Friday, October 2, 2009
My biggest dream coming true :)
On Oct. 4th 2009 my biggest dream of studying interior design will be initially acheived :)
More than 10 yrs ago when I was 13 or 14 whenever somebody asked me what would you like to become in the future my answer would be an interior designer!
That was my forever dream. Today after 10 yrs from finishing Tawjihi I'll have the chance of studying ID :D
That takes me back to the yr 1999 my Tawjihi graduation year. It was the year of ants! A famous year when one of our Tawjihi calculus exam questions was about two ants moving in two directions. The solution of this question was Pythagoras theory.
That year I graduated from Tawjihi with a general point average of 84.9. Which was far away from the architecture that I wanted to study; my only way to become an interior designer at that time in Jordan. Where interior design was not a specialty in universities yet!
If you ask me when did all this started I'd say when we were moving from one house to another I used to go to the kitchen design visits with mom and that's when it has all started. Watching the many designs interior designers came up with to design a room of 4x6 m2 was amazing and very much inspiring.
Then I started dreaming as usual and imagining. But because architecture needed a very high GPA I was kind of hoping more than dreaming. Not becuase I was a lousy student, no; I always used to be one of the top students in my class. But because the Tawjihi system was neve fair. When I got 84.9 that was actually very convenient for me because I always wanted to study in Irbid universities. Either Yarmouk or JUST. I was always fond of the idea of independence ! My father was a very protective traditional one and did not allow me to study but in the university of Jordan. Which was a big disappointment to me for two reasons; the first is the independence one and the second more important one is that I could never study architecture with my GPA.
That left only one option to me or to be more accurate two options; the first was to study what my GPA allows me to which was Nutrition, while the second is to study ID or architecture in Irbid universities without my father's acceptance. Since I was still financially dependant on him I had no real choice back then but to study Nutrition which I did.
At the beginning I hated the university of Jordan very much to the point of getting low marks compared to what I'm used to. But then I had to face reality and accept it and that's when I decided to like what I'm studying. Bio and chemistry the major subjects to study in it where my favorites. And life went on till I graduated from uni with a 3.38 as GPA which is reflected as very good in uni terminology.
I decided not to work as a nutritionist because their options sucks; either a dietition in gyms or a dietion in hospitals. I decided to become a teacher instead! That was a nice choice because I managed to work as a KG teacher in two schools. The first one was more enjoyable than the second because it used teaching through playing and creative ways of teaching kids. Then I was offered an opportunity to work in HR in Fastlink (a telecom company on Jordan). Which I grew in to become an HR Sr. officer then I was offered another good opportunity as an HR team leader in eSense (a software company).
When I became an HR team leader I decided I don't want to keep working in HR for the rest of my life. That's when I decided to view my other options. And that's when the ID thing came back to my mind. And that's when I decided to re study another bachelor's degree in ID :)
That was my most sensical decision and my wildest dream coming true. I started looking in universities and I registered in one of the good ones that is known to most Jordanians ; Al Ahliyeh university.
My first studying day will be Oct, 4th 2009. A historical day in my life at least :)
I want to mention here that my friends supported me a lot. Especially my dearest REEM Al Qaisi and NEMATI Al Alami :) and my friends at eSense also supported the idea a lot especially Rawan R, Rasha I, Areej KH, while the rest of my friends at eSense were really happy for me. My Old friends from Fastlink were also happy for me. While my friend Jumana Bader was proud of me :) My family on the other hand resisted as usual my decisions. Mom, my beloved mom, thought that I'm settled down in what I do and I'm paid well so why would I change, my father thought that I should continue studying a Master's in nutrition or in something else, while my dear brother Abu 7meid was surprised and still until this very moment thinks that I'll try ID for a semester then stop.
What my family does not know that I'll never give up my dream no matter how old I became or what happens in the middle of my studying path, inshalla I'll continue till the end because a one whose been dreaming for something for the past 10 yrs would simply never let it go when she finds it.
There are nice details to this story like my self-belief that was reinforced by "Tafa2alu bil 5eir tajiduh" which came in the form of THE SECRET. Or like my work arrangements that were really flexible because of my direct manager at eSense who made it easier for me to continue ID.
