I woke up at 8 o'clock this morning to watch the Inauguration of Obama. Me and my roommates took pictures to capture the moment. I cant believe that we finally have a person of color as a president. I'm excited to see the changes that he is going to make and praying that they are good for the people of this world.

I haven't been writing for a long time. I gave up on this whole blog thing. I'm gonna start it up again since I think it might help me talk about my reflections on events that happen in my life. Right now what I have continuously thinking about is Gaza and the people who are dieing there. Thank god that right now the bombing has stopped for now. I just listened to a story about a man who had watched his eldest daughter get shot in the chest 12 times. The Israeli solder saw the father but he chose to shoot the daughter right in front of him. That's just cruel. I really can not believe that someone could do that. During my vacation I had a conversation with my father and my sister about how some people have no feelings. Its like they don't show any emotions. I still cannot understand how a person doesn't show any emotions.

Prayer for my Grandma

On Tuesday night my grandma had a heart attack. She is now in the hospital where they are stabilizing her. Please have her in your prayers. Inshallah she will pass through this hard time smoothly.

~manal

Waking up late is not fun

Today has been hard. I was up all night trying to turn on my computer who desides when it wants to work. I got about 4 hours of sleep. Then I woke up late after my long night and had to rush over to class. I think I actually woke up as I walked into it. :)...

Good news about today is that I got a job. YAY... so I am finally working.. Can't wait till I start and get my first check.

Im sorry if I talked to anyone today and came off as snappy I just have really know sleep. Also this year has started out rough since most of my friends from last year just dont talk to me for some reason that I am not very sure about. So I appologise if I snapped at anyone I really try to take in all the information I can and sometimes I just get over welmed.

On wednesday its gonna be my holiday and I'm starting to feel the feeling of wanting to be back home so I can celebrate with all the family and friends. But I'm here in Cali trying to make the best of it. Hope everything works out...

~Manal

ps i love my family

Hey guys... Just fished organizing my room.... hope you like it :) (click on the picture to enlarge)


ps-- i am currently laptop less until my toshiba stops over heating

Good Morning

Im sitting at the kitchen table right now with my laptop. I feel like this laptop has something seriously wrong with it. Some times it works fine but it also has days that it just keeps shutting off on me. I need to get it fixed because you know how frustrating it is when you finally get to a website you need or even writing a paper and your computer just shuts off for no reason. Ya so I need to fix that soon.

Yesterday I had a computer science test. I feel like a geek taking this class. Its all about writing programs, and I dont really see my self being some type of person that writes programs for a Job. Well see by the end of the semester if I continue to think this.

The picture that I put is of my twin cousins. I love them so much. They visited two weekend ago. They are fluent in both arabic and english, and their only four. I think they can even speak better arabic then me. Sad but semi true... hehe

Long Day

Today was so long. I got to school at 9:40 thinking it would take me like 15 minutes tops to find a parking. It turned out to take me about 50 min to find something. I actually didn't even park at my university. I was late for my class and ahh it was not fun.

From all that walking I did I really know I'm gonna enjoy breaking my fast on my dorm made kufta. I'm starting to get better at cooking. YAY