About Me

- Ahmed Abd-ElHaffiez Hussein
- PhD Candidate at Purdue University, Computer Science.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
They are still calling me
7 years before. I contributed with my friends from the school in a wonderful activity.
it was a "festival" as entertainment for the poor children.
wt makes me proud that those some of these children are still calling me till now.
here they r now are going to their high education, while i know them while they were in 1st preparatory year, and i didn't c them since this year.
but they still remeber me, calling me periodically.
i felt success to make such effect with the children.
Today i received a call from the little "sarah", the small girl to whom i was explaining maths and science of first preparatory year, she called me telling me that she is now accepted in 2adab faculty and she wish to get the libraries department.
"Allo 'Chef Ahmed' i succeded and i am calling to tell u so"She said.
well, i was known there by 'Chef Ahmed' .
I wish I can make the same effect with all people I meet.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Hello Mr. Instructor
"oh! Hello! how r u bashmohandess Ahmed?"
"I am fine AHL"
"We havea serious problem :( our son is genius but he didn't pass the exams"
"how bad?"
"he didn't pass all the exams"
" :S "
"even the computer and the humanities and the english"
this dialog i heard it many times this year.
a lot of ppl complaining that the there is sthg wrong with the faculty control system. my task as an instructor seems not to be easy. they expect that i am a superman :S
i have challenge with introducing some stupid subjects in the course. i don't know how can i explain (english, computer, production and humanities) courses. ohh! this is terrible for sure. all these subjects are theoretical. There is nthg to do with understanding them!!!
my problem that the worriness i felt in the parents eyes pushed me to feel pity and accept to do it.
I ask Allah to help me.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Bashmohandess Fizo
I asked myself, y did i agree on doing sthg totally out of my scope in the career and the life?
the answer was that i am not doing that for money, i have no intentiong to gain money from this.
all wt i was thinking abt is that the ppl whom i teach these lessons need deeply the help.
they r american schools graduates, or IG.
the guys have no prerequisites for the faculty of engineering. and they have serious problems in understanding the materials of the preparatory year.
i have always liked to transfer my knowledge to the others, and i think this is very good chance for me to satisfy my targets. i am not just a teacher. i give them guidlines how they should think, and how they should manage their times.
i think it's a wonderful chance for me to achieve sthg on this ground.
but i don't like when they call me "bashmohandess" nor "7adretak". but anywa it is nice to make a prestige:)
walla eh?!!!
Monday, July 24, 2006
Who is the most..?
i really enjoyed every single moment. Sub7an Allah El 3azim.
i noticed...muhm! all the males are more beuatiful than the females. in all kinds of animals without exceptions.
but you find the males are doing their best to gain the female. i couldn't say anythg other than "ya 3abit ..3ala eh ya3ni!!"
then i was questioning "y all the males are more beautiful than females except for us.. "
hey!!! y it's the typical case, mayb we r blind just like all other males and think the females are more beautiful!!
who said that they r the most beatiful!!!!
The Second Time
but ahl this time was better than the previous time, it lasted for shorter period. also, i didn't feel so bad after conscious.
first i started to feel that all blod is running and explosing from my head.
after that i felt nothing, a white colour flollowed by black one...
then the noise of the ppl arround me, pushing me and shouting to my face.
my dad was arround in both times. in the first time he thought me kidding. but this time he took it seriously immediately.
It seems that I am not healthy, and mayb i will face serious problems in the future isa.
AHL 3ala kol she2.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Yoooooh...this sounds impractical
i like simplicity, and i a dmire everyone who takes everything as simple as it is. El 7ayah mesh mestahla el fazlaka el far3'a.
i think that fazlaket el 7agat makes the "metfazlek" go in another way totally far of his reality, and he simply forgets the practical part.
for example, if u have a friend"fazlook", and as a friend u want to tell him abt ur problems...don't be shocked of the kind of angry u will feel when he will start to tell u his opinion.
u just feel enak 7atangagerrr men kotr el kalka3a wel la mawdo3eya eli beytkallem biha.
i beleive that there is a big difference between practice and theory.
and i hope that ppl yebatalo fazlaka and think abt the others in a practical way, totally away of their high damn towers...
ooooffffffffff.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
the ceremony
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Aly (The juniors Revolution Scene2)
Aly
Aly is not an impressive person on paper. You have to meet him to drill in his charm hidden behind his strict countenance.
He is young man, new fresh graduate, motivated, just like any one else of his peers, by the dream of a better world and the promising career.
From age four, the Aly's intelligence was clear to anybody to expect the brilliant future of that skillfulness child.
