking to my eyes !!

2011-09-05T19:19:00.000-07:00

Dear readers of my blog..

I didn't write here for a while, partly because I was busy in life and partly because my mood was really bad >_<, its like my emotions were riding a roller coaster, so sorry for that ...

In life we dream about certain things. These things can vary from simple to really big things that can change your life 180 degrees. it can be anything.

Once you have a dream of achieving something or obtaining something , you start imagining your life with it to the extent that you feel like maybe you will die without it.At least this is what happens to me !! OvO
And this is in my opinion where people's mistake lies...
I think that we should of course dream and dream big ...but I think that we should always remember that in life there are things that we cant control , we cant control people , we cant control our surroundings that can be represented by culture and traditions. yes we think that these things should not stop us but sometimes it stand in the way of reaching what we want T_T ...this is my friends called reality >_<

Sometimes a big dream that you thought your life cant operate without it dies but a new dream is born again and a new journey and adventures is yet to come...

I am trying to be positive, I have been negative so far and it effected my health and my emotions as well...

So instead of turning into an EMO and start cutting myself @_@ I decided to embrace life again and see the things and blessings that I already have, look at the things that I already achieved and remember the old me who whenever falls down in public laughs loud instead of crying or feeling shame...the me who smiles all the time .. the me who lives for the moment hoping that the future will be bright.

Maybe because I am a simple girl I thought that everyone will be simple and kind and share the same idea of life as me,but life is shocking to my eyes as there are people living in our society who choose to live in a bubble and don't wanna get out of it and see how life is viewed by others and how it can be simple ,sweet and complications free..

ahh anyway , don't wanna make a long post
what I wanna say minna ...smile ...embrace life ... believe in your self and love your self ...

life is shocking to my eyes but I am giving life a chance to make up for the disappointments that it has given me so far ..
so this is to u life ...lets see what u hide for me ... better be something really good >_>

until the next post ... be7fz ellah ^_^

May god rest your soul...

2011-02-23T12:59:00.000-08:00

Dear readers of my blog..

I want to tell you something...

I discovered the day I arrived to Jordan that my grandmother died , I was shocked and I didn't expect this at all. My family hid this matter from me while I was away ( which was the best decision especially in my case).

I understand that everyone will die at the end, this will happen to all of us at some point of our lives, but I just wanted to say good bye , kiss and hug her before she was berried.

may god rest her soul, I know that she is in a better place right now, my granny suffered a lot before she passed away and I know that she is resting now.

love you teeta ( grandmother ) , you will always be in my heart forever...

allah yer7amek ... until the next post ...salam

Congratulations Arab world ...

2011-02-11T19:00:00.001-08:00

Hi readers of my blog..

I want to congratulate the Arab world, Egypt is finally free from its dictator Hosni Mubarak who ruled Egypt for 30 years now !! 30 years of hunger ,oppression , poverty , and corruption....enough is enough...I am proud of my brothers and sisters in Egypt , yes you made me even more proud that I am an Arab..

For the first time , the people of Egypt apprised against this oppression and stayed more than 11 days in Al-taher square not giving up until the dictator go away so he did.

This is a warning for all Arab presidents out there who haven't understand the lesson yet, be aware of people's HUNGER , be aware of people's ANGER...all Arab countries should look at Tunis and Egypt , they proved that they have the well of a free life and a democratic system. There uprising will be written in the books of history, a glorious revolution that will change the present and the future to come, hopefully to the best.

I have been watching the news waiting for this moment , people was waiting more than 30 years for this , this moment , this glorious moment finally came.

This revolution against dictatorship , oppression, corrupt should not just happen in Tunis and Egypt , all Arab countries can follow and can have a free life as they have a voice that no one can shut it(not now, maybe in the past they could)...

To all the Arab world and all the people who have been watching the news waiting for this moment ...congratulations...

someday, all Arab countries will be united without borders , having the same dream , the same vision ... we will be free..

Victory...

I love this song, sang by people in Al-Tahrer square...

The moment Mubarak quite , the moment all of us were waiting for!!

until next post salam...^.^

happy new year ^-^

2011-02-02T21:19:00.000-08:00

Hi readers of my blog ^-^

Today is the new Chinese year! and to celebrate it I will go with friends from my dorm to China town in Yokohama in which a special festival will take place. I wanted go to china and celebrate it there, but unfortunately I have no money and I am still having troubles with finding a new place @-@

My wish for the new year is to find a place to stay in after coming back to Japan, I really don't wanna become a homeless in ueno park T.T.
also I wanna be stable in my life in general...

I wonder whats your wish everyone for the new year? share it , write it here ^.^

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I am in trouble !!

2011-02-02T04:24:00.001-08:00

Hi readers of my blog ^_^

I am in a big trouble >_< I just received an email saying that I should leave the dorm by the end of 28th of Feb T_T ( I though that I can stay until April ).

The problem is that I will go back in the summer break on 14th of Feb to Jordan , so this means that I have no time to look for an apartment WITHIN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS T.T. In other words , I will be homeless when I come back to Japan until I find another solution ...

wow I mean what a big stressful problem... I have to move out and I have to find a place to put my luggage , its really really stressful, I hope that everything will turn fine T_T

I hope that I will figure something out ... until next post .. salam

The glorious revoluation in Tunis !!

2011-01-29T21:03:00.000-08:00

hi readers of my blog ^^

I don't know guys if you have been watching the news lately or not?
The Arab world is on fire! they finally woke up from their long sleep and started demanding for change and their basic right of self determination, this is a moment that I have been waiting for as an Arab individual.

This Arab's revolution happening -including what is happening now in Egypt- started after the glorious Tunisian revolution.

The Tunisian revolution was not just out of poverty and hunger as many people think , its more than that. Its people's revolution with a clear political demand, its not just about hunger and need for food, its for preserving dignity as well. it came along with people's realization of their needs.
Humiliation and injustice are what made people angry, people could have been patient about their hunger and situation in a certain environment ( if the whole country is poor) ,however. when individuals live in a corrupt society where there is a huge gap between the rich and the poor, now this is what creates real anger!

Its a glorious revolution from the Tunisian people themselves, parties didn't take a role in this great revolution.

It didn't just started because of "mohammad albuazizi" incident - a young guy that took his life by burning himself - according to what the media said ! Many young people did that in other countries but nothing happened!!
It triggered an already bad and corrupted situation , people where ready for this revolution, with high level of corruption, high levels of education with high percentage of unemployment. All of this contributed to the birth of this revolution.
dictatorship and this system directed young people to the Media, they started discussing these issues on facebook , twitter and many other media channels.
the feeling that other people on the cyper world and in this globe living in a different way and in a much better situation ,having democracy , living in dignity , along with the incident of this young guy burning himself helped in turning this anger into a revolution that resulted in bringing this system down and the president leaving the country.

The ability of the high educated people of Tunis to demonstrate without leadership is just amazing, they took the initiative and stood against the government.
The army also played a good role in all of this , they protected the security of the people instead of the system , that wasn't expected and surprised everyone ,this show how great and patriot they are.
they realized that they are part of the people and understood what the people needed and wanted, this in fact, threatened the president and made him understand that he should leave!!

The revolution process started with burning a few buildings and destroying private properties, but as the revolution went on, people realized that these properties are public owned, the demonstration changed into a peaceful one that asked for stopping corruption and to return money. Demonstrations matured and turned into an organized one, which shows again how patriot the Tunisians are.

what is happening in the Arab world - including Tunis - is its focus on economic growth without actual development. this is mainly caused from only exporting employees and services to foreign countries , selling raw materials and tourism that doesn't really contribute to the real development of the country.
The main dependency on tourism for example, increases the prices in real estates which leads to the inability to buy houses, development of certain areas , destroying agriculture and the later leads to the internal migration from one place to another without the development of the agricultural sector ( that of course threaten the food security ).

even if there is real development, it doesn't always mean right distribution , corruption and nondemocratic systems lead to a worse situation in which only certain people get the benefits of this development (the uppers of the society). the uppers get it all and the rest of the people don't enjoy the fruits of this so-called development.

anyway , after bringing down the system, Tunis now is in the process of turning into a free country, the people want to take responsibility , and they are well educated and capable of doing so. There is a challenge now facing the Tunisians in changing the system and moving toward democracy , but I think that Tunisians can do it, Tunis is the first Arab country moving toward democracy , I hope that it will be a success so that other Arab countries follow their steps.

Tunis, what a great country and a good example for other Arab countries to follow!!

I am so happy and proud of Tunisians..

see ya next post

New Year !!

2011-01-25T08:07:00.000-08:00

I don't know if there are people reading my blog since I didn't post a lot lately (sorry for that), but oh well, as I promised I will do a post about what I did with my best friend Kanji chan in new year ^_^

First of all , I know its late now to say "Happy new year " but , HAPPY NEW YEAR^_^

Before new years day, I went with my friend K chan to the Olympic center near yoyogi koen(park) , a lone with more than 300 people from different countries ,we participated in many activities, basically we did the things that Japanese people do in new year. it was fun, I remembered when I first came to Japan in 2009 , I participated in a similar program so it was really natsukashii, for my friend kanji chan it was even more natsukashii(since she came to the same center when she first came to Japan).

At the first day , we felt that it was hard since we had to wake up early in the morning to start the activities ( we were like what the hell did we put ourselves into !!T_T), our day started with radio taisou 6 30 am( JAPANESE way of sports ), then we had the most delicious breakfast ever T_T ( long time since I had good food ), then as usual ice breaking activities.

Our first day was really hard, but it got better the next day when we started making stuff , we made something called "kadomatsu" which is a traditional Japanese craft that they do in new year ( nowadays they buy it from stores) , and also we made "futomaki" ( which is a traditional Japanese sushi that Japanese eat in new year).
it was really fun, but still at the end of the day we were tired and all we wanted to do is to sleep.

Also we had to do a performance, here is the thing , because we were more than 300 people , we were divided into 29 groups and each group had to make a performance at the end, and there was a contest between groups, it was really hard since my group chose to perform "soran bushi"(which is a Japanese traditional dance) that require many moves , it was like sports.

At the end it was really a nice experience , I met a lot of people, and in a matter of 3 days I really got along with my group and we shared a lot in such a short time, we were so touched at the end as we know that we will be apart from each other and we may not see each other , not because we are in a different country (we live in Japan)but because each of us is really busy with life in Japan>_<

here are some pics ^^

enjoy ...

Traditional Japanese craft in new year (Kadomatsu)^_^

Look how long the futomaki that we did ( sushi in new year)^_^

futomaki ^_^

My group leaders ^_^

I miss the food we used to have T_T

here is a song that the Olympics center played during the whole program

and this is soran bushi dance , we didnt dance as good as they are T_T

anyway , this was it , I hope you enjoyed it...see ya next post

jaa ne

Plaestanian-Israeli conflict ... peace , really !!

2011-01-17T19:32:00.000-08:00

Today talking with my friend at the dorm , I used the word hate , I said I hate Israelis ,she replied saying "Hate" is a really big word O_O with this expression on her face (I love you alex ), but is it ?? I was really emotional since this issue is a sensitive one , I mean its not like this is something people experience everyday , how can you understand the feeling that Palestinians feel everyday when you never lost one of your friends in a bomb!! or got your relatives killed from an Israeli army!!

civilians are killed every day , reporters are killed everyday, until now I have relatives who live in Palestine , they are not having access to what is considered basic needs in the world, deprived from water , food , agriculture and everything , even deprived from living as a child, and then resistance to this situation , saying no to the occupation , saying no to the people who killed our moms , our sisters , to the people who destroyed and still destroying our culture , our lands , our country is considered terrorism !!!!

why is it considered patriot in other occupied countries and terrorism in the case of Palestine (lucky for me all the sensei agree with me on this , we are on the same page , maybe because they did a lot of fieldwork and actually lived with people who died from hunger , so maybe they understand) , maybe because we need a further deep recognition than the weak international law !! its just the matter of power , Iraq was destroyed and more countries will , its just a balance of power... no one cares about peace... no one really does ...peace is a nice word that doesn't exist in our world anymore , its just like a delusion..what peace , we never had peace in the history of human kind , this is sad, but this is also true...

I came to a realization that its not the Israelis that I really hate, its the state of Israel !

I mean ok its not a matter of co-existence with them, we lived with Jews and Christians before the occupation and we were totally fine with it, even in our Islamic history its forbidden to kill civilians , to disturb people and even its forbidden to burn a tree when you have a war with another country, but in Islam we have something "fight back the people who kills you" , I mean isn't that's natural! I mean even if you don't have a religion , this is what logic says , you defend yourself!!or else the enemy will kill you O_O

its not about co-existing with Israelis ,its about the refugees that was expelled from there land in order for them to exist!! does it even make sense , to come to a country and just kick the indigenous people just like that !! isn't it even fair ?? in what standards its fair ?

what about our right to return back to our country and origins!! this is not something that we will let go of ,as long as we have breath, we Palestinians , will go back, someday , we will...

its easy to take your information and believe all what you see and hear from the mass media ,its really easy,but what is happening in reality is far from what we learn in schools about love and hate, about peace and war ,if you never experienced something as ugly as war , or the loss of someone u really love then how can you know ...the answer for that is so simple , you don't !!

peace until the next post...

this is a poet if you are interested ^-^

Write down!
I am an Arab
You have stolen the orchards of
My ancestors
And the land which I cultivated
Along with my children
And you left nothing for us
Except for these rocks…
So will the State take them
As it has been said?!
Therefore!
Write down on the top of the first page:
I do not hate people
Nor do I encroach
But if I become hungry
The usurper’s flesh will be my food
Beware..
Beware..
Of my hunger
And my anger!

From the poem Identity Card by Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet.

loads of work and exams !!

2011-01-12T16:15:00.001-08:00

Dear readers of my blog , sorry for not updating this blog recently >-<

I will try to post about the event that I participated with kanji chan in the new year holiday because I think that it may be interesting ^-^

today I have a world economy exam , I liked this subject a lot , although there are a lot of concepts that are hard to understand at first but I still like it , however I hate the concept of studying for a grade >-<

kyou ganbarimasu (I will do my best)

until the next post jaa ;p

Japan...a super-high-aging society

2010-12-06T15:56:00.000-08:00

if you live in Japan for a while , you will notice something, looking around you while setting in a densha (train), you will see a lot of elderly.

this is a problem that Japan is facing in the 21th century that it didn't have before in the 20th century, the aging society issue.

the consequences of this is huge , now Japan facing shrinking labor force, a solution to that can be by international migration into the work force , but Japan will not like that because Japan is like another planet in which people have their own culture and traditions that not everyone can live and adapt to, so Japanese people will prefer robots doing tasks instead of actually encouraging migration to the country.

so the solution to that can be and this is actually what the government did , and that is by delaying the retirement for employees until 65 , encouraging continuous work even after retirement , and the new businesses projects for people who are 70 or even more, but this is maybe a tempering solution.

Japan still need more foreigners especially in the nursing field!!(because there are many elderly to take care of)

how about the pensions for the huge amount of retirees ? who is gonna pay that ? with this current birth rate (low fertility) ,who will pay for the young people that are paying taxes for the elderly in the future ?

