Irbid… Here I Come!!
Being a student in Yarmook University “which is in Irbid” while i still live in Amman for this semester is harder than i thought it would be!! it’s like a challenge to be there on time everyday “especially on Sundays”!!
and even if i was lucky enough and got a ticket on an early bus… I still have to hold my breath! sometimes the bus breaks down on our way.. or maybe the driver is so sleepy that he’s driving under 60 km/hour… or maybe sometimes it’s just bad weather conditions!!
but even in the best cases it still takes me up to 4 hours everyday from and to the university!! and i come home feeling notious, tired ,and not in a very good mood.. not willing to study..i just want to sit back and relax!
So I thought about living in a dorm in Irbid.. that would be more comfortabe for me and it would save me some time…
Since I didn’t meet any Yarmouk student living in a dorm… my friends from JUST recomended the dorm they are staying in.. i was told it was one of the best.. so i went there… took a look.. liked what i saw! registered and paid for the second semester!!!
I didn’t ask other people about that dorm before registering… i didn’t ask about other dorms either.. i simply registered and paid!!
Now the big and misterious part will be “MY ROOM-MATE”!!! i don’t really know her.. i only met her once.. she seemed nice! but is she nice enough?!
Living in a dorm away from my family will not be easy… my brother expects that i will become a careless person “hamleh” and my grades will fall… my friends are worried that this experience will take me away from them… my cousin warned me from sharing food and water with my room-mate “she had her reasons”… and many people told me that i should’ve asked about this room-mate and i shouldn’t have agreed on her…
But hey!! look at the bright side!! i will save more energy for studying “don’t look at me like that.. i WILL study more!”… and i’ll learn how to be independent and responsible since i’m gonna have to prepare my own meals and clean my room! and i will spend more time in Irbid and discover the beuty of another Jordanian city!
So it’s been a month since i bought my first pan, cutting board, and cooking pot! i’m so excited i started packing weekss ago! Yesterday my mom prepared me some pickles, makdoos, and jam “marmalade” jars.
I know i’m going to miss my family.. but i want to miss them!! that will remind me how much i need them!! after all it’s an experience! and it’s not like i’m moving there for good!! i shouldn’t panic!! I will take care of myself and i will not turn into a “hamleh”! i will study hard! and i will stay in touch with my friends!!! my nice room-mate will not try to put poison in my food!! i will be just fine inshallah! no need to worry! right?!
Abeer, Just bribe saleh and you will be the first to get in Hijazi
That’s a tip of 8 years experience in yarmouk
Comment by Jad madi — February 10, 2006 @ 8:19 pm
it will be a good experience indeed. I was lucky cause my own sister was my room-mate! I used to live in some dorm in irbid too for almost 3 years.
you’ll witness lots and i mean LOTS of girls’ fights ! oe shad sha3ar
and about the room-mate, try sharing food at first, put a schedule for the cleaning, washing dishes and fixing up the room. if you found out that she is UNCLEAN girl, dont waste yr time with her, change her or change the room, immediately!
most of girls fights happen because : unclean room-mate, too much phone calls after midnight, too many friends during exams, oe le3eb el shaddeh
i hope you will not pass through all this, and good luck
P.S. you’ll miss yr family at 1st, then you’ll get used to
Comment by raindrop — February 10, 2006 @ 9:18 pm
Jad, thanx for the helpful tip! never thought of that! and 8 years?! i’m hoping it’s because you got your PHD?!
Raindrop, thanx for giving me a clear picture for what i’m going to face.. and i already wrote a list of rules considering the tv watching, cleaning, and having friends over.. inshallah there will be no shad sha3ar
and as you said, i can always change my room-mate or change the room…
now i’m thinking what if she’s the one who is not comfortable with me!! it could happen!! i might drive her crazy!!
