A Star from Mosul

Imagine! I didn't open my e-mail yesterday.. I had a Biology exam today and I had to study well for it yesterday.

I didn't do as expected in the exam.. Nobody did. The teacher was todly out of her mind when she put those questions and when she read them to us. They were so long, and we didn't have enough time to reply, and no time to think either. Plus, too many students couldn't study well because yesterday, there were lots of bombing everywhere. A friend said that she could see the rockets in the air from their house.

In the explosions where dad was near, few days ago, a friend said that she was 3 cars away from it. She said that she was worried that she got deaf! And she also said that everything that happens in Hollywood actually happened during the explosion (Cars in the air and such stuff).

Since yesterday, I've been so nervous because of the Niology exam.. I'm not that good in memorizing, and I lost 2 hours yesterday in the clothes-shops (I found the perfect clothes that perfectly fit!!). So, I knew that my friends have studied more than I did. Mom and unexpectably, told me to not worry about my grades.. She told me just to thank God for being safe And for having a healthy family.

We had a Chemistry lesson in the first period today, she too was too pessimistic and told us not to worry, and to thank God for not getting killed till now. She said that a man was driving his family to have futoor at a relative's house when a rocket (I'm sure you don't call it that way, so please correct me!!) hit them and they got killed.. Also, a woman was preparing futoor when a rocket hit the house.. She got killed, her daughter is in the hospital (Probably won't make it) while the husband was out of the house, and their car burned in the garage.. So, if the teacher doesn't care, why should we? I mean, why to worry about not getting the best grades? Let's just study as well as we can and leave the rest for God. I'm saying this now, but I can't help not worrying!

Good news! I found out that HNK doesn't like mobiles!! So, mom's mobile will be mine (When she buys one for herself, the old one will be mine). She decided to buy one but she haven't found what she wants YET. I think I'll make her pay taxes for each day of delay ;) This would be nice, I then can sell the old mobile and with the taxes I can buy myself a new one too!! But I'm a good person, what can I do?

Also, the English teacher refused to admit that she made any mistake.. Teacher can come alone, and fruit can't be countable (Acoording to her). She's being just like last year's teacher, and we'll have problems.. Mom told me that my uncle often had problems with his English teacher because he's lived abroad and his English therefore is perfect, so he always find mistakes with what the teacher says.. Anyway, I explained my point of view to my friend so that she gets educated as well.

Each time mom goes to the bazaar to buy me clothes, I get depressed. Nothing fits!! I used to go with her and choose my own clothes but now it's not safe to go to the bazaar. We stopped going to bazaars therefore and we're depending on large shops instead. Mom goes to few before coming home from the university and checks if there's something nice for us.

Eid (The holiday after Ramadan) is coming and we'll need new clothes. So, mom went and bought nice sleeping clothes (For me, supposed to be for me >:( ). I liked them a lot, but when I wore them to check if they're alright on me, I looked like a beggar (Too big on me). So, and as usual, HNK took them instead, HAPPILY.

Mom was discussing this with me and she said that the pajama (Not really a pajama!) she brought is the smallest and she might buy me one for kids >:] She thinks a 12 year-old kid's clothes might fit me :( I was so angry for that (I'm taller than mom, she has no right to say that). Then dad was comforting mom and he told her that if I'm confusing and making her tired, he can get me lost (He was kidding, I think you know that but I don
t want you to get me wrong). And here my turn came and I yelled "Well, why won't you drive me to the middle of the forest and leave me with a piece of bread, HA?". It was the perfect sentence in the perfect time, I kept saying it till it became silly :)..

Ramadan is making me lose weight. I eat at Futoor just like I eat at lunch, I eat at suhoor a little more than I eat at breakfast. In normal days, I eat too many snacks, in Ramadan, I don't feel like eating!! Till now, I lost two kilos..

HNK reminded me that day of a funny incident that happened to me in primary school. I was tall at that time..!! A small girl (Probably in the first grade) came and said to me "Hi, tall mom".. I was so sad at that time! Me, tall! And mom.. WOW!

