Two Types of People

June 21, 2005

Some people used to have big dreams when they were but children, they grew up pittying themselves crying over their lost chances and their bad luck, though they hadn’t made enough efforts to claim the right to fulfill their dreams. They accept whatever comes their way…

Some people used to have simple dreams that with time have grown big, instead of taking advantage of what they have and focus on their present they think of what they don’t have, what is bigger than what they have. They want to make their destiney.

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No Second Chances for Women

June 4, 2005

No this is not inspired by Issam’s topic about second chances.

It happened that I heard of a man who in the meantime is getting a divorce from his ex-wife, they’ve been married for about 10 years. The same guy is also living the sweetest love story nowadays, he’s extremly happy, simply put he’s so in love. Nothing is sweeter than two persons in love but thats not why I’m writing this. The question I asked myself after hearing about that guy is, why women are not given second chances? Why are they always the giver and never the taker?

You may think my questions are irrelevant but they are totally relevant, valid and it makes sense to think about them. In our culture divorced men have no problem marrying again, not only just marry but fall in love and perhaps marry a much younger woman than themselves. Divorced women…well, don’t get me started.

A non-virgin guy will have a normal life, get married and have kids (I’m not against that I’m only pointing out the double standards!). A woman who committed adultery or even if she was raped is basically a dead-woman (that is if her family did not kill her to cleansen their honor).

No second chances for women, sometimes no first chances either.

Is corruption in our blood?

June 1, 2005

I don’t know where to start. I’ll make it short, I promise.

I need to study one more course in Marketing in order to graduate inshallah this summer but none of the courses I can take is offered. Since I’m expected to graduate I have the right of being excepted and taking just any marketing course (but only 3 courses are available and all of them I’ve already taken). So…since registeration has started on the 30th of April I’ve been trying to talk to the head of the management department but he’s always not available. I could find him only once and I talked to him and he promised to solve this and asked me not to worry at all, but then nothing happened at all.

After I was done with my finals I didn’t rest, until now I’ve been up each morning heading to the uni waiting for him to come. And by the way all of them are not on their desks on time, often 2 or 3 hours late that is if they showed up! I tried calling but nobody answers, finally he answered one day and he said he’s not sure he can do something about it because the number of students will be very little if any , which is not what he said to me at first, he could have told me before when all the staff was still available now many of them are on vacation, I could have talked to our head of MIS department and registered for the internship but no he had to make things complicated and hard because of his carelessness. He said I can call him later the next day but when I did he didn’t answer, also he didn’t answer the day after! and I could find nobody to talk to because it seems like everyone is on vacation except for the Chair Person and few others. I emaild that doctor before by the way, before I call and till now I received nothing. Two days ago I emailed the Chair Person and also no response. Makes me wonder why on earth do they have emails? why give them computers and telephones? why do they pay them in the first place????

The same doctor attended only 3 or 4 classes during this whole semester! he was busy with conferences I guess, but thats not the students’ problem now is it?!

You can sense the unbelievable carlesness and laziness, wallah I can understand if they weren’t proffessors and principles but if our most educated people are like that then how can we blame others?

They act like lazy spoiled potato couchs not like responsible people who are paid to do their damn jobs. I forgot to mention the way they talk to you if they answered beeji 3abali a2olhom ana asfe inni 2ala2t manam 7adretak/7adretek (and thats for both instructers and secretaries!)

Laziness and and uncalled for arrogance, thats what we are when we’re given a little responsibility and control over others.