The increase in the number of elderly people in spite of a decreasing overall total population has led to the expectation that the aging rate will reach 25.2%, or 1 in every 4 being elderly, in 2013 and 33.7%, or 1 in every 3, in 2035.

and this problem will get worsen in the future because of the low fertility rate, due to the postponement of marriage by single women to advance in their career , or to the life attitude of having one child in each household, which is not enough to keep the population stable !!

this will be my presentation for today , Japan an aging society..

so what do you think the solution can be to this big issue ?? hmm ...I wonder

hakone...is it that great ?

2010-12-05T16:06:00.001-08:00

I went to hakone this weekend because I really wanted to see momiji (autumn leaves) , I went with my best friend kanji chan, when we arrived there the tourist information guide >-> told us that its already late and all the momiji had fallen and its too late now.

we felt really bad at the time, hakone is really far and we came especially to see momiji >=<
we were really disappointed, but we decided to be more happy and try to do something,so we did!

finding waterfalls was our mission ;p

and the cool thing is that in our way the scenery was amazing and not all the momiji had fallen >-> ( bad guide ),a good point of what the pessimistic guide said about the status of momiji was that we went crazy whenever we saw a tree with momiji leaves lol.

but at the end I realized something that is really important and this is its not the place that I enjoyed - although it was breathtaking - but its the company of my best friend that made it amazing.

I felt really lucky that I am not a lone in this country and that I will discover Japan this time not a lone , no no no , next time, new place, new adventure , but with you kanji chan ^--^

tanoshimi ;p

ps, I remembered momiji chan ;p since its her season ;p

A new day ^-^

2010-10-17T17:05:00.000-07:00

In today's class "sustainable development" , students who are already in their second year of masters "senpai's" will do presentations about their field work held in their countries in whatever areas their research is based on.

wow this reminded me of the project I made for "management in japan course" that I took last semseter, I don't know if you guys checked it or not , anyway in case you didn't , here it is ^-^

enjoy ^-^

wow...Vandana shiva ^^

2010-10-17T03:04:00.000-07:00

Through my study which is "Human security and communication" I run into many issues that is considered the roots of many problems that the world is facing right now such as global warming, hunger, disease and many other.

I ve been taking a course this semester that is called "development and the local community" in which we argue that globalization is not always the answer to the problems and issues that the developing countries are facing, actually the word " development" is an idea that first came to public when Truman gave a speech after WW2 in 1949 in which 9 billion people was suddenly considered poor and underdeveloped!!

One of the main issues that developing countries facing is food security, and in order to solve this issue, a lot of companies started making genetic agricultural seeds and sell it to farmers in third world countries in order to produce more food thus eliminate the problem of hunger.(hidden reason is economic profit of course)

Farmers are producing one crop in a huge piece of land (green revolution), and this is in order to increase production which will eventually lead to food security, well at least this is what the green revolutions was all about!!

But the irony is that farmers growing food are the ones who suffer from hunger the most, well, the reason for that is that they don't produce stable food anymore to feed themselves, instead they produce one crop and then sell it to the market in order to get a sufficient amount of money that is enough to cover the expensive chemicals that goes into the soil.
(Farmers can't afford genetic seeds and chemicals thus this lead to huge debt)

In India farmers who started growing crops using genetic manufactured seeds are facing huge problems, dept problems and soil contamination problem due to mono-culture and not growing diverse crops plus hunger problems, so a lot of those helpless farmers take their lives and find suicide the only answer to their problems.

Vandana shiva is an Indian activist who believes that globalization is not the answer to food scarcity problem, she believes that localization and organic farming is the only answer for all the problems that the world is facing right now including global warming, she thinks that organic farming is a challenge since an organic farmer must understand nature and this is not an easy thing.

anyway, she is an inspiring individual, and she try to raise people awareness about the food that we eat and how it's important to get nutritious food, she believes that freedom and peace can be achieved through food.

anyway here is a link for one of her interviews , I just love her ^^

Reaching 23...

2010-10-14T23:54:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone ^-^

I didn’t write in this blog for a long time, part of it was because I am busy in masters. Japanese study, a beginning of a new life in Japan, but the major reason for not writing is because I somehow feel homesick and kinda ve been confused in certain aspects of my life.

In a day where I should celebrate and feel happy, a day that is for most considered special, it was one of the hardest days of my life, it was my 23th birthday.

I spent it alone , far away from home, I tried to make it special , went to a restaurant alone and ate desert afterwards , but at the end of the day when I came back to my empty room , I felt sad, alone and the tears flew easily from my eyes , deep sadness is what I felt.

at the age of 23 , my emotions and feeling were mixed, I was saying to myself "ok, I m 23, so I should grow up and stop crying and being so sensitive and dependent on people " , yet this day was really sad for me because I spent it crying and missing friends and people that I care about T-T

On the other hand I started thinking of the things that I am certain of in my life and things that I thank god for having:

1- I know who are my best friends , I can actually count them unlike before when I had a huge list of people I called friends
(fafy chan, arap chan , waddo chan , amabat chan , rawan chan , bayan chan , mota..and others ^-^ )

Thank you all for being there for me , I will never forget whenever I feel bad and need to cry I find bayan chan listening to me in times she needed someone to listen to her.

Thank you rawan chan and 3os for remembering me always in work and how you remember me every time you go out without me T-T

Thank you fafy bloom and arap chan , you are planning to come to Japan , I can’t wait to have you here with me ^-^

Thank you amabat chan , you made my stay in Japan easier and you care about me like a sister, I love you so much , when I am with you I feel like I am in home ^-^

waddo chan , my sister who I consider the biggest blessing and gift from god , no way a younger sister can love her neechan like my sis do < I am 100%>

Thank you all my friends and more...

2-I achieved half my dreams which is coming to Japan for masters and study what I like the most "Human security and communication"

I know it’s hard and I feel like in micheal buble song "I wanna go home" but I know I am blessed and that I am lucky and that this is an opportunity of a life time , Thank you god for making my dream coming true.

3-I realized that I wanna marry someone I love and start a family with the one I love and this is my dream right now and I hope that allah will fulfill my dreams because this is the ultimate dream of my life and any girls life I guess ^-^

anyway .......

reaching 23th is so confusing for me , so now what!!!!! I should behave more like an adult , because all the people who knows me , know that I act childish sometimes and ask for attention, but should I change that , is this what determines if I am a grown up or not???

All of these things went in my head in the 23th birthday, it was a day full of emotions, bad, sad and grateful ones, but at the end my birthday passed and it was a day like all other days.

I wonder what the future hides for me , again this is something I don’t wanna think of , but as long as I am alive and my brain continue to work >-> nothing can’t be done about that T-T

Anyway long post, sorry, see you next post

Rawan & 3os did this cards for me , love you guys ^-^

wow Japanese Garden in Abdoun OvO

2010-07-29T10:58:00.000-07:00

Hi minna,

I was really surprised when I visited the Japanese embassy of Japan website and found out about the Japanese Garden in Abdoun, this is just great ^^

I will put it in my to do list when I visit Jordan in August ^^

It was designed according to traditional Japanese gardens dating back to ancient times by Japanese garden expert Mr. Fukuda, exhibiting main elements of water, rock, plants, and bridges, in addition to a special area allocated for making tea.

The Garden’s elements were brought over from Japan whereas some rocks and stones have been brought from the Dead Sea, Al Mafraq and Petra. The stones have been amended and arranged to match the classical mode of design of the Japanese garden and a special place has been allocated for tea making.

wow great news ,to see more about this go to the Japanese embassy website in Jordan bellow:
http://www.jordan.emb-japan.go.jp/eng_release/10July_Japanese_Garden/Japanese_graduation.htm

see you next post

Looking forward to the trip to Izu ^^

2010-07-28T05:28:00.000-07:00

Hi minna ^^

I am so excited about the trip to Izu ,what the hell is Izu?, where is izu ? (this is the questions in going in your mind right now ne )!!

well Izu is large mountainous peninsula with deeply indented coasts to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshū.

I will stay there for one night in a ryokan which is a traditional Japanese inn in which floors are made of tatami (Traditional Japanese mats), there is an onsen (hot spring, first time), and ryokan Typically provides guests with a yukata to wear.

and also in Izu we will do momo tabehoudai (which means eat as much as u can of peaches , from the tree directly).

I am looking forward to it , it will be at 31 July , I will upload pictures after I come back so tanoshimi ni ^^

hai ja ne ^_^

HI everyone , ohisashiburi T_T

2010-07-22T09:34:00.000-07:00

minasan , hi ^_^

I am back again (tadaimaaaaaa), sorry >_<, I didn't post anything to my poor blog for a long long time , but I was really busy with my new life in Japan, Japanese classes and also preparing for my entrance examination for continuing masters in Japan T_T

It was really hard emotionally and physically tiring >_< but the good news is that I passed the entrance examination and I WILL be starting on September at SFC campus /Keio university, I am so relaxed now^_^

so what I am doing right now !! basically I am going to interesting places in Japan , went to furin festival that was held in kawasaki daishi(furin is the traditional Japanese Graden bells),hanabi (fireworks) wearing yukata(Traditional cloths) and Disney sea and many other places, next on my list in Hakone which is a very nice area that is really near mountain fuji (fuji san , this will be ensha2allah my first time), I will stay the night there in a nice traditional hotel^_^

from now on I will try to update my blog , I am so sorry for not updating it , there was no time T_T

see ya soon

13 Japanese speech contest^_^

2010-03-10T12:51:00.000-08:00

minasan,

It’s time for the annual Japanese speech contest (The 13th Japanese language Speech contest)that is held at The University of Jordan / University Administration Building
on March 13th (Saturday) 2010 10:00~13:30.

I am so excited , I am glad that I am going to be the MC (event speaker / presenter) this year, what an honor, so to all people interested , please come and see a great completion that is only held once a year , you can’t miss the opportunity^_^

See you there, and to all participants, ganbatte kudasai and good luck ^_^

Public Invitation ^_^ 3 February 2010

2010-02-02T01:10:00.000-08:00

Minna , Great news ^_^

Two piano recitals by renowned pianist Ms. Mari Kumamoto will take place at Jabal Al-Webdeh , Tarasantah School at 7 PM / 3 February 2010.

It seems really interesting and fun,I am gonna go \(^_^)/

See you there all ^_^

Dreams are realities^_^

2009-12-06T10:51:00.000-08:00

Well, I used to think that dreams can become reality other than that they will just remain dreams^^

This was before I discussed this concept with a friend who disagreed with me; this friend of mine told me something that really changed the way I think about the whole thing.

He said that a dream is a reality that take place sometime in the future, other than that it’s just an imagination.

So I come to believe that dreams are realities that will happen ^^

So minna , No matter how hard your dreams are , work hard to make them realities and always remember to smile cause smiling is the key to a happy life and dreams coming true ^^

This is a song dedicated to all of you ^^ minna smile ^_________^

Happy Eid everyone ^_^

2009-11-27T02:28:00.000-08:00

To all the Muslims in the world Happy EID ^_^ enjoy it to the max , eat alot of maamool and spend it with the ones you love the most ;p

My life ...

2009-11-16T05:53:00.000-08:00

Hi minna,

To all people who are checking and reading "Kaze no Koe" blog, sorry to tell you that its gone now, I have been reading it and enjoying the topics posted every time, hontou ni arigatou Mohammad san for all the nice posts and wish you the best in life^^

This is a song that I would like everyone who is thinking a lot about the future to hear ( I felt that it represents how I feel ), this is dedicated to you Mohammad kun (kaze no koe owner).

Thank you fafybloom for the amazing song, it made my day ^^

The Future ^-^

2009-11-11T04:51:00.000-08:00

Sorry minna for not posting lately, I was really in a bad mood, but now I am happy and much better ^^

I was thinking lately about my future, it’s not wrong to think about the future and to plan your life the way you want, but at the same time I find out that thinking a lot about the future is just a waste time, why is that ??

Well there are many things that no one can predict in the future, and thinking too hard will make you sick eventually, and also the more I think about the future the more I feel scared of it, I don’t want to feel this way, so I decided that I will live the moment and stop thinking about the future, I will work hard like I always do and believe in myself and believe that the future will be bright for me^-^

I wonder what the future hides for me

Last day in Japan T_T

2009-10-25T09:14:00.000-07:00

My last day in Japan was full and very emotional, I felt really sad T_T that my journey will come to an end, it wasn’t just a trip to some country , it was much more , an experience of a life time with 53 nice people from 50 different countries , it was a dream that came true for me.

The last day party was really amazing, kumagai san asked some participants to make a performance in front of our Japanese families that were really kind to spend a day with us ^^

When kumagai san asked us “is there is anyone who wants to make a performance??” I was confused , should I make one or not , eventually I thought that it would be very nice if I could sing an arabic song, this way I could feel that I represented my country in some way , so I sang an Arabic song which is called “sahar al layali “ ,it is for a famous Lebanese singer ( Fairouz) , this song was my Egyptian friends( mai san) choice( good choice ^_^).

Of course special thanks to Andres san who really helped me a lot in my performance , he played the guitar along with me ,although Andres san didn’t know the song before , but he could play the song in just 20 minutes , I was really surprised and impressed by him.

My host family told me that they will be busy and that they can’t come to the party, so I wasn’t expecting to see them, but to my surprise they came, and I was really glad and touched especially when akemi san (my Japanese mom) told me that she thought that I will feel lonely seeing all the participant’s host family by their side, I am glad that I met such nice people in my life ^^

The party ^^

Akemi san and her husband ^^

videos of my Japan trip taken by Marco san who’s a creative young man ^^

A book store called "book off ", the best anime shop ever and it has branches all over Japan ^^ and cheap prices ^^

Asakusa/Tokyo , the place where I bought my yukata ^^

Some clips of trips around different parts of tokyo: shibuya, shinjuku, tokyo tower, ikebukuro^^

Marco san said about this video "These may not be the most noisy or high tech places I visited in Japan, but it is the Japan I fell in love with" , I agree with him and for me too these places were the places I fell in love with.

This video made my tears flow thinking of the places I love the most and also the song is the favorite song for kosuke san T_T

By the way, I tried to stay awake the last night in Japan but I couldn’t, my body couldn’t take it, Daniel san tried to wake me up but he couldn’t, I remember when I said good bye to everyone with a big smile in my face but inside my heart tears were flowing, after I said goodbye to everyone, I cried in the bus in my way to the airport, this is an emotion I will never forget T_T

Japan, I love you from the bottom of my heart , and to all the people whose dream is going to Japan , I will tell you that Japan is definitely worth it , so work hard and do your best and Japan will become a reality the same way it became for me.
Yes Japan is a dream, but it’s a dream that can come true, remember that ^^

minna ganbatte kudasai ( do your best everyone) ^^

Wadaiko & a Home visit!!

2009-10-19T10:40:00.000-07:00

Minasan, have you ever heard of the word wadaiko before?

I first heard this word when I went to Japan, as I said before the program gave us the chance to choose between 4 different activities that reflect a major part of Japans traditions and culture (Wadaiko, Aikido (material art), Ikebana (flower art), satou (Tea ceremony)), I chose Aikido (I already talked about it ...click here to check it out) and wadaiko.

