hilltop

Today, we had the first rainy day of Fall, you know, gray clouds, the whole charade ... and today I realized how some things are more important in life than other things. I realized why you need to have others in your life although you feel free and strong, and I found out why some trees are green all year round. I felt the joy of having my siblings close by and I figured why I always like to keep a soduko puzzle on my desk ... I learnt many life lessons in a day which turned out not to be that bad after all ...

dreadful

I'll have to work hard today and then present my work tomorrow. I gave my supervisor something like a log of my work during the summer, but it seems it isn't such a good idea to hand someone your diary. Although we had talked about it many times it doesn't seem he understood exactly what I had done. In his email he said, this presents a lot of work ... so I have some concerns. Now I have to go and explain it to him, and yes, I dread this ...

P.S. I never believed in horoscopes but as I was flipping through the newspaper I found: Though there will be an intense meeting don't be intimidated. Buy a bit of luxury for your home (I just did!). You'll get some help to pay for it. Hmm, makes me wonder how probable it is for this to happen by chance!

astrology

My horoscope for today says: "People will show respect for your values. You can feel as if the world is in harmony with you. Now is a good time to strut your stuff." So now the stars are telling me to show off?

genuine

I went to a very interesting talk last night. It was about a startup company by couple of very intelligent people who made the smallest motherboard I had ever seen. Their idea was to have open source hardware schematics so everyone could discuss it and either make it themselves or order it from them. Since all three of the founders had daytime jobs, it wasn't intended for profit, although it made a lot. And since they liked what they did, they had such a good relation with their costumers, some of whom were present there. It was such a fresh way of getting things done if you will. It is still the three of them working out of a garage. They custom-make whatever type of board you order, and they work with you on it to tailor it to your need ... maybe some part of what interested me was the fact that the speaker didn't talk like a salesperson, he was a real engineer, something like the image I always had about my future ...

difficult

You know those people who know you just when they want you to do something for them?

angles

calling all angels
calling all angels
walk me through this one
don't leave me alone
calling all angels
calling all angels
we're cryin' and we're hurtin'
but we're not sure why...
calling all angels
calling all angels
we're tryin'
we're hopin'
we're lovin'
and we're hurtin'
we're cryin'
we're callin'
cause we're not sure how this goes

- Jane Siberry

revolving, evolving

Atlantis finally left Earth yesterday ... and we collected over 2000 signatures for the petition. I mentioned there was some crazy politics going on at school ... the president of the student society suddenly decided he wants to take everything into his own hands and spend everyone's money to his satisfaction. I bet he never thought the graduate students (since what he did mostly affects them) would be so together as to gather enough signatures (we needed 1500) to impeach him and his gang! Well, good work everyone and here comes the wave Mr. Hunsdale ...

fair

I have thought many times, what would you say to an innocent person sitting on death row?

آلزایمر

باورتون نمیشه چی شده. امروز صبح حوالی 6 بیدار شدم، نمی دونم به چه دلیل یاد فرانسه حرف زدن افتادم و هوس کردم تو ذهنم یه فعل صرف کنم! نمی خواد بگین چقدر خرخون خودم وقتی هشیارتر شدم گفتم. حالا قسمت جالب قضیه اینجاست که هرچی به ذهنم فشار می آوردم فقط عربی یادم می اومد! همه صیغه ها! ولی دریغ از یک فعل فرانسه! خلاصه یه چیزی خوردم تا کم کم یه چیزایی یادم اومد ... من عربی رو خیلی قبل از فرانسه یادگرفتم و ... امشب می خواستم زنگ بزنم ایران، تا به شماره ای که باید بگیرم فکر می کردم شماره همه کارتها یادم می اومد و شماره این شرکتی که باهاش قرارداد دارم یادم نمی اومد! اما خیلی وقته که من از هیچ کارتی استفاده نکردم و همه اش از خط همین شرکت استفاده کردم!!!! به گمونم این یه نوعی از آلزایمر یا یه نوعی از مالیخولیاست. تنها راه حلش هم اینه که آروم باشم و یه کم فکر کنم تا چیزی رو که می خوام یادم بیاد

Crikey

"Welcome to Crocodile country" was how he started off many shows. I remember watching Steve Irwin as a kid. I can't be sure, but I think he inspired a lot of interest towards animals in me. Aside from the accent, I loved to see him handle dangerous animals, it was all so real, like you were there, like you were a part of nature ... and he had so much fun doing it, it excited you. Being with animals was so natural to him, as he puts it:

"So now what happens is the cameras follow me around and capture exactly what I've been doing since I was a boy. Only now we have a team of, you know, like 73 of us, and it's gone beyond that."