Winter is knocking the door. We put rugs on the floor today. Although my friend says that she still turns on the air-cooler while sleeping! But our house doesn't get enough sun-heat, so it's getting cooler. I still use the fan, but only to feel cold. I like this feeling, I have to hug the cover so tight.

My primary school, which is probably the best in Mosul, is called Al-Futowa. I, my two sisters, my mom and my dad, all attended it. Each on his/her time. A friend told me today that her brother and sister (Who also go to this school) are not going to school, hoping that the ministry does something to its problem. The school is in a very VERY targeted spot, and they're hoping that they'll change its location because in the last bombings, the children lived horrible days. The explosion was too close, the teachers were trying to call the children's families to come and get them. While children had to be locked either in their class-rooms or under the stairs. Normally, they were too frightened, screaming and crying. I don't blame them at all..

Okay, I'm sure there was something else but I forgot.. So, bye

The English teacher said that the word FRUIT is an uncountlable. I've once heard that it was countable but she said that she's never heard of such thing.. I told her that I'll ask about it. What do you think?

Another thing, we have a sentence,
---teacher is either a man or a woman..
What should we put before teacher? A, THE, NOTHING??
I suggested A, but she said that we HAVE to not put anything..!!! How? I didn't agree and we got into a small arguement, I stopped. But, what do you think? Is what she said right?


Hey, we got the rat. It's dead now. We can't leave him alive, he'll go to a neighbour's house then! Don't ask me how dad killed him :(

Finally, I think my French teacher is back!! She got married :) Now, we'll have to say "Bonjour Madame" instead of "Bonjour mademoiselle".. Neat. In return, the Arabic teacher got transferred to another school because all schools in Iraq will finish at 1:45 daily instead of at one o'clock!! So, teachers can't get into school that are far from their houses.

In my new class, I sit near the window, I can see my new school being built everyday!! Refreshing! (Without mentioning the noise).

Today, Aya and her mom will come to start sleeping in our house for a couple of days as usual (Mom almost started crying yesterday because she missed Aya!) .. My poor brother-in-law got stuck studying in Baghdad since their marriage. I mean, he could've started studying in Mosul but he thought that he should start studying in Baghdad till Aya is born, but when Aya was
born, his two supervisors in Mosul disappeared. One got killed (He's my dad's best friend too) and the other got out of Iraq for a better living. I can't understand how my parents can actually live here. I mean, law salaries, danger everywhere, a whining daughter!! While they can live a better life somewhere else.

The day before yesterday, dad parked his car next to a Malibu.. He was wondering why the windows were opened and the driver is not in it (It's not that safe!!) he bought something, came back to his car, moved, saw an American patrol, raised his speed, and an explosion happened just behind him. Yesterday, he came the same way and discovered that the Malibu he saw was actually the bombed car!!
Dad has so many accidents without meaning to. For example, he got hit by a bus this year (It's good that he was in the Volvo, thank God) which hit him in the driver's side, the car had slight damage but he didn't get hurt. He once was walking in the street of a bazaar, men were building something in a second floor and they accidentally dropped a rock over his head!! I can't remember more, but I think this is enough!

Now, the hot news... At the morning prayer this morning. I and HNK saw a little furry creature
wandering in the family room, which we later discovered that it's a BIG rat. I didn't see it
clearly because I didn't have my glasses, they were in another room and we all were too afraid to move.. We closed the doors and stayed in the living room till dad came back from the mosque. It's still in the house, but we can't find him :( I had ratty dreams in the next couple of hours before waking up for school.

Here's a picture MBF (My best friend) once sent me for Raghda, but she wanted more colorful pictures, so I just kept it and here I am posting it here..


Wondering about my teeth.. They're a little better, still aching. I can't go to the dentist till Ramadan ends.. But, I keep pushing on mom and dad to take me to my cousin's house to take a look. I think they'll call tomorrow :)

-Chemistry teacher is getting better, still repeating and inventing things, but I think I'm getting used to it!
-The scary biology teacher is not scary any more, she tells jokes in the lesson after we started having 5 periods a week instead of 4..!
-The English teacher teaches us grammar in English with wrong grammar :) Still, I find her lesson so amusing. She knows my name now :))

Update: Mom decided to buy a better mobile for herself, so she generously is going to give us hers due to the need of a mobile at school for emergencies these days.

