Today I got to meet my new language partner! Remember Bra'a, my partner from last semester? This time I have a nice girl named Lara. She is studying translation, like I want to do as well. Meeting her was much easier than meeting Bra'a because when I first met Bra'a I couldn't really talk at all- I knew no amiyya and wasn't comfortable speaking in fos-ha either. But this time, I wasn't perfect of course, but I was able to talk and there weren't really any long awkward pauses like I always had with Bra'a, so "Thank Bra'a! You were a great teacher!"
Anyways, in other news, I have rearranged my apartment so it is a lot nicer and my room seems bigger too :) Yay feng shue!
I did okay on my quiz from Thursday, yay, but I still need to step up my studying, I know. I hate knowing words and then forgetting them when I need them! It is so frustrating. I forgot the word for drug on the test, but only minutes before the test I talked about it and explained what the word meant in class! frustrating.Today, class was really hard because we had to do this reading that was really difficult, and I knew a lot of it but I didn't know exactly what she was looking for in her answers, so it was hard. And our first paper is due on wednesday! its not long, like 250 words or so, but still. Basically, we have a ton of homework, which is good cause it will keep me bored, but Im tired already! (actually that is because of the stupid school next to us that has morning exercised led by a microphone in their playground every morning at 7:00am!) I dont like it...I dont have to wake up until 9, but I always get woken up too early!!!! It is loud and annoying and they just repeat 1,2,3,4 and some other things over and over!!!! Mish kwayyis! (Not good)
On Thursday, I got to see my friends Khalid and Ra'ad. It was sooo nice! They were two of the roommates with some of the boys from the summer and we became good friends. When I saw them, we went to our old favorite spot, Cuzins, and hung out. I took Sam, one of the boys from the program this semester and we had a great time. It was soo nice to see my friends. I like all the kids here, but most of them know each other, and dont know me,so it was nice to see some familiar faces and be able to catch up. Khalid has a new baby sister named Ila, so close to my name! but they gave her a completely different nickname, which doesn't sound as nice but means something like 'hidden diamond' which is really pretty I think. Ila is like a fawn or a small deer, or something? My teacher calls me Ila cause she likes it better than my name and she tried to explain it to me, but Im not sure.
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