Friday, December 22, 2006

From Second Row To Third Row


A lot can happen when you change the place you sit in your normal seat in your class.
Today, I arrived a bit late to my class. My lecture had already started and i had to knock on the door, pray that the doctor won't give me the famous Jordanian look of death all the way since i entered from the door till i sat in my place.
I came to sit in my place to find that a girl sat in it. She gave me this smile that said "sorry i sat in your place i couldn't believe that you came a fraction of a millisecond late so that i would jump and sit in your place :) "
I discover later that my seat is located in a very strategic spot. Being in the second row is really good, you get to understand and hear the Doctor clearly, unlike the seats at the back. It's also better than the first row, where you are directly under the Doctor's chin and doesn't matter how much you raise your hand because he won't see you, finally you get a 1 out of 5 in participation. You also get showered sitting in the first row whenever the Doctor uses the terms "Ssscalable Sssyssstem, Esssential, Assssistance, SSee you On SSunday"
So, since this girl was sitting in my place, i had to sit in an empty seat behind her, in the Third row.
It's really weird how things change from one row to another. The temperature kinda changed, it's a bit colder in here :S
The guy next to me had his book opened on a totally different chapter. (Man, i don't have my book, I miss the second row, Dina, the girl that sat next to me always opened on the right page and had a lot of notes)
Also, sitting now in the Third row, I got to see the precious pieces of writing engraved on the back of my wooden chair in the Second row. Ofcourse, engraved were barasheem (notes used to cheat) from a chapter from the Consumer Behavior subject. Under the barasheem was a romantic unifinished verse of poetry (berabbika hal damamata elayka Laila...)
Ofcourse under that was the usual signature: Al-Ordon Awalan, and on the upper right corner, Al-Salt awwalan). In exactly the middle was a sticker that read: Doroos 5osoosi le maddet Operational Research, call: 079/8798048923454.
I finally noticed a very dangerous nail sticking out of the back of the chair.... hmm i wonder if one day it would come out the other side and go right into my nick. I hope not, because if i get injured, the deanship would probably blame me and accuse me of insulting university's property and force me to buy a new chair immediately.
I miss the second row:(