I work, but they do not pay me…

Since school is off and it is summer, I have seen lots of young students starting to work in new jobs and use this summer effectively and fill it with productive ideas instead of sitting home and get bored then complaining about life. Some are continuing their work and others started working for the first time in their life and they have no experience, those who don’t have experience are the most passionate individuals because they are eager to try something new and learn new things and get some experience, and I can tell I was one of them few years ago.

                Dear reader you might say this is not very interesting, because everyone can get a job and get paid for it. I tell you, true, but what if I and my friends work and for almost six hours a day for three months without getting paid and we are happy about it? What we do might be crazy for some, and specially for the elder generation like our parents and they might say why you want to work all this time and without getting paid? Why would you bother yourself, and they might even call us stupid and call it a useless job since we are not paid for it.

                Let me tell you what we do is not a useless job; actually it’s called an internship. Now am sure you are asking yourself what that is, and why some youth are doing it. To explain it simply, an internship is working in a company, NGO, media or any other place for a period of time without getting paid, to gain experience and you will be called as an intern then after completing the period of working you will get a certificate as a reward. This certificate will be very useful when you graduate from university and when you apply for a real job. To be an intern will add a very positive point to your resume or your CV.

Sweet reader, an internship is a volunteering work and you will get so many advantages out of it, so do not think inside the box, be open-minded and try to use this summer to learn new things and who knows maybe through experiencing an internship you will find what you are really passionate about.

p.s : Through my internship now i am more sure than i was before about what i am passionate about  :) :)

                 My first report

So at the beginning of this August I changed my timeline picture on facebook to a picture that says “August, surprise me”, and it seems like August could not disappoint me. At the beginning of this month I started a new, awesome experience in my life, an exciting and full of knowledge experience that will fill my mind and my heart with unforgettable memories.

As usual, whenever I start something new, I start it with excitement and positive energy. I entered the place and I looked around with a big smile on my face, knowing most of the faces but they don’t know me “soon they will” ;). Everyone was so busy and working very hard, some were super stressed and others were doing more than one thing at a time. Stress and hard work was so clear at Rudaw TV since they want things to be almost perfect. To be honest, I loved the atmosphere because I am used on being stressed and under pressure all the time, so I was so ready to be taught what to do and where to sit and where to go, one of the things I loved in me was I was not shy to ask, even if I am going to look stupid, at least I will be stupid for a short time not till the day I leave this place. So I was asking whatever came to my mind.

My friend kak Aso is my supervisor for three months until I finish my internship and he will be teaching me everything I need to learn. As for the first day I learned the basics and started to do new things and work on other things for the first time in my life. Now I know how things works behind the camera and how and by whom all these programs, news and shows are prepared.

Second day I did the same things as the first day adding a new thing, I made my first report. A news report done by me, by finding the topic, translating it to Kurdish and then recording my voice, then finally the report is ready to be on TV. 

I can’t wait for the upcoming days and see what they have for me to learn. I am sure there are hundreds of things there waiting for me to learn them. Wai babaaa I can’t hide my excitement:D. Maybe for some, working for three months without getting paid is nonsense, but for me it makes sense since I decided to learn new things and use my time in the right way instead of sitting home and complain about life. 

The coolest thing in EID "jazhnana"

"Jazhntan piroz" and "happy EID” to all of my positive readers ....

As it is jazhn, i was thinking about things that i am grateful for during jazhn and i found many blessings and uncounted things that i and you can be grateful for.

 jazhn's atmosphere is different and very special. people and neighbors visit each other and celebrate this awesome day and i am sure you do the same.

Since Kurdistan is part of Middle East you can easily imagine the atmosphere here. Most of the families wake up early in the first morning of “Jazhn”, and Men go to mosque to pray the jazhn prayer and congratulate each other by saying jazntan piroz and giving three kisses on one chick, (it's like part of the culture). But for women it's different, it is four kisses, two on each chick.

Then it's time to have breakfast at home, and one of the special things about jazhn is the breakfast because you won't have tea, some cheese with bread. No actually it is different and i call it supper special... in this special morning most of the families prepare white rice, beans, apricot soup and chicken or red meat... 

If nothing gave a special feeling of jazhn's spirit, the breakfast will definitely give you that feeling. 

