International day of scientific Women and Girls

Yesterday, was the international day of Scientific Women and Girls, I was invited by the awesome club CSCClub of Blida to speak about science and technology in my life.

It’s a pretty difficult subject for me, so I started by stating that I have never seen myself as a scientist, I don’t wear a white apron, I don’t work in a lab I don’t have any chemical reactions to work on, but by being part of the techwomen experience, I have got some exposure to STEM world and I understood that Sceince, engineering, Technology and Mathematics are all related to each others and without one of them it cannot work.

To be a teacher in university, the class is guided by a program and there is a static content, so whatever is happening in the real world, in the class the content is the same, but as a technical trainer, the class will follow the students need to learn to understand, and if a new standard is released it can be discussed, so this stressful world of being on point brings adrenaline for the learning excitement and exhaustion since we are running after improvement.

To control , in order to release that strong feeling of over doing sometimes, I have decided to give back some of my time, give presentation, speeches, and helping anyone that would need to talk or some motivation, and just like that talking to people became a passion.

In that speech I suggested to the audience to give a try to those new technologies that will be part of our life and we will have to adapt to: 5G, smart Cities, IoT, AI, and so on, we all need to get on point with the future.

Since time was limited I finished by my motto my favorite quote: keep positive, keep smiling keep going forward, and if you need anything , you know where to find me.

I wanted to talk about two ladies that have a real impact on my life but I guess that a subject for another time

Being positive!!! ( i wrote it on 17/08/2015)

I have been fighting my whole life to bring positive thinking from people around me.  

The fact that I believe that positive brings positive does push me to smile more and focus on people well being. But still,  is it enough? 

On a daily basis,  being positive what ever the circumstances are,  this is a difficult exercise,  it means we have the aptitude to look over our own sadness and be and focus on happiness only.

many people with say that i am not realistic and more a dreamer, yes i am a dreamer but i am realistic, i know the difficulties that we have to face everyday, trafficjam , everything is getting expensive, paying the rent every end of year, salary is not enough till the end of the month, it costs and arm to have children..... but honestly does enumerating all of this can make you feel well, or bring solutions to your life?

i may make a list of all what is bothering me everyday, but only to find the matching solution, to work on it , or to find the positive part of it.

and by the end of the day when everything went wrong, the positive feeling is elhamdoullah i am alive, and i will live till tomorrow to make it better inchallah.

i do feel all the problems around but if i can make you smile, you just made my day

2018 the year i felt in love with myself!!!

It took me time to accept myself as i am.....
I started the new year stargazing in the desert of Dubai with my best friend, learning about astronomy , far from the fast of lights and loud music, i wanted a low and quiet beginning, focusing on the essential.
i was in love by that day, i was believing that i have found the person that could share my energy, my love and my life, but with time and a lot of hurting i realized that my energy , my love and my life should be focus on myself .
so i have decided to work harder but to get a life, so i re-organized my work to be more efficient during working time ( i started using earphones with my favorite music essentially heavy metal to be disconnected from the environment and focus on the job) so i did not have to work extra time.
i changed my diet, i have lost weight in 2017 but i wanted to maintain it, so no more junk food at least not everyday, i started my day with oatmeal with fruits, peanut butter and yogurt , and when possible whole grain bread, for lunch i would go for yogurt and fruit and dinner since it's the only moment with my family i would eat anything my mom would prepare in the smallest quantity possible, obviously i have started drinking till 2 liters of water per day.
i went back to the gym
i started taking car of my skin, and hairs, going back to the dentist and making sure that i keep my smile on.
if i started looking fit and may be younger ( according to my family, because for me i am still fat , when i was younger i have been told that i had big bones and i still believe that), i then needed to work on the inside.
so i registered to be coach in the maximum events for young people, i wanted to give back to the community , i needed to share my energy and see if it can impact people.
i realized that sometimes, you try to be helpful and people don;t need it or don;t want it or just are not at the point to understand what you doing .
so i found myself obliged to adapt to every single person i met, and it was hard, sometimes i did not have the best way to manage it, but this is life a continuous learning.
ans suddenly i started receive love back , people asked me for suggestions or advises, people were happy to listening to me.
i have the impostor guilt feeling, what ever i do in my mind was normal and actually was not important, but the image of myself that i got back from every person i met was different from what i so, and at that moment i felt happy to be me.
what ever i did for the students or for the people around made sense, and even if i was exhausted , it was always worth it.

accepting who i am was  my 2018 challenge, when i saw the last speech i have done for the ELIP Connect camp, i think i have succeeded, elhamdoullah

May 2019 be as crazy as 2018 and much more productive!!

