Bugis land

Posted by Dhia in Daily on April 9th, 2013 , tagged with , .

Not sure how to start nor where. I had my spring break last week and had too many incidents to write down.

I arrived in Jakarta around the 20 something of March in an evening and the following morning I found my jetlag body in a market shopping with my beloved mother things that we wouldn’t find in Doha. Corrections, things with cheap prices. The day after, we drove off to Cimahi, Bandung, to visit my grandma from dad’s side. We stayed over night until the next afternoon and found myself in a plane going off to Makassar the next morning. Wow. I couldn’t feel my body that day haha.

As soon as we arrived, some of our family members in Makassar picked us up and without blah-blahs, they drove us to the Bantimurung waterfall where the nature was just breathtaking!
The day after, we went up to the higher ground to Malino to see the tea farming and colder air off the Makassar area. For me, it was beautiful as it’s something I have seen previously earlier in life but not for my little brother who was born and raised in the Middle East and mostly see sand haha.

The trip did not just stop there. The third day there, early in the morning, my aunt, uncle, mother, little brother and I took an approximately 6/7 hours drive to the city of Polewali in the Western Sulawesi where a relative’s wedding reception was going to be held. Also, it is my maternal grandmother’s hometown. I remember being there around 10 years ago where I didn’t have any camera to capture the beauty of high lands and beaches just right across it. We arrived during the late afternoon and was greeted in a family’s hotel where the wedding was being prepared for the day after.

Just before I thought I was getting my rest, I hear the fuzz of people around the hotel at 5 am in the morning, cooking, getting the venue ready and also doing their make ups while the event is still at 11! haha

Mummy (in black hijab), grandma and her aunts


Mum, grandma and I —- Some locals who attended the wedding in local outfits. cutee~

The bride and groom in Baju Bodo

Just before the wedding finishes, we made our way back to Makassar and went to Trans Studio the next morning!

Cute actor in Trans hahahaha

It was fun :) :) I’m so proud of the theme park hehe

After Makassar, I stayed for another few days in Jakarta before heading back to D-town :(

Hah, what a fun packed spring break :)


London

Posted by Dhia in Daily on February 9th, 2013 , tagged with , , .

Here’s a little souvenir from my recent trip to London :3

HIIIIIIIIIII hehehehehe

Last week, my mum accompanied me to London for an interview at Middlesex University, in the Hendon area. Alhamdulillah the interview went very very very well, it was really fun and different, in a way. It wasn’t the typical one-to-one interview but we were put in a room of 17 applicants and were divided into groups of 4-5s with a given task. It was interesting to work with people you haven’t met at all before as you have to get to know each other and at the same time finish a task in about 20-30 minutes time. I had the opportunity to interact with students in the UK and the program leader of the university as well as a tour around the campus!!

My interview was held on the 6th of February but mum and I already arrived from the 4th afternoon. We took a stroll around town on the 5th (although it was very frustrating for me as it was the day before /i thought/ my life was gonna be miserable! hehe) I also had the chance to visit Central Saint Martins campus of University of the Arts London, one of the biggest art universities in Europe with many famous alumnus including Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldermort), Alan Rickman (Professor Snape), John Hurt (Mr Ollivander), Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Alexander McQueen, Jimmy Choo and lots more! yip yip

Super mummyyy yeayy



The Hague International Model United Nations – Qatar 2013

Posted by Dhia in Daily on February 1st, 2013 .

Just in my previous post that I mentioned “Supah dupah busy”…. it even got busier recently where I had a ten hours Applied ICT (info & communication technology) exam which was divided into 1 hour per day. Basically, I’ve had two full weeks of exams, including exams of other subjects! Minus the stress of avoiding university deadlines and preparation for the THIMUN (The Hague International Model United Nations) conference.

Speaking of THIMUN, which took place at the Qatar National Conference Centre from January 30 to February first, it was soo much fun and a life time experience! Not only I got to interact with people outside of my school here but in fact, there were also people from outside of the country who came for the conference. For those who are not familiar with what MUN is, I have previously stated in a post but i will write it again. It is the simulation of the real United Nations conferences, aimed for young people to understand the processes of United Nations decisions and for us to be aware of current events and issues in the world. Each person is delegated to a country (not necessarily your nationality, since there will be many of the same ones. and we cannot choose our delegations) and is obliged to do research on particular issues in that country. We have to create solutions and statements regarding the assigned issues. You don’t have to be interested in politics to be able to join this, in fact, I have no interest and intentions to be involved in politics what so ever. MUN simply helps you gain understanding of the world, the things you need to be aware of, manners and trying to put yourself into other people’s shoes. Not only that, we have the chances of expanding your circle of friends especially when you are in a big international conference such as THIMUN!

Few days ago, I had one of the greatest experience in THIMUN Qatar 2013. I used to be shy, blabbers my point and not really aware of any global affairs. By joining the MUN club and the THIMUN Conference, I was encouraged to speak in front of a lot of people I’ve never met before, speak in a structured way and do research on a specific country, trying to put myself into other people’s shoes.

I won’t say anything else, let the photos tell you all :3

Qatar International School squad (some missing and some extra people outside of school, ha)

The famous Maman spider sculpture by Louise Bourgeois being a permanent resident of Qatar National Conference Centre.

Auditorium of QNCC. It was beautiful <3

MUN works exactly like the United Nations where we are being divided into different committees to discuss different issues. This is how the committee rooms looked liked.

Photos were taken by the lovely Sherif, who was part of the press team during the 3 days conference.


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