And he died doing what he loved best:

"I have no fear of losing my life - if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it."

You'll be missed a lot Crikey!

P.S. I took the photos off the web and forgot to keep the link!

haven

Cliff Falls, Kanaka creek, BC

Today is the forth anniversary of my arrival in Canada and I love it even more than day one ...

butter or margarine?

I love the taste of margarine in rice, I also like it as an alternative to butter. It had come up in many conversations whether or not eating margarine is a smart choice; and it's not just us, it seemed to be an ongoing debate among nutritionists. I found this a couple of days ago and I agree with what it says. At least according to the labels (which are controlled by Health Canada) margarine looks more promising ...

good politics

Ralph Klein is among the few faces in politics, let alone Tories, that will be missed. He is retiring after, I think, 14 years as Alberta's premier.

He is known for his blunt speeches and comments and for taking the people's side. When he came into office in 1992, Alberta had a debt of about $23 billion dollars, now they are the working capital of Canada. Their economy is blooming so fast that even the government was caught off guard. As for what concerns me, I can see the flow of provincial money into the universities and the great benefits the students receive.
And it wasn't just the Albertans who benefited, he had a great roll in showing other primers how they can stand up to Ottawa and do what is right for the people of their province ... his successor will have a difficult time stepping into his shoes ...

oops!

I received a phone call from the Canadian Family Action Coalition asking whether or not I agree with same sex marriage. Parliament will be voting on the definition of marriage once again this year. And well, I guess I didn't give them the answer they were looking for, I said: "Why not, like any minority they should have the right to get married." I said this despite the fact that we never came to a conclusion whether or not gay couples should be allowed to adopt, or better put, whether or not a child would benefit from being raised by a gay couple ...

browsing

For now Google is returning George Bush's biography as the top result for search word failure, now that is some definition!

blonde

I discovered that most of the hair style magazines don't have page numbers ...

cup size

We went shopping for underwear ... it used to be that bras would come in sizes A, B, C and rarely you would find a size D - not that I am against a wider range of sizes. We were looking for a bra with no wires or padding. Believe it or not there we no size A's, and this is not just in one store. As if by default people who are a size A should have a wired or padded bra, I guess because everyone knows that a size A is too small!
To my surprise the D, DD and DDD sizes were about the only ones with no padding or wire. It can't be that suddenly all the size A's had decided to wear padded bras, it can only be that like all else we are stuck with a certain silly mind set as to how something should be, the new standard forces some to go above and beyond to achieve what is an acceptable image.

advertising

The Fido URBAN ZONE package says: 400 anytime minutes, unlimited incoming calls in your urban zone and that is for $30. Telus (who by the way I despise) was rather quick to move, they offer: 400 anytime minutes, unlimited incoming calls for $35, the ad says: unlike the other guys, there are no "zone" restrictions. The catch is, Fido offers to add to your plan the suburban zone coverage (the other areas that Telus would cover) for an additional $5, so it comes to the same price. As usual Telus is making a big deal out of nothing, it's just the usual business mumble jumble!

kicked out

Poor Pluto, they changed the definition of a planet and now Pluto no longer belongs! The following is a quote from their website regarding this matter:

Resolution 6A creates for IAU usage a new class of objects, for which Pluto is the prototype. Resolution 6B introduces the name "plutonian objects" for this class. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines "plutonian" as:
Main Entry: plu • to • ni • an
Pronunciation: plü-'tO-nE-&n
Function: adjective
Usage: often capitalized : of, relating to, or characteristic of Pluto or the lower world.

