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The Art of saying "Sorry"

Alsalam alikom wa ra7mat Allah wa barakatoh "I'm Sorry" when those simple words became so hard to be said !!! I just felt so yesterday.. I thought "Why don't u just send an email or an SMS saying 'I'm Sorry', does this cost u anything?" Actually this would cost nothing... but then I thought of them and... yes. Sometimes they cost. When not to say "I'm sorry": When you just said "yes, I did that to that person, cuz he just doesn't give me any room"... apology here may look like you are taking a backward step. Which may make you lose some ground... When to say "Sorry": When you feel you have mistaken. Saying "I'm Sorry" will make you feel more relaxed and believe it or not, in most cases it will make the other side less tension. One important note, never never expect the other side to say "Okay, I forgive you" this is just an advice not to be surprised by their re-action or by refusal of

Stressed ?.... a few tips to follow

Alsalam alikom wa ra7mat Allah wa barakatoh For the past week, dozens of things happened... some where bad, some where great.. al 7amd lellah for both. Today, I found an article that lists 52 tips to reveal the stress (or to avoid it).. I picked 15 points: Do nothing which, after being done, leads you to tell a lie. Practice preventive maintenance. Your car, appliances, home, and relationships will be less likely to break down/fall apart "at the worst possible moment. Procrastination is stressful. Whatever you want to do tomorrow, do today; whatever you want to do today, do it now. Plan ahead. Don't let the gas tank get below one-quarter full; keep a well-stocked "emergency shelf" of home staples; don't wait until you're down to your last bus token or postage stamp to buy more; etc. Allow 15 minutes of extra time to get to appointments. Plan to arrive at an airport one hour before domestic departures Simplify, simplify, simplify. . . Make friends with non

Do you have any questions ?

Alsalam alikom wa ra7mat Allah wa barakatoh Have you made any interviews so far ? Probably yes. You should be familiar with this question then as most of interviews end up with this question. Do you remember your answers ? After ur 2-5-hour interview, the least thing u may need is such a question. All you might think of is "Home, sweet home" you just want to go back home to have lunch and sleep after all those technical/HR questions you faced today, and this is exactly where the trick is !! Jenna Adorno (Technical Recruiter at MS) says: " We evaluate your interest and passion for Microsoft, the job, and this industry by the questions you ask, and no question is off-limits. " So, she suggests, never never never (she said it 5 times) not to say " no, I don't have any more questions ", she adds " you make an exhaustive list of questions and have them ready. " good suggestion I guess. - Never feel "This is a foo

Nosayba @ Morocco... 1

Alsalam alikom wa ra7mat Allah wa barakatoh, Here is the first episode of Nosayba's diaries in Moroccos.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My trip to Morocco You’re going.. You’re not going.. No actually, you’re going! There are situations in one’s life that can only be described with one word..”Miracle from God”..Umm..ok three words. This was the thought that crossed my mind when I was told that our trip to Morocco was actually approved, and our chance of joining the competition together, me and my two best friends, is not gone forever. The reason we were so thankful for this trip is that 2 weeks prior to the competition we were told that Kuwait University did not approve the trip due to budget constraints or something like that. Of course, we felt great disappointment back then. It was a life time opportunity to travel with your best friends for the first time –and the last- before graduation, and join such an

Regional ACM 2006... Memories

Alsalam alikom wa ra7mat Allah wa barkatoh It's 8 days since I last posted a message here... so long ;) Let me go to the subject.. My first thing to mention (cuz of circumstances other than being the 1st priority ;)) is about students in the competition.. When u go to the Regionals, u will meet 100+ new faces to u all share the same thing with u "They love to get AC". This doesn't happen even in ur faculty, ur department, u always find people with different orientations sitting beside u listening to the same lectures u listen to.. Anyway, it's a totally different feeling when u find everybody speaking about problems (ACM ones) and algorithms, codes, bugs, etc. It's just a dream comes true ;) On the contest day, we went in, found our table (with Egypt's Flag on it) then one of my friends asked me "Where can u find the Help for Java?" I replied "Java !! will u use java? or what".. While browsing My Computer to try to find the help for him