Showing posts with label life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life. Show all posts

Sunday, November 27, 2016

Just thinking out loud


أول محاولة لي لكتابة مقالة باللغة العربية عادة أفضل الكتابة باللغة الانجليزية لا لإتقاني لهده الأخيرة لكن لأنها رابع لغة تعلمتها، فمن العادي أو المتوقع أن اخطأ و أنا اكتب بها، بل اسمح  لنفسي باقتراف تلك الأخطاء لأنها ببساطة جزء من رحلة التعلم، لكن ما يكون عذر إقترافي لأخطاء أكتر و أنا اكتب باللغة التي تعلمتها لأتني عشرة سنة في المدرسة بل أقرا بها و اسمعها يوميا، لدلك ربما أتحاشى الكتابة باللغة العربية خجلا من أن اخطئ، لا ادري مادا تغير اليوم لكن رغبة ملحة تدفعني للكتابة بها كيف سأحسن مستواي إدا لم اكتب بها إنها الطريقة الوحيدة فلا مجال للتحدث باللغة العربية في حياتي
اليومية

المهم لندخل في صلب الموضوع فرغم أهمية اللغة إلا إنها فقط وسيلة من بين وسائل أخرى لإيصال أصوتنا و أفكارنا للآخر، أردت أن اتحدت عن النضوج و دخول عالم ما بعد التخرج، العالم الذي ولجته هده السنة، العالم الذي كانت لدي فكرة انه لن يكون بالسهل، وفعلا أعيش حاليا أتعس أيام حياتي كيف لا و أنا اشعر بإحساس تائه في الصحراء بدون بوصلة

ابتدأت القصة يوم حصلت على تلك الورقة المسماة بالباكالوريا، و بدون أي سبب وجيه اخترت توجها في كل يوم يمر كنت اوقن انه ليس التوجه المناسب  لي، مرت أربع سنوات لطالما قاومت خلالها دلك الإحساس لأتمكن من التخرج، وها أنا أحقق دلك وأتخرج حاملة نفس الإحساس الذي بدأت به الدراسة بدون أي هدف أو توجه

 البحت عن عمل في المجال الذي درست فيه أشبه بكابوس لا ادري ما الأسوء البحت في حد ذاته ام عندما تأتي فرصة وأجدني ابحث عن أي سبب أو مبرر لأتهرب منها كثرة الأوراق المطلوبة أو لن استطيع تحمل الضغط أو بعد المسافة عن المنزل بالطبع اندم بعد دلك لأني أضعت الفرصة التي لم تأتي بسهولة

غدا سأجري امتحانا كتابيا لاجتاز مباراة التوضيف لأصبح معلمة، كالعادة يجتاحني دلك الإحساس بالضياع، ما الدي افعله الضبط؟ لا ادري.  أنا معلمة لم يخطر ببالي أن أصبح واحدة من قبل لكن فرص الشغل قليلة لدا يجب أن أجرب و سأبدل قصار جهدي في المباراة، لم يكن هناك الوقت الكافي للاستعداد لكن لا باس دائما ما ادرس في الساعات الأخيرة على أية حال. المباراة متكون من ثلاث مواد اللغة العربية، الفرنسية و العلوم، اغلب ما أراجعه الآن درسته في الابتدائي أو الإعدادي، لكن ما أتذكره جد قليل كأن كل تلك السنوات من الدراسة كانت فقط مضيعة للوقت، لطالما كرهت النظام التعليمي أن أكون الآن استعد لاجتياز مباراة لأصبح حلقة فيه يدعو فعلا للسخرية، فرصة اخرى يبدو أني سأضيعها بكثرة التفكير

 سأعود للمراجعة الآن، كان لابد لي من كتابة هته الكلمات، و فعلا أحس بارتياح اكبر بعد كتابتها، على الأقل املك هته الوسيلة لأنفس بها عن ما بداخلي، و تعرفون ما شيء الآخر الذي يرحني نفسيا هي هته  الصور لأناس يتأملون لوحات في متاحف على تمبلر كم أتمنى أن أكون مكانهم








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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Nino



It was one of those days when I was still searching for something to do with my life, I copied my resumé, worn my favorite sweater and headed to the bus station.
I had no precise idea in mind where I was going, I just got so bored and told myself why not go downtown put my resumé at some shops, I knew it wasn't the time yet to search for this kind of job, there was not that much tourists, so shops don't hire extra workers at this time of the year, but maybe I'll get lucky, maybe some coffee shop needs a waitress or I don't know any other thing.
That day was sunny, it felt like a day of summer, but in fact it was winter, this city doesn't care about seasons, I spent a half a year in AGADIR, and one thing I learned about it, you can never predict the weather, but it was a good sign, at least the weather was on my side.