And I'm sure that the list will grow longer through my enjoyable journey of studying ID :)
More than 10 yrs ago when I was 13 or 14 whenever somebody asked me what would you like to become in the future my answer would be an interior designer!
That was my forever dream. Today after 10 yrs from finishing Tawjihi I'll have the chance of studying ID :D
That takes me back to the yr 1999 my Tawjihi graduation year. It was the year of ants! A famous year when one of our Tawjihi calculus exam questions was about two ants moving in two directions. The solution of this question was Pythagoras theory.
That year I graduated from Tawjihi with a general point average of 84.9. Which was far away from the architecture that I wanted to study; my only way to become an interior designer at that time in Jordan. Where interior design was not a specialty in universities yet!
If you ask me when did all this started I'd say when we were moving from one house to another I used to go to the kitchen design visits with mom and that's when it has all started. Watching the many designs interior designers came up with to design a room of 4x6 m2 was amazing and very much inspiring.
Then I started dreaming as usual and imagining. But because architecture needed a very high GPA I was kind of hoping more than dreaming. Not becuase I was a lousy student, no; I always used to be one of the top students in my class. But because the Tawjihi system was neve fair. When I got 84.9 that was actually very convenient for me because I always wanted to study in Irbid universities. Either Yarmouk or JUST. I was always fond of the idea of independence ! My father was a very protective traditional one and did not allow me to study but in the university of Jordan. Which was a big disappointment to me for two reasons; the first is the independence one and the second more important one is that I could never study architecture with my GPA.
That left only one option to me or to be more accurate two options; the first was to study what my GPA allows me to which was Nutrition, while the second is to study ID or architecture in Irbid universities without my father's acceptance. Since I was still financially dependant on him I had no real choice back then but to study Nutrition which I did.
At the beginning I hated the university of Jordan very much to the point of getting low marks compared to what I'm used to. But then I had to face reality and accept it and that's when I decided to like what I'm studying. Bio and chemistry the major subjects to study in it where my favorites. And life went on till I graduated from uni with a 3.38 as GPA which is reflected as very good in uni terminology.
I decided not to work as a nutritionist because their options sucks; either a dietition in gyms or a dietion in hospitals. I decided to become a teacher instead! That was a nice choice because I managed to work as a KG teacher in two schools. The first one was more enjoyable than the second because it used teaching through playing and creative ways of teaching kids. Then I was offered an opportunity to work in HR in Fastlink (a telecom company on Jordan). Which I grew in to become an HR Sr. officer then I was offered another good opportunity as an HR team leader in eSense (a software company).
When I became an HR team leader I decided I don't want to keep working in HR for the rest of my life. That's when I decided to view my other options. And that's when the ID thing came back to my mind. And that's when I decided to re study another bachelor's degree in ID :)
That was my most sensical decision and my wildest dream coming true. I started looking in universities and I registered in one of the good ones that is known to most Jordanians ; Al Ahliyeh university.
My first studying day will be Oct, 4th 2009. A historical day in my life at least :)
I want to mention here that my friends supported me a lot. Especially my dearest REEM Al Qaisi and NEMATI Al Alami :) and my friends at eSense also supported the idea a lot especially Rawan R, Rasha I, Areej KH, while the rest of my friends at eSense were really happy for me. My Old friends from Fastlink were also happy for me. While my friend Jumana Bader was proud of me :) My family on the other hand resisted as usual my decisions. Mom, my beloved mom, thought that I'm settled down in what I do and I'm paid well so why would I change, my father thought that I should continue studying a Master's in nutrition or in something else, while my dear brother Abu 7meid was surprised and still until this very moment thinks that I'll try ID for a semester then stop.
What my family does not know that I'll never give up my dream no matter how old I became or what happens in the middle of my studying path, inshalla I'll continue till the end because a one whose been dreaming for something for the past 10 yrs would simply never let it go when she finds it.
There are nice details to this story like my self-belief that was reinforced by "Tafa2alu bil 5eir tajiduh" which came in the form of THE SECRET. Or like my work arrangements that were really flexible because of my direct manager at eSense who made it easier for me to continue ID.
And I'm sure that the list will grow longer through my enjoyable journey of studying ID :)
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