Salam everyone!
So I just finished my last mid-sem paper yesterday so for a few days now I have a break before finals. Alhamdulillah, left with just 1 more month till I'm back in Sg!
This semester really flew by super fast and I still cannot believe I survived this sem with 6 subjects. Its been a learning journey everyday and I just want to make the best of my time here before we go back. Being a uni student is confusing....sometimes you feel like you have all the time in the world and studying is a breeze for you and its actually fun. But at times you're down and feel really unaccomplished and just slack around worrying about your future. I think I've said this before in one of my previous posts...but its sooo true ya Rabb ;")
Anyhoo
On the 16th April on a Saturday. There was a dialogue session with Dr Masagos and Dr Intan Azura, both working for the government, and wanted to get to know us Jordan students and our developments while addressing some issues which we wanted their clarification and views on it.
The event started around 5.30pm until maghrib, we prayed and shortly after the PM arrived with his 'crew' of ministers and community leaders. Oh yes, it was held in Grand Hyatt hotel in Amman which we were sooo looking foward to but did not get what we expected. But the food was really classy and delicious even though there were some which were new to me and looked weird.
Before PM Lee arrived, there were people, Sporeans of course, setting up lghts and cameras and making sure everything was ready and that everyone was in their positions facing the place where he was going to make the speech. It kinda felt like home as there were more chinese and malays to what Im used to seeing here. haha. It was not an intense evening as what I had imagined and I got to see the government in a new light even though we may not agree to certain laws...I'm grateful for the effort they make for their people. We were scattered around different tables whilst standing and my table got to talk with his wife Mrs Lee and two other govt officials. There were cameras and security guards everywhere so kinda stiff when we were talking but still had fun cause it was just small talk and them answering questions here and there.
Later did we realize, epppp macam tk skola je bsk...it was almost 10pm and we arrived Irbid around 11.45pm. Knocked out the moment I touched my bed.
I'm sorry but theres no photos since I haven't uploaded media from my hp yet.
In sha Allah see you in my next post.
Hope everyone is doing well and may things go well for all of you..amin
Salams
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Monday, April 11, 2016
Our First Cultural Exhibition
Salams lovely people :)
Decided to post about an event which happens once a year in Yarmouk uni and its called:
Ma'rod Thaqofi (meaning: culture exhibition)
This year its held from 3rd to 5th April and they decided to set up the booths at a carpark in front of the Students Affairs building. Last year it was held inside there but due to the overwhelming guests (mostly students who just go there for food jkjk) they had to set it up in an open space area. Better ventilation..easier to clean up etc
So us Singaporeans kan tk ramai jadi most of us had to volunteer and take turns taking care of the booth and sharing about Singapore to people who come. Arabs sometimes are just so full of themselves and know nothing about other races and countries. But it was a good opportunity to at least put our country's name next to other countries and inform the public of our tiny island.
So me and some of my friends were in the food & beverages group with some guys , so we had to prepare the food for the 3 days of the exhibition. First day it was malay food which was: Onde2 and Pengat pisang, Second day: Keema and Pudding suji and third day: Popiah sayur and Egg tarts.
Us girls had to make onde2, popiah sayur and keema. So fun since its been a long time we bergotong-royong macam kenduri gitu lol. The guys did the rest. So my first day at the Singapore booth was super duper....awkward and lots of listening into other people's conversations and me just saying 'ahlan wa sahlan' to the arabs who came. I wasn't prepared on what to say so had to improvise je....too busy with onde2 sampai tk terfikir nk prepare cakap ape dengan orang arab haha. But was only there for 2 hours and had a friend with me so it was good la and I was determined to make the second day a fruitful one.
Second day at Ma'rod was 100x better, I enjoyed talking and starting conversations with the arab girls and got my practice at what to say to them so by doing so I had a script in my head. Even the asian students from Brunei, Malaysia came and asked lots of questions which I gladly answered and we shared unknown facts about each others country,
On that day I didn't get to walk around that much but managed to go to Algeria, Palestine and Syria which was so crowded and packed with people. Palestine and Syria had the biggest booths and I recorded a video of them dancing to one of their songs. Didn't understand the lyrics but felt that it had a deep meaning about their country's situation. Algeria had students who spoke english so we learnt a lot about the country. Its a mixture of Morocco and Turkey but suffers economically. All in all it was a fun day.
