My first job

Its was a long time ago in Lebanon, when I was 16 years old and was still studying at high school in year ten. I was like a teacher. I gave special lessons for 2 girls, 11 and 12 years old.


After finishing my classes day at 2:p.m, I would go home, I would eat something and take rest for one hour, and after that I would go to their school to pick them up  at 6:00 p.m, because they were studying in the afternoon.
They would eat and take little rest, and then we would start to study for three hours or more. After that, their parents would drop me off to my home.
That was very hard for me because I was a student and young too, and they were two girls, but after a while I got used to it.
I was so happy with them, we were like friends and more than that. We loved each other and they told me all their secrets.

It was a good experience for me, because I learnt many things.
I will never forget them and they will always remember me too.

how i met my friend ???

It was a long time ago, she was my friend in  secondary school, she was very a beautiful girl and very tall.
She tried to talk to me and to meet eachother, and she liked me, because I was beautiful and shy girl.
Then, after holiday summer, we had been registered in the same highschool place, and we were in the same class too, but I had many friends and we were a group, but Iwas liking her to be my friend.
After, we became friends, because I left my friends and I went to another profession so, we were so excited to be friends, we felt confortbale in each other, i opened my heart to her and she told me about all her story.
later, in the last year in highschool, I failed in the final exam but she didn't, so she went to the university and I did again the exams and I worked in many shops, but we still go out together.
I and she were in relationship, she got married, and she has a beautiful daughter looked like her, she is a arabic teacher in the current time.
After that, when my husband came back to get married and to pick up me to Australia, she felt sad, she couldn't believe that.
She stayed for a long time upset on me because i left her alone because I was her best friend ever and she is the same.
So,,, I didn't forget her even though the distances and she did  also . we are still sending to eachother the messages and calling.

about my School holiday

Every one was waiting to have the school holiday for rest and recreation, but not me.
I stayed at home all that time, but I didn't go out exept for two times to purchase some stuff. My mother in law and her two daughters went to Lebanon, one to get married and the other one to get engaged, so I had to do all the housework, washing, cleaning and cooking.
I would wake up early and I work until afternoon and then I would have lunch at 6:00 p.m. After praying I went to bed for evening nap which took two hours or more.
At 10:00 p.m I would wake up again, I make a cup of coffee with some cookies or with chocolate cake and sat at the computer on facebook to talk with my friends, and sometimes sat to watch TV.
Of course I would wait for my husband to come back from his work.
When he was coming back I would start to prepare the dinner for him and for my father in law, and after that I would start to clean everything and wash the dishes.
We would still awake watching TV and we call my mother in law to tell us the news and what they did overseas.
So, that's my little story about my school holiday.

Old English Trifle

Ingredients for the Trifle :
- Sherry
-Cream100 ml (double cream)
-Victoria sandwich cake or 8 trrfle sponges
-Custard (1 pint)
- Flaked Almonds, toasted (to decorate)
-Glace' cherries 50g(to decorate)
-Raspberries 175 g.

Method :

1. - Dice the sponge cake into small cubes
2. -Put the cake and raspberries into a glass bowl and
3.  pour some sherry liquid over them.
4. - Spoon the custard  into the bowl and smooth it. 
5. - Layer the double cream on the top .
6. -Decorate the Trifle with Glace' cherries, toasted almonds and cream (optional). 
7. - Chill the Trifle in the fridge before serving.

                  Bon appetit  :)

the moral value

One lovely summer day, as usual, the ants were working hard  saving foods for the cold winter. There was a boss organising everything.
 Suddenly, a Giant Anteater who  had found the ants by his long nose,  he started to pull one of them towards him to eat it. After that, the commander gave a whistle for the ants to pay attention, then the rest of ants began application the plan against any surprise attack, so… the ants started to make a big circle like the football through the instructions was given by their commander, then, the ants ‘football rolled toward the Anteater , and it became in his nose, he couldn’t breathing ,he almost choked and then he fell down on the ground. And that was a big win for this attack and then they started laughing and they were very happy and proud about what they had done together.

the story gave us a message that we have to be a good organised team to achieve the desired  goal and the victory even we are a small.

