Tuesday, January 30, 2007

saudi Arabia and the United States

There is big similarity between Saudi Arabia and United States I found it when I came to the United States and lived there. Saudi Arabia has some cities on the sea and some cities not and the United States has too. For example, the cities in Saudi Arabia that are in the middle of Saudi Arabia such as Riyadh, the capital city in Saudi Arabia is not located on a sea. Likewise, Texas in the United States has cities in the north such as Arlington is not located on a sea. There are cities in Saudi Arabia in there eastern and western of Saudi Arabia such as Dammam and Jeddah are on seas as same as United States has cities on seas such as Miami in Florida and Galveston in Texas etc.
I have found a big difference between Saudi Arabia and the United states in the shifts or business hour of markets. Markets and the malls in Saudi Arabia have two shifts of work every day. One of them starts from the morning until noon and the other starts from afternoon until eleven at night, so they have time of lunch during the time which is between two shifts. They close at time of prayers for a half hour. In contrast, Markets in the U.S. have just one shift; it starts from the morning until nine at night. Some owners of markets take little time to lunch and dinner, one hour for each.

Sunday, January 28, 2007

What am I looking for?

There is one good thing, I am really interested with it, looking for good future after several years later. I looked for strong and perfect colleges in somewhere, my country and some places in the world such as the United States. When I have found the college which is I am looking for, here in Texas, I just applied for it and then, came to Texas. The University of Texas at Arlington requires enough English to study in. In fact, I do not have the enough English to study in this college. Therefore, I study English in the ELI to learn and get good English to enter the college which is I choice.
There is a link between my looking for good future and study in a perfect college. If I have studied and get my bachelor’s degree in a perfect college with the major that I want to study, whenever I get back into my country, I am going to be offered from many big companies. I am going to have a good experience, even if the salary is not really greatly, I will be agreed because the experience that I am going to have will have me better offers whenever I apply for another job in another company such as big salary, high position, and many feature for me and my family. After that I will be successful and this is my target which is I am looking for.

About me

I’m Mohammed Alkhalifah, 19 years old. When I was born, my father liked to name me Mohammed. I have studied in Saudi Arabia for 12 years, beginning, intermediate, and high school. When I had reached age of 18 after graduating the high school, I became interested in studying in a good college majoring in something I am interested with. I like working really hard to get a good life in future, and I never give up if I have failed. One of my hobbies is discovering new software and trying to create new things in the computers. One of my hobbies also, watching movies on TV and in the theater. I am trying to acquire the English language as a second language. I want to study business in my college because I like the marketing and management and I want to be business administrator.