Wadaiko means Japanese drums, there are different types of Taiko (drums) and different types of performance that can be played (Multi-drum, multi-player, Multi-drum, one player, One drum, multi-player, One drum, one player), wadaiko is a very important and essential part in the Japanese culture because it’s played in festivals( and of course u can imagine the number of festivals Japanese people have ), during my stay in Kansai Japanese language institute, I used to hear wadaiko sound at night , this is because there was a festival everyone was preparing for ( danjiri matsuri , I will talk about it in a later post) , so Japanese people take it seriously and so I did when I played.

So why do Japanese people have a great emphasis on wadaiko this much??

Well, as you all know, the first thing a baby hears is the voice of one’s mother heart beat, the sound of wadaiko reassembles the sound of the mother heart beat, this gives the power to whom ever play or listen to the wadaiko amazing sound, I fell in love with wadaiko, my heart beat in a way it didn’t beat before while listening to it the first time( in Miyajima island),and when I started learning it, although my hands started to hurt me after hitting the drum for a long time, but I kept wanting to hit the drum , of course playing with a group of people is what made it more fun , you can feel the powerful spirit that wadaiko have once u start hitting the drums ^^

I think the home stay is a good chance for a Japanese language student, actually it may be the most rewarding and memorable part of an experience abroad, and imparts special insight into the culture and daily life of the host country.

first my Japanese mom akemi san picked me up from kansai center and then we went by her car to different places before we went home, well , she speaks very fast , I was impressed by her , she went to many countries although she is afraid from getting into airplanes , I thought that she was really interesting .

We went to an art museum ^_^ I enjoyed my time there, we were lucky that there was a classical music show at the same day we went there ^^ it was at 1 pm, so we had time to eat lunch before the show.

The Art Museum^^

The Piano they used in the Classical music show ^^

we took a break for lunch (ramen place), now I already told my Japanese mom that I can’t eat ham meat cause I am Muslim, so I expected a ramen without ham in it, but after one spoon of my ramen, she put her hashi (shop sticks) in my ramen and took ham meat from it saying that u can’t eat this right!! Well I was shocked that the ramen had ham in it, so I told her that I can’t even eat something cooked with ham, she accepted it with a huge smile in her face telling me it’s ok ^^ and then instead I ate tempura which is completely safe^^ oishikatta.

The ramen with ham meat in it >_< & Tempura ^_^

Then after that we went back to the art museum to watch the classical music show, although all of the people watching the show were old, but I really enjoyed it ^^

Then we went to her best friend’s house, she wanted to show her the pictures of their recent trip , my Japanese mom traveled a lot, they were really nice to me and was interested to know more about me and my country , also the father tried to talk to me in English , that was cute ^^

Akemi san ( my Japanese okaachan ) , her friend family^^

Anyway , after that we went to a super market to buy groceries because my Japanese mother wanted to cook something special for me ( how nice was that) , anyway , she invited her son and his wife , because it was weekend ( Sunday) ,I met the father , he was really nice , in fact everyone were, I felt that Japanese families are similar to the Arabic one, cause the role of the mother is the same , when the son entered the house he hugged his dad and drank beer with him and his wife and me entered the kitchen to prepare the food( see what I mean >_>) , I really enjoyed the food , the best meal I had in Japan.

Look how cute my Japanese family is ^^

I now have a new family in Japan; this feeling is something that I won’t trade for anything in this world.

Last day in Tokyo ^^

2009-10-15T08:54:00.000-07:00

Our last day in Tokyo was interesting, it started early in the morning, we (Aw no mina san) left KitaUrawa center at 8 30 am , and we arrived at our first destination in the schedule which was the Diet Building which is a building where sessions of both the house of Representatives and the house of Councilors meet, The sessions of the house of Representatives take place in the left wing while the sessions of the house of Councilors take place in the right wing, well it’s not as interesting as the places we went before , but still something that is good to know about Japan.

After that we went for lunch, the program took us to a restaurant in Shibuya that serves vegetarian food, I am sorry to say that but I didn’t like the food at all and most of the participants didn’t like it either, the majority of us are non vegetarian and also we couldn’t see the point of taking us to such restaurant (it’s not even Japanese food), but anyway we were all polite when they asked us about our opinion in the food, we should have been honest.

The resturant ^^

Our vegetarian meal ^^

After our pure vegetarian meal ,We arrived at Meji-Jinga Shinto shrine at 1:45 pm which is also located at Shibuya , Meji-Jinga shrine is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, it is visited by many people, especially on new year when people pay their first visits (called “Hatsumoude”).The number of the first visitors to the shrine is the largest in Japan, the view was amazing and also I liked a tree there , I spent most of the time walking near it ( I have no idea why I fell in love with it).

This is the tree I fell in love with ^^

Meji-Jinga Shrine ^^

After a very long day, we arrived at Haneda airport, it was time for us to leave Tokyo T_T, we enjoyed JAL airline flight^^ and we came back to our home, Kansai Japanese language center /Osaka^^

Yappari home sweet Home ^^

Haneda Airport

Next time, I am going to post about my Home visit and wadaiko (Japanese drum), so tanoshimi ni ^^

One Year Anniversary ^^

2009-10-08T08:20:00.000-07:00

Today , I am celebrating two things , I am celebrating my birthday and also the birth of my blog , wow , I can’t believe that it has been a year since I started this blog , time flies fast O_O.

I started blogging when I turned 21, at that time I didn’t know that this blog will be a major part in my life, this blog means the world to me, how can it not be when this blog witnessed the tough , sad and also the happy ,amazing , joyful days of my life , I posted various topics about me , my dreams , my friends , my family, Japanese events , trips and much more .

a lot of things have happened this year , I went thought a lot , I achieved SOME OF my dreams , I won the 12th Japanese speech contest which was a huge thing for me , I went to Japan and I can’t believe until now that I actually went to the land of my dreams.

During this year, I met a lot of people, I made friends all around the world, and I realized how lucky I am to have the friends that I do have now, This make me wanna treasure the people that I love the most in my life (my family, bmb , my friends and all the people that do care about me.

A lot of people supported me and without their support I Couldn’t do anything (my best friend in this life (my mom ),the person who love me the most in life( my sister rawand) , Timoor sensei , kikuchi sensei ,my second sister alaa , my friend and my sis farah and many friends that I can’t live without ), looking back to this year , I am glad that I made the decision to learn Japanese language , it gave me better friends , a new life , basically it gave me things that I didn’t even dream of T_T

I started blogging a year ago, many people entered my blog from different countries, sometimes I didn’t believe the numbers of people entering the blog every day, despite all this, numbers are meaningless to me, if my posts reached someone and made him passionate about something in his/her life, this means the world to me, the most important thing to me is the impact of blogging to whom ever read this blog^^

I really have no idea what the future hides for me, and for this blog, having this thought, I feel scared of the future, it’s so unpredictable, but I believe that Allah has a plan for me and I feel the blessing and the love of Allah every single day , so the best thing I can do is carry on with my life having big faith in ALLAH and of course the people I love and (enshaalla)carry on with my posting that has became part of me, I hope that my vision reached all people viewing my page , after all my blogs name is Rua’s Vision , It’s about my life in Jordan and my passion for Japan ,facing many challenges that is in my way in achieving my dreams^-^ this is the description of my blog and it will remain this way.

I would like to thank all the people viewing, reading and commenting on my blog , and to those who have read, commented, encouraged and challenged me to write better subjects every time since I started my first entry .

From the bottom of my heart, thank you all for everything T_T

The banners of my blog since I started ... click to enlarge ^^

My free day in Tokyo <東京ディズニーランド> 9/9/1009 ^^

2009-10-04T10:19:00.000-07:00

Hi minna ^_^

The free day was a big chance to discover the places that each of the participants (AW no minasan) dreamt of before coming to Tokyo, some wanted to go to Tokyo tower and Shibuya , most of them wanted to go to Akihabara ,well, for me the best thing ever was going to Disney land and hanging with my Japanese friends that I met in Jordan through a program called JMESC (Japan Middle East Student conference 2008 & 2009).

I wanted to go to Disney land since I have been a child , for some people Disney land is considered so childish, but for me ,it’s like a fantasy world that I really wanted to explore ^_^

My day started really early , I woke up at 7 am, I met Taruto san which is one of my Japanese friends that I also met at the JMESC 2008 , he picked me up from Urawa Institute which is located in Kita Urawa prefecture, and he treated me to a nice breakfast from star box ( such a nice guy T_T Thank you Taruto san ) , after that we rode the train and reached Tokyo station where Emi chan and Remi chan ( also participants of the JMESC 2009 )were waiting for me , after that Taruto san had to go (he had daigaku ( university ) ) , and then we continued our plan , we took 2 trains to Disney land which is located in Chiba ^^ ( There is Disney land and Disney sea , I wanted to enter both of them but I had to choose , so I chose the Childish one which is Disney land \(^.^)/ ).

I had a blast in Disney land, I was jumping, laughing and acting like a child , after all Disney land is a place where you forget reality, I enjoyed it and what made it more fun that I shared it with my friends ( Emi chan & Remi chan , arigatou T_T).

Disney land entrance ^_^ all the decorations were about Halloween because it was the next day ^^

The best ride ever, its theme was about space ,we couldn’t see the track because it was so dark, it was interesting and fun, this what made us ride it twice^^

This was a musical kawaii (cute) show , minni oh! minni ^^

I wanted to stay till night in Disney land and watch the amazing hanabi ( Fireworks ) but we had to go to Shinjuku because I wanted to meet my friends ^^ .We left Disney land at 5:00 pm and headed to Shinjuku which is a major commercial and administrative center, housing the busiest train station in the world (Shinjuku Station).

After that, we arrived at Shinjuku station, I was shocked to see a lot of my friends, I thought that its gonna be hard for them to come since 2 of them had started working and the others are university students (I felt glad and happy that I had such friends, although we didn’t meet for a whole year, they came for me, I will never forget the way I felt that day, I am blessed ^^).

I was hungry so we went searching for food that doesn’t contain buta ( ham meat ) , I really wanted to eat okonomiyaki but most of the resturants cook okonomiyaki with ham oil so its dame( not allowed ) for me to eat , since I am a Muslim girl , but eventually we found a store where you can cook your own okonomiyaki ( which is by the way more exciting ) ^^.

After a very oishii (Delicious) meal, we went to a karaoke box and we had fun (everybody sang, I miss karaoke T_T I wanna have one in Jordan).

Okonomiyaki ingrediants ^^

Okonomiyaki , oishii T_T

I left 11 pm because I had to catch a train, I arrived safely and I found the place this time although I was close of getting lost T_T

What a fun day … the next time I go to Japan, I wanna try Disney sea ^_^

Next post …my last day in Tokyo T_T wait and see what will happen ^_^

Tokyo …wow O, O 8/9/52009

2009-10-01T08:16:00.000-07:00

I will make 3 posts of Tokyo trip , because we spent 3 whole days in Tokyo , and it’s impossible to post all the things I did in only one post ^^

As I said before in my previous post , we arrived at Hiroshima airport and left Hiroshima by plane JAL , it took one hour until we reached Haneda airport , I always wanted to travel by JAL airlines so I was really excited , the amazing thing was seeing mountain fuji ( fuji san)from the airplane window , we didn’t have the time to go there , but seeing it from the airplane was just amazing , it was surrounded by clouds, it was like Fujisan was floating T_T ( I will go to fuji san next time I go to Japan) ^^

We arrived at the Japanese language institute /Urawa which is located in an area called kitaUrawa , it’s not Tokyo , it takes 40 minute to reach Akihabara, 60 minutes to reach Harajuku ,and 70 minutes to reach Tokyo tower , so Tokyo was far from the institute area but the train made everything easy for us.

A ramen store…I went there with mai san (Egypt) , J san ( Poland)and Daniel san( Bulgaria) the same day I arrived to Kita Urawa ( The Japanese language institute) , it was really interesting when I was explaining for them that I don’t want ham meat in my ramen , all the people in the restaurant was involved in the discussion for some reason O_O afterwards we sang karaoke in the restaurant , what a nice evening ^_^

The next day (8/9/2009), we gathered at the lobby of the institute, and we headed to Tsukiji shijou(Tsukiji fish market ), which is the biggest wholesale fish and seafood market in Japan and also one of the largest wholesale food markets of any kind.

The market is located in Tsukiji in central Tokyo. The inner market ( jonai shijou) is the licensed wholesale market, where the auctions and most of the processing of the fish take place, and where licensed wholesale dealers operate small stalls. The “outer market” ( jogai shijou) is a mixture of wholesale and retail shops that sell Japanese Kitchen tools, restaurant supplies , groceries, and seafood, and many restaurants, especially sushi restaurants, most of the shops in the outer market close by the early afternoons, and in the inner market even earlier.

In my country, I read about this market at a magazine called ”Nipponia”( I was really sad when I heard from mikami sensei that this magazine is not going to be published anymore ).I liked Tsukiji market a lot ,The main reason for that is that I just love looking and touching fish ( Don’t ask me why!!!) , The market was really busy , and it was somewhat dangerous to walk without paying attention to the passing vehicles.

Kosuke san ( The trainee at the kansai institute ) told me that the market owners will be very busy so don’t expect them to be that nice , actually I think that they were really nice , one of the owners saw that I was interested in his crabs ( kani ) , so he brought the biggest kani(crab) in his shop and let me hold it , so I thought that this was really nice of him,infact he let us all hold it and take pictures with it , how nice was that!! T_T, I will remember the smell of Tsukiji market, it will always remain with me ^_^

Outer Market ^^

Kosuke san Holding the crab ( see how nice the owner was , he let us hold the crab ) ^_^

This is the kani store (crab shop) I told you about in tsujiki market^^ The owner was really nice ^_^

After that we headed to Asahi Shimbun, which is one of Japan’s leading daily newspapers that is published and edited by the Asahi Shimbun Company .its headquarters is located in central Tokyo area. The paper is the second most circulated in the industry, next to yomiuri shimbun.
I don’t have a lot if pictures of Asahi Shimbun because photos were not allowed there.

Daniel san ( I actully got alone with him , althought most of the time we were arguing , but I enjoyed it T_T)

The last stage of making Asahi newspapers ^_^

Alisher san and Our guide in Asahi shimbun ^_^( cute pic ne )

We left Asahi Shimbun at 12:30 pm and headed to Sensoji Temple , we arrived at 1:00 pm.
Sensoji temple is a very popular Buddhist temple that is located in Asakusa, it’s one of Tokyo’s few districts, which have preserved a certain atmosphere of the old Tokyo, Sensoji temple is Asakusa’s main attraction and also it’s the oldest temple in Tokyo , it was built in the 7th century.

Near the temple there is a street that is called “Nakamise Dori” ,it’s about 300m long and there are many small shops along the way. This street is one of the oldest shopping districts where you can buy souvenirs and see people cooking sweets like kaminari okashi ( “Thunder sweets”) sweet , crispy snack made of Japanese rice), and others.

