Friday, November 03, 2006

My family's history

"The people can't live alone" that is what my family taught me. I think to us as an Arabian people we like the social activates. We prefer to be in-group more than to be alone. I do not know why but that is what we grow up with. "If you want to know anyone very well test him in the travel." That is an old say in my culture. Many people agree with that because, in the travel the people will be in them natural way. In my family, we have a traditional that every year we have two trips. For me I was been in all of them except the last two because, I was here in the US. I have many benefits that I took from these trips. One example is, I set most the time with people older than me that means I took some lessons from them, some experience from them life, and some new words. That is one example; another is to know all the people in my family.
Before sixteen years, the relationship between my family's members somewhat weak. That happened because they live far from each other. That means nobody know the people who live in another place. My uncle was not happy for that so, he tried to thing about some thing that makes the relationship stronger. He knew some people who own some buses. He rent bus and tolled the family that we will make a trip so, who is interest about this trip he has to come to sign up his name in his home. In the first trip the passenger were not too much. Because, nobody thought about the advantage for this rather trips. As my father tolled me, that all my uncles and my antis were the only people in that trip. When they back, they always talked about that trip. After a year from that trip some people tolled my uncle to make it bigger this time because, they like to go. My uncle did that so, he rent two buses to go. It was fun. Now in the last year they were around 200 people.
For me, this trip is a good chance to meet the rest of my family specially the people who work or study far from my city. Moreover, I love to work or serve in those trips because all of them are my family. In the bus while we are in the street usually we make some activates like the best joke and some questions. In addition, the women prepare some foods that we enjoy eat them in the bus. I forget one thing, which I like also to go to buy the supplies for the trip before a day from the trip. Another task is to arrange the people in the bus. All that happened before the trip. When we arrive to our place we, the worker divide the work to us like the clean for a group while the food will be taking care from another. I like to be in the group who go to bring the food in the morning or anytime. Another thing that I am professional in it is to make the tae and the coffee. Usually I back from those trips with a new friendship and a relationship.
I am very sad that I could not go with them last year. The worst thing happen last trip is when I called them all of them said that we missed you inn the trip. I do not know why sometime I like to back to me home maybe because this activates. In the next year, I will try to be with them.

The Happy Eid

Back to Saudi Arabia, in a small home, that collects parents and four additional members they start to prepare themselves for the holly month. The month, that has many advantage and many things that we usually do just in this month. In that home a cool person, his name is Hisham. He woke up with a huge power this morning. His body looks active. His easy has a beautiful view for the future. He went to a great parents in them bedroom. He naked them door while he walked very slow and tolled his self that he want to go out to buy some ting. He entered the door and talked slowly to his parents. He asked them when we would go to buy the supply for Ramadan. The parents tolled him okay; we will go after ten minutes go to wake up your brothers. He run like the hungry man when he saw the food or like the baby when he heard his mother's sound. He is in the room now, and he took the entire blanket from his brothers' bed. He is very happy. The reason that let hem happy is two things. One of them is they will go to the supermarket, that mean he will has a new toys. Anyway, the second reason is the holly month is very close. While his family changed their clothes, he remembered what happened in the same this month last year. He remembered the felling for fasting. The felling that make the people equal in the life. He thought how it becomes the poor and the retch in the same condition. He looked to that month as something very special. "Hisham, we are ready" that voice return hem from his memories. They made the list the have what the want for this moth. Every one suggested one thing that he likes and my mother wrote it down. After that, we went to the car, we but the seatbelt, and we move to the supermarket. Now we are in that place, we bought every thing that we want our mom to cook for us in that month. The month is start. That mean we have to stop from the eating, the bad speech, the drink, and many things. Do not say that is hard because we have many methods we learn from fasting. Think how is relationship between the people will become. Anyway, the first day in Ramadan mean to change our customs and our routine. We usually are as night people. Back to Hisham he now went to school at 9 am, that thing gift hem a chance to stay late. Now, he backed from the school at 1 am, after that he run in the kitchen to helps his mother, "what you want mom?" that was his sentence. After they finished from cooking, they stay to watch the TV for an hour. If they finished from the TV, they will pray and read the Holly Quran. In the food time we will set together to have our food. That is one thing about Ramadan. The whole family will be together. After they done from the food, they will stay to talk and study a little bet. In the end, they will go outside to hang out with the families and the friends until the midnight. That is the month a social month and a religion too. That thing will keep going until the month end. However, there is a special time near the end; it is the time to buy the new clothes to celebrate the Eid event and day. Back to Hisham, we made the noise again to go to buy the new clothes. He went with his family to the mall. He bought a new a traditional dress to wear it in that day. In the next morning, Hisham could not sleep. He stays all the night just to be awake as he can. He has a good memory to remember what happened in that Eid. His parents come to his room. "Happy Eid my deer" that was the beginning thing he heard in that day and the give him a gift. It was 100 dollar. He repeats the sentence to them. After that he wear the new dress that he bought it new, and went to all the family to meet them. Hisham prefer that part most in the Eid. They well go to see all the member of his family starting from his grandparents and all his uncle and antis. After they finish from that, they will go with Hisham to have a family lunch. In the end of that the will go to the Family meeting. In that meeting, all the people who has any relationships with his family will be there. In addition, it is a good chance to see all the family and talk together. In the end of that night, Hisham's father took his family to have fun. Hisham is very happy because he saw all his family in that day and he collect money that he can buy what he likes. The end of Ramadan also let hem be happy. That is the best ceremony for Hisham in whole his life. But, now he missed that thing.