The final day was the best of all because me and my friend got to go to all the booths and took pictures, learnt more about different countries, ate their food and we got to meet new people. The last day was special also because most of us wore baju kurung and the guys planned last minute a silat and dikir barat performance because we felt that we were lacking in showing something traditional besides our food. Unfortunately...some of us had class during the time that they were gonna perform including myself so dapat tengok recording je :')
Alhamdulillah the Ma'rod was a fun experience and surprisingly the arabs were really easy to talk to and super friendly even though there some who were only there to kacau2 and make fun of us. My arab speaking skillz were put to the test (boleh tahan ah) and now I can't wait to travel around the world lolz. Save money and blaja dulu whoosh~
Later that day, the guys invited us Singaporeans to see an encore of their Ma'rod performance which they were willing to perform again. Thumbs up to them for the effort and we really enjoyed their spontan dikir barat.
Ok so thats all about the event.Hope you like the pictures from the Ma'rod :)
Actually took more pictures but uglyyy so no need.
Assalamualaikum semua and take care!
Decided to post about an event which happens once a year in Yarmouk uni and its called:
Ma'rod Thaqofi (meaning: culture exhibition)
This year its held from 3rd to 5th April and they decided to set up the booths at a carpark in front of the Students Affairs building. Last year it was held inside there but due to the overwhelming guests (mostly students who just go there for food jkjk) they had to set it up in an open space area. Better ventilation..easier to clean up etc
So us Singaporeans kan tk ramai jadi most of us had to volunteer and take turns taking care of the booth and sharing about Singapore to people who come. Arabs sometimes are just so full of themselves and know nothing about other races and countries. But it was a good opportunity to at least put our country's name next to other countries and inform the public of our tiny island.
So me and some of my friends were in the food & beverages group with some guys , so we had to prepare the food for the 3 days of the exhibition. First day it was malay food which was: Onde2 and Pengat pisang, Second day: Keema and Pudding suji and third day: Popiah sayur and Egg tarts.
Us girls had to make onde2, popiah sayur and keema. So fun since its been a long time we bergotong-royong macam kenduri gitu lol. The guys did the rest. So my first day at the Singapore booth was super duper....awkward and lots of listening into other people's conversations and me just saying 'ahlan wa sahlan' to the arabs who came. I wasn't prepared on what to say so had to improvise je....too busy with onde2 sampai tk terfikir nk prepare cakap ape dengan orang arab haha. But was only there for 2 hours and had a friend with me so it was good la and I was determined to make the second day a fruitful one.
Second day at Ma'rod was 100x better, I enjoyed talking and starting conversations with the arab girls and got my practice at what to say to them so by doing so I had a script in my head. Even the asian students from Brunei, Malaysia came and asked lots of questions which I gladly answered and we shared unknown facts about each others country,
On that day I didn't get to walk around that much but managed to go to Algeria, Palestine and Syria which was so crowded and packed with people. Palestine and Syria had the biggest booths and I recorded a video of them dancing to one of their songs. Didn't understand the lyrics but felt that it had a deep meaning about their country's situation. Algeria had students who spoke english so we learnt a lot about the country. Its a mixture of Morocco and Turkey but suffers economically. All in all it was a fun day.
The final day was the best of all because me and my friend got to go to all the booths and took pictures, learnt more about different countries, ate their food and we got to meet new people. The last day was special also because most of us wore baju kurung and the guys planned last minute a silat and dikir barat performance because we felt that we were lacking in showing something traditional besides our food. Unfortunately...some of us had class during the time that they were gonna perform including myself so dapat tengok recording je :')
Alhamdulillah the Ma'rod was a fun experience and surprisingly the arabs were really easy to talk to and super friendly even though there some who were only there to kacau2 and make fun of us. My arab speaking skillz were put to the test (boleh tahan ah) and now I can't wait to travel around the world lolz. Save money and blaja dulu whoosh~
Later that day, the guys invited us Singaporeans to see an encore of their Ma'rod performance which they were willing to perform again. Thumbs up to them for the effort and we really enjoyed their spontan dikir barat.
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| PENGAT PISANG :) |
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| POPIAH SAYUR :) |
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| ONDE2 :) |
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| DIKIR BARAT |
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| Lovely photo us with a random arab girl :) |
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| Singapore geng after the performance |
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| Group photo after their encore perf :) Spot me |
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| Annyeong haseyoooo |
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| Cutie dressed in traditional attire from...not sure which country |
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| The entrance of the tent...super hot sunny weather has arrived |
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| Pak arab mane ni |
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| TURKIYE MERHABAAA COK GUZEL |
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| The queue for photo taking with that guitar was hopeless...amek gambar orang pon jadi la |
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| APA KHABAR MAS |
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| PALESTINE... the guy in the hoodie was passionately telling stories about everyday life there. May Allah protect and give strength to those suffering. Amin |
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| ALGERIA |
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| MOROCCO |
Ok so thats all about the event.Hope you like the pictures from the Ma'rod :)
Actually took more pictures but uglyyy so no need.
Assalamualaikum semua and take care!
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