After having received inputs from many sides -- especially the geological community -- the term "Pluton" is no longer being considered.

An interesting piece of news from someone who I guess feels like a mother to Pluto.

crude

... so now oil prices are going down? Who would have thought of it, there is so much tension in the middle east and yet more available resources means we don't care about oil that much right now ...

جهان سوم

جهان سوم جايی است كه هر كس بخواهد مملكتش را آباد كند،خانه اش خراب می شود و هر كس كه بخواهد خانه اش آباد باشد بايد در تخريب مملكتش بكوشد.

ناشناس

tickets

Interesting news, I wonder if it will really happen!

چراغ

میگن چراغی که به خونه رواست به مسجد حرومه، راست میگن

bored

The meeting room is like a casino, they blow in cool air and there are no clocks, no wonder people always talk past what they should ...

patriotic

He said: "My home is destroyed, but if I can have my tent in my country I am happy."

visa

If you are a Sharif graduate you probably know of all the fiasco that went on with the reunion gathering in the US last month. All aside, I would just like to quote this from Dr Hojabri's email:

"The concern of US security agencies about Reunion 2006 was not because of SUTA, but because of participation of large number of members from Iran."

That only says to me, they are acting as stupid as always!

student politics

So, here I am after 5 hours of meetings discussing the ongoing issues with the student society! I thought those days were over, I thought that was what you did as an undergrad, I thought I had lost the youthful power to rally, set up meeting after meeting and discuss talking to lawyers and unions, seems not ...

the Collector

There is a series airing this season called the Collector, actually it has aired since 2004 and won a handful of awards, but I just discovered it. It's the story of a monk who became a soul collector for the devil.
The only reason I watched it the first time around was that it was filmed in Vancouver (BTW filming projects are up 23% in Vancouver this year), but it kind of grew on me. Now I really like it. I should say it's rather intelligent for a weekday series, and it brings up some very philosophical issues, neither of which of course it carries forward to a clear answer. However, it is arguable that it's even possible to carry any question of that sort to a straight answer.
If you can set aside some of the religious view points, mostly brought forth by Christianity neither of which I think are intentionally implied but more related to the environmental effects of being surrounded by Christians, I recommend you watch a couple of shows ...

financial analyst

I am getting really good at predicting when and where you should buy property and when you should sell. The truth is that I keep discovering from here and there that the predictions I made were quite true, if only I had the money ...

مشاور

من هیچ وقت اینجوری نبودم ولی الان مامانم رو می خوام. یه کسی رو می خوام که هیچ چیزی بینمون نباشه، یه کسی که هم حرفمو بفهمه هم بدونه چی باید بگه. یه وقتهایی هست که نمی خوای به هیچ چیز فکر کنی، می خوای هیچ فاصله ای نباشه. می خوای یه کس خیلی نزدیک بدونه تو فکرت چیه. اصلا فکر تلفن رو نمی خوام بکنم اصلا مثل این نیست که بشینی کنار کسی و باهاش حرف بزنی و اصلا هم اون آرامش رو به آدم نمی ده

two way

Suppose you are suspicious of your friend's husband having an affair. What is the right thing to do? Well if you ask me, it's to go and let her know of your suspicion and let them sort it out, or is it? I almost did that, but someone stopped me, what if she already knows? What if she would rather not know? I don't know, maybe it's not even my business!

دعا

،سایه ای گذشت آرام و سرد، دستانم تاب مقاومت نداشت

دیرگاهی بود که خویشتن را در پس و پیش راهروها گم کرده بودم

نگاهش آرام بود و کلامش شمرده

نمی دانم این اجابت کدام دعا بود یا مصیبت کدام نفرین

what a mess

Am I supposed to feel ok? Don't you feel the world is falling into pieces? They say you know yourself by the constants in your life, now that everything is changing oh so fast and not for the better, I guess it's ok to feel lost.
There is nothing you can count on, they might revoke your visa like they did with the SUTA reunion. They might search your plane for explosives and actually find some like what happened in Heathrow and now they won't even let you take a drink on the plane. I am sure the people who went to sleep never to wake up after the bombings in Lebanon didn't see it coming. I wonder though how you explain to the children what is happening to their homes, their families. Darfur, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Iraq and even our own little university where the student society president has suddenly decided that we no longer need democracy. What is going on with the world, what a mess!

family

wartalk

• It's really your decision which side of the story to listen to but I'd suggest a nice fresh perspective.