My Biography

My name is Haifaa  Zaiter, I was born in Lebanon (March 1986) in Hadath Baalbak village, I lived there for 9 years  and then i moved out to live in Beirut, the capital of lebanon and left behind me the  most beautiful memories of childhood.

I have five sisters and three brothers, and i am the middle one of them, My father was a military in the army, the rank of sergeant first, and my mother was a housewife, and the rest of my family were students.

I was on a close relationship with my father, we were like friends and more, we used to quarrel and play together and he was the ideal person in my life.

I have finished the primary and  the high school, In this period, I was in love of Mr. Ali B. who was the brother of my twins friends in the school. Later, he left Lebanon and traveled to Austarlia to settle there with his father.

after that, what happened was not in the expection, it was a July war in Lebanon that launched by Israel, it was the worest period (33 days) in my life, I didn't have any weapon to defend on myself, i only had the prayer and the patience, but finally, it ended with victory that acheived by the Lebanes's resistance.

I went to the institue to contitue the study in childcare profession. but i didn't complete it, because i didn't like it, and after started working  as a cashier in shops for selling the stuffs like parfums, scarves, makeup......

I waited my husband Ali for 5 years, I  was only talk to him over the net and on the phone.

It is about time, he came back after a long time, we got married  and he took me to Australia.

Currently, I am studying English Language at TAFE. 

 Ramadan is the the greatest month in the whole year, so we have to fast for thirty day from the dawn to dask, so its the second year which spend ramadan without my parents, so i feel sad about that.

My husband came back at 12:00 am so we still awake till the morning, eating for souhour and reading in the sacred book and watching the arabic serial.

what i did in the holiday ?

I stayed at home this school holiday, i couldn't go out with my husband because he's working all the seven days and also, the weather was very bad for going out, the rains were heavy, so i stayed at home with my family in law, watching turkish serial, and sitting together next to the heater to be keep warm.

But only one day i went to the shopping center in hurstville to buy a present for my husband's birthday, and later we celebrated his birthday and we ate the cake, but it was a funny day, because all my sisters in law gave him a jacket.

Excursion to the zoo,

The student association in TAFE decided to do a free excursion on Thursday for all the AMEP classes to the zoo. We agreed to meet at the TAFE at 9:00 am.
 I’ve never been to the zoo before; I only watched animals on TV. So, I couldn't sleep well the whole night from the enthusiasm which I was felt about seeing the animals and going to the zoo.
I woke up early and I equipped my bags and all the stuff I’d need like my food and my camera. Then I went to TAFE and met my class mates there. When all the students arrived, we went up into the bus. The journey began...
We were all so excited, when we arrived each one of us accelerated down from the bus. We were all rushing and each one of us wanted to get out before the other. Finally we got there. We started to take pictures everywhere.
There was wonderful wildlife everywhere. We were given a map by our teacher to guide us around the zoo. First we went to see the peacocks as our teacher talked to us about each animal we visited. There were lots of beautiful animals like monkeys, ponies, and different kinds of birds, llamas, kangaroos, the lazy koalas and many more...
Half way there, a representative from the zoo talked to us about the history and lifestyles of koalas and snakes. They let us each touch a snake skin. This was a very exciting experience which I will be telling everyone I know.
After that we had lunch and then continued touring the zoo. I went to see the parrots there were many kinds and all of them kept saying “hello!” each time we walked past them.
Then I went to see the kangaroos where I played with them and fed them. There was another show about tigers where they put food inside a plastic cage and the tiger broke the cage to get the food and ate it. This show was very funny and shows how smart the tigers are.
 We took photos everywhere with everyone, and enjoyed this beautiful day out in the zoo.
On the way back home I kept thinking about the excursion and about how much fun I had. I sat o the bus and closed my eyes, and started to remember all the fun memories.
This was a generous idea from the student association and I’m very thankful that they allowed us to go on this excursion.

Health and Life Style Expo was held by student association. The TAFE active program has been designed by TAFE NSW Student Association in direct response to the decline in physical activity amongst the Australian populatio.

 It was yesterday June 4^th between 10:30 and 1:30.

In total, there were 25 exhibitions gave us lots of information and advice and there were also practical demonstrations. The some organisations were: natural way massage health centre, Asthma Australia, Cancer Council of NSW……

The student association arranged sample bags and they gave us which included T-shirt and health information flyers.

