First 3 days ^^

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 ^^

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 ^^

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 ^^

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

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^^

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 ^^

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 ^^