You know everyone have their own special things to do and their own favorite things in jazhn, so for me everything about jazhn is so amazing but there are two awesome things that i always wait for them in jazhn,,,,

My first favorite thing in jazhn is hearing "Allah Akbar"

Every jazhn i wake up on this sound, when the khatib of the mosque is repeating the "Allah Akbar" which it means "God is the greatest" three times, i feel peaceful and grateful that am alive. When i open my eyes hearing this and i simply give a smile to this world.

My second favorite thing in jazhn which is the most awesome thing everrrrrrrr is “Jazhnana” or “3idya".

i am now 21 years old, and i am no more a little girl, but till this day i enjoy getting my jazhnana with a big smile on my face and a heart full of excitement, sometimes i feel i am still that little eight years old girl and my heart will come out of my chest when my father or my uncles call my name out to give me jazhnana. 

I know some of you might see it a little bit childish since am not a little girl anymore but i can't handle the overwhelming feelings of excitement in me. Maybe this is jazhn's effect on me, taking me back to the old times and waking up the spirit of that little girl in me.

I am grateful for these little things that put a huge smile on my face and make my soul fill with happiness.

You too start counting your blessings and be grateful that you are able wake up this morning among your beloved family members ....

Let’s learn from the three hard working angels.....

Hello...Hello...Hello.....

Dearest positive readers of this blog...

This time i won’t be writing about a topic or about something but actually i want to share a story of three angels with you and what they do in their life.

This story is not romantic nor a detective one, it's a real story inspired from our life and the characters are three walking angels on this earth, and to be clearer they are three awesome, young and inspirational Kurdish girls here in Hawler.

When we grow up and we are not teenagers anymore we still want to enjoy life, experience everything, try new things and take some risks. This is normal since we are all young and we should enjoy life and also enjoy our age, because we only live once and we want to make the best out of it.

But my lovely reader, have you ever thought that beside enjoying life and partying you can do other enjoyable things to help people??? Have you ever thought that a little word from you can change a life??? Have you ever thought that your actions might influence others? And have you ever thought that you might inspire someone with a smile???

I have wondered actually... i always think about these things and i always ask myself these questions.

Why? Because i want to be a better person, so that i change the bad points in me and so that i become a person who can make a change in my society.

I am surrounded by some people that make me and force me gently to think and look for direct answers to the questions that i ask myself since the day i met them.

They are three lovely girls; i call them the three angels. 

Some of the readers might know them since they are super active and famous.

They are Sazan, Bewar and Ashna. Three young ladies who dedicated their lives to help people beside working, achieving their dreams, studying and working as employees sometimes. 

Those three angels are life savers and hope givers, they make you believe that there are still good people on this globe and there are lots of people who need help. They, as simple, humble and wise human beings can give them a hand and support them.

Those three ladies work as volunteers without getting paid for anything and they support the lovely children in "Mali Xanda" the orphanage in Hawler-Kurdistan.

They help the children and specially the little once, with their life, home works and giving them love ,care and support and sometimes finding them a family, yes, when i say finding them a family am not joking or exaggerating what they do.

They found families to adopt some of the children and helped others with what they need. They provided some children with education and took them to school. Those three angels took the responsibility of the children seriously and they treat them as their family members when it comes to support.

Sazan with that wide amazing smile on her face and her full of excitement tone can fill your heart with love and happiness. She inspires other even without knowing that.

Then there is Bewar, when you meet this beautiful lady she will give you a warm feeling to be very calm and strong at the same time, whoever got the chance to meet her knows that she is a big fighter and she won't give up on her case and on what she wants to help others. 

Last but not least the strong, amazing Ashna, the more you listen to her, the more you will get knowledge and the more you will desire to help other people. She is an awesome educated lady that if she set a goal in order to change people's life, she will definitely achieve it.

I know if i wrote ten more pages to describe them and what they do i won’t be fair enough, but i just wanted to remind us all, that we can do great things if we really meant it, and we can make a change if we only pushed ourselves.

Those three young ladies could choose the easy way and ignore what is going on around them to avoid this entire headache like we say. They could just live far away from the problems and just do what they have to do, and they could just continue their study or work without getting distracted by other people's problems. BUT they chose the difficult path to help people and be happier.

Let's learn from them, even if we couldn't do exactly what they do, let's try and do our best and let's put a little smile on some faces that desperately need to smile and be happy in their lives.

Let's start with giving a smile and i am sure we will get another one back :)