New year’s resolution, are they reachable?

I read two articles about new year’s resolutions. One of them was written by the UK government, and the other one was written by Steve Errey.

These two articles made me realize that many people can’t achieve their new year’s resolutions because their goals are unrealistic and poorly planned. When you are trying to achieve a goal, it should be something that you care about. For example, you can’t just decide to learn a new language if you aren’t really going to useless in your life. Also, you should have a structured plan, divide it into stages, explain how are you going to reach your goals. Another reason is that when people wait until new year’s eve to set their goals, so they lose their motivation by the time of January first is here. I think that if you really want something, you would try to get it at the same time and not wait until the new year. If you can wait to change something, then you don’t really care about it as much.

I’m not really a “new year’s resolutions” type of person because I believe that if you want to do something - that you’re convinced with- you should do it quickly and spontaneously. However, that doesn’t mean that I don’t want to change something about myself. One thing that I want to work on is to start reading more books. I’ve only read 5 books in the past 3 years, which is something that I’m not proud of. I really want to read more books because I want to learn how to use my time in a productive and entertaining way at the same time. Also, I want to learn how books are written in a way that attracts people into reading and finishing these books. However, the main reason that I want to read more for is that I want to see how the authors think, and view the world. I want to see how they explain their feelings on a piece of paper. Furthermore, I believe that reading books can also change the way you look at life, either it was a negative or a positive view. I’ve struggled with reading books before because I got bored quickly, and because I didn't know from where to buy some.

As I said before, achieving my goal won’t happen unless I have a structured plan. My plan to read more is that I’m going to tell many of my friends, who enjoy spending their time reading, to make me read with them. Then, with their help, I want to read 1 book per month by reading 10 pages from any book at night. Hopefully, that way I can be able to finish 300 pages in 30 days. So, my goal for 2017 would be would be to read 11 books by the end of the year. Reading books is beneficial to me because it would help me through both of my academic and social life. For my academic life, it would help my English language by letting me apply what I’ve learnt through reading. Also, it would help me understand the difference between the types of writing. In my social life, it would help me spend my time effectively. Also, books are a trusted source of information that are not only used for school, but for life as well. Some books might even change the way you understand life. Reading books is such an important habit for someone to have, and I hope to gain it.   

YOLO

One of the greatest abbreviations I have ever read. You Only Live Once. We all live in this life, and we all want to live it without any regrets. However, a lot of times in our journey trying to live life as successful as we can, we forget to enjoy it. We want to succeed in life and to have a suitable life style that provides us happiness, and that’s fine, but what we forget is that sometimes success in life is about enjoying it. We keep working our entire lives, and we say that when we finish this work and succeed that is when we will start enjoying it. But that is not true, if any we will be missing life at that point. You should be enjoying your life in every moment of it, even when you’re working. I know that we all want to be special, and that’s not surprising, but being special doesn’t mean that you have to keep working your entire life and never enjoying it. Sometimes being special is more simple than that. However, I’m not saying that you shouldn’t work hard in your life, all I’m saying is that you have to enjoy it.

 We all have different aspects for what is special and successful. To me, success in life is that moment when your soul is leaving your body and you’re satisfied with your life. When you like your choices, and you have no regrets. But It’s hard I know because we all do mistakes, and it’s hard to not regret at all. However, they say that you never regret what you did as much as you regret what you didn’t do. It’s not about how much money you make, or how much you are loved by others. It’s about you living your life, and how much effort do you put in it. A lot of times we get frustrated for something we did wrong, or we didn’t succeed in, but the most thing is that we forget the fact that we tried our best. It’s more hurtful to not try at all than to fail. We all have dreams, and I’m positive that we would do anything to make them come true. The problem is that sometimes our fear is greater that our dreams. But remember this,” You Only Live Once”.  They say failure is the only path to success. I didn’t believe that at the beginning. I always thought that if I was scared of failing, then that would be my motivation not to fail. However, I discovered that there is a lot of my dreams that didn’t come true because I was scared of making them come true, or dying while trying to make them true. But now I know that there is no point in living, unless you made your dreams come true. Now I know that it’s not about being scared of failing, it’s about how much you love success; it’s about how much you are willing to pay for your dreams.

