Last year I was taking a course on companies’ law, the lecturer gave out our seat numbers and we were asked never to switch places with anyone. Daleen ended up sitting beside me through the whole semester, we used to exchange hellos and how are yous and all that sort of greetings but we never really talked. Naturally I skipped a lot of lectures, and she would always volunteer and keep me updated with the latest assignments, tests and anything the lecturer says. Once, we greeted each other like we always do and then she reached inside her handbag, took out some papers and gave them to me, “ He asked us to bring a copy of those papers, so I brought one for you, I figured since you skipped the previous lecture that you did not know” (He refers to the lecturer), anyway, she handed me a copy, I thanked her and expressed my appreciation. The end.

This semester I’m taking a course with Daleen again, her seat number is next to mine. Last week she did it again! I had skipped a lecture where the professor gave us an assignment, she did my assignment for me and gave it to me the next lecture, it had my name and seat number on it! This girl is so sweet! She left me in a state of shock! I never knew people who are this nice even existed! We’re not friends and she doesn’t want anything from me, she’s simply nice! I thanked her, and I’m very nice and sweet to her, but I still feel that I owe her big time, and I have no clue how to repay her! She never skips a lecture, she’s never late to one, so I’m kind of stuck here, how do you repay an extremely nice person?

I decided to be nice to people I don’t know, she really inspired me! I mean I AM a nice person in general, I always offer my help to people I’m not friends with, especially when they do not ask for help, I DO help people out, but I decided I’d do more good deeds to people I don’t know, just a second ago I did a very nice thing that should save a girl I’m not friends with a lot of effort, thanks to Daleen! I just can’t get over how nice she is, she’s sooooooooo nice, soooooooooo nice, do you get how nice she is? Sooooo nice!

At screwing up everything that is beautiful!

I had a new hair cut, half of my hair is gone, I look horrible, and I feel even more horrible! I also had it colored, I specifically told her not to touch the roots and dye the rest of the hair the same color of my roots; my natural hair color, I also told her I want my hair trimmed. The result: I have black sirilanki short hair now.

Me: What do you think of the new haircut?
Her: Nice, na3eeman!
Me: The color?
Her: Your natural hair color is nicer, but on the bright side, it makes you look whiter. (As if I need to look whiter! Ugh)

Talking to my sister’s hubby:

Me: Ala’a, what do you think of the new hair cut?
Ala’a: Ummm, ehm.
Me: It’s horrible isn’t it?
Ala’a: Nooooooooo! Not at all! It’s nice, but why did you cut off so much of your hair? Long hair suits you better!
Me: E7ki wallah mu bishe3
Ala’a: Wallah mu bishe3!
Me: Tab e7ki wallah
Ala’a: 7akait! Wallah wallah wallah mu bishe3, bas hadak kan 7ilou 3alaiki kteer
Me: Ya3ni hada mu 7ilou?
Ala’a: Imbala
Me: 2oul wallah.
This could have been worse right? I mean if I had dry frizzy curly hair with this haircut and hair color I’d kill my self, and it’ll grow back, right? Yes it will! I just need to hide away somewhere in Afghanistan until it grows back. I’m going to miss Jordan, I’ll send you guys postcards with the hostages who manage to escape Afghanistan.