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Never Give Up

      I am going to write about some people's stories . People who are not give up under any of the situation that face them. And  they continue their live. We must not give up we must solve our problems.

     First story is about Natalie, the swimmer who lost a leg. Natalie du Toit, the South African swimmer. She was only seventeen when she lost her leg in a car accident . She was going to a training session at the swimming pool on her motorcycle when a car hit her. Her leg had to be amputated at the knee. At the time, she was one of South Africa's most promising young swimmers. Everybody thought that she would never be able to swim competitively again.

     But Natalie was determined to persevere. She went back into the pool only three months after the accident. And just one year later, at the Commonwealth games in Manchester, she swam  800 meters in 9 minutes 11.38 seconds and qualified for the final- but not for disabled swimmers, for able boded ones. Although she didn't win a medal, she still made history.

     " I remember how thrilled I was the first time that I swam after recovering from the operation. It felt like my leg was there. It still does". Says Natalie " the water is the gift that give me back my leg. I am still the same person I was before the accident. I believe everything happen in life for a reason. You can't go back and change anything. Swimming was my life and still is. My dream is to swim faster than I did before the accident.

      The second story is about Bethany, the surfer who lost an arm. Bethany Hamilton was the best girl surfer of her age when she lost an arm in a shark attack. She was only thirteen years old and was surfing in Hawaii when a tiger shark attacked her and tore off her left arm. It happened so fast she didn't even scream.

     But Bethany was determined to get back on a surfboard as soon as possible. As soon as she left the hospital, she began practicing her surfing exercises on the beach. Everyone was amazed to see her surfing so soon after her accident. Incredibly, she finished 5^th at the National Surfing Championship.

      " the first time I went back into the water , I was so happy I cried" she said." It was easier than I thought. But obviously it's much more difficult than with both arms, and I have to accept I'll probably never be world champion, which used to be my dream."

     Since then, Bethany has signed a contract with Rip Curl and has written a book about her experience, which has been made into a movie. "I always dream of the ocean"   she says ,     " when you surf a wave, it's like walking on water, and when you're in the air, it's like flying,"

     To conclude, we must not give up easily. We must believe that Allah will support us. And if we fell in any problem or any difficult situation we should not give up we should solve it. " live is wonderful just understand it".            

Apple or Samsung Mobile

Akram Al-sharabi

Yemen Customs-Sana'a Airport

Manifest Manager

30 Jun 2014

From my point of view there are many factors affecting whether  to choose an IPhone mobile from  Apple company ,American company and the famous one in touching screen, or Galaxy mobile from Samsung company , pioneer  Korean company. I think the main factors are which one is easy to use, more interesting ,functional and price.

Although the two products have the same touch screen technology and all of them are smart phones but there are a lot differences of how to use it .I think Galaxy is easier than IPhone because the first one have some indirect keys .For example with Galaxy mobile you can answer any call by just getting it closer to your ear .Other example, with Galaxy mobile if you get any call and you want to make it silent, just touch it smoothly.

Other factor which it is important to compare is which one more  interesting than other .I think the most thing which made the Galaxy mobile is more interesting ,is it's applications .With Android operation system which used for it ,Galaxy has open source operating system and there are more then 200,000 programmer around the world develop it's applications while ,on the other side there are only 4,000 programmer for IPhone development.

Some people made some tests to choose which one is more functional than the other .They found the same results and almost the same quality ,but when they compared the  quality relative to the price of each one, they decided to choose Galaxy mobile because it cheaper then IPhone mobile.

Indeed , depending on your idea you can choose which one is the best .But  in my opinion ,if you want more easy and more interesting mobile ,you must choose Galaxy mobile from Samsung.

The story of Haj

Ten years ago I wanted to visit Makkah for Haj or Omra so saved money and told all my uncles that I will go with any one will go. I have waited for two years. Suddenly I got chance, to go to Makkah , from Ministry of Education with less price than other, I feel very happy .i went home to tell my family that news. My mother thought about that and decided to go with my oldest brother and the two oldest sisters and I had to stay at home with my father and little brothers so I feel sad and slept with crying eyes. In the morning I accepted my mother’s decision and gave them their passports.

After only two days my oldest uncle came and asked about me, and tolled me that he will go for Haj and he wanted me to go with him .I feel so happy and remember what prophet  Mohammed said( Who left some thing for Allah, Allah will give him thing that is better than)

At the same year my family went for Omra and I went for Haj.

( Thank Allah, Thank my parents, Thank my uncle and Thank all who help me )

Gamilah Al-Dhahebi Level 6B

Friends

         There are a lot of relations which we have in our life. Some of these relation cannot be forgotten. Friendship is the best relation we can get in our life. Friendship is a relation which cannot be seen but felt only, is not made but born. Friendship is good and necessary for human being as they cannot live without friends. Friend is a person who you know and like.  Friend is like a gift you give to yourself. Friend is a person in your life with whom you do not have any blood relation. In our life, we find friends in three types which are; true friend, fake friend, and acquaintance friend.