I bought a yukata from there (Asakusa) , I can’t wait to wear it here in Jordan ^_^

Sensoji Temple ^_^

Nakamise Dori street , The place where I bought the yukata ^_^

After this amazing busy day, we went back to The Japanese language institute /Urawa , I talked with my Japanese friend (Emi chan )and decided a place where we can meet ,Emi chan came to Jordan in a program called (Jmesc/ Japan Middle East Student Conference 2009) , I really wanted to meet her and all my Japanese friends that participated in the same program ^^ , other people in our group (Aw no minasan) went to shinjuku , but instead I went to Akihabara to meet Emi chan ,Takako chan ( I love her a lot , she was an exchange student in Jordan, she used to study Arabic) and Remi chan ( I didn’t know her before, she is really nice and kawaii), I was really happy that I met my friends again and also because I was walking in Akihabara , which is a well known place for selling electrical devices (actually a lot of people in our group (Aw no minasan) bought electrical dictionary from there ), also it is the place for people addicted to anime or manga( anime no otaku no tokoro ^^).

YES this is AKIHABARA O,O

After that I went back to the institute, it took me 40 minutes from Akihabara, although I was lost in my way back but I really had fun (In case you’re wondering, I found the place eventually with the help of a very nice guy ).

This was my first Day at Tokyo, very busy and fun ^^

Next …I am going to post about my free day at Tokyo…T_T … so wait for the next post ^_^

The best place in my eyes ^_^ 6/9/1009

2009-09-28T14:25:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone,

In the previous post, I mentioned that we went from Kyoto station by shinkansen (bullet train) to Hiroshima station.

What I liked about the shinkansen that its really fast and it arrives on time , I actually saw an episode that talked about shinkansen in a program that was aired in Ramadan , the program was called “khawater shab” which means thoughts of a young man ( The program talked about Japan being a very developed country , it showed Japanese ethics, lifestyle and culture , it did state that there is an equation for a developed country and that’s is (knowledge &education + work + ethics = developed country), I thought that the program was very impressive), so the episode I watched talked about how accurate the shinkansen is and how people gather in an orderly way to enter it so that the shinkansen can arrive to the desired distention on time, when I went to Japan ,I saw in my own eyes what the program meant , I realized the punctuality of it , The Shinkansen is very reliable, actually in 2003, JR Central reported that the Shinkansen's average arrival time was within six seconds of the scheduled time. This includes all natural and human accidents and errors and is calculated over roughly 160,000 Shinkansen trips completed.

As I was taking pics of the Hiroshima station , there were Japanese students that noticed my camera and they started taking poses , how cute was that !!!

Hiroshima station^^

The Shinkansen ^^

We arrived at hiroshima station at 5:38 pm, then after that we left by bus to Miyashimaguchi , and from there we went to miyajima island by ferry , we arrived at MiyaRikyu hotel which was a very amazing traditional Japanese hotel.( click here ^^ )

We really enjoyed dinner At Hotel Miyarikyu ,One of the fun things about traveling is experiencing the taste of the local food, At Hotel Miyarikyu, we enjoyed Kaiseki food, which was a set of Japan's haute dishes served on tray prepared with skillful techniques, care, and hospitality( It usually uses the fresh ingredients of the season , each dish is simply seasoned and presented beautifully in nice dinnerware).

After having the best dinner ever, we enjoyed the loud, powerful, echoing sound of Japanese drum, actually I felt weird, because while listening to the drums performance, I felt that my heart was beating so fast, this was the first time it beat this way O_O

The ferry^^

The lobby ^^

The room in MiyaRikyu Hotel ^^

The View from the window of the room ^^

Kaiseki food

This lady was dancing while we were eating , actually I couldnt eat until she finished her prformance because her dancing was amazing and full of emotions T_T I loved it ^^

After this lovely performance we went out, we walked till we reached miyajima otorii (Red Grand gate) which is a tourist symbol of Japan and known throughout the world. Its design is a typical one, with four legs and made from the natural wood of the Japanese cinnamon.

it was a very nice a evening , I felt very peaceful and calm, maybe because our schedule was really busy until we reached this island, that night we just enjoyed our time with no pressure.

Miyajima island made me feel that I am glad that I am a life , it was the first time in my life I felt this peace in my heart , this is why miyajima was the best place in Japan for me ( it was so beautiful , its not just a place to me , it’s much more )T_T

This is how the Otori looks at night ^_^ see how peaceful it is T_T

That day, I Woke up early in the morning at 4 am to see the tori and also to walk beside it , it was a good view to see ^^

The water started to come as time passes ^^

Shika ( Deer) kawaii deshou (so cute , I wanted to bring one with me to Jordan T_T )

7/9 : we gathered at the lobby of MiyaRikyu hotel , and went on foot to Itsukushima-Jinja which is a Shinto shrine , it was established in 1400 years ago and rebuilt to the present style ,it is considered as national treasure and important cultural asset.
Because the large shrine gate and shrine buildings are built on the coastal edge , they appear as if they are afloat on the sea when the tide is in , when the tide is low, the gate is surrounded by mud and can be accessed by foot from the island( this is why that day I woke up at 4 am just to walk there , I was really tired and sleepy afterwards *_*), but I really enjoyed it.

Itsukushima-Jinja^_^

Aw no minasan T_T

There was also a market near the shrine , we enjoyed shopping especially when there were a lot of shika( deer) roaming freely around the area , Miyajima deer are so famous that all the gift shops sell deer souvenirs. The Bambi-like deer are so cute though, you can't help falling in love with them. And that's when they steal you blind. They go straight for your pockets.

See what I mean , The Bambi-like deer XD

After that, we picked our luggage from the hotel; it was time to leave miyajima heaven T_T and head to the International Conference Center , we had lunch there , the food was yummy (oishikatta) , then we arrived at the Peace Memorial Museum ,which is located Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in central Hiroshima, Japan. It was established in August 1955 with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall (now the International Conference Center Hiroshima). The museum exhibit presents the facts of the atomic bombing, with the aims of contributing to the abolition of nuclear weapons throughout the world, and of promoting world peace. It is the most popular of Hiroshima's destinations for school field-trips from all over Japan and for international visitors, too.

The Peace Memorial Museum collects and displays belongings left by the victims, photos, and other materials that convey the horror of that event, supplemented by exhibits that describe Hiroshima before and after the bombings and others that present the current status of the nuclear age. Each of the items displayed embodies the grief, anger, or pain of real people. Having now recovered from the A-bomb calamity, Hiroshima's deepest wish is the elimination of all nuclear weapons and the realization of a genuinely peaceful international community.

The museum visit was really enlightening for me, it was interesting yet I felt really sad T_T I think the way the information is shown at the museum is just creative, it succeeded at delivering the message of peace to me, and I also noticed that the fees to enter the museum is really cheap like 50 cent, so I think that this is smart, everyone is capable of entering it ^^

International Conference Center Hiroshima

Inside the Peace Memorial Muesum ^_^

The exact timing of the Atomic bomb T_T

Hiroshima before the Atomic bomb ^_^

Hiroshima after the Atomic bomb T_T

Children's Peace Monument

The Children's Peace Monument is a statue dedicated to the memory of the children who died as a result of the bombing. The statue is of a girl with outstretched arms with a folded paper crane rising above her. The statue is based on the true story of Sadako Sasaki (佐々木禎子, Sasaki Sadako?), a young girl who died from radiation from the bomb. She believed that if she folded 1,000 paper cranes she would be cured. To this day, people (mostly children) from around the world fold cranes and send them to Hiroshima where they are placed near the statue. The statue has a continuously replenished collection of folded cranes nearby.

Memorial Cenotaph

Near the center of the park is a concrete, saddle-shaped monument that covers a cenotaph holding the names of all of the people killed by the bomb. The cenotaph carries the epitaph, "Rest in Peace, for the error shall not be repeated." Through the monument you can see the Peace Flame and the A-Bomb Dome. The Memorial Cenotaph was one of the first memorial monuments built on open field on August 6, 1952. The arch shape represents a shelter for the souls of the victims.

A-Bomb Dome

The A-Bomb Dome is the skeletal ruins of the former Industrial Promotion Hall. It is the building closest to the hypocenter of the nuclear bomb that remained at least partially standing. It was left how it was after the bombing in memory of the casualties. The A-Bomb Dome, to which a sense of sacredness and transcendence has been attributed, is situated in a distant ceremonial view that is visible from the Peace Memorial Park’s central cenotaph. It is an officially designated site of memory for the nation’s and humanity’s collectively shared heritage of catastrophe.

I just love this picture ( Aw no minasan )^_^

After a very long, interesting and full day, we arrived at Hiroshima airport, it was time for our flight to Tokyo ^_^

So minasan, next post, Tokyo …

Kyoto ^,^ I love you ...

2009-09-26T02:38:00.000-07:00

As I said before , We stayed at Karasuma hotel which is located in Karasuma Shijo, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan, I loved the hotel T_T it was really good , it was only for one night , but I actually enjoyed it ^^

For more information about the hotel, click here ...

I went out with Richard san , Jordan san , Nisren san , yanjika san and others at the night we arrived to the hotel to a temple that was nearby by foot , I liked it a lot ^^ and also we were really lucky , we saw Maiko san in our way there ^^

In our way to the temple ^_^

A person drawing kanji , omoshirokatta ^,^

* Maiko san , we were really lucky ^_^
Maiko san:is a Japanese word for dancing girl and is an apprentice geisha. Maiko is also a feminine Japanese given name. The custom of Maiko started 300 years ago. In those days a Maiko was a young girl who treated a visitor to Japanese tea. After a while, the method of serving Japanese tea changed, so they started dancing. As years went by, Maiko became the present-day Maiko.)

The temple ^_^

Actually in my mind ,I always pictured Kyoto to be a very quiet place with traditional buildings and people wearing yukata , but I was really shocked when I saw the real Kyoto , cause it is a big city and its crowded with people , I was really surprised O_O but I actually liked it ^_^

6/9: we had breakfast at the hotel and then gathered at the hotel lobby 9:15 , we had already packed our luggage and left the hotel , our schedule was really busy , this what made this trip more fun and exciting . We arrived at Kiyomizu-dera temple at 9 45 am (It is an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto , It takes its name from the waterfall within the complex, which runs off the nearby hills. Kiyomizu means clear water, or pure water.), it was a very beautiful temple, and on top of that , the view was amazing, I enjoyed nature , the mountains were really green and this made my eyes relaxed, also near the temple , there was a market that was full of souvenirs , it was fun to shop there and it was not that expensive , but we didn’t have enough time though, so we didn’t buy everything we wanted to buy T_T

People drink from this water , the first one on the left is believed to give you a good lover , the second one is believed to give u more intelligence , the last one is believed to give you more health ( drinking from all of them is considered greedy >_<)

See what I mean by amazing nature T_T

After that, we went to a restaurant and had lunch together, it was really nice to have lunch with the group(AW no minasan), I did enjoy the food,Oishikatta( it was really delicious.)

After a really good meal, we went to kinkaku-ji temple at 1:45 pm (kinkaku-Ji means Temple of the Golden Pavilion, it is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan.) , we enjoyed the scenery there , the clear sky , the green mountains and the water mixed really well together , it was like a painting , it was a great view , I will never forget it , I was lucky to see such beauty ^^

People usually give money here ^_^

I loved the fact that vending machine was everywhere ^_^ its very benri( conveniant )

After that we left to Kyoto station, and we headed to Hiroshima station by shinkansen (Bullet train) Nozomi 33 ^_^

Next post ... Hiroshima ^_^ so tanoshimi ni ;p

Osaka...This was just the beginning ^^

2009-09-24T10:41:00.000-07:00

The real adventure begun at 5/9 Sept when we packed our luggage for a one week trip , we went to many places , first , Kyoto by bus, Hiroshima by shinkansen( the fast train), then Tokyo by airplane ,then back to Osaka by airplane( JAL T_T) , so although it was for only one week , it was really busy and fun ^^

5/9 Sept: we gathered at the lobby in the kansai institute at 8 :30 , and we went along with kumagai san ( the coordinator) , Mikami sensei ( she was our teacher , she was really nice ) , 53 people ( our group) and also kosuke san ( he was a trainee at the kansai center , he helped a lot , otsukaresame deshita ;p) to our fist destination, Osaka- Jo ( Osaka castle) , we arrived at 10 am ^^ it was amazing , it really look old from outside , but it’s actually cool inside(air-conditioned and it even had escalators) and there is an amazing museum inside ^^

In the way to Osaka-Jo Castle ^^

Osaka-Jo Castle ^^

This is our guide ^^

Inside Osaka-Jo Castle ^^

The last floor in Osaka-Jo where u can see a breathtaking view T_Tthis is the best thing ever ^^

After finishing our tour in Osaka-Jo , we had a lunch break for an hour and a half , and then we gathered at the bus and left Osaka-Jo castle, after that we arrived at Panasonic center at 1 pm(http://www.panasonic.net) , we split into 3 groups and we was introduced to the latest technologies of the Panasonic center and also what is the technologies available in the present and what is the technologies that hopefully will be available in the future , I am so sorry I don’t have pics of the center cause it’s not allowed to take photos inside the center , but it was really amazing to see technology industry in Japan^^
After that, we arrived at Konosuke Matsushita museum at 3 pm ,this museum was opened in 1968, konosuke matsushita was a Japanese industrialist, the founder of Panasonic which is a company based in the suburb of Kadoma (on the Keihan line), Osaka in Japan.

It was really interesting for me to know more about Panasonic, after all its one of the largest electronic product manufacturers in the world ^^

We gathered at the bus at 4 pm and left Osaka and went to Kyoto, we went there by bus , it took almost one hour ^^

We stayed at Karasuma hotel, I loved the hotel T_T it was really good , it was only for one night , but I actually enjoyed it ^^

hope you enjoyed Osaka , I fell in love with Osaka , next post kyoto ^^ matte kudasai ;p

First 3 days ^^

2009-09-21T05:33:00.000-07:00

I am really glad that I was one of the participants in the “Japanese language program for overseas students 2009” , along with 53 people from 50 different countries I shared the experience of a life time , I am really glad that I met a lot of people and made new friends all over the world.

Our nickname was AW, so in our travels, the coordinator “kumagai san “used to always call us “AW no minsan “, this was our name ^^

We arrived at 2 sept to Japan( The Japan Foundation , Japanese language Institute , Kansai ,which was in rinku port kita /tajiro cho /senan gun / Osaka )and our adventure begun ^^

3/9: we all gathered at the center hall at Kansai Institute , we had ice break activities, it was fun and actually it did break the ice between us ^^after that they gave us an orientation through the facilities of the center ^^

The laundry room in every floor ^^

The lobby in each 2 floors ^^

the kitchen in each floor ^^

The talking elevator ^^

The entrance ^^

The main lobby ^^ first floor ;p

The view from the cafeteria ^^

The cafeteria ^^

Inside the hall ^^

Outside the hall ( our first lessons where there )

The institute library ^^

The card that we used to enter our room and also pay for our food ( the magical card , I love you )

4/9:we learned kansai ben ( Osaka , kyoto , kobe and nara dialect )which was really interesting , like instead of saying arigatou , they say “ookini “ and instead of saying “ikura” they say “nanbo” , so it was a new thing in my Japanese study and something that u can never learn in textbooks ^^

Also, they gave us a guide for the trip, since the trip will last for a week, they gave us a clue where we are going and what to take with us ( there was a health paper , we kept on checking our temperature two times a day , its good because of the swine flu ).

