tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post115238650626310238..comments2023-09-22T15:04:22.456+03:00Comments on From Me With Love!: While Waiting...Morbid Smilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17612403793598957850noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152983426918200072006-07-15T21:10:00.000+04:002006-07-15T21:10:00.000+04:00I hope that suddenly you have had good news of pla...I hope that suddenly you have had good news of placement in a great place, and that all is now going smoothly for you. It is fun to think you may be in my country, even though you won't be able to say where.<BR/>As for ice cream--sure, it makes sense it would be invented in your country, where the summers are apparently very hot--and people seem to love delicious things. When I was little I heard that maybe it was in Rome that it began--when rich spoiled people sent their servants far away for snow and ice and then put sweet syrup on the snow. But sure--lovely Middle East ice cream makes sense.jarvenpahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709417058741577802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152969487120296202006-07-15T17:18:00.000+04:002006-07-15T17:18:00.000+04:00why you want to go to U.S. while U.S. troops are k...why you want to go to U.S. while U.S. troops are killing your people?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152786437029187762006-07-13T14:27:00.000+04:002006-07-13T14:27:00.000+04:00Hi sweet girl!!A kiss from Italy and if you like I...Hi sweet girl!!<BR/>A kiss from Italy and if you like I live here the link to my blog...<BR/>http://parlalimmagine.spaces.msn.com/<BR/><BR/>Bye....BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152747317782595592006-07-13T03:35:00.000+04:002006-07-13T03:35:00.000+04:00Peace,I hope you get your placement, God Willing!G...Peace,<BR/>I hope you get your placement, God Willing!<BR/>God Bless you in whatever you do!Hajar Zamzam Ismailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11381501847576246000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152729244269590672006-07-12T22:34:00.000+04:002006-07-12T22:34:00.000+04:00Hi MSmile. I just sent you an ebook to help make y...Hi MSmile. I just sent you an ebook to help make your waiting a little bit nicer. It's format is LIT, so you need the Microsoft Reader (free at Microsoft's site). Hope you like.<BR/><BR/>PYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152724516130622942006-07-12T21:15:00.000+04:002006-07-12T21:15:00.000+04:00I just found your blog via the kid's. So, you're ...I just found your blog via the kid's. So, you're an English major and going to the US for a master's, damn! Well, it looks like you have quite an interesting blog here, I'll have to be checking on back once I return from Ecuador<--- I'm leaving for there tomorrow, a month without Internet. :-(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152638977561459952006-07-11T21:29:00.000+04:002006-07-11T21:29:00.000+04:00Well, Morbido, the way you describe it, I think th...Well, Morbido, the way you describe it, I think the delay in getting a placement might be a good thing, though it probably doesn't seem like it :)<BR/><BR/>They may be waiting for an opening at one of your first-pick schools. Fall is usually the heaviest enrollment period for US universities. That's what I'm hoping for anyway :D<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to your Ice Cream post.programmer craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566950406349754166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152593823039517772006-07-11T08:57:00.000+04:002006-07-11T08:57:00.000+04:00Morbido, do you remember when I told you that I me...Morbido, do you remember when I told you that I met an Iraqi student named Samir at my University? I also had a friend from Jordan, another from U.A.E., and one from Iran. There were many students at my University from all over the Middle East. <BR/><BR/>My University has a very large department for international students. They even have a department for Fulbright programs. If you like, I could try and put you in touch with someone at that department. It is not an admission office. I don't think it would break the rules if you just got some information. You might learn something in general about the Fulbright program that could help you to move things along. If this sounds interesting, just send me an email so that I will have your email address.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01494609521203854111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152569739406613752006-07-11T02:15:00.000+04:002006-07-11T02:15:00.000+04:00If you were here, you could contact your Congressm...If you were here, you could contact your Congressman (or Woman)! Sorry for the snafu! If you need someone to contact Ohio State or Ohio University, let me know! <BR/>Good luck, anyway!Travel Ohio and beyondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14544230457668691004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152563986548849042006-07-11T00:39:00.000+04:002006-07-11T00:39:00.000+04:00Hi everyone! Lisa, I'm, too, surprised to know tha...Hi everyone! <BR/><BR/>Lisa, I'm, too, surprised to know that there is a possibility that a Fulbrighter might not be able to get a placement at a university. It just didn't happen before. And like you said, being granted a scholarship means that I would automatically get a university placement! I just don't know what's going on, the process has become so slow lately ..<BR/><BR/>Bill, well I don't believe in voodoo as well, but that's what we are used to say about those good luck charms, or don't know what! Thank you.<BR/><BR/>David, that's REALLY frustrating for me, and for my family as well. Answering your question: I'm not applying to a specific university in the States, and the reason for that is because the Fulbright chooses the university for the grantees. We can give up to three options of universities we like to study at, but the options are not necessarily granted. Iraqi grantess have some limitations, the program is still new in Iraq as this is it's third year. <BR/><BR/>Craig and Jiff, good news for you... After a desperate search on the internet, I found that lost article about the Iraqi ice cream! And it's going to be the next post, so stay tuned! ;) Part of the article is about "Sherbet" and how the Sumerians used to serve it.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Craig, I can't get the visa unless I get the placement first. The process will be like this: Getting a placement, then getting some emails about terms of appointment and schedules about the pre-academic course and its place, after that will be terms of appointment about the academic course along with domestic arangments and other stuff, and it's only after that I will be asked for a visa interview.. then if all goes well I will get it and set a date to leave for the States. The Fulbright will probably set dates for all of this. Still so much work ahead!