• Another reason why people say some things.


• Now these guys are a surprise.
  

P.S. I was waiting for the counteract.

به چمنزار یبا

به چمنزار یبا
به چمنزار بزرگ
و صدایم کن، از پشت نفسهای گل ابریشم

- فروغ فرخزاد

Jews?

Was it me or did everyone see the blue star in the fireworks last night? I mean, Mexico? I guess they had made decisions on what to show months ago, but why would they have chosen a blue Jewish star anyway? or am I just too sensitive to the case right now?

Photos from the event website.

tucked

They ask me why I believe in God, where are they when a power takes care of my every single concern? whatever you decide to call it ...

injustice

Some days I really feel we are just pretending to care about humanity. We made up all these collations and organizations and committees, and yet no matter where you look in the world you can see violent, barbaric acts. My homeland being one of the worst ... it tears my heart ...

inappropriate

I certainly agree that the work place is no place for romance. It seemed so inappropriate to me when one of the guys asked me out after the meeting yesterday. Of course I handled it with delicacy and I made sure he understood that it's not a one time excuse and I am not leaving the option open for later, but I still can't get over the fact that he actually didn't think it was improper.

together

It's common passion that brings people close.

نذر

آدم اگه نذر کنه بعد نذرش رو قبل از گرفتن حاجتش به جا بیاره مثل این می مونه که بخواد خدا رو بذاره تو رودرواسی. تازه اگه چیزی رو که می خوای نگیری اون وقت می تونی شاکی بشی که خدا سهمش رو بجا نیاورده نه؟

margin

It kind of works out that we don't listen to them and they don't listen to us. We gave them a day for our response and they couldn't care less. Now we have an end of August deadline to face ...

P.S. I still don't know what we have promised to China and Russia!

disgrace

If it was a human barrier or if it was the Israelis purposely hitting civilians, it's disgusting. They stopped the air missiles for 2 days and all people could do was run from their homes. All the pain aside, they left everything and ran with their lives ... Bush met with Blair yesterday, Rice cancelled her peacemaking trip and the UN meeting got nowhere. Yes we all cried when the children died clutching to their mothers, but isn't there any thing we could do for those alive? We are the only hope. It doesn't seem we understand that, or we understand and we don't care. Is all this stillness because there are Jews on one side? ... and why did Mel Gibson apologize for saying Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world? I think he really meant it, I wouldn't say he is that wrong. Or maybe he had to because the Jews govern Hollywood ... what's becoming of us?

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!

Canada day

From the very beginning you could tell that Steven Harper is a politician, and I don't mean that in a good way. A more recent example of it is the Government Sales Tax reduction effective tomorrow. Just think of it this way, 1% tax reduction is a couple of hundred dollars per year for the average income, $60,000. How much difference does that make in the life of the average person? But it's a big score for corporations and companies ... Conservatives!

egg

I can't touch an egg, it came out of a chicken butt!

- Jackie, that 70's show

change

What is this? Do we live to get to love someone or something and then spend a period pulling away from it? Is there no stability? I know he is not moving away, but we won't see each other every day and I am so used to cheering up myself by talking to him ... it'll be rather dull around here without him, I'll miss him a lot ... and soon after someone else from our lab is graduating, then it'll be really lonely and unfamiliar ...

good and bad

Good is good and bad is bad
You don't know which one you had

- Sheryl Crow

tomorrow

... he said: "I do this so the beautiful baby that you bear comes into a wonderful world." It struck me, I had always said that I want children but I had never heard it from someone else ...

consent

I think it's a good idea I especially like the near age exemption clause: The legislation includes a so-called near-age exception of five years. That exclusion would permit 14- and 15-year-olds to engage in sexual activity with a partner who is less than five years older.