Just before we got into the car of our taxi that drives us to school everyday, we heard an explosion then we saw two spots smoking.. We didn't know exactly where they are but they were definitely not that far away.

This was the start of my day, very NICE and comforting.. I thought it'll be better then, and it
was till the last period, when we were preparing to get out, another loud explosion. My friend got too scared, I and my other friend hold her each by a hand and comforted her to the car.. There I waited for the other students who live in the same neighbourhood as I and my sister live. One of them came crying, she was too frightened because it was closer to her class and
she was sitting next to the window. She said that even her book fall from the desk. Okay, I started comforting again, trying to make her stop crying.. The driver helped me and she finally stopped. I thought mom was so worried about me but she wasn't.. Why?

Dad was buying some stuff then he got into the car. He saw an American troop so he raised his speed a little and in few moments , a car exploded few meters behind him.. He survived, THANK GOD. Mom didn't even hear the explosion because she had raised the sound of TV but she heard about it from dad so she wasn't worried about us.

And now while I was writing this another loud explosion!!

It's been two days, in each, when I come back from school I call my aunt (Who's house is in a very targeted spot, all the explosions are near) and I make sure that she's alright.. Today when I called, she said that no windows were broken but apparently, in the last explosion (The one that happened few moments ago) she had some windows broken while she was talking to a relative and now mom is calling her but the line is busy!! She got her now.. I think all her windows are broken now. I'm sure now.. Oh MY GOD, not just the windows are broken, every glass thing!! Plus, bullets got into the house, a piece of glass in her grandchild's head.

Bye now, I'll have to keep track on all these news. I'll try to write more later, I have little homework, and so much to talk about..

This was supposed to be posted yesterday, but I couldn't post it due to an electricity problem..
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At 6 o'clock in the morning, mom woke me up for the morning prayer.. This will be the last time I wake up at six for a month because tomorrow is the fasting month Ramadan which will start and we will have to wake up before the morning prayer and have suhoor (Like a break-fast before starting to fast). Everything in Ramadan is great.. Food, prayer, silence and PEACE.

Okay, this was not my essential subject, I was talking about when I woke up for the morning's prayer.. I woke up and mom was trying to pray but she couldn't leave Aya who was sleeping with her so I took care of Aya till mom finished praying and then prayed and went back to bed.. This was the first time I can sleep after the morning's prayer this school-year. But at 6:50AM, the bell rang.. I just ignored it and it mixed with my dreams like every other loud sound.. Then I heard a shout that I couldn't ignore, mom was shouting "Girls, it's dad, he's back", me and HNK hurried with mom trying to unlock the doors and get outside. Then my dear daddy came in and hugged us and got in the house. My sis and her husband came down and hugged him too.

Aya was too calm in the meanwhile, very polite. I had to put on my clothes and go to school at 7:30 because I was afraid that we'll have a quiz in Biology and we actually did.

Anyway, he started talking to us about his journey, he's visited: Syria (Damascus, Aleppo, Lattakia (Al-ladhikea)), Egypt (Cairo and Alexandria) and he mostly liked Alexandria as a place to visit and Aleppo as a place to live in. He said that Aleppo and its people are like Mosul and its people, even their language is so similar to ours that he talked in Mislawi there.. They dress like us in Mosul, here mostly everyone wears hijab (A piece of cloth to cover the hair of women) and there, they wear hijab a lot too. Dad's friend's cousin lives in Syria and he took care of them and made them as much comfortable as he could. He took them to a tour in Aleppo to the historical places.. Dad was mostly interested with the food, he liked it all, and he tasted too many new things (Syrian and Egyptian). They also visited Al-Umawi mosque, grandpa has once been there and prayed, and when he got out he didn't find his slippers so he had to go to the market with no slipper or shoes and bought himself a new one, this is a story I hear a lot.!!