In this journey of yours you have to know that time isn’t going to wait for you until you get over your fears and start fighting for your dreams. Only time should be your biggest fears. My Biggest fear now isn’t that I’m not good enough to achieve my dreams, it’s that I wouldn’t have the time to finish them. I only live once. We only live once. And I know for a fact that we don’t want to spent our lives saying how much we’re scared of life and failing. I believe that we should spend every little minute of our lives making steps toward our dreams. I believe that with every breath we take, it is the smelling of dream that makes us breath. Our lives are too short to be wasted. We appreciate every second that we live, and we should try to make the best out of it.

we need to speak out!

  We all live in a world where everyone has a voice and wants to speak. Some people try to kill our voices, and we shouldn’t let them do that. They try to make us live life the way they want, but we won't settle to that. We need to speak out. Our freedom is important because it is the only way we can survive. We need to live the way we want and say the things we want because other than that we would die! It's important for people to live in a place that respects their opinions, for if they didn't find such a place they would be miserable. If we did not express our feelings or let our thoughts out, there would be no use for them. We need to be heard to feel important. Our human nature needs to feel the need of it in a community. Thus, people always preferred to live in democratic countries. Another big major benefit for freedom of speech is that it would develop the country using the people’s opinions. For example, people would suggest ideas and solutions for the community to make their life easier. Also, if the government offered the people their right of freedom of speech, then it would limit the number of revolutions on the government. Because people would have already told what they want to say, they wouldn’t have to protest for their decisions. Our ideas and thoughts will be spread out into the community, and they will protest for us. Another thing is that if people shared their opinions together, then they will get to know each other better. They will get to learn about each other interests and opinions, whether it’s about politics or anything else, and that would lead them to having a more bounded community.

   Although freedom of speech is really important and should be given to everyone, sometimes it could cause problems. For example, there are some people that take freedom of speech too far, so they start saying cruel and disrespectful statements about others without caring about their feelings. This will cause some conflicts between people because of the lake of respect between them. Another thing is that these disrespectful statements that people would say would be considered as bullying, and it would probably cause socializing issues or lower their self-esteem. Also, some opinions might encourage people, especially youths, to do bad things that affects the country or themselves in a bad way. For instant, what’s happening in the middle east, where some people are calling youths to join Isis, and they are convincing them that killing people and blowing themselves is a good thing. Furthermore, people could disrespect their king or government and that might cause them to leave their country or protest in it, which will affect the economy in a bad way. Also, some of the people’s opinions would be useless because when everyone is allowed to speak that means that some people would just want to talk and say anything without even thinking before saying it. There is a statement in Arabic that says, “your freedom ends when it effects others’.” I totally agree with this saying because it explains the idea that we should have freedom, but in terms where it won’t hurt anyone. However, I believe that people can work a way in order to have a respectful freedom of speech in their communities.

   Even though there is a lot of problems for freedom of speech, I believe that it should be a civil right for citizens. If people really think through it, they could find some solutions. One of the solutions to keep the freedom of speech from crossing the line is that the government should put a law for people that offense others to go to jail. However, I think that these people in the society are civilized enough to know when they are going too far with their speech. This way people would have to respect one another in order not to go to jail or be exposed to any other types of punishments. Another way to help people control their freedom is by educating people, and by teaching them the true meaning of words. This way people could understand that some statements and words could hurt others deeply. If people understood the true meaning of a word, its roots and where it came from, they would be most likely to understand why that word is so hurtful and cruel to others. Also, we have to raise awareness between people, which will probably lead people to reduce the amount of bullying in their society. However, I believe that people should be able to limit the amount of unawareness in the society and set boundaries to themselves by their selves, not by the laws and the punishments that the government determine. It’s important for us to find a solution for the problems that are caused from freedom of speech because if we didn’t find a solution, then the government might take that right from us. 

