Thank you and good-bye

“Amira bint Musallam bin Sulaiman Al Maawalia “ …

     I have been enjoying the echo of my full name said out loud in my imagination since I was a little kid watching graduation ceremonies on TV.  Wearing a unified gown and walking toward the hands that hold my certificate in front of everyone is a sweet fancy that I have been picturing in my mind for many years. Here the day comes! And, here I am dressed in the UN’s green, waiting to be called by my full name out loud. I spent five and a half years walking on this path, and here I am finally gaining the fruit. I spent five and a half years of my life studying and learning not only from the faculty members, but also from everyone and anything around me. A journey built with bricks of patience passed as fast as an eye blink. Moments of bride, craziness, happiness, fun, exhaustion and tears some times are now parts of my dear memories.

     A mixture of feelings tickles my soul, as I am sad to say good-bye to a distinctive phase in my life, I am supper excited to start a new story and play a new role. I got the chance to stick around, and to work at the same university that taught me, and still do. This puts me on a position to give, and be within easy reach of great instructors I have the honor of being a student of some of them once, and to whom I can’t find a way to show my real gratitude for all they have done for me. The graduation ceremony might be the last station that gathers me with the friends I made at the university, so that gives it more weight to stick in my mind forever. It means a lot for me to touch the certificate my family had been waiting for. I believe it is my chance to express how thankful I am for everything my family has been offering from love, care, encouragement, and trust to the financial support.

     Life gathers and spreads, and it gathered me with lot of faces through the time I spent at the University I would never forget. To whom I might never meet again, to classes at the UN, to the worry I get before each exam at the UN, and to the enjoyment of participating as a student member in an active group I say “Thank you and good-bye”.