Today at school, my two friends were trying to convince me that I shoudn't be sad for not having a brother. Well, my mouth started to hurt me from laughing.. Those boys are really nasty!!

And for the Muslims all around the world, Ramadan Kareem, and have a nice day and delicious food :)


For more about Ramadan, here are some links for today:

• Important lessons from Ramadan
• The meaning of Ramadan
• The great virtue of Ramadan

I have a toothache now.. A terrible toothache... I can't stand it. HELP!! Mom isn't taking me for the dentist because she always expects dad to come home, or we simply have visitors. My teeth have been aching me each time I drink something cool, and then I can't sleep because of it!! :(

Wondering about the title of this post? It's just something I liked, really! Inspite of my terrible toothache!! I'm thinking of placing these two lines under the title of my blog with this. I guess you all know the answer of the question "To be or not to be?" I want to BE.. But now, the question will be "Am I being free? Am I doing what I like? Am I having happiness?" Well, the answer is hard and too complicated!!

Finally, the doctors of the family came, my sister and her husband are sleeping in our house because we don't have a man in the house.. They came with Aya now and my sis gave me a pill for my toothache. Maybe the quality of my writing will get better now.

Outch, I think I'll take them off and rest in peace! Great idea! But I won't look good then. Those ungrateful teeth. I couldn't take off any of my primary teeth at home except too.. I had to take them all off at the dentist. Plus, I was punished for taking those two at home by having to take two permenant teeth at the dentist's clenic because of the bracles thing! Thanks God I had two missing teeth or I would've took 4 instead of 2 off. I made my teeth look pretty, we spent money over them, and they still are not grateful!

I was much freer when the war first started. Now, I have so much fears especially after those terrorists threated the doctors and butchers and hear-dressers to kill them. That was horrible especially after they killed one. Thank God dad was in Egypt then.. Hey, this reminded me of dad, who seems like he didn't miss us.. He decided to come on either Thursday or Friday. Mom is so eager to see him and she becomes worried after each time he decides to stay more in Syria. How can he spend so much time away from ME.. His loving daughter. Dad, if you're reading this, please answer!!

After deep thinking from my teacher, she decided that I should do the program I want which is about the wonders of the world--The anccient world, the modern world and more-- Supported with pictures and resources from the internet and arabic translation to the tough English words and also a reading of each page.. Nice?

Less pain now.. I have noticed in the last visit to Duhok that the medicine's prices are too high. I wonder if this is because our medicines don't actually work! I wonder if there's actually a pill that will end the headache in half an hour. This would've been helpful in last year's exams when I had a terrible headache the night ofour Chemisty exam.. It was terrible especially that last year's Chemistry needed alot of attention.

Well, my brother-in-law needs to use the computer and I'll have to go to sleep after that so good bye.. I'll update tomorrow. No spell checking today!
Bye

First and before I forget, there's a new site . If you have a blog, you probably have received the same letter I have but if you're not, here it is.

Iraq Files
The Reconstruction of Iraq: News, Opinion, and Personal Accounts
Iraqfiles.com

Today, a new Web site has launched: Iraq Files.

This site is designed to offer news, opinion and personal accounts of the reconstruction of Iraq. It includes a blog profile (updated every two weeks), soldier interviews, “Hometown Greetings,” links to soldier blogs, support organizations and blogs from Iraq, as well as a variety of news and opinion articles. This is a non-partisan site, and any newsworthy articles will be posted. There will be daily updates.

This is the important part.. So, if you want, go visit it..

When school first started, we had few homework and we didn't take all the lessons. In the last two days, I had tons of homework.. My books couldn't fit my books. And my time hardly fit my homework. We still don't have a religion teacher nor a French teacher. But we have an Arabic teacher at least.