<BR/><BR/>Mad Canuck, <BR/><BR/>I knew lately that Fulbrighters who are still without placements or will be late for their academic study will be signed up for winter courses instead of Fall. We were given a date to leave on late July or early August as one group consisting on 41 grantees, but now this have changed as some had already left, and others like me are still waiting. I still hope to get their by winter. <BR/><BR/>And I don't think that my application could be lost or anything like that as everything is going by email till now, and if it happened that they did lost my application they could easily ask for another copy. I've already sent many copies every time they asked for one. There was no social security number field in the application form as it was made for Iraq. When you first want to apply to a Fulbright scholarship you will be asked about your home country, then you will be given an application form that appropriate for everything in your country..<BR/><BR/>Jeff, thanks! I do hope that too, and I'm still patient till now luckily :) <BR/><BR/>Hi Lynnette, I think the people working in the Fulbright office will start hating me for my emails and questions to them! Untill yesterday, I was given a new email address and sent an email to ask about what was going on with my placement. I hope to get some replies soon.<BR/><BR/>Hey sis! Thanks. I know you're praying for me :) I will be patient. Luv ya too.<BR/><BR/>Hi Mike, and welcome here :) I wish I can do exactly what you said and start sending to addmission offices in universities right now, but unfortunately this is not the case with the Fulbright! We were asked never to send any emails to any university as the scholarship office is doing this on our behalves. For me, any place will be so fine. I have friends almost in all parts of the State and I know that it will be a great experience no matter where I will be. <BR/><BR/>I'll keep you all updated with the news. Thanks for all :)Morbid Smilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17612403793598957850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152527689046996562006-07-10T14:34:00.000+04:002006-07-10T14:34:00.000+04:00hi sisi hope you will get a placement so soooooon,...hi sis<BR/><BR/>i hope you will get a placement so soooooon, just be patient...<BR/>i will keep my fingers crossed for you too<BR/><BR/>luv ya<BR/><BR/>MichoMichomemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12760730828995281610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152470224611801212006-07-09T22:37:00.000+04:002006-07-09T22:37:00.000+04:00I'm sorry to hear things are taking so long, Morbi...I'm sorry to hear things are taking so long, Morbido. <BR/><BR/>Mad Canuck's advice was good. Sometimes things get lost in red tape. Or simply lost. I've had the same problems with the state of Minnesota losing things I have faxed or sent them via mail. It doesn't hurt to ask a few questions. <BR/><BR/>Good luck. I'll bee keeping my fingers crossed for you too!Lynnette In Minnesotahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04504253680601566235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152463428083071212006-07-09T20:43:00.000+04:002006-07-09T20:43:00.000+04:00Morbido,Darn! I was really looking forward to tha...Morbido,<BR/>Darn! I was really looking forward to that article on Iraqi ice cream. Just kidding. :-)<BR/>Hopefully soon you will be on your way to study in the U.S. and the long period of waiting will be just a bad memory (and a long forgotten entry in your blog!).Original_Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501853627185380737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152427528530730882006-07-09T10:45:00.000+04:002006-07-09T10:45:00.000+04:00I'm surprised this would take so long - it's July ...I'm surprised this would take so long - it's July now, and you don't even know what city you're going to. This must be really frustrating for you.<BR/><BR/>It's also worrying, because most universities have processed their domestic and foreign applications and sent out their acceptances by now.<BR/><BR/>From my experience, coincidences are few and far between. If you have not heard anything regarding a placement, and especially if the other Fulbrighters have, there must be a reason.<BR/><BR/>If I were you, I'd start asking some probing questions, to try to see if there are any issues, if this process is waiting on anything, etc. Perhaps your application is gathering dust on some university bureaucrat's desk, or even lost. The trouble is, if someone makes an error like this, you are the one who suffers for it.<BR/><BR/>One way I've seen things get lost here is unique to foreigners: many US organizations use a person's social security number as a unique identifier for things like application forms, forgetting that non-Americans don't have social security numbers. When I first came to the US, my first employer lost an important form I'd filed with them because I'd left the social security number field blank (as I didn't have one yet).<BR/><BR/>Don't be afraid to push a bit. If you are polite and friendly, but persistent, people will not fault you for it.Mad Canuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03234271396527943547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152423698888626272006-07-09T09:41:00.000+04:002006-07-09T09:41:00.000+04:00Is it because you can't get the visa until you get...Is it because you can't get the visa until you get a placement? Well, I'm sure they are saving the best for last, and getting you into one of the best schools, Morbido :)<BR/><BR/>There shouldn't be any problem with the visa, as the Fulbright program is run by the US Department of State! Department of State also is responsible for granting visas, after all!<BR/><BR/>About the Ice Cream... do you mean "Sherbert" by any chance? You got me curious about it and I did a google search. The word "sherbet" is apparrently turkish and the same word as persian sharbat, both of which come from Arabic sarba (sorry the special characters didn't copy paste)which was a fruit drink often cooled with snow. Anyway, even if you didn't mean sherbet, I learned something new reading your blog today :)programmer craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17566950406349754166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152420010710156582006-07-09T08:40:00.000+04:002006-07-09T08:40:00.000+04:00This must be terribly frustrating for you Morbido!...This must be terribly frustrating for you Morbido! I really hope that you will get a placement and soon! Let me ask you something. Are you applying to specific schools in the U.S., or would you be willing to accept a placement from any University here? <BR/><BR/>I think that I will do a bit of research on the Fulbright program. Perhaps I may learn something that could be useful to you.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01494609521203854111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12025547.post-1152412666824190312006-07-09T06:37:00.000+04:002006-07-09T06:37:00.000+04:00To fail is not a negative, it’s a positive, and we...To fail is not a negative, it’s a positive, and we fail forward. <BR/><BR/>ill cross my fingers for you..but..i don't believe in voodoo :)<BR/><BR/>Keep the hopes up, stay focused on the goal.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13827769224812569584noreply@blogger.com