would you save that seat for me?
If you knew me,
would you finally let me free?
Hello myself! duhhhh
Last year, each time I introduced myself as a
fourth year student, I would feel proud and huge. Well, you know what I mean by
‘huge’. But this year, every time I say fifth year, I feel ancient. I wonder
what I will feel next year.
It’s September. New semester just began, which
means new students just arrived. Every single year (well since 2009) around
this time, something interesting never fails to make me laugh. No, I’m not
talking about me laughing at those naive and innocent looking freshies blurring
around the street admiring every single thing they found on this land. God
forbid, I would never do that!
A lot of people will approach me and assume couple
of false laughable things about me. The most hilarious greeting so far would be “Welcome
to Jordan”. Some people even thought I was a Yarmouk university student. Doesn't that sound ridiculous but high-larious at the same time? Maybe I should blame
myself for that, I’m not sure.
It gets even funnier when at most times, I actually
know their name or even a little more detail about themselves. You know, simple
things like which university, what year and what course. Let me give a simple
example of a real conversation that I encountered recently.
Greetings. How are you?
Hi. I've been better but thank you. And you?
I’m fine. Welcome to Jordan! What’s your name?
Err, thank you? It’s Ideris. You’re Derp right?
Yes I am. So how’re things with you so far? Do you have trouble with understanding the materials in Arabic?
Well they’re in English. So, not really.
Wait, are you studying in JUST? Medicine?
Yes, I do. Just began my fifth year.
Oh really? Okay. A clinical student?
Yes, how’s your third year now? Is everything good?
And the conversation gets more awkward after that. Not from my
perspective though, because I actually enjoy looking at their shocked facial
expressions when I told them I’m in my fifth year. This happens every year and
I burst into big laugh every time it happens. Oh I’m gonna miss this when I
graduated.
still I'm searching for something...
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