Opening day de Amzur

Amzur

La commune d’Ait Smail se situe à 60 km du chef-lieu de la wilaya de Bejaia, a abrité l’évènement « Opening Days » de l’association féminine scientifiques : Amzur.

AMZUR, est une association féminine scientifique créée le 6 avril 2018; afin de valoriser le rôle de la femme rurale, en les mettant en contact avec la nouvelle génération et les nouvelles technologies.

A plus de 616 mètres d’altitude a la maison de jeune mouloud Mammeri, les femmes et hommes de la communauté d’Ait smail sont venu, curieux de voir le programme mis en place pour cette première journée organiser sous le thème : sortir de sa zone de confort.

Des enseignants, des artisans, des fonctionnaires de la commune , des étudiants, ils étaient tous au RDV pour écouter les 4 conférencières venues des différentes parcelles du pays pour les motiver pour aller de l’avant, et les convaincre de faire partie de cette association.

Melle Djamila DOUACHE a présenté son allocution sous le thème : c’est décidé ! Je change de vie, elle a expliqué que pour aller de l’avant il faut être capable de faire des petits changements et faire face à ces peurs. Que la réussite récompense chaque petit effort, et s’améliorer soit même et déjà un succès.

Mme Amel Chenouf, chercheuse au sein du CDTA, a expliqué que sortir de sa zone de confort passe aussi par atteindre son objectif après plusieurs échec, mais c’est surtout construire une confiance en soi qui nous permet d’avancer contre vent et marrée.

Melle Salma Bekkouche a fait le voyage de Hassi Messaoud, curieuse de rencontrer les femmes du village et de partager son expérience associative, Salma a dit avoir décider de partager son temps et ses compétences avec des jeunes de sa ville pour les aider dans la vie de tous les jours, cette diplômée en Informatique de l’ESI  a franchi le pas et s’est lance dans les ressources humaines une passion qui a grandi en elle au files des années.

La dernière intervenante était Mme Nassima Berrayah, chimiste de formation, Chef d’entreprise de métier et coach/mentor de vocation, par sa présentation elle montra tous les atouts que la femme peut avoir pour faire d’elle une gestionnaire hors pair, elle expliqua que par sa détermination et son courage, la femme peut être un manager de la famille et d’une startup.

Les 4 intervenantes ont reçus énormément de questions et ce sont prêtes a la discussion avec les gens présents, dans le but de promouvoir cette nouvelle association et générer le plus d’intérêt possible.

Ramdhan is leaving

Every year, we are blessed by the visit of the holy month ramadhan, a moment to reconcentrate on ourselves, and reconstruct our soul.

I find it to be a peaceful month, slowing down the life needs.
But here it is , it's the month where we face our good and bad part, it's the month where no devil is released, so if you have a bad thought it's on you, if you say bad words it's on you and if you do something wrong it's also on you.

In a world where so many things are hurting and painful, ramdhan should be a healing moment, making our soul cleaner, our mind  and our faith stronger, but are we listening to us, are we noticing all of this.

Everyone needs to work on himself to make the world a better place.

TechWomen ...... 5 years later

We are living in a world where time is flying, in my mind, my trip to US was just yesterday, but actually it has been 5 years already.

When i was selected, i was super excited and looking for new opportunities to learn and improve my skills.
To be honest my mentor-ship was awesome, working on mobile application development was pleasant and gave me the opportunity to push my self out of my comfort zone, I was blessed having two amazing mentors bringing support and understanding on every step of this adventure.

But this program is more than just a mentor-ship, it's an opportunity to meet and know people from different part of the world, it's a chance to build a support network, over those 100 something ladies from Asia, to Africa, from middle east to US you will connect with few of them and you will share amazing moments, you will build friendships, you will build professional network that will last after this trip.

I have found that where ever you are from, and doesn't matter the work you are doing, we are all facing same troubles and situations, and being united make us stronger.

The human experience is what will last, so construct your network, find your new besties and change your world!!!

WAKANDA Trip

I went to Wakanda and i felt in love with my self again,
I met the real me, strong,happy, smiling and loving,
I shared my feelings with people that matters for me and for whom i matter as well
I went to WAKANDA and i remembered the love i have for this country, for the people,
I received respect, acknowledgment and love, for every smile i gave.
For those that thinks that Wakanda doesn't exist it's because you have never been to Rwanda.

Clean, friendly country with respectful , loving , strong, people, every visit to Kigali, fills my heart with happiness and love, it's the one in a million places that heals my soul and mind.

i arrived kind of nervous , i havent travel for a while and was not sure what to expect, but the moment i went out of the airport i knew i was safe, i was back home, Umutoni Home, and i started smiling.
the five days trip went so quickly i wanted to extend and visit more places, and get lost, and meet new people,let's say this is for next chapter.