True friend is someone who understands and appreciates you as you are without exaggeration and pretensions. He is there for you through thick and thin. He can provide a lot of support and comfort in good times and bad. He does not judge you by clothes you wear or the size of your house. He loves you no matter what. He is a shoulder to cry on or a partner to laugh with. He stands by you in your time of need and listen to you when you are excited. He knows every little thing about you. He stands up for you in times of need when others do not. He would do anything to save your life. He provides you full support when you lose confidence in yourself. He is given the same attention as ones family member.

Fake friend is someone who is phony that he uses others to meet his needs. He will only call you when he wants or needs something and he always like gossiping about others. Most of the time, fake friend does not feel good about who he is so he lies about himself, his accomplishments and anything to make himself look better. He pretends to be friend and terminates friendship as soon as his interests are fulfilled. 

Acquaintance friend is someone who you meet in school, at university, on the bus, at work or anywhere else. Sometimes it is difficult to remember his name. You welcome him when you see in the street or any place. You cannot ask him to help you if you are in troubles. Also he does not answer when you call him at night. So acquaintance is a brief-known and uncomfortable friend that you does not show true color of yourself to the others.

At the end, friendship is a relationship that cannot be bought or sold. Friendship should be kept away from and materialism thought and goals because friendship is feeling. Life without a friend is like death without witness.

                                                                                        

NADA A HAMOOD ALSHARABI                          

IN INDIA

When I was first told  that I should write about a life experience   I thought what I am going to write  about , then a friend of mine told me why don’t you write about your trip to new Delhi which seemed too difficult as I cant brief two months on a few lines  ; but as soon as I started writing I could not stop ..

For me and for my friend it was a new city and so far from home; we did not know what we should expect; but what we got was even much nicer than what we thought.

We had great times discovering Delhi with its temples , old markets and modern malls .

I will never forget it is streets and our tours by  tok toks and metro ; I will never forget  the holi and the dance festival ;   that day when we saw the wedding and asked the father of the bride If we can join the party and he said with a big friendly smile (sure come on ) .

And of course I can't forget my institute CMC limited because in that institute I did not just learned more about Business communications and life skills I also learned many other things

I learned how friendship and respect can eliminate all differences between people  ;  it was the place which brought together people from 14 countries in one classroom to  share  their knowledge cultures thoughts and dreams , and later I found it is very nice to know that you have friends in many different  parts of the world and for my surprise I discovered that it is much easier to open your heart up to a friend who is so far away , I don’t know why   .

 Then there was that unforgettable trip to agra and jaipour where we saw  another side of India;  as usual charming and simple at the same time, I saw Taj Mahal shining like a pearl in the light of the sun , something I cant forget , the fact is although I saw it many times in photos , in reality it was totally something else , it was all white like it was built just yesterday  .

Above all there were the Indian people with all their diversity however  still have things in  common ; simplicity  kindness and tolerance ;  I remember that I asked one of the teachers in cmc how  do you feel about this diversity in your country don’t you think it can be confusing he just said no in fact I love it .

With my hijab I was welcomed in all temples and churches and of course masjids in Delhi ,Islamic and hindu landmarks ,I had never heard and comments about this ,  they are used to deal with people from all religions and Ethnicities , I was always thinking that  if Indians have the same mentality which we have , India will be torn to at least ten countries with about  22 languages , four main religions and I don’t know how many different ethnicities yet they have this sprit of each one should do his job without complaining .

 People in the Hotel were my family for two month, from the manager to the guy who wishes dishes in the kitchen , and I remember that day when I suggested  to cook Yememni food for the staff in the hotel and for my classmates and I remember how they loved it and how they kept thanking me for it .

As long as you have good people you will keep getting good things and with those people I believe that India will keep surprising us with its knowledge , art and beauty , even with their faults they still have many nice sides we can never deny .

Delhi may not be   the most beautiful city in the world ; but I am sure  it has something distinctive gives it a special place in the heart of the person who had  ever been there 

It is a city that combines Glorious history and modernity , where you may see all kinds of Contradictions  , the very rich and the very poor , the very beautiful and the very bad , the very spiritual and the very material but always not like  anywhere else , especially for someone who love historical places and love observing and communicating with people like me .  .

In  a short line it was a wonderful experience  in all ways,  I will always love Qutub minar , akshardham temple, the red fort, taj mahal and I will always love India  .

English in My Life

    The curriculum and the way of teaching English language in public schools in Yemen are bad. That will effect on the students future. I was suffering from that in my study, job, and life.

          Throw my study in university, in the faculty of economics and commerce in (account department) all my interest was finished my study. I did not think about English language. Through, I was suffering from two English curriculums. When I saw some of my friends who studying English, I said that I will study English after finished my major.

          After I graduated from university, my goals were about how I can get job and married. All my jobs choses were working with government. Because, I did not have English language. Throw my working life, I found some Opportunities to study master and PHD in foreign countries. But I could not get them. Cause, the same reason that English language. Also, studying master in my country the universities required TOFFEL.

          In my life and after getting married, I deiced to look for another job as a part time to raise my income. Although, I have good major but all companies required the English language.

          In the last, I deiced to moving my thinking about study English to reality. Now, Alhamdulillah I am studying English and I will continue until speaking English and getting the TOFFEL.  

By Fuad Alashwal