Two weeks later....

Great picture of Aisyah and me.....

....and Not so great update on Aisyah

When somebody is lucky, we say (in the country of my birth), that his spoon had fallen into a honey pot. That is what I thought when Fahad accepted to swap my boy for his girl. Not to fall into stereotypes (and just in case I get accused of sexism, I have both, a boy and a girl, which gives me a tiny authority  (in my eyes  😉😉) to talk about the subject with some inside knowledge...(hahahaa...this is not to be taken too seriously) ),  boys and girls ARE different! In general, one of the things is, that girls are better with studying (again, don't get me wrong, I am not saying girls are being smarter than boys and heck, I am now in a school that has male majority and there are some absolutely brilliant boys ...) but at some age girls are calmer and more study inclined ( you can check statistics, in quite a few countries number of girls in  universities have exceeded the number of boys and it is slightly worrisome as media sometimes praises girls too much to the detriment of boys.... but I am getting way out of subject here... ).To be honest, I thought that Aisyah would  be easier to handle, first because it would be a "girl-girl" situation (😉) and second, because she would be maybe more responsible and also mature (another point out of subject, girls generally mature faster and earlier but sometimes......sometimes charm of boys is non-replaceable (but not in too great doses as they can also drive you crazy!)

To cut to the chase, I have nothing to report on Aisyah! 

I have checked couple of times and haven't seen that she has done any work (contrary to Fahad's boy 😔) and communication with her parents did not prove very fruitful!

I have written 4 sms' to Aishyah's mother (she is not on whatsApp) . Two sms-es have gotten thru but other two have returned (heck, I don't even understand what is going on and I DID try resending them...). I have tried calling Aisyah's mom and it either rings forever or ...sounds like I am calling Mars ! (I wait... sound is rattling (popping/crackling/buzzing), I wait some more, it never rings and then the line dies.... ). Maybe it is some kind of parallel universe, twilight zone or something! 
Once (suprisingly!) long ringing ended up on a voice messaging service. I have left a message to no avail, she has never called me back or tried to contact me any other way. 

I have met Aisyah's mom on the first day of SE weekend. She seemed quite nice,  she could understand some English and let me have her phone to install "I learn Ace". We even chatted for a while (I did most talking though), she was not very talkative (now I see where Aisyah gets it from...just kidding!). It might have been because of her English but she seemed to understand and was willing that Aisyah do work on her phone. I tried my best to explain the value of the platform and advantages that it could bring to a girl like Aisyah but.... 

All my messages were obviously in English  but I am becoming a bit desperate. It did cross my mind to ask one of the boys from my group to help me translate or make me a simple message in Bahasa.... but I did not dare. The timing is soooo bad... we have so much work and next week is the midterm week ... I just don't find it is something I can ask  right now....I will try to ask one of them during the break week.

My attempts  to talk to Aisyah's mom

Team work

Since I have nothing to update, I have decided that every time I will write about something that I haven't already written about (and is kind of relevant). So today, it will be about my team-mates!

 Surprisingly (ha, this message is full of unexpected  turns), team work proved to be effortless. From   the beginning, every member was assigned a task. I shared transport committee responsibilities,   which wasn't too hard as I have a car. Every member assured their part though, papers were filled,   everyone was at school on time, food was timely and tasty, there were no money issues etc. And the   teamwork wasn’t just that weekend, it was also meeting we had prior to going to SK Bangsar, our   Malaysian friends translating the guidelines on writing the blog. It was replying to each other’s   questions to check facts or asking a team mate when you have forgotten how to do/access   something on "I learn ace" platform. Team work is that Ajwad has sent a gentle reminder  to         remind  us not to miss tonight's deadline! 

  Everybody is kind, reliable and helpful, it is just as it should be! (textbook definition) Guys, you       will probably not read my blog, but I would work with you again any time! Thank you! 

My team!