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The following posts are glimpses of life on, around and far from the Al Akhawayn University campus in Ifrane, Morocco. Students went out, observed what was going on, and wrote descriptions of what was happening around them as they happened. They captured big and small moments, simple and crazy ones, heartwarming and exciting things. They stopped to see what was around them and to capture the moment as it happened in real time. All the following is the students' own writing. The students were from two sections of Al Akhawayn's Language Center grammar classes. 

A normal morning

Today is another day in AUI, I'm still trying to get out of my too comfortable bed to live. I plan all my day in my mind, what I'm going to wear, what I'm going to eat and what I'm going to study, but in reality, I'm just searching excuses to myself for staying in my bed.
My roommate woke up after me, she begins to sing like every morning, and like every morning, I have to wake up to put something in my ears.

I open the window so I can feel the fresh air, the view from my room is amazing, There is a forest just in front of the window, I can hear the birds chirping, I can see the security's dog running and playing with some butterflies, but I have to prepare myself to go to the courses so I close the window and I continue my usual humdrum.

the window

I'm at my window, from where i can see the tennis court, where two boys are playing. One of them is wearing an orange t-shirt,  he seems really exhausted, the other is wearing blue and he still in a good shape. Near to them we find the restaurant where plenty of people are waiting in the line, my attention is specially attracted by two girl, wich are plannig to do a trick to the other girl who's with them. Their table is in the cornner and they are puting ketchup in her chair, she still waiting. On
the right side of the restaurant there is the soccer field i can't see it completly but just a part where some people are running. There is a black bird in the tree in front of me and his really disturbing, he don't want to stop making noises. And here is the girl from the restaurant comming back, with a shelf in her hand and she sit on her chair, her friend are laughing at her, other people from the restaurant are doing the same .Now she's getting angry, she get up and try to figure on what
she sit, she's getting really made, she's taking her shelf and she's walking to an other table.

Dudes breaking down

I'am at the cafe with my friends having a good time hanging out.
From where i'm standing i can see a gorgeous chick with a silky hair and brown eyes, in the other side a group of men having a fight to know who can talk to the lady first.
So that the debat didn't come to an end, a man among the group stand up, he's walking toward the lady's table.
Hahahahahahahaa oh my god he got knock out, the girl is out of his league, almost everybody in the group laughed at him, he returns to his mates disapointed, all of his confidence has broken in a second .
The second uglier and less confident from the first is being pushed by his friends, and now he calls the lady by her name !!!
i'am so confused right now how could he be that casual with a woman that he barely know, and now he's noting her phone's number .
God i respect this guy he is surely a freaking lengend, what a great lady hunter.
I've had enough events for today.

What happens in front of Newrest

I’m sitting here, watching the sunset. Some people are talking, some are already having dinner, others are rushing over their homework.

I see many couples passing by, some of them look happy and I can see a couple fighting.

Two girls are smoking in front of me, they’re sitting on a bench.

I can see some people speaking different languages and it’s shows me how culturally diverse AUI is.

Some professors are getting out of the cafeteria. They’re probably discussing their new clases.

At the old medina of Meknes

I am at the old medina of Meknes, and I see a man in his old store of Moroccan traditional musical instruments trying to sell some traditional instruments to two young tourists. One of the two tourists is holding a map, and the other is carrying a bottle of mineral water; outside the store, another man with a black moustache sitting on a small stool and smoking the “Sebsi”. I see a mother holding a bag accompanied with her two daughters and going toward the hammam. At the butchers’ side, I see a traditional restaurant where some people are eating minced meat grilled on coal and drinking the Moroccan tea. In front of the restaurant, there is a fat cat lying on the ground and moving its tail slowly. I see a happy child running toward his friends and screaming. Finally, on my way to leave the old medina by its large gate, I see a donkey carrying two bags of wheat and moving to the nearby mill.

The Morning in AUI

I'm sitting in a corner of AUI's cafeteria. This morning, the waiter is taking notes from a customer student, who is just going out with his glass of coffee. The system is not working. Another waiter is looking at something through the window, I don't know what is it; in the cafeteria we are three, one is reading, writing on his laptop and me writing on my copybook. I've just finished my big Black Tea so that I'm going outside, I can’t get bored with the perfect weather and the beautiful landscape out there. Finally, I'm taking a deep breath before running to my first class of the day, with Mr.Jordan.