have a nice day

Why you wanna tell me how to live my life?
Who are you to tell me if it's black or white?
Momma, can you help me try to understand
Is innocence the difference 'tween a boy and a man?
My daddy lived to die, that's just the price that he paid
Sacrificed his life just slaving away

Oh, if there's one thing I hang onto that gets me thru the nite
I ain't gonna do what I don't want to; I'm gonna live my life
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice
Standing on the ledge, I show the wind how to fly
When the world gets in my face, I say…
Have a nice day
Have a nice day

Take a look around you; nothing's what it seems
We're living in the broken home of hopes and dreams
Let me be the first to shake a helping hand
Anybody brave enough to take a stand
I've knocked on every door on every dead-end street
Looking for forgiveness and what's left to believe

- Jon Bon Jovi

celebrity

Once upon a time there was Oprah who set up an organization to help the needy. Then it started to grow. There was more and more draw from the celebrities to make the world a better place. Some like Angelina Jolie take interest in other nations, some like Bon Jovi stay home, others like Brigitte Bardot give animals a voice ... no matter how and where they put their efforts, the involvement of celebrities has become an inadmissible part of issues around the world ... at least this is one good thing out of celebrity media ...

movie

I hate that our tuitions keep going up ... they are always making a movie on campus and I am sure they pay loads and loads of money for that. It's usually an action movie and those sell for good money; since it causes students a lot of inconvenience it would only be fair to give them a tuition break because of it ...

angle

My life is brilliant.
My love is pure.
I saw an angel.
Of that I'm sure.
She smiled at me on the subway.
She was with another man.
But I won't lose no sleep on that,
'Cause I've got a plan.

You're beautiful. You're beautiful.
You're beautiful, it's true,
I saw your face in a crowded place,
And I don't know what to do,
Cause I'll never be with you.

Yeah, she caught my eye,
As I walked on by.
She could see from my face that I was, flying high,
And I don't think that I'll see her again,
But we shared a moment that will last till the end.

- James Blunt

stander by

He wants to fall in love, there is nothing you need to do, just watch ... if people could learn just to be ...

fit?

Just because I don't wear my head light reddish, I don't put on the ugly make up that she does, and I don't have the slutty clothes she has, she thinks she should talk to me in English. Actually, she's pretty nasty every time I go into the store. Or it might just be that I went into the shop with someone she hates or likes, but she's older than my mum ... or maybe she's jealous of something, or hates something or ... honestly, there is no reason to be such a ... excuse the language ... such a bitch! But then, why should I care? The last time she was the cashier for me was our New Year, so whatever ...

smoking?

There are so many addictions out there, of all of them I picked up narcotics ...

human

... each child that dies on the street, each one of us become a little less human ...

- a child activist

thesis

It happened to my Masters thesis and I think it's happening to my PhD too. Basically, in my Masters I ended up working on what I had initially thought was the most difficult part. Now for my PhD I am reading Information Theory! For God's sake, Shannon wrote that stuff and he was the last to understand it. I have done some reading in this field before and I had found it DIFFICULT and now the course of life has lead me to it again ... what am I to do? You would think that when you are free to pick your topic you'd choose to work on something that's easy and understandable to you, not something you have to work your brain to pieces on!

nightmare

I had a really bad dream last night. My maid (!!) was telling some other people how I was murdered. Then I dreamt I was telling one of my friends about the dream and he frightened me by pretending to want to kill me ... I woke up shaken, looked at myself in the mirror, pale! I could be scared of my own image!
I had never had a dream where I was so rich before, and yet, I didn't even get to live in it. I don't think that was fair. Definitely not worth the scare of going back though ...

pc

There's something wrong with my computer. When it downloads something it asks me what to open it with. How am I to know? I mean that's a real bummer, your computer starts asking you computer questions!

- Last comic standing

to do list

• I finished my jigsaw puzzle today, so much for being patient! I guess that's crossed off the to do list.
  


