An overwhelming experience #ISFiT2015

I am Finally back home , 

Shattered and extremely exhausted I slept for a long time and today when I woke up with tense muscles and a sour throat , but who cares ? right ? when you are feeling quite  satisfied , pumped and driven . I for sure miss the hassle and the rush and the sleepless nights and catching the "right" bus to be get to NTNU/Samfundet on time ... or not ! xD

let's revisit some memories first ; 

I might not have been able to visit Rockheim , Pirbadet or Tyholttårnet but Samfundet and HiST were the place to be ; to either share our different stories and work on finding solutions to corrupt practices or even hang out and party .

I might not have been able to see any of the Fjords or shop properly but I got the chance to See the Dalai lama gives a speech and answer our questions  , I got the chance to listen to Peter Eigen and enjoy a silent night at Nidaros Cathedral .

I didn't make a snowman but I have been one myself , when we had a snow fight in the midst of Hurricane Ola .

I might not have enjoyed the meals in Sit NTNU but I surely appreciated the good company and passionate and heated conversations and panel discussions .

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I might not like House and trance music (I am not a club person anyway.) but of course I Enjoyed our nights at Bodegaen and klubben and most of  all i enjoyed the Silent disco night .

I haven't been able to see the northern lights but I was able to watch Moddi , Palmface and Västerbron perform live at Knaus , Samfundet.

I might not have been to a Metal music concert but I witnessed one of the best Folk choruses play during the entertainment pause of the Parliament day . (videos will follow)

I might not have been able to get along with everyone , but I surely respect each and everyone I met during my stay in Trondhjem ,and I am here by your side to fight any kind of corruption and support any petition or movement that arise in the name of creating a world free of corruption . 

-THE SIMPLE THINGS DO MATTER-

To my multinational  workshop family  , you've been an amazing supportive team I learned from you as much as you learned from me , and this exchange was the best part of  workshop#8 .

Team leaders , you truly are THE leaders that everyone wish for , you have been the warmest people people I've ever met , your work and dedication and precision is unbelievable . you opened your souls to us not just your houses,
To my Norwegian family , you have been amazing hosts you opened up your home and arms to me and I would love to visit you again  when I have enough money. I wish you all the best  and I send my kisses to all of you . but more specifically to the little munchkin Elias .

To my co-ISFiT'ers , the end of the festival and going back to our home countries is just the beginning of a new chapter , and I hope that this experience marked you as much as it marked me .
NOW the real FIGHT against corruption begin

( the whole workshop jammed at Frøydis' tiny living room is one of the best memories to recall , the best moments were when Agnes made a presentation )

last meal together  (even though people started disappearing from the full table we once had ... ) 

Stay strong ,
Hold your heads up high
and wage transparency and peace.

Checkmate

A stormy weather and a long winter ahead,

A complete whitewash of the red thread,

And the uncountable rumors that spread,

From these awful “Zombies” they fled.

Into the darkness of their room,

Into the flames of their doom,

And in the next morning they bloom,

Out of their ashes they boom.

Washing away their blemishes

With a single sip of O negative

While talking of their times of yore ,

Reminiscence of their friendships and lore .

Fragile and ruthless  at once ,

Their skin is pale and numb ,

Unaware of their last dance

As they move along and hum  .

Now they have to face their nemesis .

The existence of their hero ceased ,

The scarcity of odds  left them bereaved ,

Walking the streets of  Tangier  deceived .

Death is nothing but a  phase ,

Entwined and entangled is their fate .

Contemplating the option of turning two

The Ugly truth and the brutal one too.

Oh ! How romantic of you .

Book marathon

I've seen a lot of people on YouTube planning such book readings by putting up challenges to accomplish and to encourage  others to read ,

Each book-tube-athon or a book marathon would have some rules so I came up with the following :

As a start this book marathon would last for 3 Weeks (starting from tonight : 28-7)

in which the participants have to 

- at least read 50 pages per day 

- at least read one Poem collection

- a classic (it can be a play or a novel or even poetry) 

- an illustrated book/novel of at least 300 pages  (it can be several comic books to round up  the 300 pages) 

- read a novel that has Blue in its cover 

-  read a modernist or a post-modernist novel 

- a contemporary novel 

by the end of those 3 week you would read at least 1500 pages good luck .

to help in the process of reading you can mix 2 rules together ; for example A modernist or a  post modernist novel  + Blue in its cover  or a classical+poem collection , illustrated + contemporary novel

another point choose all the books and put them at your disposal so that you won't get confused .

