Summer Post #2

After coming back from Jordan, I have spent a lot of time doing schoolwork and finishing up some assignments that we were assigned to do from before the summer break started. I have been looking for CAS opportunities, and I have found out that Khalifa University was offering a Medicine Program for two weeks. I sent in my application, and luckily I have been accepted through a selective process to be one of the 15 people accepted.

The reason I signed up was for CAS, but it was an opportunity to make my mind on whether I want to study medicine or engineering in the next years of my life. It was a really nice experience, and I have met new people that made the program easier and more fun for sure.

The program included dissecting hearts, DNA extraction from blood, hair, nails and fingerprints, along with other activities that were interesting and exciting. The program and the activities help me to be more familiarized with different medicine specializations.

Summer Post #1

My summer so far and the rest of it surely belongs to the IB. My laptop, books and notes have been my traveling companions throughout this period. Others argue that summer is meant for people to relax and reflect on the previous school year, however, us IB students have no time to relax as we are meant to be working on our internal assessments and most importantly the extended essay.

Summer started off during the month of Ramadan, so hanging out would only be reasonable if I leave my house at 9pm, plus the weather in AbuDhabi would reach 53 degrees, so going out in the previous conditions was unpleasant, which had me stay home and be forced to start my summer work early. 

After a couple of weeks of spending the beginning of summer in AbuDhabi, I went to Jordan; it was so pleasant and appealing to see it after 3 years. Friends, family and the people there were all welcoming and loving. But the way they drive there makes me realize how lucky we are here in AD to have such traffic-less streets. Though I haven’t seen the people there for a while, I still had to take extra classes to keep some topics fresh in my head, these included physics and mathematics. I went to the dead see with my friends, which was an interesting and a memorable trip. But I knew that for every hour I spent having fun and relaxing, there are 4 other hours that will have to be dedicated for schoolwork. After spending a month there, I had to head back to Abudhabi and say goodbyes. So I headed back to Abudhabi, but the weather wasn’t welcoming which had me feeling down for the first couple of days.