What's happening?
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Between 2006 and today, we've had so many events and a whole lot of visitors.
Ayman was born.
I finished my sixth year at school.
Grandma and grandpa came to live with us thus we had the most busy Eids for two years.
Grandpa died.
Anas was born.
HNK finished her sixth year at school .
Dad had two operations (people come before the operation and after the operation) .
Grandma left to the UAE .
Mom's uncle died few days ago.
and today my aunt is coming from Baghdad to attend my cousin's wedding but she's staying at our house thus people are visiting her here.
Thousands of visitors, and no, I'm NOT exaggerating! I am likely to throw a tantrum if any more events happen soon.
Mom has noticed that we've had little to no freedom these two years, herself too, especially under grandma's dictatorial regime.. and since we've already been to Syria three times the plan was to visit Turkey this year.. 15 days in Turkey inshallah, early next month, finally. We had planned to visit Turkey 3 years ago, paid the money and were all ready but then the tourism company had problems and all was canceled. We'll see how it goes this year.
This vacation has been, nonetheless, very good for me.. I have been enjoying my time and I don't think I ever got bored. I got myself busy with reading novels and learning Visual Basic .NET and both were enjoyable. Few days ago however, my uncle lured me into learning Java instead of Visual Basic .NET, he said if I get really good then next year he'd give me work. /*See uncle I've already documented that so you wouldn't forget :) */ Today is day 4 of reading Java (I started the very next day he told me to learn Java, successfully overcoming what I think was separation anxiety!) but I'm not sure I'll be able to read anything today. I have stopped reading novels and devoted all my attention to learning Java and I really don't want to go to Turkey until I have some decent knowledge of the language.
Ayman was born.
I finished my sixth year at school.
Grandma and grandpa came to live with us thus we had the most busy Eids for two years.
Grandpa died.
Anas was born.
HNK finished her sixth year at school .
Dad had two operations (people come before the operation and after the operation) .
Grandma left to the UAE .
Mom's uncle died few days ago.
and today my aunt is coming from Baghdad to attend my cousin's wedding but she's staying at our house thus people are visiting her here.
Thousands of visitors, and no, I'm NOT exaggerating! I am likely to throw a tantrum if any more events happen soon.
Mom has noticed that we've had little to no freedom these two years, herself too, especially under grandma's dictatorial regime.. and since we've already been to Syria three times the plan was to visit Turkey this year.. 15 days in Turkey inshallah, early next month, finally. We had planned to visit Turkey 3 years ago, paid the money and were all ready but then the tourism company had problems and all was canceled. We'll see how it goes this year.
This vacation has been, nonetheless, very good for me.. I have been enjoying my time and I don't think I ever got bored. I got myself busy with reading novels and learning Visual Basic .NET and both were enjoyable. Few days ago however, my uncle lured me into learning Java instead of Visual Basic .NET, he said if I get really good then next year he'd give me work. /*See uncle I've already documented that so you wouldn't forget :) */ Today is day 4 of reading Java (I started the very next day he told me to learn Java, successfully overcoming what I think was separation anxiety!) but I'm not sure I'll be able to read anything today. I have stopped reading novels and devoted all my attention to learning Java and I really don't want to go to Turkey until I have some decent knowledge of the language.
posted by Najma at 1:55 PM, | 
11 Comments:
Dear Najma,
I'm sorry about your mom's uncle. May he rest in peace. I'm still praying for you and your family every day.
-- John
P.S. You can still go to Turkey even if you don't finish learning Java. They actually speak Turkish there instead. :-)
I'm sorry about your mom's uncle. May he rest in peace. I'm still praying for you and your family every day.
-- John
P.S. You can still go to Turkey even if you don't finish learning Java. They actually speak Turkish there instead. :-)
Bookish,
Inshallah, Amen!
Currently reading Beginning Programming with Java for Dummies, or was, before my aunt came! :)
John,
Ah, that's such a relief about the language :) I find it very hard to read and concentrate on Java these days especially having reached a point where the material isn't as familiar as it used to be.
Inshallah, Amen!
Currently reading Beginning Programming with Java for Dummies, or was, before my aunt came! :)
John,
Ah, that's such a relief about the language :) I find it very hard to read and concentrate on Java these days especially having reached a point where the material isn't as familiar as it used to be.
A lot has happened in your life in the past two years Najma! Sorry to hear about your Mom's uncle.