You can always figure out a way to make it easier .

time to share with you my list 

contemporary + illustrated : Cruddy by Lynda Barry 

Modernist : The Trial by Franz kafka 

Poetry + Classic : Poems of Catullus 

Poetry collection : The Essential Rumi 

another contemporary +  blue cover:  Obedience by Will Lavender 

All of the rules are covered and the book I mentioned are the amount of exactly   1530 pages  now its time for you to choose yours *wink wink*

for those who are interested you can send me an email on : muna.abid.aiesec@gmail.com to tell me about your progress or send me your own blog posts where you mentioned your reading progress 

i'll be sharing with you my reading progress over here on my blog so stay tuned 

wish you a good read 

True Blood Recap

The New and  Final season of True Blood started airing on the 22nd of June

Quick recap for the previous season : SEASON 6

Sookie and Eric escaped from the authority , Bill turned into the reincarnation of Lilith -mother vampire- after drinking Lilith's blood. Tara is turned into a vampire by Pam  . Jason meets an old man , and he thinks that its Warlow but it turns out to be a long lost relative (their faerie grand father ) who came to Warn and help sookie from Warlow .





 Eric thwart Gov. Burrell's plans . Bill enlists a True Blood innovator to synthesize a new type of blood , Lafayette summons Sookie's dead parents and , sookie discovers the truth about her parents' death and knows more about why Warlow is after her . Sookie meets a new guy called Ben and invites him over for dinner . Bill seek Lilith's advice on the crisis between humans and  vampires . Eric, Pam, Nora, Jason  Jessica and Tara get an inside look at Vamp Camp ,  Eric discovers the truth about True Blood's resumed production -Hep v- 

Bill attacks the Governor's residence, kills  him and uses his powers to force the guards to kill each other.
Eric makes a last-ditch attempt to save Nora by pledging allegiance to Bill. Jason "breaks-in"again to the vamp-camp to save Jessica.

Sookie and Warlow move to their special hiding place -a parallel faerie world- She gives Warlow her blood, she takes his blood and asks her to marry him , but she doesn't know what to say . Nora dies, Eric decides to take the vampire fate into his own hands. Sookie struggles between staying human/fae or letting Warlow turn her -vamp/fae-  to save Vampire kind . Sookie and Bill clash over Bill's desire to use Warlow's blood ,  Sarah Newlin escapes but before that she opens the roof of the White Room in order to burn the trapped vamps , Bill -with lilith and warlow's blood- arrives in time to save the trapped vamps and offered them his blood to become immune from sunlight . All the  vamps are free again .  In Bon Temps, a funeral takes place for Terry Bellefleur .

 In the season finale , Bill losses his power due to the excessive feeding from his blood . Sookie tries to convince Ben/Warlow to date her rather than marry her , Warlow becomes violent and hold her captive . Jessica encourages Bill to save Sookie, and they take the help of Jason, Violet, Andy and Adylin.  Bill saves Sookie, But Warlow soon overtakes everyone and just as he is ready to take Sookie with him, her Grandfather appears and holds him while Jason puts a stake through Warlow's heart.  As soon as Warlow dies, the power of walking in daylight is also taken away from all other vampires who inherited the trait , Eric far away in Sweden loses the power which causes him to burn. after few months Bill has become a writer, Sam Merlotte is the new Mayor, Arlene has taken over Sam's bar and renamed it "Bellefleur's", and the Hep V infection is running amok among the vamps .

THE FINAL SEASON (7)


The new and final season  started with the Hep V vamps -infected vamps- attacking Mayor Sam Merlot's reconciliation BBQ (reconciliation between humans and vamps) where Sam was assigning a healthy vampire for each human Family in the sake of safety and protection , but the Hep V vamps ruined everything ; Tara dies in the attack , the Hep V vamps abduct  Sam's pregnant  girlfriend Nicole  as well as Arlene and Holly .