             

The story of a librarian

Mr. Jazi is a librarian at King's Academy, but he is not like any librarian and I will tell you why.

 yesterday I met Mr. Jazi and we sat down and talked for about an hour, we talked a lot, I asked a lot of question to get to know him better and I discovered a lot of new things about him actually.

Mr. Jazi has 5 daughters and 3 boys,one of the girls lives in Germany with her husband since August 2016. She has 3 daughters, a boy and she's currently expecting a child. Her husband is German.They met in the German University, she was a professor assistance there and he was a student. He proposed to her and she said yes, now they're married. her husband speaks 4 languages: German, Arabic, English and Spanish.

Before working at King's Academy, he taught  navigation, communication and fire control science for 11 years on a ship in the sea. He was a second navy officer between the years 1980-1990. Then, he worked at some  merchant ships as a second officer, then a first officer, after that he worked as a port captain for 8 years. 

A really cool information I found out about him is that he know Morse code. He thought me how to write my name in Morse code actually.

When I asked him would he rather stay in the library or the sea he said:" I would choose the library every time.'' he also said:" In the sea you never change, you always stay the same and that's boring, but in the library you get to learn new things every day about the world and your self as well."

He told me that his favorite food is fish so I asked him would he choose fish or books?

he said: " I'll choose books because food is always available" 

Mr. Jazi has read over 10,000 books in his life, amazing right?

The library of King's Academy was built by the ruler of Dubai, Mohammed ibn rashed al-Maktoum, he is the one who buys the books and finance the library. 

Mr. Jazi's American friend suggested to the headmaster of King's Academy that Mr. Jazi come and work there in the library and so Mr. Jazi came to King's Academy. he loved the library and working in it because he loves reading books. 

Guess what! Mr. Jazi has a facebook. His username is Jazi Alsaleh, add him guys!

I asked him if would he be willing to live in the campus of King's Academy he said sure because when you live in the campus, then you're living for the students, to offer them knowledge, 

Mr. Jazi traveled to many places including: Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Kuwait, United  Arab Emirates, Oman, Pakistan, India, Tanzania, South Africa, Singapore, Germany, Belgium and Holland.

Mr. Jazi's role model is his grandfather, he was the head of the family, he helped a lot of people, that's why he became Mr. Jazi's hero.

When I asked Mr. Jazi about his dream job he told me that he wanted to work with books, so I figured that he has achieved his dream, he said:" I always chase my dreams, until they become a reality."

A funny story that he told me that he has a daughter and a grandchild, both of them are 10 years old, they would always fight about who is the closer to Mr. Jazi the daughter or the grandchild. 

I asked him about his name, what does it mean? he answered, the name Jazi comes from the word reward. Indeed, Mr. Jazi is a reward for the school, his family and the world. 

My way to the space 

Hi guys, today I want to write about something that I really want, it's a job actually, an amazing one. 

 

Space is such a curios, wonderful and a calm place. I do feel related to space because I'm as curious as it is, probably even more. Space is my destination, the place I want to be in, it's my runaway. Since I was a little girl, I have always dreamed about going to space, living there and all that kind of stuff. That is way I began to chase my dream to go to NASA. 

As a little kid, I always had hope and I always said that I will go to NASA, but when I grew up I found out how hard it is, so I decided to quit.

After I  kind of lost hope, I read this article about a girl from a school called King's Academy that went to NASA. That day I had hope again, but this time I knew I had to work a lot to go to NASA and to finally reach my destination.So, I started searching for how I can get into King's Academy to pursue my dream.

After 2 years from waiting to get this chance, I actually got into King's. I was really happy when I did. Now I have most of the way ahead of me, but I know I did a good job so far. NASA is my way to my destination, that's why I know I will do my best to go their, because I'm passionate about it, I'm passionate about space.