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| moana (profile) wrote, on 6-26-2004 at 4:44am | |
| Music: radiohead - the gloaming Subject: it is now the witching hour |
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| right. i guess these past couple of days have been pretty dull. that's probably why i haven't updated much. good news, i've stopped eating. i'm past stage 2. bad news, i popped 3 of my knuckles and i couldn't quite pop them back into place and now they look kinda weird. i'm not so angry anymore. moving on from this topic (i swear i'm not usually so.... this), i went to my dad's place yesterday. let me tell you all about THAT. ok, so i go up to him (and please imagine all of this in kuwaiti please) and i stit down next to him and say, "baba, i'm taking the entrance exam for Kuwait University sometime in the next couple of weeks." and he goes "good. because you're not going anywhere else." and i said "i thought maybe you n i could go together, you could take me there." and he reads his paper and goes "ok. call me." and after a momentary pause i go "baba, you taught me to have more than one option. i remember you always told a7mad (my big brother for those that don't know) to have more than one option. well my first option is KU, but my chances of getting in with my GPA are 22%." he stops, puts down his paper and looks at me. "why? you're a smart girl. what's your GPA?" "3.42 and it's not just that. even if i had a 4.0, my chances of getting into KU would be 25%." "why" "it's just the way KU works." silence... "baba i've already been acccepted in two other universities. i've been accepted into University of Denver and American University of Dubai." "why did you apply to them without telling me?" "i didn't, college board sent them my SAT scores and then they asked the school for my transcript." "SAT?" "it's this universal thing that most universities ask for. it's just math and english." "you love them both" "yes i do" what'd you get?" "1250 out of 1600" "that doesn't sound good." "yeah it's very good. i only know 3 other people that got higher than me. 1280, 1290, 1310." "oh. well then that's really very good." "i still want to go to KU, but i want to have other options too. in case i don't get accepted, i want to make sure i have other choices. i can't go to a private university, we don't have the money and neither do you. if i can't get into KU, i may have to leave for a university education." silence. "it would be really hard on you to live in a faraway land. inshallah you'll get accepted into KU, we'll use wastas if we have to." "inshallah. but baba, i had to switch majors 3 times to go into KU" "oh?" "yes. my first choice was the army but they don't let women in. my second choice was genetic engineering but we don't have that major here, we only give scholarships for it. my third choice was piloting, but they don't give scholarships for that or teach it here, we have to pay for it with our own money." "si what are you taking now?" "engineering of some sort." "you should take mechanical engineering, or electrical engineering" "whatever you say, baba." "i only want what's best for you." "i know. baba, i got a lot of mail from some pretty good universities." "bring it over next time." "inshallah." "now go help your aunt (stepmom) prepare lunch." PARTY! I'M LEAVING THIS SHITHOLE! |
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| Anonymous | ac speaks, 06-26-04 2:30pm Hell yes! :] |