A Time Jorney taking us to the Past

         Few weeks ago we had a trip that made me feel I have been to the past

The trip was to the Monroe County Village Museum. There, We learned that the land was bought in the 1960, and all the houses were brought and collected from different places in the country, which is fascinating. Those houses were once long time ago, belonging to real people who lived way before the 1960. For example, one of the houses in the village was George Eastman's childhood house. The whole atmosphere provided in the village was set to make you feel as you were really back in the past. All the staff members working there would be wearing what people used to wear, both males and females, children and adults. The children were so cute in those outfits I had to take photos of them and of almost everything. What amazed me was these people working there were actually working and not just acting to. Like this one old lady that was baking cakes and desserts, and offered me a cinnamon water, which is known to lower your body temperature  in such hot days like that day of the summer. I didn't get to see a lot because I spent about an hour at the gift shop. Where they have all their cooked food in the village such as the maple sugar dough and the corn flour grounded by themselves.

My Pet Peeves

“You need to get over this” Said my brother, yelling angrily as he was driving the car. This was the third time we have been to a concert to have a good time with family and friends; yet  I had to interrupt it by my obnoxiousness. “I would never use these public rest-rooms” I said, disgusted by the thought of it. Respectively, my mind got carried away with more thoughts” going to public rest-rooms would get me killed; God knows what type of germs are in there”. Next, I snapped out of my thoughts’ bubble saying these words out loudly “How gross, how Horrible!!” My brother was rolling his eyes, “If it is that bad, why didn’t you go to the bathroom before we left?!  God! You are such a child. He said. “A child?!”  I said, as I am starting to get angry too. “How could I?  When you and mom are always rushing me up as if we’re about to miss the surviving aircraft of the last day on earth! What difference 5 more minutes would make?”. “Sigh” Oh well; maybe I am a fun breaker. There is not much I can do about it.

 This is how it always has been in my family; whenever we are going out someone must be rushing me up “Hurry up! Come on, we’re going to be late! Why are you taking too long?! ” Shouting my name repeatedly. I hate it, and it gets on my nerves; that so many times I would just change my clothes and stay home after going through all the trouble of getting dressed up.  That is one of my pet peeves. “Never rush me up”

When I do stay home after all that fuss, I could have the entire house for myself; enjoy a relaxing time watching TV. Not to mention getting to avoid the dilemma of using a public restroom. I have always been a germaphobe. I never go anywhere without a hand sanitizer. The worst part of my day out, would be looking for a restroom. I would not mind using public restrooms that are somehow clean, or really clean. For instance, I like the restrooms inside the malls of Dubai City, unlike the ones placed in concerts, those are just too dirty, and usually people would be lining up to use them. To stand in a line and wait, knowing the end will not pleasant, is almost like torturing a person before completely killing him. That was my second pet peeve.

 Who am I kidding? It is one of my nightmares.

The Olympics 2012

        The Olympics is a big sport related event that occurs every 2 years including both the summer and winter Olympics, which means each occurs once every 4 years. This summer the Olympics were made in The United Kingdom, London. The opening ceremony was creative and fun, though lots of people thought it was weak compared to what China did last Olympics. Over 200 country participate in this event, over 13.000 athletes from all over the world compete for winning the medals, which are the Golden, silver, and Bronze.  In the ceremony each country was represented by its athletes marching, with the flags of their countries. They star the marching alphabetically from A to Z , but I believe Greece always go first, because Greeks were the ones created the Olympics thousands of years ago. Olympics include so many types of sports, my favorite ones are, gymnastic, swimming, diving, tennis and track and Field"running". The country that has been doing so well, actually the best based on the numbers of golden medals they won is the United States. Second best is China. Third is Britain then its Russia. Sometimes it feels like its a competition between USA and China only. Few things amazed me about these sports, like how swimmers would go on swimming non stoppable for 4 minutes. How both physically and psychologically  strong these athletes are, as they compete with all they have of power in body and mind. These athletes dedicate their whole lives to the sport, practicing constantly, everyday of their life. On American swimmer, Michael Phelps amazed me when I heard that he won 22 medals; 18 of them were Golden.  When he answered the interviewer, other American swimmers were laughing  because it is just crazy, that no one ever had this many medals before. He actually comes from Rochester. Another local athlete (from Rochester) . A woman who played soccer in the Olympics was Abby Wambach. The last one that impressed me was a female runner from Jamaica who won the race even though she was the shortest among all the other runners, and that disputes what I always thought, that is the speed of a runner goes hand in hand with the height of that runner. My country participated in the event in different sports, yet haven't won any medals, which is some how disappointing, oh well one thing to illustrate here; this month of the year, Muslim people fast and it has been mentioned that some of those athletes were fasting .which minimize their energy, consequently their chances of winning. However, even if Saudi athletes were  not fasting. They wouldn't have won. But that's just what "I" think.

Learning About Others Past

Meeting new people and making new friends is a part of life of which there’s no escape. The difference is that some people care about knowing a little more than others do. I see nothing wrong with that. In fact I believe it is for the best to know as much as you can about your new friends. I also believe that would give the people who really love you, and care about you such as parents some sort of peace of mind, knowing exactly where the person you are hanging out with has come from. “We are the sons and daughters of the present” once somebody said. Yeah, I agree a person can be who he/she decides to be but that takes a lot of strength, a very strong will and consistency. Just by reason think of how many are the people who were able to change before it was too late!! Not many at all. Do you really want to risk spending time with someone who had a history of crimes or doing drugs?! I know I wouldn’t. Only the idea of it scares me.                                                    
          First of all, to know or not to know that is your own choice. I respect and understand those who would say “I don’t want to know and I don’t care to; this person is my friend and no past will ever change that” but speaking of my own point of view I did hear people saying they would do anything for their friends, mostly it is because they have been friends for over 10 years, some knew one another since they were kids, and some spent a whole life time together. That means they know everything about each other, and that is a true friendship.  So to me “ A True Friendship” is the relationship you have with a friend who you have grown to trust, and this can only be built over knowing that friend’s past, present and even anticipated future.
         MY second reason to support my opinion is that knowing others past really helps you understand them better, have more things to talk about, and get close to them. For instance, you met a handicapped person and you became friends. You never knew what caused his disability, although you always wondered but never dared to ask. I am sure that not asking about it would make that person feel you don’t care. Not mentioning that giving him the chance to talk about it would make him feel much better. It is obvious that most people avoid getting into emotional and painful conversations, but if it’s going to make someone feels better, then why not!  Catharsis can be so relieving to some individuals, so you better be willing to hear them out.
       The third reason is that I strongly believe that your past forms a part of who you are today, because the past can never be deleted forever, nor forgotten even if nobody remembered it, you will, even if you did not, those memories of that past will have a subconscious influence over you, thus will affect your behaviors and feelings. In fact, one of the most important things to know about people is their childhood. If you really want to know someone, you should probably ask, " How would you describe your childhood?"  Statistics show that people committing crimes, suicides, or just suffering from depression are most likely to be people who had bad childhood, who were victims of child abuse, or were simply neglected.
      My fourth and last reason is that people's heritage is a big part of their past. To know that about people explains a lot about their cultures, traditions, believes and behaviors. For instance, you wouldn't really know me if you didn't know that I have mixed roots, because that forms a difference some way or another.
    In conclusion, knowing about others past will give you more knowledge about their different cultures, will make you understand others more, feel safer around some of them, take precautions around others, and give a peace of mind to your loved ones, when you are not in front of their sight.