Comment by Abeer — February 11, 2006 @ 1:34 am
wa 2a5eeran Abeer in Irbid ! well inshallah u will have a good time all in all
regarding el tabe5 o hai el things i remeber myself had a complete sets of pans pots o kol ishi , bs wallah i never used them , maybe this is not the case with u since u r a girl
about yr grades , it depends on the person deep inside Abeer
regarding the part of which that yr family will miss u …. this is the best part ever , u cant imagine it till u try it , at the weekend when u come back u will be the Queen , like Abeeer sho bedek takli el youm ………. ya3ni u will have an extra amount of love in a different way , u will like this part
u will be introduced to a new term called shantet 3amman , i never liked it !
anyway u will have lots of fun , of having more freedom and privacy and more responsibilities to take care of , bs at the end u will enjoy it there !
Cheeeeeerz!
Comment by Dar — February 11, 2006 @ 2:38 am
ahhhhh, U excite my lovely memories by mentioning Irbid.. i really miss this charming city badly
u r so lucky Aboor by wade into such experience
I’m sure U’ll love it
have fun and high grade in the end
all the best
Comment by Mansour — February 14, 2006 @ 12:24 am
Dar, thanks your comment!
i hate shantet 3amman already! i hate packing bags! and about being treated as a queen.. i’m really looking forward to that.. it’s about time to have my family apreciate my presence
Mansour, Thanx! i will be posting about my stay in Irbid soon inshallah so you could have all the nice memories back again
Comment by Abeer — February 17, 2006 @ 4:10 am
[…] She wakes my up everyday in her sweet special way “on the sound of the hair-drier” just in time to get dressed and head to university! I’m pretty sure she won’t poison my food! And inshallah we there will be no “shad sha3ar” fights between us! On the contrast, she made me feel welcomed in every way possible! And she cheered me up yesterday when I was down. And by the way she studies all the time “she’s a JUST student” so it’s almost impossible for me not to open my books everyday even if I was just looking at the pictures! But she knows how to have fun too when she finishes her studying J […]
Pingback by Abeer’s Blog » My First Week in a Dorm Report — March 2, 2006 @ 1:53 am
hey 3beeer!
3abeer is rly gr8…she study marketing like me…7deret m3ha mu7adara ta3et el marketin….wallah tslaet bes el mu7adara kteeeer 6wileeh!!
she is gr8 person rly!1
take care 3abeeer
Comment by Ayman!! — March 21, 2006 @ 11:13 pm
hey abeer
hope u r ok
wish u good luck
o take care
Comment by Nababteh — September 4, 2006 @ 3:25 am
Whoever reads this thinks Amman is like million miles away from Irbid !!. If you throw a rock from Irbid, I am pretty sure you can hit somebody in Amman — ok, maybe somebody in Zarka (my “themeh shewy wa’saa”. Anyway, Studay hard and focus in getting the heck out of there as fast as possible. This experince is going shape your personality and turn you to a street smart girl but it could also get you in the wrong direction if you are not carefully pay attention. I don’t want to sound like I am giving advices here but I life next the Safeway and I visit Jordan once every four years. I see nothing but a lot of the Yarmouk girls going back and forth looking around … only few though but they increase every 4 years. It is 5/24/07 and I will be in Irbid on June 8th. I was looking for pictures of Irbid and that is how I got here. Good Luck with your studies and life. Stay Cool
Comment by Maher — May 26, 2007 @ 7:34 am
hey there
I don’t really know you, but I was searching for dorms in Irbid.. ( since I’m going to live there for a while too) so I found your page and I have to say.. now I’m more excited to go try living in a dorm..
I was thinking of taking a single room..
(guess I’m hard to live with.. and plus my taste in music is kinda.. different ^^; - classic classic and more classic – not fadel shakel or any of those dudes!)
well anyway.. good luck to both of us
Comment by Farah — July 30, 2009 @ 12:23 pm
heyt here…so you only have one yr. and youll be a graduate!!! I hope your enjoying your experience in irbid!! I go to yarmouk, along wit my sister, and we’re just constantly moving around…first we were in the dorms, but there were alot of rules that we disagreed with,so bye bye to dorms…lol…and then we moved out to our own furnished apartment(next to safeway), and it was great up until we faced certain strange problems…and now we are looking for another apartment, and not much luck either ;(, but we’re not giving up yet…lol..the search continues…
Comment by rola — September 12, 2009 @ 4:24 am