Made In Iran

my way or ...

2005-02-13T00:57:00.000-08:00

you gotta realize not everything should go your way, could go your way, or would go your way. the sooner you realize that, no, the sooner that "sinks in", the sooner in your life you could handle "situations". Situation where of course something happens that you didn't expect to happen. something is said that you werent expecting to hear. at these moments, the brain stops. well thats how it feels

what to do?

2005-02-12T00:38:00.000-08:00

it has been a while, i know. but what ev'...here is my question for you: what do you do when someone who you thought were worthy of spending your time with turned out to be someone who would rather shoot in the head, or punch in the face on a less violent scale? what would you do?what would you do if you find out someone you thought is a cool person is actually not much more than a jackass?what

Where is the love?

2004-10-20T01:19:00.000-07:00

"People killin', people dyin'Children hurt and you hear them cryin'Can you practice what you preachAnd would you turn the other cheekFather, Father, Father help usSend some guidance from above'Cause people got me, got me questionin' Where is the love?" Black Eyed Peas - Where is the love?

life is good...

2004-10-13T22:48:00.000-07:00

few seconds ago i finished writing a new post, but as i was about to publish it, things went wrong and i lost what i had written. so the title stays the same, and here is a summary of what i wrote before (i am sure too lazy, and busy, to write the entire post again): - student life is good. you dont make much money compared to when you work, but i still like it. it is fun. - i also love not

Hello world... again...

2004-10-10T19:59:00.000-07:00

Hi. Done and done. I am in LA. I am 90 % settled in. The only piece of furniture I am missing in my apartment is a bed, which hopefully I will get by middle of next week. School has started of course. 7 days have gone so far. Time INDEED flies people. Already I have shit load of work to do. Right now I am in the library. And I will remain in the library till 2am. Oh the fun has started. I like

Me in Iran

2004-08-18T14:34:00.000-07:00

Even though the internet speed in the dear motherland in a true pain in the ass, but I had to have at least one post while I was here. I have been here for about two and a half month now, and I will remain here for another four weeks. It has been good so far. There are things that have changed since the last time I was here, about a year and a half ago. There are more policemen and police cars on

packing time...

2004-05-30T22:22:00.000-07:00

I have about 8 hours to get to San Francisco International Airport for my flight to Toronto. The more I get closer to departure time, the more exciting I get I guess. I spent most of my time at Davis this weekend. I had a really good time. I guess summer has officially started for me!

Time left to departure from SF:

2004-05-27T14:04:00.000-07:00

3 days and 17 hours and 25 minutes!

Life in a nerdy perspective

2004-05-24T11:43:00.000-07:00

I came up with this thought a while ago, but never told anyone or wrote it anywhere. I let out the thought in a comments in Bidel's weblog. Here it is: Life is a sine or cosine function, with time dependent frequency and phase shift resulting in various ups and downs, with different degrees of "upness" or "downess" at a time, and also various durations of "upness" and "downess"! So, if you are

Bush-lovers, read:

2004-05-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

You should read this by Charley Reese if you support Bush. It will be good for you. Hopefully anyways...

blah..

2004-05-20T10:42:00.000-07:00

There is nothing worth than not knowing what to do, or what to say. Not knowing what to think, or what to not think. Not knowing to call or not to call. Not knowing to call again or to wait yet another day. God damn these hard games...

it only gets worse...

2004-05-19T14:07:00.000-07:00

How on earth do you explain picture 6 in these pictures? do they think the ambulances are carrying the weapons brought in through "tunnels"?? what a bullshit. Right about now I would really love to kick all those responsible for those attaks right in the balls...

They really piss me off!

2004-05-18T11:03:00.000-07:00

Please note, lots of F word in this post, reader's discretion advised: Those responsible for these attacks will burn in hell. What the FUCK do you want from these people? The fuckers say "... house demolitions were among the measures the army took to protect security and were carried out "in full compliance with International Law, while making earnest efforts to uphold the rights of Palestinians

one day...

2004-05-17T11:53:00.000-07:00

Ever feel so helpless you want to forget about breathing? Well I have felt that way few times. The last was few days back. With all the shit happening in this world such as Israelis doing whatever the hell they want to Palestinians and yet no influential country does anything about it, or the chaos in Iraq, or Bush being US’s president, or blah blah blah, sometimes I feel quite helpless. Quite

Damn these idiots...

2004-05-11T14:17:00.000-07:00

Now to be fair, I should say that these sons of bitches who beheaded the American guy are not any better than those soldiers involved in the prisoners abuse. All of them are animals. Helllll noooo. And the former group call themselves Muslims. Hellll noooo. They aint Muslims. There are idiots. Period. God help us all from all the idiots in this world, aaaamen.

American's army justice system is a joke...

