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 ... :)

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

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

Jay 3bali a7ki ..

It's just weird how people fall inlove easily , or may i say fastly !!
ok if i've been asked how many days love needs i wouldnt know what to answer , but still not that fast or easy .
they are propbably some standards to be considerd , or maybe not , as they say love blind .!!
aaa i got it now , so thats why its blind , no time or standards ?!
ok to whom is reading this , please think before u fall , and if u already did dont move fast , be wise take ur time and know how to deal with the opposite sex , dont be just like a sticky paper.

ifff khalasit
w shokran :)

Maroc with pictures.

Arriving Assila after 3 hours driving !!
















Mosques in Assilah.

Paintings in the road .

The market

Paintings in the Hotel

Sea view from my room :)

The Hotel i stayed in .

Hercules cave / Tangier

Maroc Part deux ;)

I dont know what to say , from where to start and how to describe my feelings !!! am soo amazed happy and sad at the same time , let's start from the minute i left Qatar .. :)

10 hours flying from Doha to Casablanca airport , very tiring for me since it was my first "long Distance " flight , non sleeping and headache the whole time but it was worth it .

with "bonjour , ca va ? labas ? " i started my morning in Casablanca airport , everything in french , and with my little knowledge of it i could manage a bit , it took me a while to find my bag and the airport was really crowded and i was almost dying from all this !!! the minute i stepped to the arrivals door i couldn't see anyone holding my name which i was afraid of , until i walked till the end there was an old guy holding the "forum's " name i attended ... :)

3 hours from the airport to Asilah driving , my excitement died !! and i lost attention of anything , i barely took pictures of the road and couldn't speack with the driver since his "classic" arabic was poor but tried hardly to understand his Moroccan accent .. !!

once i arrived the hotel it was more like a village next to the sea , they gave me a sea view room which i fallen in love with the minute i arrived :D , it was lunch time and they told me that the group is on their way .

i went down to meet everyone , i only knew 2 guys from the organizers and for my surprise they were busy and didnt come for lunch :( so a guy asked me where i would like to sit , and i squeezed myself with a Moroccan group , who were amazing but still couldn't understand a word !!

according to the schedule after that we were supposed to go to the library where the work groups should meet , and my mission should start from there , i picked a group where i saw a name i recognized from a friend and he was Jordanian as well ;) , then after that i met some people from my work groups who were really nice and we even went together to see a Moroccan house , my first day was almost over when they suggested to have Moroccan tea , but i couldn't manage to complete the night and dinner since i was fainting and fully exhausted !!!

up till now i was feeling horrible , what brought me to this place and why am i doing this !! i couldn't really cope with the people yet and am already sitting alone in my room :( , i went to sleep waiting for more of the next day ...

it was breakfast , i went down to find an Egyptian lady sitting by herself , food wasn't served yet , so i went for a walk on the sea side , then i came back and sat alone on one of the tables , a Sudanese guy came and sat with me , very kind , talked to me as if he knows me since a long time ago and telling me all about the forum and what usually happens , he told me that i missed last night's party "which i didn't know about and i still regret not being there when i see their pictures " , off to the library and then to the meeting rooms i started to know people more and more , and had the intention to introduce myself .

in lunch time our table was crowded even everyone noticed that , i was really happy , at least i can talk to people and started to have fun from that point , i finally felt comfortable , at night there was a traditional party , where everyone should represent his country , i was wearing the Palestinian scarf , i got lot's of comments on that and was soo happy and proud of it :)

2 days left , we went to tangier the next day , 5 hours of great time , people i didn't know took really good care of me and a cute guy gave me his jacket when i felt cold ;) , i will never forget that night , our group of nine people missed the bus , and started running in the street to catch it !!!

the last day came :( , we didn't want to leave each other , we used to spend almost 24 hrs togather from breakfast till late parties at night , but the moment came , and we had to leave all back home , with tears , emails swapping and facebook id's .

the next morning i had to leave to casa since my friend from work lives next to it and i wanted to spend my last day in morocco there , attended the train for 5 hours which was really a new experience for me and it was amazing .

nothing interesting happened next , touring in busy street of Casablanca and missing the group of Asilah .


Hashem , Kamilia , Hazem , Roa'a , Ahmad , Mariam , Motaz , Amr , Sara , Amineh , Hanan and all my friends who made morocco a better place to spend a good time with .

love u and miss u all .. :)

Maroc ce soir .. :)

Tonight am heading to Morocco inshallah , i will face a new experiance going to meet new people and have the time to relax for a while in the moroccan bath ;)

i wanted to keep a diary of my feelings before going there so i can read it after i come back and see how i was thinking of it.

it's a forum am attending for youth and migration , 140 arabs and european will be under the same hall roof , sponserd by King Mohammed VI himself and lot's of "big heads" will attend as well.

for me it's the first time to go to such an event , and what made me more confused that most of the participants are used to it and know each other but not me !! i only know the coordinator and his friend whom ofcourse won't be soo free to be with me the whole time..

at last i wish it will be peacefull trip , fun and full of new adventures.

To be continued ...