In the same day , I had aikido which is a Japanese material art , I had fun , my body hurt me at the end of the day , but it was a new thing for me^^ so I really had fun ^^

Aw no minasan ^^

Osaka people are really nice and funny, they are simple, they smile to you back and they are really easy to talk with , I was riding a bike along with mai san ( Egyptian participant), and we wanted to go to a school , so we didn’t know where is the nearest school , so we asked an old lady about the directions , she was really cute and nice , she was riding a bike and she said that she will take us there , so she took us there and she was really healthy , she know the principal of the school so she contacted him and told him that we would like to enter the school , so he gave us a tour inside the school , we were really lucky , what is the chances for such thing to happen !!!

The school we entered ^^

So the first two days of our arrival was an orientation, that does not mean that we didn’t go to anyplace, we went with the group to many places near our center using bikes, I really envy Japanese peoples lifestyle, it’s just too healthy, their food, and all of them have bikes, so you can feel that old people are really young and healthy, this is something that I think that we should change in our lifestyle and learn from the Japanese people T_T

Anyway, here is the places we went while we were in Osaka, near the center (first 3 days)

This is book off , its a book store that contains alot of manga , its cheap because the books are old volumes and some are used manga , but its a very good store and it has branches all over Japan ^^

This is lawson , I always wanted to see this store , because I always used to see an ad for it done by my favouite band( news ) , and it was really nice to buy an onigiri and eat it while walking ;p

The big wheel in rinku town ,it is amazing , the view from it was breathtaking T_T

Happy Eid minna ^^

2009-09-19T23:23:00.001-07:00

Hi everyone , I promise you that I am gonna make a full report and posts about my trip to Japan, I am preparing everything for making good post about the trip.

I just wanna say happy Eid everyone , the coolest thing for me that I arrived at Eid time , spending Eid with family is something that I really cherish , thank god ^^

Arrival at OSAKA ^^

2009-09-18T05:47:00.000-07:00

Hi minna ,

I arrived yesterday to Jordan , 5 : 15 am^^ My trip to Japan was more than I imagined , I didn’t feel the Japan is a foreign country , I felt that Japan was my home , maybe you will think that it’s weird to feel this way but somehow I felt that I can fit in the Japanese society and feel relaxed in it^^

Anyway, my adventure started when I arrived at 6 30 to the kansai airport, I didn’t believe that finally I am living my dream, I landed on the land of my dreams, for me, this was a huge point in my life, there was two people from the kansai center waiting for me, I arrived at the center at 7 am ,I was tired from the trip , cause it took 8 30 hours from Amman to Bangkok and I spent 7 hours in Thai airport ( transit) , and it took almost 5 hours from Bangkok to Osaka , so I was really tired , but I was so happy that finally I am in Japan ^^

My room in kansai institute ^^

This was the view of my room ^^

Dreams become reality ^^

2009-09-01T04:54:00.000-07:00

Hi minna , I am writing this post from the Thailand airport, it’s like a dream^^ Can you believe that it’s raining here!!! I can’t believe it, it’s like a time machine or something , new faces , different languages , different culture, it’s like an amazing adventure ^^

First, I took the Royal Jordanian flight, the plane took off at 2 10 am, so u can imagine how sleepy I was, but yet so excited ^^ the trip last for 8 and a half hours, I couldn’t sleep T_T but I am fine now ^^

Now, I am at the Thailand airport, waiting for my flight, I am gonna stay here for like 7 hours, my flight is at 10 40 pm, wish me luck, this is my final destination "OSAKA " ^^

WELL, I am living my dream right now, nothing better than living your own dream, so minna ganbatte kudasai ^^

First night of Ramadan; p

2009-08-24T09:49:00.000-07:00

Well, I have spent my first night in Ramadan outside, The Japanese people just came from Jerusalem and I wanted to see them , so I met arap chan at 8:15, we were the only ones that arrived on time T_T so we stayed and talked about girls stuff, I really enjoyed talking to her alone, after all she is my best friend ^^,then fahad , sultan , amane and arisa chan came all at once , I was really happy to see them.

We went to donuts house , I didn’t order anything , I was so full , no space T_T , we had alot of fun ;p

I returned home at 11:00 , chotto late but its ok ;p

ehab ( green T-shirt , he already went to japan , the same program , his advices were good ) , sultan and fahed , amane chan , ahmad kun , arap chan , tohoko chan , arisa chan , yohei kun , yodai kun , masako chan ^^

and this is it everyone ^^ mata ne ^^

sultan , fahed , masako chan , mahoko chan ^^

Ramadan Kareem^^

2009-08-22T04:11:00.000-07:00

Mina san , first of all , I wanna say to all of you "Ramadan kareem" , I know that its gonna be a little hard this year since its hot and the days are long , but this way we can all sense the suffering of the poor people, I hope that Ramadan this year will be better than the last year , minna pray and read the holy Quran a lot, I hope that this year all our sins will be washed away , I wish you all a happy Ramadan ^^

Ok , back to my news ;p LAST NIGHT , I went with my best friend arap chan, ahmad (oniichan) to mecca mall to help ahmad pick up a gift for someone , he bought an amazing scarf ^^, and then I bought the same blouse that arap chan has bought , I will wear this blouse in Japan , so this way arap chan will always be with me ^^

JMESC and me ^^

2009-08-18T12:37:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, this year, I didn’t participate in the Jmesc but my best friends did and that’s arap and fafybloom , I was really busy with work ^^

I went out with the Japanese and of course my best friends, we went to Mecca mall , I really had fun , I found out that I love arap and fafybloom more than I THOUGHT T_T ( and of course I knew how much they love me , they kept talking about me and sis in front of the Japanese , when I met the Japanese they said to me “ you must be rua” , so I love u guys , thank you for always remembering me) ^^

Also , I was thinking a lot lately and I realized that I was killing myself in my own thoughts , I am sure that someday I will meet the perfect match for me ^^ and this what I realized while talking to arap chan .

So to all people who think about the future a lot, STOP IT , cause its really tiring , just freeze your thoughts and enjoy the moment , and your destiny is already written anyway, so nothing will change the future ^^ just wish that your destiny will be the way you like ^^

Yesterday ...amazing time ^^

2009-07-31T07:57:00.000-07:00

Yesterday , I went with Ara chan , k sensei and her friend , imouto ( little sis )and farah to the cinema , we met there at 6 pm , ara chan , farah and Tayseer arrived earlier.

Tayseer had a part time job so he needed to go , after that we bought tickets for an amazing film , it’s called "Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince" , I really loved it , I was fasting that day , so I bought McDonalds , and I broke my fasting at 8 pm when the movie started ,it was interesting and weird at the same time.

also Ayaka was with us ( she’s a Japanese girl studying in Hawaii) , we really enjoyed her company , she will be back ashita to Hawaii , so I wish her a safe trip.

I had a blast, yokatta that I went ^^

Here is a Trailer for the movie and enjoy the pics ^^

Its an amazing movie ^^

I hope you enjoyed the post , minna you need to go and watch that movie ^^ yokatta ^^

Bye Bye mohammad ^^

2009-07-28T09:48:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, sorry for not posting lately.

On Sunday , we went to Hussan park for a special occasion , Mohammad is returning back to Dubai , after he graduated he has nothing to do here ^^, it was time for him to go back , I wish him luck in life , he doesn’t need it though , atama ga ii dakara ^^( he is smart ).

We really enjoyed our time, most of our level were there, kikuchi sensei was there, ara chan , fafy chan mo , we played volleyball and dodge ball our way ^^

we even played soccer , I will never forget that day ^^ , it was a mixture of happy and sad emotions at the same time, happy because all the people that I love were there , and sad cause Mohammad is leaving us , I wonder what the future hide !!! We will see ^^

Bye Bye and good luck

see ya again next post ;p

An invitation to the ambassador house ^_^

2009-07-12T10:31:00.001-07:00

On Friday, I went to the ambassador house with my imouto (who was also invited ) for lunch. We weren’t the main guests as the ambassador said, the main guests were Japanese young girls hand ball team, I didn’t talk to them a lot, because I was with my friends and I met a very lovely and cute Japanese girl (A san) that is studying in Hawaii, her English accent is wow, me and my friend were talking to her the whole time.

Then , we ate together lunch , after that there was someone staring at us talking , Japanese people normally don’t do that O_O , so after that he asked me a question in Japanese ( why did I start learning the language ) chotto bekkureshita O_o, I told him the long same story , and then after that I asked him “ onamae wa?(what’s your name?)” , well , I accepted that the answer will be a name in Japanese , so he told me that his name is “maher “(Arabic name) , I was really surprised , so I said “majidi ( really )!!” and then he answered with a perfect Jordanian accent “ anjad “ , we literally jumped out of the table , he turned to be a mix , anyway , we had a blast and met the nicest people .

Enough talking, enjoy the pictures ^^

People at the lunch invitation ^^

Hand Ball team ;p

The ambassador introducing the hand ball team ^^

what a day ^^

2009-06-29T08:40:00.000-07:00

Hi minna ,

Friday was really fun and interesting , I really enjoyed it ,it was my oniichan (older brother) graduation ceremony .

I didn’t see my university since a year , I really missed JUST , although studying in JUST was extremely hard but I really enjoyed every second in it , anyway , first ahmad’s friends came to the house , K san , M san and T san , they r ahmad’s childhood friends , they r really good and nice ^^

we arrived at JUST at 4 pm and the ceremony started at 5 , it was amazing , the dj was really stupid , but it was fine , I am proud of my older brother , he is the first of his class , I wish him the best in life , he will be a very successful man in the future .

anyway, enough talking , the pictures will tell the story better than me , so , hope you will enjoy ^^

K san was really nice , he brought us water , it was really hot *_*
tasukete kurete arigatou ;p

This is where the graduation took place ^^ ( notice how empty it is )

The one wearing the eyeglasses is my brother ( he was just showing off ^^) ;p baka mitai lol

jaa ~

Grandmom , thank god ^^

2009-06-23T08:59:00.000-07:00

Lately I felt really unstable and worried because my grandmamma entered the hospital. She is very old and she has diabetes, she broke her leg, and also her toe was swollen so we were really worried especially mom, we let her enter the Basheer hospital, it turned to be the worst decision ever T-T

Basheer hospital , is the worst hospital in the face of earth , humans have no value at that hospital , doctors are bad , nurses have no emotions (most of them) and the staff from doctors to the cleaning people are rude *-* it was like a nightmare , there is no medical attention , my grandma’s toe was bad but after coming to the hospital , it didn’t get better , vice versa , it turned worse , and they removed her toe , the stupid doctors wanted to send her home after the operation and they didn’t even try treating her broken leg , I mean what kind of a hospital is that!!!! it is the worst .

They told us that she can’t walk again and that they will do an operation for her to let her sit, we were really depressed, we actually felt happy when they told us that she can sit again , at the last minute , they refused and they said that the sugar level is unstable and that they can’t and will not take the responsibility , they said that she might die ( doctor profession is all about responsibility , isn’t it??) , but it turned to be a blessing of god that this is what happened.

Anyway, we immediately transferred her to a private hospital, the same day she was transferred she had the operation and guess what, my grandmamma can walk again !!!^^

I realized a fact, people always say that “money can’t buy happiness “ , yeah , right ,well guess what ? , it can buy happiness , and health which is more important , so I will work extremely hard , hopefully one day , the public hospitals will be as good as the private ones .

I hope that nobody will get sick , but in case you do , I think that we should be ready to face the fact that , money can sometimes buy health ^^

so minna , I hope nothing bad will happen to you ^^

Arabi song ^^

2009-06-20T04:22:00.000-07:00

Hi minna , I dont usually listen to arabic songs , I always listen to English and Japanese songs , but lately , I fell in love with fadel shaker song , it is called "faker" , I like the lyrics , the music and the singing .

so even if you are not a fan of arabic music , I hope you will like this song as much as I did ^^

Party at K sensei house ^^

2009-06-11T12:33:00.000-07:00

hi minna , long time no post , I have been busy , now I am finally relaxed and free again, anyway, yesterday was k sensei no party , it was really fun, I was really surprised when I walked into her house to find the entire level there except d san , k sensei has prepared a lot of Japanese dishes , we enjoyed eating and listening to Japanese music , we really had fun.

I hope that everyone will be happy in their life , yesterday I felt that everyone at the party enjoyed their time , I am really happy for them , and may all our life be like a party , full of joy and fun ^^

Enjoy the pictures ^^

Japanese food , Ramen , sushi , salad and many dishes ^^

My grandmom entered the hospital T-T

2009-06-08T14:47:00.000-07:00

Hi all ,

today ,I was really shocked when I returned home to find that my grandmamma is in the hospital , she is so weak , she fell down and broke her leg , she is so old and weak , it made me realize more the painful fact that human beings get weak as they grow older T-T

it was like a shock for me , it was so sudden , I wish that she can get out of it fast , she will spent time in the hospital as she might need an operation to fix her broken leg , ah , life is so hard .

so see ya next post , everyone T-T

I have made okonomiyaki ^^

2009-05-27T13:44:00.001-07:00

Hi minna ,

I can officially say now that I have made my first okonomiyaki ^^, jitsu wa ( the truth is) that my brother wanted me to make it for him because I have been talking a lot about how delicious it is , and I have eaten it before in M sans house ,so he wanted to taste it and he was really excited , so minna , I wanna share the recipe with you.

first

6 eggs , one glass of flour , konbuda ( it is like maji) , shrimps , half a cabbage

second

Mix the eggs and the flour , and put some salt and pepper with it .

third

Put the shrimps and mix it well^^

fourth

After that you can add the cabbage ^^

fifth

Prepare the pan and use a non stick pan , it is better ^^

sixth

first try

final result

I hope that you enjoyed this post as much as I did .

Donuts that I had made ^^

2009-05-25T09:39:00.000-07:00

Hi minna ,

My little brother asked me to make him donuts , I told him that I cant , but he brought a cooking book to me , opened it at the page of "how to make donuts " , I didnt want to make them at first , but when I saw how he really wanted them , and how he was willing to help me make them , I decided to make donuts ^^

Japanese-Language Program for Overseas Students (Outstanding Students) 2009

2009-05-13T10:33:00.000-07:00

hi minna,

I am really happy , I passed the exam , it was really hard , it was 5 levels more than the 5 levels in JICA , but I PASSED , and guess what, I am going to Japan in sept , yeah ^-^

thanks to K sensei and T sensei who encoureged me to take the exam , without them ,non of this would be possible ^-^

and sorry for not postiong lately , it is just that I have been extremely busy in work , so sorry guys T-T

see ya

goofing around ;p

2009-05-04T11:21:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone ,

ok now , at my work , I really enjoy the company of a sweet girl called B san , we goof alot so , this is our latest
work ^-^

me ...

