Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Going to Chicago and Texas - A Small trip to the USA

Took the visa , booked the ticket and flied to amman for my original destination at the begning , stayed there for 18 hours and in december 25th i flied off to Chicago ...

The plane was full so no place to sleep more than your own chair which i can hardly do with my EXTRA tall legs !! 14 hours of flying , non sleeping AT ALL , so staying awake and drinking coffe was the solution.

when i arrived the airport everything went smooth , regular questions as the interview ,then i went to pick up my bag since i have a connection flight to San antonio / Texas , the bags took time more than expected so i missed my flight , the closest one was the next day same timing , my sister called our relatives there to come and pick me up from the airport , i was so shy cause i barely know them and we see them like once in 10 years lol !!

when i arrived their home , i slept like i never did , and woke up the next day and seen the heavy snow , we called the airport and they said all flights were cancelled and the next flight to catch was after 2 days !!

we didnt do lot's of stuff in Chicago since it was snowing the whole time , but my relatives showed me around the place in the car , went to the movies and then to the mall.

the 2 days passed quickly and i finally flied to texas , but guess what !! i lost my bag !! the good thing was that we recived it the same day after 6 hours :) yes thats america , systemized in everything same like the arab world no difference at all !!

texas was great , i really had fun , i fell inlove with the american people , so kind and lovely , they say sorry and excuse for anything and everything and they really care !!

Here comes the best part , i contacted Noura , THE BLOGGER and we chatted for like 20-30 minutes since she wasnt at her place at that time , noura sry but i have to mention the whole story ;)

it was 9 in the morning , and my sister came to wake me up saying "dana telephone bazon noura" , i was shocked happy and excited , then her voice came "sho ba3dik ma w3eeti yallah 2omi sho 3m tistani" loool i really miss that conversation girl !! we talked about everything as if we know each other from ages , then she called me again to say bye , noura i really liked our small conversation and like to talk more about other stuff like we agreed ;)

last but not least everything was easy and simple , checking in and out procedures werent bad at all and i never felt weird because am an arab !

USA am coming back soon inshallah , wait for me ... :)

Saturday, January 23, 2010

How it all started - a small trip to the USA ..

It all happened quickly and unpredictable , i had 3 weeks vacation (it was a must to finish them before the end of the year) i thought , Amman ? am getting bored of it and 3 weeks is way too much to handle !! hmm lets think , i called my friend in Palestine and begged her to come to Jordan she said also 3 weeks is too much but suggested the states - as my sister lives there - i laughed alot and said naaa visa issues tickets i cant afford all that and ready for it !!


Secretly and without anyone's knowledge i did it , applied online took the picture , bank account and booked for the interview in the embassy , it all happened within less than a week and Wednesday was the day , didn't want to wake up cause i thought it's hopeless for a single female to get the visa but my mom said yallah u have to go !!

i met a syrian lady in the embassy , she was soo excited unlike me - so sleepy and faithless - she was soo scared and wants to get the visa in any way since she wants to meet her future parents in-low , we made jokes and talked about everything , her number was before me and suddenly she came back smiling " ma 3atooni eyaha" and left ! i was thinking "and so am i " a couple of numbers came then mine .

quick and simple questions , my main reason to visit the states is for shopping as i mentioned and to visit my sister , the agent was so serious at the beginning but at the time i said shopping and touring around he smiled and went on asking me about my job and family :)

handed me the paper and said "Dana you can get your passport on sunday " !! i wasnt really sure if i got the visa or not but i felt that things went ok , i asked a friend he said "wallah tli3ti ashtar mini akeed akhadeteeha if there was no rejection letter" and so i did .

The very next moment all qatar knew i got the visa and flying to the states the week after , weird questions , and things to bring from there but i got really excited and just want to leave to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA !!

TBC

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Post of 2009

بعرف انه انا متأخرة عن هالموضوع تقريبا اسبوعين او قريب الشهر ، بس الفترة الماضية كنت باجازة و هلا رح احكي عنها اكتر
كيف كانت معكم سنة 2009 ؟؟ بالنسبة الي كانت مش طبيعية ، كتير احداث حلوة و تغييرات يمكن جذرية و اثرت فيي كتير عنجد

ما بتذكر مرق علي شهر صعب او بدايق لانه اللي بعده دغري بتعوض بسفرة برة او نشاط ببسطني ...
بسنة 2009 زرت 4 بلدان ب3 قارات , مصر و المغرب بأفريقيا ، لبنان بآسيا و ختمتها بأميركا على اخر اسبوع منها
بهاي السنة تعرفت عليه اكتر ، حبيته ، كرهته , تخانقنا كتير و بالآخر اتفقنا نفترق بس و نحنا صحاب و عقلنا كبير !!!
تعرفت كتير على ناس ، سواء عن طريق الشغل الجديد او حتى من خلال سفراتي
عنجد ما بعرف شو بدي اكتب عنها اد ما حبيتها ، كل اشي كان اله ذكرى حتى الزعل و الصراخ و العياط كان غير شكل
يا رب تكون سنة 2010 خير علينا و على الجميع ، تكون حستاتها اضعاف سيئاتها
يا رب اهديهم و صبرهم و عافيهم ...

و كل عام و انتوا بألف خير