The way to catch the goals

Did you ask a child for the reasons that make him eat every day, he or she will say to grow up and have money. The same question give to any student about the thing that encourage him and her to stay all the night to study, the answer is to take the degree to make the rosy future. That is what I call goal. I think that each one has his and her own goals. Do not think that it is impossible to arrive to your goal. Myles Horton said that to catch your goal you have to think in the steps ( The long Haul p 226). That is not every thing; you have to try once and twice. In addition, the goals can be retched whatever it takes a short time or a long time in the end, you will take it.
What is the goal? It is the step that each one looks to the step, as he or she wants. Every one lives in the life to do something that what I call the goal. Nobody live without reason. The reason that let the people go to them job from the early morning and the same reason that make the soldier go to fight, all that to catch them goals.
The goals divide to tow kinds of goals. The first one is the close goal and the other is the far goal. The close one is the goal that is close to do I mean close in the time. For example, my closest goal now is to finish from this semester with high GBA. This goal will happen after month and a half. In this cease, I think it is easy to catch this goal for some people and hard to another. On the other hand, the long goal is that thing which you will reach it after a long time. Back to my self to have the bachelor is one of the far goals to me right now.
"Working hard while using strong self-confidence gives you what you want." This is the mine equation to do what you want in this life. I learned this thing from my grandfather. I mean believe in yourself, you will be able to do the miracles. Who can think that the black and the white people will be equal? It was the goal to all the black people in that time but one man was able to change all of that. Not with his money or his power but, with his work with his strong believe in himself. "Don't say it is hard before you try." Try to do what you want and remember that the mille start with point.
Some people will say there are some goals that are impossible to reach for example to be a president for the USA. I can answer them and tell them that "Be honest with your self." Each person has a limited power and a limited space that he or she can deal with. Another thing is you can be a president in a small group. However, all of us are a president in his or her home, work, school, and many places. In addition, you have to think for all the goals alike that example. Maybe some con will take this part from page 227 in The Long Haul that said that some goals are impossible to do. I can give them an example from the history that proves that is nothing impossible in the life. What you know about William Walls? He is a Scotland person, who refuses to live in the Briton control. That thing made him made overturning about that condition. He did not stay in his home as the old generation in Scotland and said, "I will let them control us and we are silent." He tried and tried. In the end, he died but his death makes the independence to his country. Think about this.
Now, think about that. All the people are catch them goals and those goals are develop to a new goals. The example for that is if you finish from the BCH you will start to study for the MAS, after that you will think to take the PHD. That is the life. The goals grow with us. Some thing to remember all the time, "Do not say it is hard without trying one time and two and ten." With the time and the hard work, you will do what you want. Moreover, do not forget the knowledge that helps you to do that.

Monday, October 09, 2006

The style in the life

The style in the life

One day, while I waked in the main street an old guy stooped me to ask me about my clothes. The way that the elderly man asks me the question made me answer with my honor. In the same day, another young man asked me the same question but in arrogantly way. I did answer him. In addition, the way or as they call it the style is the important thing in every thing in the life. Each person has his own style in the speech, the work, the writing, and every thing. Let us narrow the people with them style and talk about a specific kind of people. The reporter has the style that can affect the reader more than anything in the article.

The author has to use a special way to explain the point that he or she work in it. What is the benefit to use the style in the writing? I think the writer has to consider the reader is from which level. The rank of the reader is important to make the style. For example if you want to write to an advance people who are in the university you have as a writer to use a style that fit to them level and so on. Also, he or she has to choose the words that work in his style so, if the author want to talk in the article with the children, he or she will use the simple words and the easiest to understand. Those are some of the benefit of use the style.

Now after we done from the introduction about the style, I think all of us use a different style that the others. In each paper we write, we have to look to the way that we spouse to deal with it. In the school every teacher has his or her own way that he or she wants from the students submit the homework. The same thing is in the work place. Each job has used to use a specific way to do the work in it. For example the woodworker has his own way to do his job that is different than the ironworker.

Now, let us talk about the articles that I read. I think the long one which has "The nation that fell to earth" as a topic is more interesting to me. He or she I don’t know use the story as the style so, he said every thing he want in that story. That is what makes the article very easy an enjoyable. Also, he wrote many facts in the article and his voice in writing kind of strange.

That what have about the style. And don’t forget to have your own style in the life such as in the specking, writing, and every thing in the life. Try to make the style that you think it is close to your method and don’t take any style form another person. “Be your self” this is the important thing in the life.

