Oh yes I'm the great "presenter " !!!!

Some useful presentation tips will be provided for you my friends soon here in my blog, I 'll just get some work done and I'll be back to post :)

back, and BRB !

I'm still alive and surviving after the busiest semester I ever had!

and now, I'm having the busiest Summer Vacation !

I wanna talk about the software engineering of our graduation project , I've got so many things to post here cuz I tend to forget what I've done unless I document it here , once I have the time I'll be sure to spend it here not on my other blog , LOL

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The Lady in Yellow Glasses Rocked FLL !

Few weeks ago, First LEGO League (FLL) event was held in the British school. For those who don't know this event, it's a Robot competition from LEGO targeted to school students. The organizer here in Saudi Arabia is Talents Center.

A large event like this one needs the help of volunteers! This was mainly the job of 'IT Digest' which we ( my friends and I ) have volunteered with.This wasn't our first time, we've volunteered also in the previous event.

It is a very enjoyable experience, I mean what could I ask more , Robots and eager kids ! this is such a pleasure to me... they were amazing and they've really done a great job!

In the previous event, I've volunteered as a referee in the competition area...it's really troublesome... u got to be fair... and u have to keep track of the whole process!... what I couldn't bear, is the sad look in the kids' faces when their robots suck in doing some missions ! I kept smiling all the time... I kept telling them how cool they are and they don't have to worry about the scores... it worked ! they did better in the other rounds .

This year's event, I've decided to change my role, as my friends suggested, I applied as an emcee. the organizer of the event immediately accepted, cuz as she claimed, no one else is more suitable than me :P

a picture of 2 teams in the event, they're rapping !

A day before the event, my friend told me to practice in front of a mirror and call her to rehearse !
"Hell, no!" I would never do that... I screw the whole thing if I get prepared to it!
Thank God, it went great , I followed the friendly "cool" way... I was just being myself ! B)


After the event was over, the kids suddenly gathered around me giving me their caps and t-shirts asking for my autograph... That was cool... it makes you feel like a celebrity :P , and it really brings back some memories ( I might go through this thing in some other posts)

Today, I saw the organaizer of the event... she told me" Oh Jaimy, every1 from the event is talking about you,they're really impressed , they say ..."
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"that girl in the yellow glasses Rocked the event " -_-
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I'm glad and everything , but !!!!
I think I've got a name you know !!!

but now that it occurs to me...
I don't remember mentioning my name !except for those kids who asked me....
So, I guess it's my fault for being mysterious :P....
and of course, it's aslo my fault for wearing yellow glasses !!!

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Teamwork (Statistics)

Today we have taken a pretty interesting lecture in the Software Engineering course about teamwork.

The lecture took the discussion form instead of only lecturing. So, that gave us as students the opportunity to speak out our minds about how to make a good team and what problems do we usually face. The instructor was so helpful and cooperative with us, and she seems to have a very good experience in the projects field, which I really admire about her.

Some of the problems discussed:
-The Every-phase problem… meeting the deadlines!
Although our teams consist of more than enough members, we usually cannot finish phases on time… Of course this problem is due to our same schedules since we are all students from the same level, so whenever there is a delay in the project for any reason ( Exams , other projects, etc.), this delay will be caused by all the members and cannot be solved!

-Work commitment problem. To solve this problem, the uncommitted member should submit her work as job releases so she can finish each release before deadline.

The instructor has asked the class some questions in order to make comparisons and observations; I took the opportunity and wrote down the percentages in order to make statistical information about different preferences in team working among my peers.*

The following are the statistics regarding forming the project team:
How do you prefer team formation ?

-Almost all of the students preferred to pick their team members by themselves .
-Except for only 1 student who preferred that the instructor (or anyone in charge) should assign random team members together. (Claiming that doing so would improve more skills and let her work in a more professional level) --- I totally do not agree!

How do you pick your team members?

-Most of the students (including me) prefer members with good teamwork skills, having common interests and good chemistry between team members, rather than team members with excellent skills only.

Ideal number of members in one team:
Minimum : 3
Maximum : 5

Students have stated that they prefer less number of team members in their team, and this number would vary relatively according to the size of the project.

That was all for a one-hour lecture. We really hope to see more lectures like this one , which deals with the course's material in a more realistic and interesting way.

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Note: the sample space in my statistics is my class only (about 30 students), the instructor is planning to make statistics on the whole course students,which I'm really looking forward to check it out.

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Rock the House !

I bought a classic guitar to check out my talent... I mean it's less expensive than the electric ... and I think I'm not bad for a n00b :P



so now I'm gonna seriously think about what I've always wanted to do...I'm gonna buy an electric guitar and Ill also form my (Mol7a8 ٌٌRock Band) 3ala wazin "Garage Rock band" :P

I'm so excited and everything,I've been searching and reading a lot... But my bro and sis are so lame , and are not interested :(

sis wanna buy darbukah not a drum kit :S
bro is thanwyah 3amah...
aaaaaaah...why is it like that !!!!!

I really don't know where to start from... I only know that ROCK IS IN My Blood !

I don't know about the music instruments market here in Saudi Arabia.. and I don't know how to get good deals .. cuz I really don't wanna waste my money on some crappy instruments.

I'd really appreciate any kind of help....

At The Beach

I've always hated the sea... However, this vacation I suddenly fell in love with it... I stay hours in the beach without realizing, I even got myself tanned (alright, that was on purpose ).

ok my friends let me show u some of the photos I took by the beach, ( u can visit my Picasa account , although I'm sure many don't know about "picasa".

^hey girls , Yusra's Musalsal (Fi Eed Amina) has some scenes in this place (Porto Marina) ... have u noticed :D^

That's all for now folks...

Join The IT Crowd

"People of IT"...

Haven't you ever wondered why do they always make series about Doctors ,Lawyers, Mathematicians etc. But there aren't any TV shows that focus on YOU (IT ppl)...

Well... I'll introduce you to this hilarious sitcom...

Plz ITs join me to The IT Crowd..

I've always loved this show, since it first aired.But non of my friends has heard about it so I'm posting this here...


It's hilarious how they show you how Technical Support(TA) deal with ppl... Ok I've had some time training with the TA this summer,it was fun... but believe it or not... what they have shown in the sitcom is REAL... Doctors, nurses , employees all the non-ITs are so "pain in the butt" when it comes to computers... God they never try to do something in their own !

I wanna work in an IT dept. but surly not like the one in the show :P
You just watch The IT Crowd and I'm sure ull like it.

here are the videos for the first episode :D

Ep1 P1


Ep1 P2


Ep1 p3