2004-05-11T10:37:00.000-07:00

People, please go read BBC's Q&A about Iraq abuse charges, it is pathetic. It says "the most severe punishment that can be imposed is a year in prison." What the (f-beep)? Those assholes treated the prisoners like bunch of dogs and the most severe punishment, if they get it, is one year in prison? no seriously, what the (f-beep)? It also mentions that "in a previous court martial, a soldier who

Sons of ...

2004-05-10T16:27:00.000-07:00

These sons of bitches (Bush and his gang) have no shame what so ever. Read this by William Saletan! It is an interesting chronological list of statements from Bush and his administration about "saddam's rape rooms and torture chambers" and the prison abuse investigation reports. Just read it will you? So pissed right now, so pissed... and you know what the sad part is? will all these screw ups,

State of Israel is the most racist of all!

2004-05-06T16:55:00.000-07:00

Don't believe me, just read this article by Charley Reese.

lets dance people lets dance...

2004-04-28T16:55:00.000-07:00

lets forget about the pasts and lets learn from what lasts lets run away and hide and watch ocean's tide

Mom: Gone back.

2004-04-26T10:53:00.000-07:00

My mother left yesterday for Iran after staying with us for a month and a half. I don't why, but this time it was different. I truly felt I will miss her. She has come and left few times, I have gone to Iran and left few times, but never I felt like this. Strange indeed it was. But the good news is that I will inshallah see her, my dad, my younger brother, and everyone else in Iran soon. In 45

UCLA it is...

2004-04-20T14:26:00.000-07:00

well the subject is clear, UCLA it is! I will be attending UCLA this Fall. I will be there for at least a year. The cool thing is that I already know some people down there. For instance, best friend of mine from way back in time (middle school to be exact) is already there. Another friend of mine you used to work at the same lab that I work now in the last summer will be going there too. So it

blog whaaaaat??

2004-03-26T17:25:00.000-08:00

I am having serious doubts about the whole blog-thingy. there were basically two reasons that i started this blog. One, it seemed hip (it still does seem hip!), and two, it is a really good outlet of frustration, happiness, proundness, sadness, hopelessness, and whatever-the-hell-you-feel-like-NESS. i am a strong believer that one should not keep too much of all those feelings inside, or else he/

summer 2004

2004-03-25T12:43:00.000-08:00

here is the plan people for your info: may 1st: buy a digital camera (i am thinking Canon S500...) may 14th: last day of work. i started word on may 12th 2003, and i am finishing a year and two days after. nice eh? may 15th: fly to toronto to chill with the friends for 9 days. may 24th: fly to iran. may 24th-august 22nd: chill in iran, eat in iran, work in iran, travel in iran, party in iran, go

Charley Reese

2004-03-24T11:19:00.000-08:00

No honestly, read this by Charley Reese. I wish I had more American readers... But I will give the link to others who have more readers, like Faramin.

Happy Norooz

2004-03-19T16:07:00.000-08:00

Dear Iranian reader, happy Norooz. I hope the upcoming year is full of whatever you like it to be full of. Cheers, Foad

don't-know-what-the-title-should-be-!

2004-03-10T10:17:00.000-08:00

it has been a while, eh? well I didnt have much to share, or more accurately, I didnt think I had anything worth the trouble of sharing! my parents and my younger brother are arriving here in San Francisco today from Iran. they will be here for a month. So it should be good times. my left elbow is better. hopefully I will get to go skiing with my brothers one or two weekends before the season

Well done...

2004-03-02T10:08:00.000-08:00

Well done Mr. Bush. Now the world is indeed a f@#$ing safer place. We thank you, you piece of .... ahhh, excuse my language folks, I am kind of frustrated if you can't tell.

A joke with a lesson...

2004-03-01T19:08:00.000-08:00

Here is rather interesting joke: "Blonde Got Game A blonde and a lawyer are seated next to each other on a flight from LA to NY. The lawyer asks if she would like to play a fun game? The blonde, tired, just wants to take a nap, politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The lawyer persists and explains that the game is easy and a lot of fun. He explains, "I ask you

An update!

2004-02-25T13:04:00.000-08:00

Thank God I checked my application status online yesterday for UC Santa Barbara to find out I got accepted, otherwise I would have gone home, checked my mail, found a rejection letter from UC Davis, and killed myself!!! Thank God. The weird part of the story is that I thought I had the best chance of acceptance in UC Davis compared to the rest of schools I applied to. Oh well. As long as I would

The Truth

2004-02-25T10:30:00.000-08:00

Ever wonder why you don't see people like Charley Reese on mainstream media in US of A? Because of what these people have to say about Israel-Palestine conflict. Here is the latest piece by Reese. The points he makes are quite simple. It should be easy for any "unbiased" person to comprehend what Reese has to say. I just hope, and pray, that more and more American people learn about the truth.

Oh Yeah!