Friday, October 06, 2006

Should the government know all the info about us? And should we know all the info abbot the government?

The government has the complete right to know all our info that help them to keep on protect us and watch our benefits. That can make us live peacefully.
On the other hand, we don't have to know all the info that the government has. Because, we just want to know a littil bit about what happen around us.
This is what I think.

Monday, October 02, 2006

What we saw - Bob and Bri

Released on sept 11 2006.

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Are you afraid from the death?

Watch the leaf; they have a specific time to fall down from the tree. That means every things has expire date. After that, they will die. The something happens with the organisms. They live for many years after that they disappear. In addition, some people died for a human goal like William Wallace. He died to independence his country. This person is alive now because, he has an exalted goal. Also they are many people who died in with the same goal. On the other hand, some people after them death, the people forget them because, they were a bad people. Now, most of the people die and they have believes that they do not afraid from the death. Because, if you have a strong believe about anything you will see the death for that thing very easy and comfortable. The question now is, do you have believes that you will die for.

For me I have many believe that I like to die for them. Some of them a personally values and the rest are a religion issues. One of my personal values that I want to die while I am doing that is help the people. I think serves the people is more important that serves myself. I catch a great felling when I serve the people around me while I do not take care to myself. I know that almost the people think this is a stupid thing but for is one of my methods in the live. Another thing that I love to die for it is my religion. I love to die to show the world that Islam is a peaceful religion. I like to die if the people will see something about Islam.

That was a part of my answer. Unfortunately, my language still weak or I have a lot to write. I hope that you understand what I mean in this subject. Now think about yourself do you have any things that you like to die for? Do not be like the animals; they do not have any goals in the life. It is beautiful to have some goals in the life.

Friday, September 22, 2006

The Media between the America and the Arabian countries

While the war between Israel and Lebanon, I thought that my English is very weak. The reason for that is I read news from an American website and move to read the same news in an Arabian website. It was the opposite. I couldn’t believe that. After that I decided to see the main reasons for that. I searched about that and I saw many things. Some reasons that able to understand and some can not. I will give you my point of views.

One thing that I saw is the Arabian media have an onsite look to what happen around the world. They give the real news without bias with anyone. That thing make the people watch them and take them the main courses. Also, it is one of the Arabian cultures. I can not imagine that some time they say news that is against them. That is amazing. Also, in the Arabian channels you can see the news from all the word not jest from the Arabian countries. Now, they open specific channels for sport and fore economy. Also, the owners for the media are not following to any group or any people. They are an onsite people that have the ability to give the viewers the real news.

Here in the USA is the opposite. The owners for the media control that to help them in the first place. They do not care about the viewers. As I know the some of the famous channels here own by Jews organizations. That can prove why the media here give the fake news especially about the war between Israel and Lebanon. While I search about this subject I fund a link in the Internet that shows this. This is the link for your information: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7828123714384920696&q=propaganda. This movie talks about how the Israeli people control the media here in the USA. Also here, they give the Americans people the bad image about the others country and I saw that. Last year they put an animations show that is very bad about my home – Saudi Arabia. They talked that we used the old cars. Also, they show that we are unlettered. I couldn’t believe that. After a day from that show, one guy asked me if we travelled by camels in Saudi Arabia. I answered hem that we have cares that they are better that what they have here in Bozeman. Another one asked me if I am a killer. I asked hem if he saw me with a gun or a knife. I tolled them don’t believe the media. Try to search about the news in many places.

Now, I have to see the same news in many website to be sure about it. I do not know when I will have the chance to watch or to hear the true from the television and the radio. Also, I hope that the American people try to know a little bit about the Arabian culture and about the Islam. Because in that case they will judge if what they hear is right or wrong.

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

The 9/11

The government

This is one of my writing in the CLS class. If you have any thing to say about it, I will be glad for that.


Can you imagine the people without rule? Can you think the humans without will live without leader? I don’t think that will work. The people will be live as animals in the jangle. The people have to have a judge to control the residents. "The government is best which govern not at all" that what Thoreau believes. Now do know what the benefits to have government in the earth.
What will happen if no government can control the people? I think they will be as animals. The big will control the small. The rich will attack the poor. That is what will happen. The same what happen with the animals. The same thing if the area has a leader he will make the designs. He will make what he thinks it is right.
On the other hand, the government is better than have one person. I have the reason to say that. The government is created by many people. If any one will make a mistake, the rest will correct hem. "One hand can't clap" that is an old say in Arabic.
The most important thing about the government is to control the area. They will take care of the people. They will be the responsible to offer the good live to them residents. Also, they will protect them. That is some of benefits that the government give the people.
Some people said that the government is very bad to the country. I have the answer to them. Look to the old generations, see how they lived. The leader was control them as what he look. He took everything from the people. He made the people as his slaves. There is an old leader that that married more than 30 women because, he was the last word. Now did you say how the world will be without government? Think about this. I am glad that I have good government in my back home – Saudi Arabia. Also, I am happy to the American government. I hope that you understand my point.