Once there and after putting down my resumé at some shops, I sensed that it wasn't at all the right time to search for this kind of job, most restaurants, coffee shops, stores where empty, so I decided to return to my house.
On my road back to the bus station, this man who I know was a tourist approached me, I know he would be asking about some place that for sure I don't know about. and I was right, he asked me if I knew a good restaurant that cooks moroccan dishes, I replied that I don't know, I don't eat out a lot, which was true. he pretended to be shocked and said: really you don't know, at your age you would normally go out a lot with your friends.
I wasn't in a good mood to talk, but that man looked like he was lonely and just wanted to have a conversation with someone, he looked over forty so I said why not talk with him, maybe this would cheer me up, I explained to him that even if I go out with my friends we wouldn't be eating moroccan cuisine, we eat it all the time at our houses.
he smiled and introduced himself to me, his name was Nino which I found really funny, he is a retired teacher, I also introduced myself and asked him about his nationality, because I couldn't figure that out he spoke in perfect french, yet he had an accent, he told me he was Italian. then he shocked me with that question:
_Why are you looking sad?

I wasn't expecting this question, I was feeling depressed and lost, but I was trying my best to look confident, I guess I'm not a that good at acting, I couldn't shut my mouth, I should have but I didn't, I told him every thing about me looking for a job, and me not finishing school, he listened to me without interrupting, he tried to understand me then when I finished talking said:
_You know, I was a teacher and I have heard this story so many times, you are still young you can work but consider that maybe one day you're going to regret not finishing school.
I explained to him that I couldn't stand how the college I was studying at worked, it's total chaos.
_Is this college that you hate the only option you have to finish studying? do you have  any other option?
_Yes I have, but next year.
_Then go for them, try them, take this advice from an old man, a job as waitress isn't a job you wanna be doing for the rest of your life, trust me.
_Ok, I'm going to keep this in mind.
_Good, don't think just about today keep in mind tomorrow, and don't be sad about your situation, every person in their life goes through this phase; when they don't know what to do, when they're lost but not all have the chance you have to finish or even change what they're studying, study your possibilities and choose right, let's have an ice cream together, it'll cheer you up.
_No, it's ok, I'm already better now that I talked with you.
_Don't say no, I'm inviting you.
_No, really I can't, I'm so tired I just need to go to my house,(deep inside me I did really needed that ice cream, but I couldn't accept his invitation it just didn't seem right, he was a total stranger.)
_Ok just give me your number so we can stay in contact, and have a cup of coffee some other day.
_I'm so sorry I can't (there was no harm from me giving him my number, but again it didn't seem right, I would look like those girls who go around looking for old tourist, to buy them thing so no I refused to give him my number.)
_It's ok, I'm not going to force you to give me you number, I wish you good luck, and to do the right choices in your life.

I wished him good luck too, and thanked him for his advice, then we parted. I headed off to the bus station and him I don't know to where, I didn't look back.

That was how I met Nino, the italian tourist who I don't think I'm going to see again, but in a way or another helped me a lot, just by listening to me, I just needed that at the time. Now that I think about it I wish we talked for longer, his words were wise, he talked like a dad who's concerned about his daughter, but I took the right decision to not stay in contact with him, I think!!!



Friday, February 13, 2015

The day I took the decision of dropping out of university

Tuesday 03-02-2015

At 08:00
the first exam of the first semester, I was well prepared for it but not so confident as always, I spent all the waiting before the exam alone, I looked at people's eyes trying to recognize someone but I didn't, I couldn't find a single person I knew. After a quarter of an hour the teachers handed us the exam papers, the exam wasn't hard but it was all about the theoretical part of the course, which I wasn't expecting. I did my best, just thinking about restudying for this course made me sick.

At 10:00
Half an hour before the second exam, again I didn't find a person to talk with, I didn't know much people in this university it's my first year in here, but it was so weird that I couldn't see the few people I knew, to calm down I sung in my head all the songs I knew from fayrouz to saad lamjarred.