The original photo ..

and the first one is not real , It was really fun watching the faces of people who were tricked by this image , hehehe

amazing night ^-^

2009-05-04T11:15:00.000-07:00

For all the people that always check out my blog, I am really sorry for not blogging recently, I was extremely busy T-T

anyway , I went to my best friend engagement , I was really shocked when she told me that she is getting married because she wasn't thinking about it in the first place, It just happened , I really enjoyed my time , I was very happy for her ,
She was like a princess with her beautiful green dress, and her expressions were amazing too, I have seen also some old friends that were with me in the university We danced, joked and had a blast .

Her mother and father where glad and happy that I came, I know that one day (in the long future) when I get married she will
be there for me.

I returned home early, the engagement party started at 6 pm, I was at home by 8 30 pm, high heels sucks, my feet was in pain the Whole night, and also I hate makeup but I put some last night, so other than that I enjoyed the night .

I wish my best friend happiness and a good future with the lucky guy that she is going to marry because she deserves the best.

nippon koi ???

2009-04-22T11:44:00.000-07:00

Hi minna , I started working and guess what ??

at the same floor that I am working in ,there is a company that is called "nippon koi " , yes it is a japanese company , most of the people working there are japanese ^-^lol.
it is like whereever I go I find Japanese related stuff ^-^\

anyway , I went to my class today but I just attended the last 15 minutes cause my work ends late!!T-T

but it is fine , I will study alone ^-^ I am happy now , anyway the japanese people at my floor were surprized when I told them " Ohayou gozaimasu " ^-^

jaa , see ya next post

walking in the rain ^-^

2009-04-16T04:05:00.000-07:00

Hi all ,

I have to tell you that nothing is better than walking in the rain , I went to a place that is somewhat near my home *_* , I decided to return walking ,it started to rain , I could have took a taxi but I didn't , I walked instead , althought it was cold and windy , I enjoyed my time alot.

ok , I know my hair and clothes became wet, and also there was a high probability that I might catch a cold but for me , nothing better than walking in the rain ^-^

long time no post T-T

2009-04-12T13:05:00.000-07:00

Hi all ,

I am really sorry that I haven't posted lately , It is not that I dont have anything to talk about , I have many things to tell you minna, I have started the new level of japanese language 5 , it is the last level at JICA , I am really sad T-T

I have many things that I have to do , I promise you all that I will continue posting no matter what ^-^

jaa

Bye level 4 , Hi level 5 \(^-^)/

2009-03-29T04:51:00.001-07:00

Yesterday was really fun, I enjoyed the graduation ceremony a lot , first , we received our certificates from K sensei , and because level 5 is the last level at JICA , they had the honor of receiving the certificates from the ambassador himself ^-^

After that , we enjoyed eating Japanese food , I liked the sushi ^0^ then all of the levels enjoyed watching a movie called " The Cats Return " , I can't set while watching the people who organized the events clean , I just can't , so I enjoy helping them in the cleaning process ^-^

After that we took nice pictures, enjoy the pics^-^

happy mothers day ^-^

2009-03-21T11:22:00.000-07:00

To all moms in the whole world , I hope that your lives will be full of happiness and joy ^-^

enjoy your day ^-^

until next post ^-^

Last Exam ...level4 -

2009-03-18T05:15:00.000-07:00

hi minna ,

after 3 hours I will be having level's 4 last exam , I am really worried because the kanji in this level is not easy and there is alot of words and grammer , I hope that all the people in my class will pass .

ya rab ,I hope that everything will turn fine @-@

wish me luck minna ^-^

lunch at the Ambassador house ^0^

2009-03-14T08:16:00.000-07:00

Hi minna

I really enjoyed participating in the speech contest , the ambassador gave an invitation to all the participants in the speech contest to come to his house , he thought that everyone deserved it ,so do I ^-^

first , A chan came at my house then we went to Abdoon circle , there we met F chan , we went from there to the ambassador house , we enjoyed it , it was amazing , they gave us a sticker at the entrance that identifies us , in my case , the sticker was (1st place winner speech contest ^-^), as we entered the house , there was a lady who gave us juice , A chan took beer ( she thought it was apple juice , so the lady told her that it was beer , all the Japanese people around us were laughing), we laughed a lot .

Then the ambassador thanked the people who attended including the Jordan times, Japanese people working at JICA and working in the embassy and teaching Japanese language.

Then it was time for food, we really enjoyed the Japanese food a lot^-^

Then, we played with the amazing robot that the ambassador had, it is a children toy that costs 300$ *-*

I talked to a lot of amazing people and enjoyed my time.
Enjoy the pics

The cute robot

see you next post ^-^

The 12th Japanese speech contest …I won \(TwT)/

2009-03-11T06:02:00.000-07:00

Saturday was amazing; it was the best day in my life so far
\(^-^)/.

The day before the speech contest I went to A chan's house to practice together(she also participated in the contest), her mother is amazing , we all practiced in front of her mom , I was really excited and worried at the same time , I couldn't sleep , I remembered that I WOKE up at 3 AM , I glanced at my sister that was also a participant in the haiku section, she was sleeping deeply T-T , I wanted to sent a message to A chan at 4 AM , but I was afraid that she might be sleeping so I didn’t , I didn’t sleep that night , I called A chan at 7 AM , to my surprise O_O, she didn’t sleep too and she also wanted to call me.

we went their early , we arrived at 9 AM , my heart kept beating fast , the event started at 10 AM , first the Japanese ambassador made a speech , he is so kind and he also have a high sense of humor , I really liked his speech , after that Mr.Ahmad majdoubeh made a speech and the head of JICA too ,I was really excited , I thought that my heart was going to explode *-*.

At first the hikau section started , it was a tough competition , all the participants was really good and all the topics was really interesting , my sister turn was the third , I was worried but thank god , this was the best time she did her haiku , I was really proud of my little sister , I wanted to cry T-T.
After that , there was only a 10 minute break , then the speech contest started , I was really scared , my turn was the second , thank god I didn’t forgot anything , I memorized my speech , I didn’t look at the paper at all , I was worried to forget something cause I didn’t sleep the night before @_@
But everything went fine ^-^

The judging was really hard, there was two Japanese people that came from Syria, they were surprised of the level of the contestants, the judging took about 45 minutes, then it was time, the time of the results, first, the winners of the haiku section was announced, the first place winner was my sister, I was happy for her, she really deserved it, and not because she is my sister.
Then it was time to announce the speech contest results, I was really worried, I won the first place , I was really touched and happy, after I received the certificate and the electronic dictionary , I cried a lot , Q kun kept saying "why are you crying , you've won ", it was One of the happiest days of my life , also A chan hugged me and told me that it is like she won , it really touched me , I have caring friends that are simply irreplaceable , the best friends in the whole world, they are like A chan said in her speech , my treasure .

Special thanks to T sensei who is really dedicated and a very kind person, and also K sensei that didn’t sleep because she was worried all night about us, thanks to H san and T san ,thanks from the bottom of my heart ^-^. Also thanks to my mom, she was nervous; she is the one that is so supportive in my family. All the moms of my friends cause they were really nice to me.

Enough talking, enjoy the pictures ^-^(during the judging time)

here is my speech in JAPANESE ^-^:

かのじょにさいごにあってから、ななかげつがたちました。
かのじょはとなりにすんでいるともだちでした。
かのじょはアマルといいます。
かのじょのなまえはふかいいみをもっています。
きぼうといういみです。
アマルはヨルダンとアラブしゃかいではやっているもんだいのおおくのひがいしゃのひとりです。
アマルをそだてることはかぞくにとってとてもけいざいてきにふたんでしたから
とてもわかいとしにけっこんさせられました。
わたしもかのじょのけっこんしきにいました。
かのじょのむじゃきさがうばわれたひに。
かのじょはとてもなきそうなかおで”私のかわりにみんなにわたしのはなしをつたえて”とちいさいこえでいいました。
そのことばをきいて、アマルとこのもんだいのひがいしゃのみなさんのためになにかするおもいせきにんをかんじました。
なるべくおおくのひとにかのじょのこえをとどけるほうほうをかんがえはじめました。
ですから、わたしはみなさんのまえにたって、かのじょのよわくてちいさいこえをみなさんにきかせたいとおもいます。
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わたしのじんせいがこんなふうにかわるとはおもいませんでした。
わたしはまだじゅうはっさいです。
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
わたしはせんそうのこでもないし、びょうきもありません。
しかし、わたしはじんせいがひどくてふこうへいだとかんじます。
わたしはじゅうごさいのときにけっこんして、かぞくはみんなうれしかったです。
ひとびとはわたしのけっこんしきでおどって、うたって、はくしゅして。
まわりのひとのうれしそうなこえと、はくしゅのおとがおおきくなればなるほどくびをしめるようにいきがどんどんくるしくなったことはだれもきづきませんでした。
わたしにとって。けっこんしきがいちばんもっともかなしいおもいでになりました。
わたしが、どんなに、いっしょうけんめいがんばっても、そのきおくをけすことができません。
おおくのひとは、じんせいでいちばんしあわせなひになるはずでしたが、ぎゃくにいちばんかなしいひになってしまいました。
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いま、けっこんしきからさんねんがたちました、じんせいでたくさんのことがかわりました、まえのじんせいがほんとうになつかしいです。
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わたしは、ははにいちばんそばにいてほしかったときに。
あたたかくわたしをだきしめそしてわたしのかたをたたきすべてがだいじょうぶといってもらいたいとき。
じぶんががっこうですごくつかれたあとでははのもとへかえりたかったとき。
でも、いま、はははそばにいませんので、とてもひどいこどくとさびしいさをかんじます。
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ともだちとあそんだことをよくおぼえています、かれらとあそぶのがだいすきでした。
それはあのときのわたしのすべてでした。
しんぱいとくつうのないせかい。
ほんとうにたのしかったです。
私は、いま、まわりにともだちがいないのをみて、こころのなかにきょだいなあながあるとかんじます。
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わたしはがっこうのじかんをいちばんたのしんでいました。
クラスのだれよりしゅくだいがだいすきでした。
わたしはチャレンジでむずかしいもんだいをといたときのしあわせなかんじをおぼえています。
すぐれたがくせいだったことをとてもほこりにおもっていました。
いま。わたしのしゅくだいはうちをきれいにして、せんたくをして、かべをみつめるだけです。
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あるひ、わたしはかがみでじぶんをゆっくりみました。
わたしがみたイメージはすきじゃあありません。
わたしじゃあありません。
でんとうとしゃかいにけいせいされた、ちがうだれかのイメージでした。
わたしはおおきいゆめをもっていたときをおもいだしました。
わたしはそのゆめをかなえるちからをもっているとおもっていました。
そのとき、かんがえはじめました。
ふかいねむりからおきてそしてべんきょうをつづけることをきめました。
わたしはがっこうでべんきょうしませんでした、
だれもわたしをおうえんしませんでした、でもかみさまはみまもってくださいました。
わたしはながいあいだうちでじぶんのべんきょうをつづけました。
わたしにとって、じんせいのもっともしあわせなひはこうこうをそつぎょうしたひでした。
わたしはじんせいではじめて、じぶんのなまえにいみがあるとおもいました。
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わたしののぞみは”アマルがきょうみんなのまえにたち、かのじょからかのじょじしんのはなしをしてもらいたいとおもっていました”。
しかし、そうしませんでした。
かのじょはできないわけでもなく、したくなかったわけでもありません、かのじょにはおおきなプレッシャーがありました。
たくさんのしょうじょが”アマル”のようです。
わたしははやいとしにけっこんすることはとてもよくないことだとおもいます。
なぜならば、こどもはじぶんにとってなにがいいのかわからないからです。
このしゃかいげんしょうをなくさなければなりませんでもこれはとてもむずかしいことです。
わたしは、すくなくともかのじょのはなしがみなさんにつたわってうれしいです。
わたしは、いつか、”アマル”がみんなのまえでかのじょのはなしをすることをのぞみます。
なぜなら、かのじょがだれからもうばわれないじゆうにはなすというけんりをもっているからです。

And here is the ENGLISH version of it :

seven months had passed since the last time I saw her, she was my neighbor and friend , her name was Amal , her name hold a great meaning into it , it means hope ,Amal is one of many girls who were victims of a problem that is spreading in Jordan and the Arab world in general ,because she was considered as a financial burden to her family ,she was forced to marry at a very early age , I witnessed the day of her wedding , the day her innocence was stolen from her ,she looked at me with eyes full of tears and whispered, "speak out for me, tell the whole world my story " ,her words created a feeling of responsibility to do something for Amal and all the victims of early marriage, something that urged me to let her voice reach as many people as I can, so right not I am standing in front of you asking you to listen to her little weak whispering voice telling her story.

"I never imagined that my life will turn the way it is today, I am only 18 years old, I am not a child of war, I am not suffering from a rare disease yet I feel that life is cruel and unfair. I got married at the age of 15 , my family was really happy when I got married, people were dancing , singing and clapping at my wedding , they didn’t know that all the sounds around me was like a rope around my neck, that got tighter and tighter as the sounds increased, I felt that I was suffocating ;my wedding was the worst memory of my life, I can’t erase it no matter how hard I try, The day that was supposed to be the happiest in my life was the saddest.
Three years had passed since my wedding, a lot of things had changed in my life, I really miss my old life.

In times I needed my mom the most, when I needed a warm hug and a rap on my shoulder telling me that everything is going to be ok.I used to come back to my mom's lab after a very tiring day at school, but now, mom is not by my side, I feel very lonely.

I remember the times when I used to play with my friends, I used to love playing with them, It was my whole world, a world without worry and pain, it was really fun, I look around me right now, I feel that there is a huge hole in my heart.

I used to enjoy my times at school the most, I used to love homework’s more than anyone in my class, I remember when I used to feel happy after solving a difficult challenging problem, I was really proud of myself for being an A student, now, my only homework is cleaning the house and doing the laundry and staring at the walls.

one day , I took a deep look at myself in the mirror ,I didn’t like the image I saw , it wasn’t me , it was someone who was molded and formed by traditions and society ,I remembered how I used to have big dreams , big dreams that I thought I have the power to achieve, thinking of that , I had decided to wake up of my deep sleep and complete my education , although I didn’t study at School and no one supported me excepts God's blessings ,I have spent years studying all alone at home, for me the happiest day of life was when I got my high school certificate, for the first time of my life I felt that my name "Amal" meant something .")

I wished that Amal could actually stand in front of you today telling her own story by herself, she didn’t, not because she wasn’t able to, not because she didn’t want to , she was under a lot of pressure , a lot of girls are like Amal .
I think that early marriage is a very bad thing, I think that children don’t know what is best for them, we should destroy this social issue, but this is a very difficult, I am glad that at least her story reached you; I hope that one day Amal will stand in front of you telling her story, as she has a right no one can take away from her, the freedom to speak.

see you next post , with good news , hopefullly ^-^

Saturday @_@

2009-03-05T13:56:00.000-08:00

minna,

To all people participating in both the speech contest and the haiku section , gambatte kudasai , I really enjoyed writing the topic and I hope that saturday will turn fine^0^

I am so excited ^-^

jaa mata

DAM - Who's a Terrorist?

