It seems like the same old story, every single semester. Whether you’re a morning student, or an evening student.

When all this is over – we will celebrate big.

Yesterday, I spent some time watching The Shawshank Redemption after being completely against it. To be honest, I’m glad I decided to agree. I had a lightbulb over my head throughout its duration. It reminded me of something very important, something we tend to forget about in the hustle and bustle of our daily lives. Hope. IMDB has this tagline for the movie: “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.”, I will not even go about to describing my favourite scenes, lines and events, but I will say this: the character of Andy Dufresne is inspirational, and in a way, a role model. Perhaps I wouldn’t rate this movie as the best all time movie, because really, what is the criteria for that? However, I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen a movie that affected me in this way, maybe A Beautiful Mind was a close match?

This probably means that I like movies again! Or at least, more willing to watch them. And before I forget, if you celebrate Eid Al Adha – I hope you had a good one!

Now before I go back to the game that I’m playing (the whats and hows will probably come at a later time), here is something that I wanted to share. These pictures are stamped with 4-November-2008. That was the first and last time that I entered Dubai Mall. I didn’t see much, we were only there for about 30 minutes. I found the ice rink very interesting! Much bigger than the one near my house. The video in the end is the fashion runway. Enjoy!