Mayra

October 29, 2008

My studying


The first winter snow is coming tonight. I'm sitting in my room and watching the big snow flakes which are dancing and at last lying on the trees and on the roofs. They are really big, so that I haven't ever seen that big snow flakes.

I should study and learn so many things but I don't know, why I can not. I have done whatever that you can guess, except studying. Every day I have to go to University, so during the day I don't have time to review what they teach us while I have to do it. Each weekend we have new plans, somehow intensive plan, like last week and two weeks ago. It means at the weekend there is no possibility to study. Well when can I study a bit? In the evening!!!!! Like at the moment;-)
This semester I have some heavy courses, that if I can pass them, then I feel that I will graduate.. ..
I don't know why the time passes too fast! Sometimes I think there is not any days between weekends. On Monday I wake up and I have the feeling that tomorrow will be Saturday...
Last week I was chatting with one of my classmate at the university about the courses. I was talking that I can not study at the weekend, even I can not study in the evening after work because I'm totally tired then he told me, Maryam! you can not learn anytime!!! he was surprised and I was ashamed....

Most of my classmate work like me, or even more than me, like 2 or 3 days in a week while they are so good in class and their marks are perfect as well. I think, because of their organized mind that I wish I had it.

2-Today morning I was in the laser class, Professor was teaching about thermal camera and its application at the end he said this camera that is on the desk is much more expensive than a normal car. Just its lens is about 50,000$ Just imagine the university bought it to educate the students. See exactly like Iran's Universities with a bit difference.

3-Today morning after class I had to go to Institute to work. I arrived and checked my mailbox I received an email from one of the group head of the institute that he informed all colleague which he became father for third time (to give this kind of news is normal here). As I heard about less than two years ago the he told about his second girl.
He looks like too happy father and has sent his baby's photo with this note:
little girls are so much fun, now we have another one. I liked this email. It made me fresh.

4- You know why people forget soon what you have done for them? I don't know ...
Shall we forget them?

4-At the end, do you have any solution to have more concentrations during the studying without flying to other planets or going to the childhood?

October 07, 2008

:-)



I reached 27 years of age 1 hour ago.

October 06, 2008

Anatomy course & Autumn


1. Today for the first time I saw cadaver in anatomy course. In the beginning I didn't feel well. I could not look at the cadaver when professor was talking about it. Actually today's course was not so effective for me. It was strange, because before I was thinking why some students are afraid of cadaver during the course or don't like it so much, today I found out its answer. At the end of the class I had vomiting feeling.....

2. Autumn season really arrived to this city. Although I become a bit sad when summer finishes and have to work twice as much, but this colorful city doesn't let me stay in this feeling:-)

3.The whole week I'm at the different faculties of University, and this is quite good because I know more students in different subjects but it is not so easy; at least for me; to move so much around. I have to learn a lot in this year.

4. In our floor in student house there was a chines guy. He was a strange boy that I haven't ever seen like him. He didn't use washing liquid at all for washing his dishes. He didn't talk to others, cause he could not speak English well. He never ate fruit or dairy and it was so funny, whatever that you told him, he just answered yes yes yes but nothing was changing..he always ate pasta with rice, unbelievable!!
He used to chat early in the morning, just imagine at5 o'clock with a very loud voice. And most important thing of the story was that he was doing postdoc in chemistry. He was not able to recognize some easy process in the kitchen or at least didn't want to care about it. Once his wife came to visit him. They became two, my God , they made messy every where specially the girls toilet became horrible.
I saw some others Chinese, and most of them have some strange behaviors, for example they don't speak with others or don't care about anything.
Anyway he left here and other Chinese came to our floor, we were so upset because we thought the story was starting again, but no! He is a different man. He seems to come from another county.
I just saw him in the kitchen, and he was cooking his dinner not like his country man, and he has good relationship with the others. I would say he is normal and changed my mind about Chinese people.


 
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