2009-02-23T05:38:00.000-08:00

Hi minna , I didn’t know about this band before , it is called "Dam" which means "blood" in English ^-^

Dam is a Palestinian rap band that was established at 1998 , I really like their songs , the one I like the most is called “meen erhabe “ which means “who is a terrorist?”

DAM - Who's a Terrorist?

The big day ^-^

2009-02-20T06:35:00.000-08:00

Minna san , the big day will be at 7/3/2009 , to all participants at both the haiku and the speech contest , gambarimashou ne ^_-

lets have fun through the whole process cause this is the most important thing ^-^
good luck minna ^-^

My favorite band…news^-^

2009-02-19T01:29:00.000-08:00

I love J-pop a lot , the thing that made me love J-pop that much is the existence of a cute , cool band named news .

I will not talk about them, instead see this video, I hope that you will like this song , and for all people who's birthday is today , this song is dedicated to you ^-^

wow , great episode OvO

2009-02-18T00:19:00.000-08:00

I have watched a lot of documentary about Japan before, but yesterday I have watched a TV program on “Abu-Dhabi” channel , the program is called “khotwa” which means “step” in English , it was really interesting and fun to watch , the cast of this program went to Japan with the support of the Japanese government to let the Arabic viewer know about the success experiences that the Japanese people have been through , rich culture , their commitment , ethics , their determination and how they raised after the world war 2.

The episode presented many documentary videos that showed Japanese culture, customs, traditions, education and family, it showed also how the Japanese women manage between work and home, also a video showed the spirit of team work that the Japanese people have and accurate work.

The program also interviewed people working in Nissan and Arabic people studying in JAPAN, it was amazing, the best way I have seen in representing Japan ever.

Daiso…Yokatta TvT

2009-02-14T07:10:00.000-08:00

I remembered the times when I used to walk with my friends through the mall searching for a Japanese product, or the times when we wished that we can find anything that has to do with the Japanese culture, or something that has Kanji writing over it T-T

Well, this is the past friends and all of the people that is in love with Japanese products and Japans culture, because Daiso is here, It is a Japanese store that sells Japanese products (like el mo5taar *-*), and Daiso will have another branch in Mecca mall opening soon, prepare your self to the coming information, most of the items there are only 2 Jd ^-^( but after gathering lots of things you will be shocked by the amount of money u will pay T0T).

I am really glad that finally our wish minna came true (banzai, banzai \(^-^)/)

Now, enjoy the pics , and this store is in the Isteklal mall by the way V(^-^)o

minna , you should all go there ^-^

Gazing at the contemporary World ^-^

2009-02-10T23:21:00.000-08:00

Hi minna ^-^

Yesterday I went to an exhibition that introduced the contemporary photography of Japan. From the 1970s to the present day. the exhibition contained the work of a 23 photographers , it was really interesting , the pictures taken reflect the Japanese society , the transformation of it , and the people who live in it ^-^

I really enjoyed the pictures, also I met the new ambassador, he was really nice, I wish him luck in Jordan.

Although the weather was cold and rainy, but for me it was a very lovely evening.

ok, enjoy the pictures (the pics are not clear because it was taken from a mobile , sumimasen deshita)

I liked Hiromi Tsuchida photo, it is called Tokyo 2002 from

the series "New Counting Grains of Sand"

Tokuko Ushioda From the series "Ice Box", 1988

I felt the his work is special (it looks normal but I liked his work it)

jaa, see you next post ^-^

What a wonderful weekend^-^

2009-02-02T22:31:00.000-08:00

I spent a very lovely weekend, I gotta tell you, nothing better than seeing very good friends after a very long time^-^and that what happened, I went to A Chan's house and I spent a very nice evening talking about stuff we had to do, news band, and of course we talked about Japanese grammar like we always do, It was really amazing.

On Saturday , I wasn’t feeling well at the beginning of the day , but then after sleeping well till 11 , I felt much better , I went out with my best university friends that I love from the bottom of my heart, my instructors, Dr. Q and Dr. M also came (My favorite instructors at the university), I also met Dr.Q's friend, Z san , he knew him since university , I really wish that we will stay like them after many years from now, I have seen my whole friends that I missed so much , first ,after meeting and talking about how we have been lately... , we went to eat breakfast at 1 pm(I know!! Weird ne!) , so, we went to a place that have the most delicious omlets ever , and we enjoyed eating there until 3 pm , after that, we went to play bowling , I was really afraid of making a fool out of myself since it is my first time playing this game ,we went to kimpinski 's bowling hole , and we had a blast , at first I was acting like a fool , but then I made a "strike" that made my day (can you believe it , I still can't o_O) , then we went to Mecca mall , we went to the last floor where the games are , We played against each other , and guess what? I won .I discovered that I like the feeling of winning ^-^what a great feeling, I hope that all our lives will be bright and full of success.

After that ,I was really happy watching S kun making a fool out of himself riding rodeo ,I filmed it , and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did^-^
The day was long and funny,when I returned home I was tired but it was one of the best days of my life that I will never ever forget , I love my friends , they are my life ^-^(love you guys , hope that we will remain good friends forever).

Well, I talked a lot, enjoy the pictures ^-^

our food^-^

Bowling Hole

jaa^-^

Lunch break ^-^

2009-01-22T04:05:00.000-08:00

The best thing in the company that I work in is the lunch break , it is from 1 until 2 , we really enjoy it everyday .

today we went to buy shawirma ^-^(oishikatta)

jaa^-^

B san coming to the car :p

our lunch ^-^

Congratulations ^-^

2009-01-13T22:40:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a busy day, my brother graduated, he did his last presentation, it was really fun, after he finished the presentation, he was held by his classmates and they have sang a lot of traditional songs for him, I really had fun, not to mention that I also visited my university, it brought me a lot of good memories ^-^

A look inside my room^-^

2009-01-10T11:13:00.000-08:00

いつもお母ちゃん、”へやがもっときれいにならなければなりません”って、きのうはほうんとにひまでつまらなかった、ですから、wallであたしといもうとのしゃしんをおきました。（あたしたちのへやですから、あたしのだけじゃありません、ざんねんですねT-T）

Mom always tells me "you should make your room more special", so yesterday I was really bored and I had a great idea ^-^, "what if I made a memory wall", so I put images of me and my sister because the room is not only mine T-T

Nice idea right, enjoy the pics ^0^

memory wall

Crowded , Japanese section^-^

Manga section , I like "news" band and I really like yamapi kun^-^

me and my sis , the second pic is me when I was a baby ^-^

so what do you think ,did you like the idea?

What a busy day^-^

2009-01-07T08:30:00.000-08:00

きのうはとてもたのしかった、あさからしごとへいきました、とてもいそがしかったけどたのしかったです、しごとのあとでJAAJへいって、やましな先生にあって、しゃしんをとりました。

日本語がだいすきです、よかった、今日本語をべんきょうしています、ありがとうございますTとK先生。あえてよかった、にほんごのべんきょうよかった＾－＾

うれしい。

Yesterday was fun , I went to my work , it was really busy but at the same time it was really fun , after work I went to JAAJ, I met yamashina sensei , and we took some pictures ^-^

also my dad returned from Egypt, it was really a busy day ^-^

I really love Japanese language, thank god that I am studying Japanese ,thank you very much T and K sensei , I am glad that I met you , I am glad that I am studying Japanese .
I am happy ^0^

TOKYO, "Stop air assault on Gaza" T-T

2008-12-30T23:04:00.000-08:00

Around 200 people held a rally in Tokyo Tuesday against Israel's deadly attacks on Gaza and urged Japan to use its influence to end the violence.

Carrying flowers and candles, the demonstrators offered a one-minute prayer in front of the Israeli embassy, with a Buddhist monk ringing a bell for the souls of the victims.

They placed a letter of protest in the embassy's mailbox hours after delivering a separate letter to Japan's foreign ministry urging it to put pressure on Israel. Japan is a major donor to the Middle East peace process.

Israel attacked the Gaza Strip Saturday in retaliation for rocket fire from the territory, killing at least 360 Palestinians and wounding 1,690.

The banner say "Don't kill children"

May God help themT-T

2008-12-27T23:49:00.000-08:00

I am really sad that the New Year for Palestinians at GAZA started with parents losing their children and children losing their parents, I saw kids on the TV talking about stuff adults can barely understand. They are familiar with seeing dead bodies and blood everywhere, hospitals does not have enough medicine and capacity to receive more victims, I am really sad T-T

The thing that annoy me the most is that I can’t do anything about it , as a middle eastern and a Palestinian girl I feel ashamed , all I can do now is pray for them T-T

May god help people at Gaza , I raise a prayer from the bottom of my heart.

Good byeTaka chan T-T

2008-12-27T23:02:00.000-08:00

Finally the day Taka chan must leave Jordan came, I was really sad because Taka chan was one of the nicest people I ever met.

Thursday was a very busy day, I met with A chan , F chan and my sis at Mecca mall to buy a present for Taka chan , thank god that she liked it ^-^
We really had a blast at the mall.

Coming event ^-^

2008-12-20T02:35:00.000-08:00

I want to go , but I cant because I have work T-T

minna , you should all go , they will screen anime movies on the first day, you dont wanna miss that^-^

second day , tea ceremony and cultural shows ^-^

I will try to make a report on it , even if I didnt go.

jaa^-^

starting my new job^-^

2008-12-19T23:38:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone ^-^

I have started going to my new job , its a great job, although working hours are long *-*,but I really enjoy it, because it is exactly what I like to do the most ^-^

so , minna , work in a job that you really like if you want to be happy ^-^

I start my day with a cup of Ocha ( green tea) , and I listen to Japanese radio stations while working , so time passes fast which is a great thing by the way ^-^

until the next post , I wish you all a a great day ^-^
jaa

CCS...Good bye^-^

2008-12-16T03:48:00.000-08:00

I quit working at CCS , it was a good company , but I didn't feel that it was my thing , today is my last day working there.

although I didn't like tasks assigned to me(oracle O-o) but I really enjoyed being there surrounded with a lot of good , caring and funny people ^-^ , It was fun.

In a previous post , I advised you minasan not to work in something that you don't like , and my opinion remains the same however , being in a working environment and communicating with people is a great experience that you shouldn't miss , As I move on , I wish that my life will get better , and I hope that my next career will be better than the one before ^-^

Good bye CCS , thank you for everything...I will always remember you ^-^

Outside CCS

The floor I used to work on , and this picture is
in the same floor , it always says "konnichiwa"to me

It looks like JUST^-^

I hope that next year will be better than the one before ^-^
jaa^-^

Eid…It was fun^-^

2008-12-14T06:21:00.000-08:00

Just as I promised, I want to tell you minna what I did in Eid^-^

First day, as usual, I visited other family members along with my family, we kept driving from one house to another, but I really enjoyed it.

Second day, I stayed at home, family members visited us, It was also fun.
Then it was friends time , I decided to do something new , so instead of going out with my friends at night , we went out early in the morning , we agreed to meet at 11 am ,I was sleepy , I phoned h chan to make sure that she is still going , but I was surprised to find out that she was still sleeping O_o

Anyway, we decided to meet at “abu jubara” , a place for “falafel , humus and stuff” , it was really nice , having breakfast with friends is great.
Then we decided to walk to city mall, we decided to see a movie there called “madagascar2”, we talked a lot ^-^in the way (totemo tanoshikatta)

minna you should watch "madagascar2 " , totemo omoshirokatta ^-^

minna , tell me what did you do in Eid?

Happy Eid...\(^o^)/

2008-12-07T10:06:00.000-08:00

At the end of the Hajj (annual pilgrimage to Mecca), Muslims throughout the world celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice). In 2008, Eid al-Adha will begin tomorrow, and will last for three days.^-^

During the celebration of Eid al-Adha, Muslims slaughter an animal such as a sheep, camel, or goat. Allah has given us power over animals and allowed us to eat meat, but only if we pronounce His name at the solemn act of taking life. Muslims slaughter animals in the same way throughout the year. By saying the name of Allah at the time of slaughter, we are reminded that life is sacred.

The meat from the sacrifice of Eid al-Adha is mostly given away to others. One-third is eaten by immediate family and relatives, one-third is given away to friends, and one-third is donated to the poor. The act symbolizes our willingness to give up things that are of benefit to us or close to our hearts, in order to follow Allah's commands. It also symbolizes our willingness to give up some of our own bounties, in order to strengthen ties of friendship and help those who are in need. We recognize that all blessings come from Allah, and we should open our hearts and share with others.

On the first morning of Eid al-Adha, Muslims around the world attend morning prayers at their local mosques. Prayers are followed by visits with family and friends, and the exchange of greetings and gifts. At some point, members of the family will visit a local farm or otherwise will make arrangements for the slaughter of an animal. The meat is distributed during the days of the holiday or shortly thereafter.

People usually bake something called “ma’amool”, and also we make Arabic coffee that goes with "ma'amool" perfectly^o^(oishii)

our own ma'amool^-^

I have drew & designed this card , I hope you will like it minasan

After Eid ,I am going to post what I did during Eid , I want to hear from you minasan what is your plans for Eid?

enjoy this amazing holiday and have a very nice Eid^-^

Venus…what a beautiful scene ^-^

2008-12-02T11:25:00.000-08:00

On Monday a lot of people in Jordan noticed something in the sky o_O, something that is considered a rare astronomical event that is not expected to happen only after a thousand years for the whole region.

This wonderful union between Venus and the moon was seen clearly with the naked eye in many countries in the region.
0(^-^)O

Sara's pictures (enjoy^-^)

It looks like a drawing ^-^

It was really amazing, minasan, did you notice it? I did ^-^

new banner ^-^

2008-12-01T10:45:00.000-08:00

Every month I am going to design a new banner , and this month's banner is inspired from Christmas and Eid Al-adha , I hope you will like it ^-^

Next week, I am gonna post about Eid Al-adha ^-^

Mina san , what do you think? Did you like the new banner?

First time…making J-food ^-^

2008-11-26T11:40:00.000-08:00

I really wanted to eat Japanese food and since it is autumn, I searched for autumn recipes, anyway this is what I made ^-^

Matsutake Gohan is an autumn recipe; it looked very easy, so I decided to make it.
The recipe contains :
· 2 1/2 cups Japanese rice
· 2 1/2 cups water
· 1-2 matsutake mushrooms (I put the mushrooms that is available home,sumimasen)
· 1 abura-age (fried tofu) (I didn’t have any so T-T )
· 4 tbsps sake rice wine (I can’t use it because I am Muslim)
· 4 tbsps soy sauce
I ignored a lot of ingredients but the final result was good^-^

Matsutake Gohan ,It is supposed to look like this T-T

I also made potato salad, the recipe is:
· 1/2 cucumber
· 1/2 onion
· 1/2 carrot
· 2 slices ham (I didn’t put it cause I am muslim)
· 2 tsp rice wine vinegar (I didn’t put it for the same reason)
· 1 tsp olive oil
· 1/2 tsp salt
· 3 tbsps mayonnaise
· *2 boiled eggs
It was really good^-^

again the salad potato supposed to look like this

Ok , now introducing my first cooking ever , enjoy the picture , it really was oishii^-^

first dish :Matsutake Gohan , second: ma2doos(not-japanese)

third: potato salad , fourth: ocha (totemo oishikatta)

minasan,Did you ever try making Japanese food ? If you did , share your experiance ^-^

Nice Haiku Evening^-^

2008-11-24T00:59:00.000-08:00

The Japan Foundation presented in cooperation with the Greater Amman Municipality a lecture to the public at 6:30 pm on 20 November at Al Hussein Cultural Center in Ras Al Ain.

