Today is Eid, so Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating this amazing day!
I applaud you if you're reading this, because I've seriously been so off my blogging game for the past year. Anyway, as some of you might know, I've been studying in the United States for a month now, and I decided that I'll be posting my reflections on here for anyone to read.
If you don't know this already, I'm doing 2 years of prep school before I go into college. Before I came here, people used to ask why I'm wasting this much time, and after this past month, I can honestly say that I wouldn't have been prepared if I had been going straight into college . It might be because I'm taking hard classes that are different than what I used to take back home, but I am glad to be here. Classes are harder than I expected, and sometimes I get really discouraged because my whole life, I was used to getting good grades, and everything here needs so much more effort than back home.
The hardest thing about starting at a new school is definitely making friends. You might think that I'm over-reacting but believe me I'm not. In a way, I was blessed to go to the same school for 12 years, but that meant that I was going to be the "new kid" here. Going from a class of roughly 17 students to a class of 130+ was really difficult, especially since I'm coming at a time where everyone in my grade had established their friend groups already. I know that this might sound really corny, but it does get better, trust me.
I applaud you if you're reading this, because I've seriously been so off my blogging game for the past year. Anyway, as some of you might know, I've been studying in the United States for a month now, and I decided that I'll be posting my reflections on here for anyone to read.
I was excited and devastated to leave everything and everyone behind.
Even though I had known for more then 6 months that I'd be coming here, that idea didn't really settle in my head till I started saying goodbye to everyone (which is an exhausting thing to go through so start doing that 2 weeks before you leave). The flight was the longest flight I've ever taken; 13 hours in the same position is not a fun thing to experience.
Even though I had known for more then 6 months that I'd be coming here, that idea didn't really settle in my head till I started saying goodbye to everyone (which is an exhausting thing to go through so start doing that 2 weeks before you leave). The flight was the longest flight I've ever taken; 13 hours in the same position is not a fun thing to experience.
The hardest thing about starting at a new school is definitely making friends. You might think that I'm over-reacting but believe me I'm not. In a way, I was blessed to go to the same school for 12 years, but that meant that I was going to be the "new kid" here. Going from a class of roughly 17 students to a class of 130+ was really difficult, especially since I'm coming at a time where everyone in my grade had established their friend groups already. I know that this might sound really corny, but it does get better, trust me.
Sometimes, being away from everything really gets to you, but you always have to look to the bright side of things. Spending Eid here was extremely different than the traditional Omani Eid I was used to. I spent the first few hours of the day with a mixture of emotions; both sad and happy, but as the day went on and I found more things to do, I realized that I was making myself sad for no reason. Eid is a happy occasion no matter where and with anyone.
I think that's all for this post. Feel free to message me or comment or keep up with me through social media or whatever.
Till next time!
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