Got nominated and ran for President of the Pakistani Student Association in American University in Dubai.
Got elected President for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010.
February/Spring 2009
Worked on Pakistani Association Dubai Girls Wing business plan with my close friend.
Presented and pitched the idea of a Girls Wing to the main Pakistani Association in Dubai.
Got approval and started work on launching Pakistani Association in Dubai Girls Wing.
March/Spring 2009
Launched Pakistani Association in Dubai Girls Wing with friend. Made President and Chairman.
Hosted a 500 people launch dinner and presented the idea of PAD GW to the general public and girls of Dubai.
April/Spring 2009
Covered Art Dubai as a member of the Press.
Made Editor in Cheif of AUD's Newspaper.
Made consultant on AUD's new Media school's newspaper and online website.
Covered Emirates International Festival of Literature as a member of the Press and interviewed the renowned author Anthony Horrowitz.
Acquired a 4.0 GPA making it 5 semesters straight 4.0 in a row. Made it to the dean's list and was the first person from the whole Mohammad bin Rashid School of Communication to do so.
May/June/July/August - Summer 2009
Fought and overcame abuse.
Finished my internship at Dubai ONE TV channel.
September/Fall 2009
Held my first meeting of the PSA in university as President.
Organised PSA iftar with only a tight budget of 2000 dirhams.
Acquired job at Dubai ONE TV channel as a Junior Non-Liner Editor.
October/Fall 2009
Choreographed dancers for International Night. Pakistani Club (PSA) won first position in performance and stall.
Won the Emirates International Student Storywriting Competition in the Undergraduate category.
November/Fall 2009
Acquired job in university on student pay(20/hr) as a manager of television and radio facilities of Mohammad bin Rashed School of Communication.
Won the position of AUD's representitive to be sent to University of Southern California for a conference.
Presented in front of a Harvard group of Doctors about Genetic Diseases.
Won the Dubai Harvard Foundation's science journalist fellowship.
Covered and worked at Gitex.
December/Fall 2009.
Graduation with a diploma in MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURE STUDIES!
how did u do all this? i mean how do u manage your time and where did u learn so much?
Sara- Graduating is a huge deal. All those years of blood, sweat and tears. So be proud of the fact that you have done and can move on to bigger and better things inshallah.
TLK- It was a law degree but in my final year I concentrated on Islamic Law.
Achievements are such a relative thing… compared to what I used to accomplish a few years ago, I feel like I haven’t done much this year. Compared to what some of you have done, I feel like I don’t even stand near. Khair, I should be thankful for all I’ve been able to do, because I’ve been blessed with certain opportunities.
In terms of major achievements, I got around to finishing 5 chapters of my PhD dissertation this year, and I’m hoping to finish another 2 over the month of December. That will leave one more to go – inshaAllah hopefully in January.
The past two years have been a drought of sorts cuz I’ve only published a few articles. I’ve been very busy with my f-t job. This year, I taught a couple of new graduate level courses, so got to learn, apply, and teach something new.
In terms of publications, I got one journal article, and two conference papers done – so it’s okay in the context of the other writing I’ve done for my own dissertation.
Alhamdullilah, it was a decent year overall. InshaAllah next year will be much better!
it's related to a certification in Project Management. PMI is the institute which awards it. I am a PMP.
that reminds me I also upgraded my ITIL certification to V3 this yr
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wow…mashaa Allah…u’ve achieved what other just dream of…i’ve been waiting for a teaching position for the last 5 years congratulations…how old r u if i may ask…kaan meN bataa deN **
It was quiet a while back.... hope to go back and restart again some day.
I'm OLD now... 376 months.....
X2 got it.
Nothing much happening in 2009. Would eating live shrimp qualify as achievement?
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36 months :o mujh se baRii haiN phir to :o maiN to samajhtaa thaa k amiN hii sirf buDDhaa huN lol i'm 367 moths old :)**
(Finally) started studies geared towards getting my designation as a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), along with an MBA degree...which reminds me, I better get cracking as I have 3 exams coming up in the next few days :-S
Career wise - Alhumdulillah, I've created my own niche at work as a SME (Subject Matter Expert) when it comes to Unified Messaging...which has helped a lot in surviving cuts at the work place...but at the same time, it's a little frustrating too cuz I've become so indispensible that even just a lateral move to another department was blocked by my manager this year :-S Ah well, all in good time I suppose...Once I'm done with this project next year InshaAllah, I should be able to...
As part of the overall Unified Messaging implementation, did the following for a major client (50K+ employees):
Completed Enterprise mail migrations (Domino/Lotus notes to Exchange 2007/Outlook) – project had been ongoing for 2 years now...
OCS (Office Communications Server) and Communicator 2007 deployments as a common Instant Messaging platform
Live Meeting 2007 enablements as a real-time collaboration/learning and development/presentation tool
SharePoint 2007 portal implementation to replace legacy Notes databases with the Microsoft solution for content management
Next up:
Voice/Phone integration with OCS/exchange...no idea about it @ the moment, but will learn InshaAllah :-D
Active Directory and mail systems integration with new acquisitions by the client...big project, also starting next year InshaAllah...
congratulations…how old r u if i may ask…kaan meN bataa deN 
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