Enjoy your Life

In my free time, I used to read books or online articles that are related to different topics. The most book I really like and I read several times is “Enjoy your Life” for Dr. Mohammad Abd Al-Rahman Al-Arifi. This book is concerning the ways of dealing, winning and influencing others. The author supported his beliefs and ideas through providing stories from his own experiences, besides our prophet Mohammad peace be upon him and his companions’ life. There are many topics discussed in “Enjoy your Life” book such as:

·         Improve yourself

·         Do not cry over spilt milk

·         Dealing with (poor people, women, children, slaves, servants and animals)

·         A hundred ways to win people’s hearts

·         Be kind at the first meeting

·         Remember Names

·         Hold the stick from the middle

·         Do not kill yourself by grief

·         The art of discussion

·         Smile and keep smiling

Personally, I applied what I read in this book and I witnessed AMAZING results.

I highly recommend you to read this book which is translated now to English. I am sure you will like it and read it more than once.

Eating an odd number of dates ! !

Dates provide us with excellent health benefits and high nutritional value. I realized the great benefits of dates and that’s why; I used to eat them in a daily basis before my main meal. When I was young, my father taught me to avoid eating an even number of dates since our prophet (peace be upon him) used to eat an odd number of them (1,3,5… pieces). Actually, I didn’t ask about the reason because I believe that anything Mohammed (peace be upon him) recommended us to do is absolutely for our benefit. Two years ago, I heard a man in a TV program said that there is a study done by non-Muslims explains the reason of why it is preferable to eat dates on odd numbers from the medical point of view. He said that people who are suffering from diabetes and kidney problems shouldn’t eat (or eat very little)  dates since it will increase the sugar and potassium in their bodies, hence have a negative impact on their health. The study discovered and concluded that dates will be transformed in our bodies as sugar and potassium in case of eating them on an even number; of course we need these elements but if they are exceeding our bodies’ needs, it will affect our health adversely. The AMAZING thing, he said that if we eat an odd number of dates, large portion of it will be converted into carbohydrates which give energy. What I found it interesting is that the purpose of what Mohammed (peace be upon him) recommended us to do 1,400 years ago is just discovered before recent years. 

Exam at Emarat Petroleum

Since it is my last year in the college, I have applied for a job in many private companies and government organizations during the event of Careers Fair. Last week, Emarat Petroleum called me to inform me that on Wednesday 11/April/2012 there will be a short test held on their main building to examine my knowledge and decide whether to interview me for the job or not. I accepted that since Emarat Petroleum has a very good reputation in developing employees' skills and motivating them to improve their performances. The exam should start at 9:00 am but the company delayed it a little bit waiting for other job seekers to come. I was worried since I wanted to reach my college at 11:00 am sharp since I didn't want to miss Mr. Tridib's class in which he will cover the chapter that I am going to teach for the second project. We stated the exam at 9:15 am and we were students from different colleges and universities such as Dubai Women's College, Dubai Men's College and Zayed University. The company provided us with exam consisted of five papers including theoretical and numerical parts. The theoretical part included many questions shown in three papers such as define: Assets, liabilities, bank overdraft, depreciation, cash flow, bank reconciliation besides writing entries for some transactions. The numerical part contained fewer questions than the theoretical one such as: converting currencies, finding the average salary for the quarter and the discount amount of money using the discount rate given in the question. For me, solving numerical problems was easier than writing definitions. I took one hour answering the questions so I could attend MIS class. Emarat Petroleum told me that they will inform me about my results through a telephone call and I hope to get a job in their Finance Department :)

  

My Bazaar Project

Dubai Women's College provides students with the opportunity to think, discover and implement their talents through a special event called Bazaar. This event is run for three days for the purpose of encouraging individuals and groups to start a mini business and operate it by themselves using their knowledge and skills. My group and I chose flat footwear’s business since we believe that ladies care a lot about their styles. The name of our business was FASHI shoes. The majority of people thought that FASHI refers to Fashion, but there is a story of choosing this name. Actually, we took the first letter of each group member's name (Fatma, Aysha, Shaimma, Hamda and Iman) and gather them to create our business name "FASHI". We sold variety kinds of footwear; sandals, slippers, and flat shoes. These footwear were designed by us using different kinds of accessories such as crystals, artificial flowers, feathers and buttons. We charged different prices for each shoe based on its cost and the materials used to design it. Each day of the Bazaar, we offered a master piece presented on a special standard and it was the most expensive shoes for the day.     

We believe that promotion is very important for us to increase our sales. Therefore, we used different ways to promote our fabulous shoes through publishing a website besides other promotional tools shown in the image below.