At 10:30 
Before distributing the exam papers, the teachers asked us to clean our tables from any documents, even the authorized one "le plan comptable", at first I thought it was a misunderstanding, but no it turned out we are not allowed to use it, I felt my body trembling this wasn't fair, but what shocked me the most was the attitude of the students, the class had more than 100 student, no one said a word they just accepted this unfairness, I found myself thinking about what would happen if the same thing took place at my old university, with no doubt no one would have passed that exam, but this is not my old university, this made me realize why I couldn't make friends, the same attitude happens every other place I go to, people not respecting each other, not caring, thinking just about themselves.
The exam was about a practical course, but half of the questions were about the rules that normally we find in "le plan comptable",
I didn't do much in this exam either, simply because instead of thinking about the answers of the exam, I was thinking about going out of that class.

 At 12:00
In the bus on my way to home, again I was alone, but this time I needed to be alone, I had a decision to take, either I give up and take a half a year vacation, or take a deep breath, accept those conditions, just get used to them, and finish what I started. 

 At 13:30
At home, my family was around the table eating lunch, I washed my hands and joined them, dad asked me how the exams passed I said fine.

 At 15:00
My sister asked me about the exam I have tomorrow, I told her I have none, she knew I had exams in three successive days, she knew that something was wrong with me, that moment I knew I’ll have one of the longest days in my Life, where I'll have to convince my two sisters, my mother then my father why I don’t want to continue studying.
It was a long day but my family kind of respected my decision, it was clear I had suffered much already, it wasn't a decision I took because I had a crappy day, I had worst days before, and I was so tired of fighting, but they kept insisting on me to just pass the rest of the exams even if I’ll not attend school the next semester, but I had already took the decision.

I didn't want to forget this day that's why I wrote about it with so much details, education was always an important part of my life and I wasn't picturing my last day of it would be like this. 
I have no plan for now, and I don’t know what the future hides for me, I don’t know if I’ll regret this decision in year or two, all I know is that now I feel like I took the right decision.



Sunday, January 18, 2015

Random thoughts.


15 days until the exams of the first semester, I have no motivation to study. all my life I have been studying hard, and what happened nothing I just made the worse choice of a university, and I can blame no one about it. I don’t know if I would be less depressed if I spent this year in Casablanca where I have friends, my friends I miss them so much.

Yesterday my sister asked me about my plans for next year, she doesn't know that now I’m lost, I can’t even think about the present, how could I think about the future? all my thoughts are negative, I can’t think about something positive, obviously I didn't tell her that, if I did she would be all why are pessimist, you shouldn't be like that, things are going to get better if you think positively, and I don’t feel like hearing this speech. so I told her what she wanted me to say, I seem to be doing this a lot lately, telling people what they want me to say, just trying my best to show that I’m thinking the right things, this way they will let me at peace.

Making new friends was always hard for me, I figured that a long time ago, that’s why all my friends are people I knew since primary and secondary school. talking to new people isn't the hard thing for me, maintaining the friendship is the hard part, my old friend do that for me they call me even if I don’t, they will push me to go out with them, they accept my character as I accept theirs. but now here where I don’t know a person, it’s just hard to maintain friendships that I don’t care about making, this problem is stressing me out. is this another type of social anxiety? Maybe.

Now all I’m doing is reading children books, and listening to Lana Del Rey songs, while I should be studying. I’m planning to change this, but not now maybe tomorrow!!! I should start studying, I need that piece of paper even if I don’t like to. it’s just a year I bore two years, adding another one won’t kill me right, maybe it will I don't know, I can’t be optimistic it’s just me those days.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

AGADIR


Three month already here in Agadir, it feels like just yesterday we arrived, time passed so quickly.
During this time, I lived things and felt things I didn’t experience my whole life, because of them I feel more grown up now. working at a summer job for the first time, traveling alone, transferring from a university to another which wasn’t easy at all made me realize I’m twenty years old I’m not a kid any more. Moving from the city where I lived since my birth wasn’t easy I miss so much my friends but Agadir is a really beautiful city I think I just need more time to get used to its people.  



Monday, April 28, 2014

Welcome to reality

It was not always like this, I had a dream once ,I just lost it and started looking for another one,  but where I live they don’t believe in dreams there is already a road for me to go on, I know that my situation isn’t as dramatic as I make look  but sometimes it looks tiring and energy consuming to stand for my own thought it looks much more easier to just go with the flow. Finding a dream who I’m kidding maybe I watched a lot of American movies. a dream is a big word  now that think about it what is a dream anyway  ,why am I using this word so much, maybe I should use another word a goal in life or an objective , is having  a dream or a goal or whatever I call it that important? Why am I trying so hard to find one? maybe that's what they call reality.