In a year, I'll be in the sixth grade. Which is a nightmare for all the students. If you did well in this grade's final exams, you'll probably do well in your life, because here your future will be determined.
We have to prepare for this year in the break after the 5th grade. We take lessons by teachers at their or our houses. You've probably seen how Nabil suffered this year's break. We have to decide which teacher to take and which lessons from now, because the good ones won't be available if we're late.. I finally found teachers for Arabic, Chemistry and Physics.. I won't need more unless I wanted to pass the year.
Passing the year is studying its subjects and books in the break and having its examinations and you won't need to study all the year, you'll pass to the next year if you did well. I'm thinking of passing the sixth grade!! I'm thinking really deeply. I don't think that I'll be rushing my life, just saving a year.

The weather is GREAT. We don't use air-coolers anymore.. Just fans. And I turn it off after 5AM. It rained a little bit (For 5 minutes) on Saturday and Sunday. I hope they can complete building MY NEW SCHOOL before winter. It'll be hard to build in winter and we'll have pools of dirty water in this school.

My computers teacher decided to give me an idea for a program because she wants an eye-catching program, I hope it's not that hard.

Dad is coming back on wither Thursday or Friday, he was supposed to come on Monday or Thursday but it seems like he liked it there. Any way, I told mom to tell him that I want an EXTRA present for each day of delay. He told her "Sure, this should be!". I missed him A LOT. I can't wait to see him.

As most of you don't know, we have only one week-end each week.. And this is Friday. On Friday, and as most of you (Who've been reading this blog for a while) we have a family meeting in one of my uncles' houses. And because dad in not here (He's supposed to get to Aleppo today) my cousin came and took us to his parents house.. And there we met all my uncles. We sat in the garden, and talked and talked as usual. Then suddenly, we heard lots of bullets.. Everyone hurry to their children in case they're afraid. Then all the men got out to see what happened. All the cars were heading far from the traffic-light near us not knowing what happened themselves. A car's driver felt afraid and hit the sidewalk and the tire had a hole (Don't know the right word for it!) and needed help and my cousins hurried to help him and his family.. Then all what we hear was the alarms of the ambulances. We don't know if anybody got hurt! We headed home at 7 o'clock, another cousin drove us home..

I discovered that another friend got engaged.. Two friends this year!! Mom was trying to convince me that I CAN'T DO SUCH THING.. But I know it! And she knows it. I need to study, and I'm too small in all the meaning it has (Except maybe the brain!! :)) I can't cook, I only can eat.. And I hardly make my bed :)

Today and after 2 months of absence, telephones between Mosul and Baghdad got fixed. We used mobiles to call them and it's not that clear. We suspected that the mobile companies were after this long absence.. Okay, mom says that it's not working anymore!! But it was working in the morning!!

We used to the fact that each time my brother-in-law leaves for Baghdad, we lose the telephone with Baghdad.. And each time he comes back, the telephone is back.. But this role was broken for about 2 times, till today. A relative called and said that the telephones are back so mom started calling her parents and sisters and brothers.. And suddenly, the bell rang. Who? It's my brother-in-law!! :) He came in for sometime, staring at crying Aya who's just got out of the bath-room (She took a bath) and then he took her and my sister to his parents house (They live with them).. No Aya today. But they might come and sleep in our house because we have no man in the house.

About the school computer-program, it's right that I know visual basic, but I only have a background of it. I mean, no REAL experience.. All what I do, is gathering information.. Record some sound and put it there, put some photos, make colorful backgrounds. I know this is not good excuses for not doing more, so I'll try to read about it more this year and deal with it like YOU deal with it, SERIOUSLY. I'll try and I won't care about what my incompetent teacher thinks.. At this point, I want to thank Fayrouz for this post..

I'm just trying to post by e-mail, I'll just talk randomly.. I was replying to more comments, it takes a long time to reply but I guess it's sometimes more important than the post itself! I mean, the post is what I want. The comments are what you want..

When I read comments about me in other blogs, I get happy.. I mean if you're writing about me in other blogs in a good way, this means that you're honest coz you don't have to.. The same thing for the bad things.

An examply for each,
Maddog, said in my uncle's blog's comments section..