Aly was a good player. The sport has a big effect on his skills. He was leading his team as a commander in a battlefield, planning, managing, shouting and doing his best to make his team wins.
His teammates were feeling safe just because he is on their site playing with them and giving them the eagerness to win their match. His leadership skills deserved their respects.
Aly has never forgotten that Nabil didn't allow to him to extend his talent to be more than a match at school with the friends. Nabil rejected all Aly's essays to be a professional player. He wanted him to focus on his study, that's all. On the other hand, Aly was thinking that this wasn't reasonable to ruin his talent.
At this point, we moved to another factor influencing his personality. The kind of oppression that Aly felt by his father sway stoked a mutiny toward any kind of manacle.
Aly got the B.Sc of Computer Science, from faculty of engineering, d the main
The moments when he was taking a walk across the beach, contemplating the sun embracing the blue sea in a magnificent oil painting, were unforgotten. He believed the painting inspired him the peace of mind, and calmness.
Let's back to the career path. During the four academic years in the computer department, Aly was cultivating his leadership skills. Genuinely, the academic life fashion in his department could promote anyone seeking developing his communications skills. By nature, there were a lot of assignments which are delivered by groups and not individuals. Hence, picking the good colleagues interchanges the knowledge and spreads the team culture among the members; recalling that Aly had already some basis culture due to his sport hobbies.
None of the team skills were the attractive key in Aly, they were just a small drop in the sea.
Aly's flexibility was amazing; he has a great ability to motivate himself, to shape his character to accommodate the surrounding environment. His social intelligence was worth all respect from his peers, he could gain the friendship of anyone easily.
Aly has his own shortcomings after all; and who else don't?
The first pace on his career path was getting a job in a good promising software house where he feelt comfortable so far.
But, does feeling comfortable for a period of time mean perfection for Aly!
Saturday, June 17, 2006
The Fable_The Juniors Revolution(Scene1)
The Fable
"Oh My God! How could you lose such an easy chance?!! come on.. This is not your best". Shouted Aly.
The father "Nabil Yazbak" trotted to see what's going with that noise. "What's up? What was the noise all about?!" Nabil waited few seconds for an answer, but vainly. All what he saw was his son squatting in the dark, gazing with his narrow, dark eyes. Nabil hesitated between posing the question a second time, and leaving his son enjoying his seclusion. Finally he decided to proceed for a short conversation.
"So… You didn't tell me what was it all about?" Nabil shrugged.
"Oh, uh, I am really watching the match" he was attempting to cut off the conversation by pointing to the television.
Propelled by curiosity, Nabil decided to join his son in watching the show.
Aly, motivated by his father's anxiety to join him, volunteered to give his father some information; "it's
Nabil asked in sarcastic accent "and you neglected the real teams?"
Aly got confused by the latter question, he nodded to his father as like he was saying 'that's what I am talking about'.
Nabil pursuit "you have to be aware of the difference between talented team and good team…" he paused when the commentator shouted 'and another chance..Wasted by Cristiano Ronaldo…'
Aly in an admiring accent "oh, how much I like that Ronaldo, he is very talented player. Look, how he did this!"
Nabil took a stab "u mean that any other player could not do better than this?"
Aly jumped in to defend his hero "for sure not, he is very young and talented. I doubt anyone could do better, he’s worth millions of euros, for sure this is due to good reasons. Those people don't pay for worthless people. Maybe you say..". Nabil interrupted. "I don't say anything; I’m not questioning Ronaldo's talent. I just prefer Pauleta or Luis Figo and I give Figo more appreciation". He paused to steal a look at the match, then pursuit "as I see in that ARENA, Figo is an inspiring member, on the other hand I just feel that Ronaldo is interested in his statistics and whether he received individual recognition like a picture in the paper and such sort of stuffs."
Aly took few seconds to digest his father speech, but this time Nabil pursuits without waiting for Aly to discuss the Ronaldo Vs Figo issue. "I believe you don't feel good just because the best C developer is in your team. Do you? And maybe you are sure that the
And then he said "or whatever you think, then he left the room"
Aly stayed alone, watching the "ARENA" as his dad referred to the match. He was thinking about the possibility that he could be wrong about his thoughts, and whether his hero was a fake.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
The Trust
The team becomes fractured...
A fractured team is like a broken arm or leg; fixing it is always painful, and sometimes you have to rebreak it to make it heal correctly. And the rebreak hurts a lot more than the initial break, because u have to do it on purpose.
If a team member has no ability to trust his teammate....Rebreak him immediately.
generally speaking, the absence of trust stems from the members' unwillingness to be vulnerable within the group.
Team members who are not genuinely open with one another about their mistakes and weaknesses make it impossible to buil a foundation for trust.