One of my grandmothers was very dictatorial also. When I was a child we would go to visit my grandparents and she would try to control everything that everyone did. I finally came to understand her behavior a few years before she died. She was a very anxious person and her control was motivated by all the fear that she was feeling inside. Perhaps your grandmother is having similar feelings.
I hope that your trip to Turkey will go smoothly this time. A friend of mine went there last year. He is studying archeology and ancient cultures. There is so much history in Turkey! He had a great time there. If you visit Istanbul, I hope you get to see the Hagia Sophia. It is one of the most amazing ancient structures in the world. Someday, I would love to see it.
Good luck with your Java and Visual Basic. I learned FORTRAN in college and a bit of Basic. But, its been a few years since I wrote any programs.
Take care.
One of my grandmothers was very dictatorial also. When I was a child we would go to visit my grandparents and she would try to control everything that everyone did. I finally came to understand her behavior a few years before she died. She was a very anxious person and her control was motivated by all the fear that she was feeling inside. Perhaps your grandmother is having similar feelings.
I hope that your trip to Turkey will go smoothly this time. A friend of mine went there last year. He is studying archeology and ancient cultures. There is so much history in Turkey! He had a great time there. If you visit Istanbul, I hope you get to see the Hagia Sophia. It is one of the most amazing ancient structures in the world. Someday, I would love to see it.
Good luck with your Java and Visual Basic. I learned FORTRAN in college and a bit of Basic. But, its been a few years since I wrote any programs.
Take care.
hello najma, i'm one of your readers but never commented before. i'd like to say that it's great that you are learning java. i've been working with java for five years now, so if you have any questions feel free to send me a message at andresmect [at] gmail. the first book i read on this subject was the "thinking in java", by bruce eckel. it's very nice, very didactic, and you can even download a free pdf copy in his site: http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/
cheers and keep studying hard, that is what will bring you good fruits in the future.
cheers and keep studying hard, that is what will bring you good fruits in the future.
David,
My grandmother's behavior is partially caused by the big gap grandpa's death caused in her life. They had married young and she's spent the majority of her life with him, and the last few years completely occupied with him and his illness. She was also the only mistress in her house in Baghdad and then she moved with us and it was too much change for her.
Anyway, she taught me a lot about self control and anger management and I love her nevertheless :)
I will try to visit Hagia Sofia, we're bound to a program most of the time but we have some free time that we're trying to learn how to spend.
amect,
Thanks a lot for your willingness to help, but my uncle is an expert and I'm his responsibility :)
I am nearly finished with "Beginning Programming with Java for Dummies" and already have a copy of "Thinking in Java" which I'm planning to start with as soon as I'm back from Turkey inshallah.
Thanks for the advice.. and good luck for you too!
My grandmother's behavior is partially caused by the big gap grandpa's death caused in her life. They had married young and she's spent the majority of her life with him, and the last few years completely occupied with him and his illness. She was also the only mistress in her house in Baghdad and then she moved with us and it was too much change for her.
Anyway, she taught me a lot about self control and anger management and I love her nevertheless :)
I will try to visit Hagia Sofia, we're bound to a program most of the time but we have some free time that we're trying to learn how to spend.
amect,
Thanks a lot for your willingness to help, but my uncle is an expert and I'm his responsibility :)
I am nearly finished with "Beginning Programming with Java for Dummies" and already have a copy of "Thinking in Java" which I'm planning to start with as soon as I'm back from Turkey inshallah.
Thanks for the advice.. and good luck for you too!
very nice najma, hope you like the language. another worth a look is Ruby, which some people see as the java's successor. i started studying it and it's very nice and funny. cheers.
amect,
I took a quick look at the language site and it reminded me of Matlab! It looks nice and I will keep it in mind but I don't want to get confused with it now.
I took a quick look at the language site and it reminded me of Matlab! It looks nice and I will keep it in mind but I don't want to get confused with it now.
Few days ago however, my uncle lured me into learning Java instead of Visual Basic .NET, he said if I get really good then next year he'd give me work.
Good. And when you get back to .NET, learn C# instead of Visual Basic -- although they're formally equivalent (or nearly so), the syntax of VB is just ugly. C# and Java, on the other hand, are very similar.
Good. And when you get back to .NET, learn C# instead of Visual Basic -- although they're formally equivalent (or nearly so), the syntax of VB is just ugly. C# and Java, on the other hand, are very similar.
^^ nice blog!! ^@^
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I am so glad you are enjoying your vacation.
Good luck with....Umm..with what you are doing now.
It is really hard to catch up with what you are reading. :)