Your niece, Najma, is just such an example. When she tells us about her life, so many of us surge forward to help, just like we would a neighbor at home. We accept her just as we would "our" daughter or friend. We do NOT like to hear about an
uncomfortable situation we can't help to change for her. As you may have read (in her blog), many of us have offered financial help, have contacted our Congressional representatives to effect a change. This is no small thing to do for Najma. Sometimes we wish we could be there, in Iraq, to make it happen. But it is not possible as you know. Perhaps we are just busybodies.

And why?

Because, just as you have said, we now call you our friend. If there is ANYTHING we can do to make your life better, we, as Americans and other citizens of the world, will do anything we can to help. You are in a tough spot none of us would like to be in. We have sympathy for you and all Iraqis. No one would want that for any of our "friends".

Only a few months ago, none of us had heard, or knew of Najma, for example, but we do now. She is our friend, we hope the best for her and will do whatever we can to help her and her family, including you.
Because she blogs.

Tell all Iraqis to please keep blogging. Complain all you want, and we will understand. You will only tell us what you are thinking. And we will listen.

That's what friends are for.

Good luck to you,

Maddog

I really appreciate this maddog.. Thanks.

Another example:
Steve H. USA, said in Omar's blog (Iraq the model) :

Najma is just another CIA operative!!!!!
Nothing good can happen in Iraq. All of the Democrats
think Iraqis can't or don't want democracy. Many of
the DEmons don't think the Iraqis are capable of it.
Like maybe they are not smart enough or
something.

I can't actually believe that something still doesn't know that I'm Iraqi. Maybe if I complain more he'll get convinced.. It just isn't that way. I can't say all the bad news, I have to keep some security for myself.. I wasn't posting the bad news lately because we didn't want dad to get worried but he seems to get all of them from his friends!
Still, that's his opinion, I don't hate him *lying* ;)

We took only two lessons today, we finally have and we finally have an Arabic teacher.. And the other is Physics (I love the Physics teacher).

I and my friend had to go to the teacher's room to say hello to last year's Chemistry teacher (She was GREAT) because she seemed to be mad at us yesterday because we haven't said hello to her yet. She was so happy.. I've given her my copybook last year because she wanted it to read for students from and she said that my sister (HNK) was staring at the copybook and that
she knew it that way :) I just love this teacher.. She taught us how to love last year's subjects which were hard.

Okay, I was just trying to post by e-mail.. It took a long time. This is me, I sometimes start talking and never stop. You're lucky that I did or you would've never seen this post :)

Hey, It looked like a mess.. I had to update it using Blogger..

Update: you've got to check what Khalid wrote here..
Also, if you came here previously today then it must be because I was making too many mistakes posting what should be posted in Iraq Blog Count here.. It was so confusing. But problem solved now.

Enjoy..

It's now 9:23, we heard loud thunder (First I thought it was just an explosion but it kept on going) then it started raining!!! Great! But we're still turning on the fans.. I guess it's a sign for the leaving of summer..

PS: I posted some more pictures of Aya in the Album..
PPS: If you posted a comment to the previous post, now you can read the reply to it.

This was supposed to be posted yesterday and I sent it by e-mail but it didn't show up in the blog!!

Monday: Second day at school, all right.

Today's Biology homework.. How can I study with this? Well, I lost those two papers after taking this picture. :) I was just so angry trying to find them, I went up and looked till I found HNK's Biology book which is too old and doesn't have a cover.. I looked in it, it doesn't seem like last year's, what happened? I looked more into it and then found out that it's also a 5th grade book, I can study with it, they gave her the wrong book. it's older than mine but at least all its pages are together.. I tried to post something by e-mail but it didn't appear on the blog yet.. I'm still waiting.

Bad day at school... What do we need at school? Books. Here comes the big wisdom of our headmistress.

A big class in the class which was supposed to be a cafeteria is filled with books with a table at its door full of books too, and two teacher handing us books after searching for the books for each class.. And a LONG line (Or let's say Lines) of students in front of the table.

