As many of you already know I landed on the island of Australia around 3 months ago, in that time not much has happened really but there are a few events, moments and feelings worth mentioning.

The day I Passed the CCNA test

On one sunny day I had booked my CCNA(Cisco Certified Network Associate if you must know) exam, the exam was on 5:00 pm ( According to CISCO if you are more than 15 minutes late you cant take the exam), I was checking out the university till about 1:30pm came back thought to my self I would sleep for about and hour and then revise a little and head off to meat my inescapable destiny, to make the long story short I woke up at 3:30 , I was so freaked that this what I remember of the period between 3:30 and 5:15 : 1.Got into train which took an extra 15 mins than usual … ( Murphy’s Law ) 2.Got into the wrong tram …. Twice !!! (Murphy’s law again ) 3.Running like hell in Albert Road … ( people thinking there is some kind of life and death situation ) 4.Getting to 8th floor to discover that I was in the wrong building ( Damn that Murphy ) 5.Walking in the exam centre exhausted , thirsty and unable to move at 5:15 6.The man in the exam Centre’s first words “Relax!!! you can still do the exam”

After that I calmed down, had a drink of water and chatted with that guy over there. The interesting part was when I handed the man My ID he stared at me and asked are you originally from Palestine ?, I remember I was pretty surprised when he asked that question, but he turned out he was an Egyptian, so it made sense, anyway I started the exam, barely passed but yes I FREAKING PASSED, thank god I passed the exam, the man even gave me a 70c chocolate, as soon as I came out I informed my brother, mum, dad and my roommate. The same day I passed it was my brothers B-day so we went bowling afterwards, I even managed to get a one strike!!! – Here are some pics from that evening

My new Love Grill’d

If your one of those people out there who knows the value of food, you will absolutely adore this restaurant called Grill’d its has the most wonderful Burgers man ever created, believe me when I get high just by smelling there burger, I can so imagine my self selling my soul for a meal from Grill’d, words are not enough to describe the magnificence and beauty of this lovely meal, Advice : if your in Australia you must try Grill’d

1st Day of Ramadan

It was the first of Ramadan so me, Hassan, Hameed and my younger brother headed of to Sydney ( which is basiclly a road filled with arab shops, signs and people) so after eating at this really wonderful arab pastry shop and listening to arab music, after that I went to this arab café and had a sheesha ( for the first time in months ) , during the sheesha we played dominos and listened to a few Arabic songs and swears here and there , it really brought up similar memories in Jordan, especially the swearing.

Swinburne University

The uni I go to is pretty good, I really don’t want to sound racist or anything but its full with Asians and Indians , I really wouldn’t mind in a normal condition, but its just too freaking much , I want to get along with some Greeks, Italians, Lebanese and Australians for heavens sake I am in Australia .

Anyway thats it for this blog , I will inshalla be bloging more in the following days about certain things I like and dislike about living here.