My life

                                                                                                                                    Soccer, victories, trophies …, that what I love. I have been playing football since I was 6 years old. I took it seriously, but my parents didn’t. They were telling me to stop playing football. I refused to stop because it was like my passion and the positive side of the life. My parents wanted me to stop playing football because it is dangerous and useless. Also, they were afraid that football would affect my studying.

In my country football is very popular game. More than 80% of young people in Oman are playing football. But, the problem is the low-income of it.

My father: “I’ve been telling you everyday to stop playing football”

Me:” but I love football, and I want to be a professional player.”

My father: “this isn’t a reason, no one can live with $500 monthly.”

This was our daily conversation. I understand my father. He had an injury when he was a football player. He broke his 2 fingers and needed a surgery. The club didn’t help him to do the surgery and they even didn’t ask about him. This mad my father sad and mad. 

However, I’m still playing football but the thing that changed is that I considered it as a hobby nothing else. I reordered my priority. I’m still playing and achieving rewards in the local leagues and I’m enjoying it.

In 2015, I joined the Sultan Qaboos University. I studied Mechanical Engineering. It was the worst 2 years in my life because I was in the wrong place. I didn’t want to be an engineer. I entered it because my parents wanted to see me an engineer. After 2 years, in 2018, I left my university and I joined Florida International University in US. I’m now studying Logistics Management. I’m now in the place that I wanted to be in. it was a hard decision but with the strong desire that I have it was easier. I’m now in new chapter in my life wishing to achieve many things in my mind. The road is long but every journey has a starting point and I already passed it.

Kabsah is one of the main dishes in Oman as well as in Saudi Arabia, Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, and yamen. It is mostly the same but with few differences while preparing. It could serve anytime either in celebration events or in normal days. In Oman, we usually eat Kabsah in lunch.

Kabsah consists of rice which is the main ingredient with different choices of protein which usually is meat (lamb, beef or camel) and chicken. It is more unique than other local dishes in the sense of it already has roasted vegetables such as tomatoes, onions, carrots and bell pepper with some fresh chilli.

The spices that are used to make the kabsah gives the rice this very rich yellow color on the rice with the different vegetables that makes it look very delicious, it is served in a big metallic plate where we sit together with family or friends and eat from it, so we get this sense of bond. Kabsah is being eaten with salad and this home-made hot sauce so we can feel the rich taste of it.