I didn't want to get into one of those lines but I had to because we have homework!! I spent about 3 hours in those crowded lines with no air to breath and no strength or courage to push, I was being pushed all the time without the ability to move any part of me.. It was too hot and I was so angry. I got to that table 2 times but they refused to give us books saying that they give them only to the 6th grade students (WHAT?)

Each time I get into my new class, desperate, I want to cry.. But, my friend(Who's got her books in the 1st hour) finally came with me.. The teachers were telling everybody that they won't give anyone a book, but she managed to get me a mathematics book and she gave me an extra one she has of Physics. I'll have to get the rest tomorrow, I don't know how.. I begged the teacher to give some of us a dozen of books and we'll give them to everybody but they just can't be organized.

If you're polite, if you can't PUSH, if you're weak, you won't survive in this school without a strong friend.

If I had a bottle with a genie and three wishes in that line, I wouldn't have reached it to clean it and get my genie out..

Now let's talk about how my school is now. THE SAME.. No difference. But they're building another one in front of it to us, we might be able to go to the new one in January.

Ummm, more news.. One of my classmates got engaged and she came to school with her fiancee !! But he left then of course.

More? In this new class, there are a couple of girls that I believe if there's enough of them, Iraq will be ruined. Not polite at all, NO manners, and Not a bit of respect to anyone. Monsters in another word. I can't believe that there's really people like this, and that there's a sentence that all those bad words can come together in. But at the same time, you can find very sweet and polite girls who I thank God for making me know them.

The internet service in making me crazy these days because of this company we get our internet from which has problems all the time..

I didn't get my camera with me today because I forgot to charge the batteries and copy the pictures in it to the computer.

I came back home with HNK, mom and my big sister handed crying Aya to us (BTW: She stopped crying as soon as I took her!!) and went to the hospital to receive my big sister and her husband's salaries. Aya puked on me after a while but she's so quiet now..

PS: The books are old like last year..

First check these:

• My very first letter
• More about my school
• I really missed school
• Barbed wires in front of my school
• A close look into the water of my school yard
• Mess in my school
• What you'll see from my class window
• My school yard

My friend called me today, she didn't go to school either. We both were feeling guilty, we've already made an absence in the school. One of her friends has went to school, here's some news she told her:

- They rearranged the students in the classes, I've always been in the B class, now I'm in the D.
- They gave them the books but she doesn't know if it's new or old because she came home before getting them.
- They didn't make the students who got less than 80 get out of school like always. This makes us a school like the others but with an IQ test before getting in it. This doesn't make me happy because having such students doesn't make us a special school anymore..

I forgot to ask her so many questions.. Like how's school now? Better? Worse? The same?

I wonder where I'm going to sit this year.. Last year I sat in the first row of desks, this is so good because I won't know about the bad things going in the last rows, like cheating, talking badly about teachers.. I like being close to the teacher, asking her questions whenever I have some!

I was so excited while talking to my friend, I was eager to go back to school and see her again (Although I didn't really miss her ). I'll call her again later to ask her some questions, and I'll give you the news if there's any. I think I'll get the camera with me tomorrow to take some pictures of my school now..

Okay, bye and wish me luck.

PS: If you wrote me a letter, don't expect me to reply as quickly as before.. I have homework now as you know!
And if you've sent me a letter and I didn't reply, then I'm sorry, I must've either forgot or didn't feel like replying.
And please, feel free to correct any grammar or spelling mistake.

Happy birthday Aya.. This is the newest picture of Aya on her 1 month birthday. I hardly took this picture because she was moving alot.


PS: I won't go to school tomorrow because mom wants to make sure that it's safe first. I can't wait to go and get my books (I wonder if they're new).

PSS: We changed the time today. Instead of 12:30AM, it's now 11:30PM.. We won an hour, but I'm so confused with the times of prayers and TV shows and movies.

PSSS: You can find more of Aya's pictures in my photo album..

My inbox now contains 1111 letters.. It's now :Fri, 1 Oct 2004 02: 58: 15 ..
Good number, right?