Summer rain

It just rained the most beautiful rain I had ever seen, and now there's a little hole in the clouds where the Sun is shining down through the fluffy white ... it makes your heart sing ...

... this little light of mine
I'm gonna let it shine ...

سایه

دیدین یه وقتی آدم دلش می خواد یه چیزی رو بگه اما نمی دونه چجوری؟ انگار هیچ جمله ای تو دنیا نیست که حرفی رو که آدم می خواد بزنه. مفاهیم تو ذهن آدم گیر می کنن و آدم نمی فهمه از دست خودش عصبانی باشه یا از یه چیز دیگه! اَه این چه وضعشه، برم یه خورده درست فکر کنم شاید فرجی بشه

a letter

Think about it, the guy's title is Chief Statistician of Canada. How cool is that? Their website calls him an extreme statistician, think of the many stats courses he probably took!

smooth

Some things warm you up, some things cool you down, some people do both ...

!ملوان

بالاخره من قایق موتوری روندم! چقدر کیف داشت. حالا باید یه مدت صبر کنم تا کلاس کمک خلبانی، بعدش هم ... دیگه همین دیگه، خاک و آب و باد ... آهان، فضا. اما مطمئنا فرمون اون رو دست من نمی دن

review

So much has changed so gradually that any of us barely noticed. Over the years people come and go and you don't feel it until the time you sit down with a group and think about your memories together ... at some point everyone gasped, we're getting old ...

shattered

It has always been easy for me to be happy. I guess there has never been that great of a dilemma in my life. Sometimes this really makes me feel guilty, or maybe it's more of a worry of loosing it ... when I see people with big problems in their lives I can't help wondering, could I handle that? How would I pull through? I keep a straight face, swallow my tears, and tell them over and over that there are so many ways to keep things moving, yet, it breaks my heart in a way that doesn't heal ...

twilight

How can you tell someone that everything will be fine soon when you don't really know it yourself? How can you give them hope when you might just be showing them a rainbow? I wish with all my heart that things turn out fine, but there is no guarantee; and it's not like any of it is in my control, all I can do is pray. I don't believe that you should ever give up, but is there such a thing as being too hopeful? How much harm is there in failing too many times?

sophisticated

It can't just be an incident that I get things exactly the way I want them. I mean, such details, it blows me away ...

nuclear

So August 22nd is going to be our magic day!

no English!

There was construction so the bus driver couldn't stop at the bus stop. He yielded aside a little further along the road and asked the people who wanted to get off at the stop to come to the front door. Obviously, she didn't understand a word. A Chinese girl turned back and started talking to her but, wrong language! She stared bluntly. The bus got up the hill to school, she got off at the first stop and suddenly realized she had no idea where she was. She got on again. She pointed with her hands that she wants to go back down the hill. The driver started to explain that he doesn't go back down the same route but left his sentence half way, he pointed to her to sit down ...

free

It was past midnight. The music was loud and I was singing along with it. I was driving on a bridge on the highway. City lights were shining on the two sides of the bridge ... it all looked so magical and I felt so happy and free ... I thought out loud to myself, I wouldn't trade this for anything ...

my day

There are people who believe in faith and there are people who don't. I still don't know exactly which side of the line I stand on ... I have lived away from home for 9 years now (WOW! really?) but no matter where I had been all year long, I had always had my parents with me on my birthday. Last year as I was saying that to a friend it passed my mind that it is probably going to change soon ... it was my choice to stay in Vancouver and finish my proposal instead of going home this year, and yes, I thought about it deep and hard. I even reminded myself that it'll be the first birthday without mum and dad. They were a little concerned too, especially dad ... I didn't have my parents with me this year, but I realized once again how many great friends I have. They take good care of me ... since last week I have been getting presents, cards, notes, phone calls and messages, until now I have had 2 birthday parties, 2 more to come ... there is nothing better than feeling loved by so many people to make you feel great on your birthday ... I am blessed, whether it's faith or not ...

upside down

Who's to say
What's impossible
Well they forgot
This world keeps spinning
And with each new day
I can feel a change in everything
And as the surface breaks reflections fade
But in some ways they remain the same
And as my mind begins to spread its wings
There's no stopping curiosity

I wanna turn the whole thing upside down
I'll find the things they say just can't be found
I'll share this love I find with everyone
We'll sing and dance to Mother Nature's songs
I don't want this feeling to go away

Who's to say
I can't do everything
Well I can try
And as I roll along I begin to find
Things aren't always just what they seem

- Jack Johnson

perception

With delicacy, I took all the raisins out of my cake and ate it. The next bite I really didn't feel as picky so I just put it in my mouth and anticipated the raisin taste. Turns out it was chocolate, which I loved ... I wonder what else I have missed out on by just making assumptions ...

horizon

I have always known that my doctorate in Engineering is going to be a basis for the work I want to do, and I have always envisioned that I won't be just a PhD. I want to do this for the experience and then start living the dream I have. I guess the further it goes they more determined I become and the more I realize, this is just a phase ...

perspective

I am at my element right now. It's one of those days that I seem to be able to see the bigger picture in life. I feel calm and happy ... and the clouds seem to make to most magnificent scenery in the sky ...

tied

There's the guy standing on the traffic light, those on the ice cream van ,and the naked guy, but nothing beats the Asian girl dancing to the African drums because of Italy's win ... I honked my horn all the way home and what a great time! I wish there was something like this to bring people out every year, it beats the Celebration of Lights ... I can still hear people honking as they pass cars with Italian flags ... the only thing I still haven't figured is why Zidane did what he did to get the red card. It might well be the reason they lost, and it will definitely effect his reputation ...

Photos from Fifa.

Nokia

I am such a Nokia fan that I skipped 2 meetings to meet with the research guys from the real Nokia in Helsinki, and yes, they are COOL!

football

I think the Germans were lacking Klinsmann at the end point, they kept getting the ball to the Italian goal and ending up not knowing what to do with it! Great game anyway ...

sponsors

We checked out the Vancouver Jazz festival on Canada day. Interesting thought, this year the cigarette companies have been banded from sponsoring the festival. Apparently it's bad influence and too much advertisement for them!