• I still haven't figured out if I like living alone or if I'd rather have a roommate. The thing is, I feel this place is too big for me. Not that I mind. I usually have company. But somehow it feels like a waste of resource. Maybe I should be concerned about myself a little more and enjoy the time and space I have. You never know what life will put in your way ...


• I have to go and buy myself a better TV antenna, this one only picks up a few channels and none of the ones I am used to. Of course, I don't know if an expensive antenna will do the trick ... and I am supposed to know antennas! Good thing my supervisors don't read weblogs!


• I never get tired of looking out the windows, the city lights are just amazing. The only thing I have come to know is that I should pull the curtains later at night. I need the calm before I go to bed. And that reminds me that the idea of living downtown might not be the best for me, I'd want to stay up all night!
  

abrupt

I don't understand why it always has to be so complicated. Or again, is it us who make it difficult for ourselves and others. Some times I wonder what life would be like if we would all wait and think before doing something. It's not human nature I guess; we are programmed to act in an instant without acknowledging sudden decisions are most commonly wrong ...

jagged

I thought I'd lost a confidential paper and the last time I could remember seeing it was 2 weeks ago! I found it after all, but just think of the anticipation I went through ...

خواب

امروز ظهر که خوابیدم وبیدار شدم حس روزای جمعه رو داشتم. اون وقتی که اینقدر خوابیدی که دیگه از خواب سیر ِ سیر شدی

gratitude

There's a satisfaction in knowing you've made a difference that you can't find anywhere else ...

illumine

If I were the Sun I'd come out too on such a gorgeous day ...

شیشه

می گویند شیشه احساس ندارد
اما امروز که روی شیشه بخار گرفته نوشتم دوستت دارم
آرام آرام گریه کرد
ناشناس -

injustice

He didn't want me to lie for him, he just wanted me to be fair when reciting the incident.

failure

Success, it turns out, is a lousy teacher compared with failure.

IEEE Spectrum June 2006, Books
Success through Failure: the paradox of design
by Henry Petroski

time slot

I just noticed that it had been a week since I last posted something here, I have been very busy!

vocabulary

It astonishes me each and every time how amazingly different people express themselves. You just need to be patient to understand ...

you

I never felt alone, I was happy on my own.
And who would ever know there was something missing?
I guess I didn't see the possibility, it was waiting all the time,
but it never crossed my mind, till you opened up my eyes.

Now all I think about is you, in my life, in my dreams,
in my heart I know it's true, that I belong with you.
Because of you, in my world, in my arms, I have everything
and now I can't imagine what I'd do, without you.

I never thought love could be such a curiosity.
What attracted you to me was so unexpected,
but it was waiting all of the time,
and it never crossed my mind, till you opened up my eyes.

- Tara MacLean

فردا

راستش رو بگم دلم نمی خواد بخوابم. شاید چون دلم نمی خواد فردا بشه، شاید هم ... نمی دونم چیه، ولی انگار همین امروز باشه بهتره

moved

I am sitting here in my room looking out the window to a picture perfect scene. I can see all the city lights and its just amazing ... There are so many things on my mind and yet I am calm. I feel I have stepped out of my body and I am watching everything from above. It doesn't feel as if I am the one living these days, I wonder why ...
My home is about half way done, i.e., I have almost unpacked everything. Next step is to start shopping and sewing and decorating the house. I have promised everyone that it will be done by July. No, I am not building a house, it's just that I have to go to school on weekdays and it's a busy period so ...

altered

Such a complicated day. I don't know if I am happy or sad. I can't tell if I have chosen any of it or it just came to me in life's path. Again and again I have to thank the Lord for the wonderful people around me and the gift he offered to me time and time again. Even when there is no clear picture in my mind, there are people to talk to and others to comfort me ...

دوست

سعی کن بخاطر کسی که دوستش داری غرورت رو از دست بدی
نه بخاطر غرورت کسی رو که دوست داری از دست بدی

font

I need to write a single letter in Euclid in LaTeX and I have been searching for a way to do it for hours! Anyone?

talent

I never knew there was so much talent among the people I see everyday. They have set up a display of art work by the applied science people and what a show! There's painting, sculpture, photography and ...