Meanwhile Pam is looking for Eric and ended up in Marrakesh where she felt that Tara (her progeny) died , she was able to get hold of some hints to where she can find Eric

Sam's opponent -Gibson-  found out the truth about  him and told the rest of Bon Temps' Civilians that their Mayor  is not really a human but a shape-shifter , the civilians turns against their Mayor and his crew

Arlene and Holly came up with a plan to escape , but everything falls apart when the infected vamps discover their Wiccan circle , and took Holly to help them get more humans to feed on , Sookie left Alcide -her werewolf boyfriend-  without notice to join Bill in his plan  , Since Sookie is a human/fae she can easily attract the Hep V vamps , Holly finds Sookie in the woods and as soon as the Hep V vamps attacked Sookie and Bill ,  Sam and Alcide   joined in the fight and killed off the present  infected vamps ,  Everyone was after everyone and the Civilians of Bon temps ran into the fight and shot Alcide , Jessica offers to Turn Alcide into a wereworlf/vamp and Sookie refuses . on the other side of the world Pam finds Eric and discoveres that he is infected , Eric and Pam revisits old memories -Godric , Nora , Sylvie ...-

It seems like the story line is going down hill , the screenwriters decided to kill off two main characters -Tara and Alcide- and  infected The most loved character of the show " Eric Northman " 

The Story and the show are nice , and I have no doubt about the talent of the Actors and that's why I keep watching it  , but this  last two seasons in my opinion were  written and filmed in a haste , probably the bad thing is that each episode is written and directed by a different person . or maybe its due to the change of producers from Alan Ball to Mark Hudis to Brian Buckner .... 

But this won't stop me from being a real Trubie . 

Enjoy the New/Last season Truebies

White rabbit

Rabbit , rabbit , white rabbit , are you here ?

Cause i can smell your fear 

Those clocks you hear

Their sound will soon disappear

Get out from your place

And show'em your face 

Stand up against exploitation 

It's time for confrontation 

I can see you shivering

I can feel your heart's beat 

I can see you quivering 

I can feel the numbness in your feet 

Your existence will no longer be tragic 

If you stand against their tricky ways and magic 

Don't deny your real perception

Cause it's time for your real redemption 

Deny their brainwashing process 

Cause it's time for you to progress

I don't want to hear any alibi

Otherwise this is my last goodbye 

Dive into the Unknown

When happiness overwhelms us , we wear our goofy smiles and keep on walking in different paths ; experiencing, trying and conquering new things ,
meeting , loving and bonding with new people ,
simply falling in love with each corner we go through,
and falling in love with humanity and oneself ;

Traveling isn't only about discovering new places it's about discovering one's self ,
it's about adapting yourself to the culture that you are in , its a priceless experience.
The age doesn't matter , the destination doesn't matter either , what matters is the Journey and the lessons that you will learn.


I know that it takes courage to dive into the unknown but , all i want to say is Travel and Conquer the world using :

Love,

Understanding ,

and Positive energy

Your Story is important

Dare to write your own story even if you are not a writer, Dive into the depths of you thoughts and try to make the words rhyme , if they don’t rhyme that’s okay too , Try to come up with something that shows how unique you are .

You are the only one who is able to write your own story, because if you don’t ,  no  one will.        

Dare to spill some ink on the blank paper, it will only do you good, Dare to share it with people, and if you are too shy keep it to yourself until you are confident enough to share it . Writing is a healing process , it is a medication that will help you go through rough times , writing is a beautiful experience , write you memories down , good or even bad . Then, when you look back to your writings you can even evaluate yourself , you will see  how much you have grown and how far you are in your quest .

Your story is as important as water to the fish , our life is nothing but a collective of narratives , writing  your story can be a life changing experience for you and for the ones who will read it or hear it , so don’t be greedy and grab a pen , think about what you want to write and start writing , even if you think its lame or if you see it as something common or  even if you think that your narrative is full of cliché , there is no fixed formula to write your story , its your own design , leave your blueprint like our ancestors did and our fellow humans still do . We are living literature so take that into consideration and cherish it .

Join us

Write your story

Draw your thoughts

And share your experience

And you’ll feel borderless