We were involved with the organisation of the TAFE active Health Expo and with another AMEP classes, we cooked healthy food for this day and donations were made for the food. The money raised from the donations went to “Aussie Helpers”.

All students and staff were given an evaluation form to complete. We had to see at least six of the agencies and get a stamp on our evaluation form. Then we had to fill in the evaluation form and put it in the entry box.

I was so excited in this event and I send big thanks for all the persons concerned who let us to participate in "Healthand Lifestyle Expo".

                            How I spent my time in the museum

First, we decided to meet at Kogarah station, I thought I was late, so I went to the central station to meet there, but I didn’t know where the right place there, I was very worried, i called my friend Daniella, which told me they was on the way and after that I saw them and I felt relieved.

Second, we arrived to the museum, it was a huge building, we all got together in the  Atrium area, we paid the admission and we left our bags in the locker room.

Then, the teacher divided us into groups and she gave us  activity sheets to answer the questions, we were very enthusiast to see this big exhibition, and all important things there.

This huge exhibition has many floors, and every floor has different things, we saw the skeletons of the famous animals in Australia like kangro,Ostrich …  , the mammoth and also the skeleton ridding the bike, and on the next floor we saw many variety of minerals and the precious and semi -precious stones were beautiful and shiny like diamond, pearl and coral….. And over there we saw an interesting Egyptian mummy, and after we went to see the birds the insects exhibition, they are so wonderful, and finally we went to see the section of the extinct dinosaurs called surviving Australia, it was very interesting.

We took a lot  of photos  everywhere in the exhibition, and we made nice work together, we all got very hungry and tired so we decided to leave the place and to go to have a picnic lunch, I ate my foods heartily.

Finally the teacher collected the activity sheets and we packed our stuffs and we come back together  home.  

I was very excited, it was a  spectacular trip to the museum,  I learned many valuables owned by Australian country.

How i met my husband

My husband was friend with my brothers and younger sister in school for 10 years, but me and him we weren’t friends; I didn’t talk with him yet.

I didn’t like my husband because he was very shy, even though he always used to look at me.

Later his family decided to immigrate to Australia.
Three years after his departure, my younger sister gave me his email address; he always spoke to me online, but I didn’t care about him, but he didn’t give up for that.

After long patience I spoke with him, he was very exciting to love each other.

Since then we talked everyday by internet and by phone, when the phone rang, my heart danced with it.

He was very polite and gentle with me, which attached me to him more and more.

After five years later, he came back.

I was very excited to meet him again, his looks changed  a little bit, but he was somehow still the same person I knew when I was younger.

The first time we met, I couldn’t control my feelings towards him.

I quickly hugged him and kissed him…..

Later we went out many times, and then set a date to get married.

After getting married, my husband came back to Sydney and I came with him.

It was very hard to leave my homeland and my family, but I did because I want to be with my husband who means the world to me.

At the weekend

It was Sunday, I went with my husband to the Town Hall where is the largest tower in the City to see what happens there up on the top and enjoy  a new experience .
The weather was beautiful, and everything was fine.We bought the tickets  and then we went by train for half an hour until we arrived there.
At first we got the tickets to watch a little film in 3D about  Australian civilization and  the  natural resources. We sat on spinning chairs and then someone told us what we had to do and made us laugh. We were very exited .
After that, we went up to the top of the tower, the building was a circular shape inside, and every where you could find a telescope to see everything out on the top .
 I saw all the buildings, the shops, the people and everything was very small.
We were happy and after that we came back home. I all the night I was telling  my family how I was excited because of that experience .

my little story

My name is Haifaa, I am from Lebanon. Now, I live in Australia with my husband and with his family in Rockdale. I have been here about 10 months. I liked this country and their people, they are so friendly.

I speack Arabic and French, so I am going to tafe to learn  language English. I am so excited to learn new language, I have many friends in my classroom and I am so happy with them.

At first, I was worried about my life here, because I dont know anything here and anybody except  my husband, but now I am so excited and enthusiastic to learn more from this country about their culture and habits.

I am interested in the computer, and i am always trying to learn new things. I love the family stability and to be a  mother, and do the housework.