"Hurrah! Summer
vacations are here, leisure, fun and entertainment!" I'll be damned if I'd
be saying that. I wouldn't exaggerate and say the above sentence as my
vacations are as good as a study leave, but yes, you could call me lucky as I
am not setting my foot outside the United Arab Emirates and hence I have a lot
of time to have fun as well as do my work simultaneously. Another advantage is
that I only have one group project. Either ways let me take you through my
first week of vacationing.
Al Ain one of the most famous oasis in U.A.E, one of the most
active oasis in the U.A.E, was my home for the first week of my amazing study
leave. My uncle and aunt along with my cousin and my paternal grandmother had
come to pick me up. Our closest family friend had come too! My cousin and I
took the rear seat in the seven-seat car and since it was long drive to Al Ain
we really had problems with our legs as we both were tall and the rear seat was
damn cramped. But we somehow managed to adjust till we reached our destination.
We had our electronics to keep us from kicking each other for place.
The next day was a rather dry one until my two other cousins had
come in for the week too! And both being feminine; were very lively. Especially
the smaller who could bring the roof down even faster than an opera singer. She
was the highlight of the week, she kept us busy. By busy I mean, busy shouting at her. She was quite stubborn and she was nine, so you could imagine our plight.
But it was fun having to do something other than playing games on some kind of
electrical instrument which happened to be our only form of
entertainment.
One of the most important trips that week was the trip to Papa
John's. As soon as the food was set on the table, everybody veraciously grabbed
the food and stuffed it down their throat. The food was great and our stomachs
were filled so what was better than a good night sleep. On reaching home
everybody casually brushed their teeth, changed into something a bit looser and
got prepared to go to sleep. But my cousins and I had to put our bed as we were
sleeping on mattresses on the floor. This is where my nine year old cousin made
us active again.
"Why the hell are you messing around with that thing get your
rear over here and help us!" my cousin who was busy adjusting his pillow
said, "You'll spoil the freaking thing, it was made with great difficulty
by my sister, you'll get the glitter out you maniac!"
"No!" the nine year old replied. Somehow my cousin
cooled down and the nine year old was saved.
I was infuriated that I had to do most of the work and was more
vexed when my cousin who did nothing but look at a glittery door sign put her
head through my shoulders. However I held my tongue, woke her up and asked her
to sleep properly.
One thing I felt sad about is the other female cousin who was
apparently my age, who got up early in the morning in the first two days to do
Mathematics. She was depressed while doing it. I knew I wouldn't care to do anything if I
were to be given the same thing for those days. I don't do school work outside
my home. However my aunt was irritated at this and told her not to do it. She
stopped doing it for the rest of the week.
The last day of my stay at Al Ain was not very interesting until we got into the car and started playing games, and that was not until 21:30. We headed for Sharjah and only stopped for dinner in Dubai. We had plenty of time for games, but we soon grew a bit bored as we were in the Iron Age, and who can live without electronics in this age. When we reached Sharjah I knew that my holidays were as good as over. It was time to be surrounded with all kinds of books, and not interesting ones (that has to be specified).
I won a week from studies and was able to relax. But they were multitude days to come for studying. I may have won a battle, but studies won the war.
Hasta la Vista,
K