It was really nice, I knew about Haiku but this is my first time to take a lecture about it in depth, the lecture and the discussion that was held after it was interesting ^-^

People tried to understand haiku by comparing it with arabic poetry which is ,in my opinion is very wrong , because Japanese poetry (haiku) differs from Arabic poetry^-^

So ,minasan,what is haiku?

Haiku is a poetic form and a type of poetry from the Japanese culture. Haiku combines form, content, and language in a meaningful, yet compact form. Haiku poets write about everyday things. Many themes include nature, feelings, or experiences. Usually they use simple words and grammar. The most common form for Haiku is three short lines. The first line usually contains five (5) syllables, the second line seven (7) syllables, and the third line contains five (5) syllables. Haiku doesn't rhyme. A Haiku must "paint" a mental image in the reader's mind. This is the challenge of Haiku - to put the poem's meaning and imagery in the reader's mind in ONLY 17 syllables over just three (3) lines of poetry!

Dr koko kato & T sensei

Basho Matsuo is known as the first great poet in the history of haikai (and haiku).

Do you like Haiku? Do you have a certain Haiku that you like?
Please share it with us^-^

Night out with my brother^-^

2008-11-19T02:34:00.000-08:00

きのうはしごとのあとでおにいちゃんといっしょうに“メッカームル”へいきました。ごはんをたべて、ほんのみせやへいって、ゲームをあそびました、とてもたのしかったです。

Yesterday, after work, I went out with my older brother, we really had a blast(although it was not planned 0_O).
We had dinner, checked a book store (prime^-^ I love this store) and we played some games, we really enjoyed our time, it has been a while since I went out with my brother
(おひさしぶりです)

atashi no gohan,totemo oishikatta

J-drama…I am addicted^-^ (part2)

2008-11-16T10:40:00.000-08:00

I will continue the list that I made last time ^-^ and of course you can talk and share your opinion on any drama you have watched

I hope you liked this post , I wanna hear more from you minasan ^-^
so , did you watch any of the drama listed above ?
what was the drama that effected you deeply,why ?

jaa^-^

After…work^-^

2008-11-13T06:12:00.000-08:00

Ｆちゃんのうちへ行きました、Ｔちゃんも行きました、Ｆちゃんのお母さんの食べ物はおいしかったです^0^

とてもうれしかったです。

I went to F chan house, T chan was there also, F chan mom cooked delicious food that day and we enjoyed eating it^-^

Although the whole thing was not planned, I had a great time^-^

enjoy the pics ^-^

F chan no okaasan no tabemono

JAA ^-^

My first lessen at LEVEL4…^-^

2008-11-13T02:44:00.000-08:00

きのうはしごとがおわってから、にほんごのクラスへいきました。
ぜんぶがあたらしかったからとてもたのしかったです。
わたしたちはたくさんわらっていたから、わたしたちのよみかたがへんでした。
かきかたもへんでした。(かんじですから)

ろくじはんにクラスをおわりました。でももっとしたかった。
うれしかった。

I was really excited to start level4, after my work ended at 4:30 pm, I rushed to get there at time, yokatta I made it on time ^-^

The lesson was great, new vocabulary, new grammar, new kanji; I was really happy and eager to study more ^-^

Anyway , the class was great , we laughed a lot because you know, whenever we learn something new , our reading at first is very slow , and yeah it was funny to laugh on ourselves way of reading and writing(kanji )

The class ended at 6:30 but I wanted it to last more ^=^

URESHII ^0^

J-drama…I am addicted^-^

2008-11-12T06:30:00.000-08:00

Many people think that it’s a waste of time watching Japanese drama ,but I want to say that J-DRAMA made me closer to the Japanese society ,people ,language ,culture and traditions ^-^

So I am going to make a list of dramas that I have watched and my opinion:

To be continued>>>

So did you watched any of these dramas ?
I wanna hear from you minasan^-^

Working…mmm T-T

2008-11-09T22:36:00.000-08:00

Working is a great experience; it makes you feel that you can do anything you want(T-T).

But this is an advice, listen carefully , don’t work in something that you hate , even when you are still a fresh graduate , don’t work in something that you hate , you will hate yourself , hate the people around you and eventually you will be tired emotionally and physically, this is what is happening to me right now!

Life is so short, don’t waste it on doing something that you absolutely hate, you will lose yourself.

It is your life after all, you are responsible for it^-^

Jaa ^-^

I promise that the next post will be better hopefully ^-^

Graduation ceremony at the embassy ^-^

2008-11-02T23:30:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday was my graduation ceremony (I can’t wait to start level 4), it was held at the embassy of Japan,the ceremony was great, I really enjoyed it, and a lot of people came.
(とてもたのしかったです)

First, the graduation ceremony started with T sensei speech, he encouraged us to continue studying Japanese （がんばります\(^-^)/),then it was followed by the head of JICA speech, after that the big moment came , certificates were handed to all levels , it was a great moment(やった）T-T

The food was delicious, it was prepared by S san（おいしかったです） ^-^

I enjoyed misu soup, and also it was my first time making onigiri (面白かった)

A movie was screened, “5 centimeters per second” (まことしんかいさんのえいが, I like this person alot , he visited Jordan before , he is a source of inspiration for me ). I went at the beginning of the movie to bring a drink, I noticed that S san was cleaning so I started cleaning with her and forgot all about the movie, but it was really great, the feeling of being involved and useful in something(Sさんおつかれさまでした), anyways while I was cleaning, there was a problem in the movie and the event ended at 3:00.

Finally, T sensei took pics with his amazing camera (ありがとうございますT せんせい)

あたしはうれしかったからレベル３おわりました。よかったですね。

じゃあ

look out ...ookinek is here ^-^

2008-10-27T12:36:00.000-07:00

minna ,You know that cats in Jordan are famous for being skinny and ugly T-T, but ookinek is a different case , he is very fat and handsome (^-^), the first time I saw ookinek he was really hungry so I fed him a peace of burger , of course without mom's knowledge (okasan) , mom hates anything that is alive except humans ( meaning : she does not like animals) T-T
so she always tell us "don't feed cats cause they will annoy me " , well she has a point, every time I feed cats along with my sis , they start coming to our house from all over the neighborhood , Its like they form a network or something lol^-^

ookinek is like a fluffy cushion , whenever I see him I really want to hug and hold him.
here are some pics , the pictures are not clear because they were captured at night (SUMIMASEN)

Posing for the picture

kawaii ne (cute) ;p

The first cat I saw who can finishs a glass of milk

By the way :"why did I named the cat ookinek?"
jaa^-^

Only one year ^-^

2008-10-26T02:23:00.000-07:00

Imagine that only one year has passed since I started learning Japanese , I was always a fan of anime(Japanese cartoons) and interested in Japanese people^0^ but I never thought that learning the language was possible , I am really grateful to k chan because I started learning after meeting her and she was my first sensei ^-^yokatta

And also a big thank you to O sensei and S sensei who went back to Japan , they were really great and made me like Japanese language even more , and of course to T sensei , I have never seen a person like him before ,he is really dedicated and always there for us , also k sensei, she doesn't rest until the picture is clear(until we understand) . and finally my family who always supported me and believed in me more than anyone else .to all of you arigatou gozaimasu, thank you for making learning an adventure that is full of joy T-T

Its like I was reborn again , I mean my personality has changed , my life , even my closest friends. I am like a completely different person that is full of dreams , confidant and ambitious T-T

A lot of people around me think that I am just studying one of the languages in the world, but you know what, Japanese language is more than just a language for me , its like a passion that flows in my blood , this is what I said when oka sensei( My Japanese teacher at JICA) told me "don't forget learning Japanese" before she went back to Japan T-T

so I really want to ask you(minna) a question :"how about you , did learning Japanese changed your life the way it changed mine? I really wanna know!"

Share your thoughts ....jaa^-^

Finally..Yokatta^-^

2008-10-22T22:43:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I finished level 3 exam and I passed with a good mark T-T , I was really busy it was very hard for me to study this time , I like studying Japanese more than any subject but I was busy with my work and having a lot of Japanese activities didn't help either #_#

The graduation ceremony will be held at the Japanese embassy on 1 November. we will have many activities:
1- Handing certificates
2- Watching a movie
3- Eating some Japanese food

I am glad that I finished level 3 , It was enjoyable and exciting , now I can officially say that I know Kanji ( Just 45 but I will learn all of them^-^ ganbarimasu) I cant wait , I wanna start level4^-^wish me luck minasan

jaa^-^

Long day at work...O_o

2008-10-19T14:55:00.000-07:00

My day at work was really weird, first the electricity went down at 10 Am , I was supposed to have my first training along with my partners( ayman san & Ahamad san), it was very boring waiting for electricity T-T , anyway the training was postponed to the next day.

After that, my sempai "Sumaia san" started talking about a new hot drinks machine at the cafeteria.
I was really excited when she mentioned " hot chocolate" , so we decided to try it , OK so what was the problem?
well, we didn't have change ( we needed 20 piaster for each one of us (5 people)) T-T
So we started wondering between the offices asking for change *-* , we spent almost 30 minutes looking for change, finally we collected the amount that we needed^-^

First I went with Ayman san , we kept staring at the machine like it was an alien or something , so we waited for someone to order and watched closely what he did in order to imitate what he was doing 6-6

After that , it was our turn , Ayman ordered first , he put the money , ordered and then he selected the amount of sugar he wants , nothing was wrong right .....guess again the cup was missing and the machine poured the drink in the air T-T I tried to save what was left but the cup was stuck T-T

So, imagine the situation , after all the humiliation that he has been through in order to get his 20 piaster , his drink was gone..lol

but thank god that my drink was safe and sound...^-^ TOTEMO OISHIKATTA
so what do you think??? nice day ne ..lol

The machine

Inside the machine ..
when I went to capture the photos the maintenance guy asked
me why? and then he gave me another cup ...UreshikattaT-T

The other cup was pure chocolate..OISHIKATTA

jaa^-^

Who turned the light off?? >x<

2008-10-19T13:15:00.000-07:00

Today was supposed to be the first day of my training at work , but suddenly the electricity went down for about two hours (Denki ga arimasen T-T) , first I thought that it was just the company but then I realized from my partners at work that it was for the whole country O_o

I was really bored (TSUMANA) ,nothing to do *-*
Thank god that I had my mp3 (full of japanese songs that always cheer me up^-^ , news ga suki)

jaa^-^

Number...22

2008-10-16T01:50:00.000-07:00

JICA で22日しけんがあります。いいマルクがほしいです。まだべんきょうしませんからむずかしいそでもこのしゆうまつべんきようします。

I have JICA exam on 22 o_O; I want to get a high mark, The subject is not hard but because I did not study lately I feel that it’s REALLY hard , ensh2allah I am gonna study this weekend ^-^

Wish me luck みなさん

Jaa^-^

Nicolas Vujicic…a living miracle^-^

2008-10-14T23:36:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I watched on TV something that really amazed me, it was so inspiring so I wanted to share it with you みなさん.

It was an interview with an Australian guy called “Nicolas”, he is 24 years old, born without arms and legs, he was depressed in his childhood because he was very lonely and also because he believed that he is the only one suffering in the world, he tried to commit suicide many times, but his parents kept encouraging him, so he completed his education and he even got three certificates in economy and business management in 2003 O_o

Guess what he can do?

He can swim, ride horses, do sports (golf & soccer), he was able to overcome his disability and he became the president of “Attitude is altitude” (one of the biggest NGO’S in America), and also a president of two big successful companies in the field of economy in Australia.

Now he is helping anyone with a disability and this is by making a healthy environment, he has been traveling around the world and communicate with governments and NGO’S to change the societies attitude toward disabled people and make them more involved in their societies^-^ He visited 19 countries hoping that he could spread hope to everyone with or without a disability T-T

Talk about the power of change, I was really encouraged to do my best in life^-^
Nick is an inspirational speaker and says, "Motivation gets you through the day, but inspiration lasts a lifetime."

www.attitudeisaltitude.com

Check out his website ^-^

CCS…^-^2

2008-10-13T03:47:00.000-07:00

I forget to mention the coffee of the Cafeteria ^-^

Rua’s visions^-^

Ramadan ....wow ^_^

Life ... Shocking to my eyes !!

May god rest your soul...

Congratulations Arab world ...

happy new year ^-^

I am in trouble !!

The glorious revoluation in Tunis !!

New Year !!

Plaestanian-Israeli conflict ... peace , really !!

loads of work and exams !!

Japan...a super-high-aging society

hakone...is it that great ?

A new day ^-^

wow...Vandana shiva ^^

Reaching 23...

wow Japanese Garden in Abdoun OvO

Looking forward to the trip to Izu ^^

HI everyone , ohisashiburi T_T

13 Japanese speech contest^_^

Public Invitation ^_^ 3 February 2010

Dreams are realities^_^

Happy Eid everyone ^_^

My life ...

The Future ^-^

Last day in Japan T_T

Wadaiko & a Home visit!!

Last day in Tokyo ^^

One Year Anniversary ^^

My free day in Tokyo <東京ディズニーランド> 9/9/1009 ^^

Tokyo …wow O, O 8/9/52009

The best place in my eyes ^_^ 6/9/1009

Kyoto ^,^ I love you ...

Osaka...This was just the beginning ^^

First 3 days ^^

Happy Eid minna ^^

Arrival at OSAKA ^^

Dreams become reality ^^

First night of Ramadan; p

Ramadan Kareem^^

JMESC and me ^^

Yesterday ...amazing time ^^

Bye Bye mohammad ^^

An invitation to the ambassador house ^_^

what a day ^^

Grandmom , thank god ^^

Arabi song ^^

Party at K sensei house ^^

My grandmom entered the hospital T-T

I have made okonomiyaki ^^

Donuts that I had made ^^

Japanese-Language Program for Overseas Students (Outstanding Students) 2009

goofing around ;p

amazing night ^-^

nippon koi ???

walking in the rain ^-^

long time no post T-T

Bye level 4 , Hi level 5 \(^-^)/

happy mothers day ^-^

Last Exam ...level4 *-*

lunch at the Ambassador house ^0^

The 12th Japanese speech contest …I won \(TwT)/

Saturday @_@

DAM - Who's a Terrorist?

The big day ^-^

My favorite band…news^-^

wow , great episode OvO

Daiso…Yokatta TvT

Gazing at the contemporary World ^-^

What a wonderful weekend^-^

Lunch break ^-^

Congratulations ^-^

A look inside my room^-^

What a busy day^-^

TOKYO, "Stop air assault on Gaza" T-T

May God help themT-T

Good byeTaka chan T-T

Coming event ^-^

starting my new job^-^

CCS...Good bye^-^

Last Exam ...level4 -