2004-02-24T16:06:00.000-08:00

Today, I received an extremely good news. I got my first letter of acceptance from one of the graduate schools I applied for. Ahhhhhh... so nice... you know what's the main reason for its niceness?! It is that now I know what I will be doing in September. I don't know if you have ever been in a situation that your near future (near future <= 6 month from now) is under major uncertenty or not, but

Chatting with a dude

2004-02-23T17:45:00.000-08:00

(i don't know why, but today i feel like writing. people, this is unusual!) ok, here is a conversation that went on via email between me and this dude in UCLA's department of Bioengineering last week: the dude in UCLA: dear applicant, please submit the following for your file to be complete and send for review: TOEFL scores. regards, dude. me: dear dude, i studied in toronto for 4 years. so

How to feel?

2004-02-23T14:16:00.000-08:00

Meh! so "the big" Friday passed by. The parliamentary elections in Iran are finished. The results are out. About 51% of the people according to the "official report" of the Interior Ministry have voted. Some reformists are unhappy about the turn out number, as it is higher than they expected. Some reformists are however happy as the number is lower than last elections. Some conservatives report "

Read

2004-02-23T09:56:00.000-08:00

People of Earth, please check this article out! It has been published in the New York Times. thanks to my bro for sending me the link.

Less than 24

2004-02-19T18:22:00.000-08:00

hours to the end of Friday's parliament elections (or "selections" according to many) in Iran! In 24 hours, we would know how many people have actually voted. I just hope the number of votes reported will be the real one and not some bogus (high) number to perhaps prove the legitimacy of Iran's government to foreigners. I think this elections will be remembered in history as the down fall of

Soccer + Politics = ?

2004-02-18T15:56:00.000-08:00

As you might know, today Iran's soccer team had a World Cup qualifying game against Qatar in Tehran. The game was at 7:30 AM pacific time. of course i watched the game. it was actually a nice game with a happy ending. Iran won 3-1. But aside from the weirdness of an empty Azadi stadium due to a ban, the number of times a message saying "voting is good, please vote on Friday in the parliament

Oh how I knew this would happen...

2004-02-18T15:36:00.000-08:00

Ever heard the (persian) phrase "Khoda ba CHOOB zad to saresh!!"? It means "God hit him/her in his head with a BAT!!" I don't know about you, but I remember we used it whenever someone's head was blowing up due to excessive amount of ego, and then BOOM, something happened to reduce the person's ego down to minus fifty! well, i kind of had a feeling, a bad one, about my previous post. oh i knew

me and snowboarding...

2004-02-09T17:37:00.000-08:00

I realized that my blog doesn't reflect me and my life as much as it should/I want it to! I definitely like writing about politics, but I think I also like to write about me, people around me, my job, my latest haircut, my newest buddy, my oldest buddy, my new hobby, etcetraetcetra. (hey maybe with this resolution i'll have more posts for you all eager people out there WAITING for new posts in

Ain't they the same?

2004-02-04T11:14:00.000-08:00

Reading this latest piece by Charley Reese (I know, I refer to him a lot. But he is one of my fav Americans these days), I just thought of an interesting similarity between George Bush and "the mayor" in Spin City. They both, Bush and the mayor character, seem to be likeable human beings. However, how should I put this, they are both not smart enough(kind of stupid) for the job they have!!

Stupid Ban

2004-02-03T12:19:00.000-08:00

Yet another stupid policy by the good government of US of A! Some of you might have heard about this ban on articles sent from Iran. Now they cannot be published in American journals. Now this is stupid, because who do they think might be effected by this ban, the mullahs in power in Iran? Were they thinking that since the Iran's government is so concerned about scientific achievements and

Mehhh

2004-01-29T16:11:00.000-08:00

I admit, I enjoy reading blogs more than writing in my own. I keep telling myself that from "tonight" I am going to write something new every 6 hours!! But honestly, I don't think I have that much material that would be interesting to others. It has happened few times that I start writing something, then I close the browser with a loud "sigh"! Well sigh/scream. You see, JUST right now, I was this

Elephants

2004-01-23T14:13:00.000-08:00

Elephant: Huge; Drunken elephants: dangerous! Read here! Someone should teach these elephants to know their limits.

Bush in 30 seconds!

2004-01-23T09:22:00.000-08:00

Go here and watch these ads. Quite interesting. If you have a hardcore-Bush-fan friend, let them know about these ads. The messages are in very simple formats. You never know, there might be a change in their views. Peace out.

Friends

2004-01-22T16:28:00.000-08:00

Currently, I commute to work, driving at least 50 minutes each way. By the way, I hate commuting. I didn’t commute for 6 years (last two years of high school and 4 years of college) until last September. Anyways, during this long commute, I get to think about anything and everything. I think about how stupid that driver is, or how I wish I had a digital camera to take a picture of that day’s sky.

"Dictionary This"!!!

2004-01-20T19:14:00.000-08:00

I am back. No broken arms. No broken legs. Nor any broken head. Thank God. I can say that I didn't have any serious crash or accident. Oh I only kind of ran into a lady while snowboarding down. But it was her own fault. Anyways… Today, I came up with a brilliant idea. Do you know the Google Toolbar? If you havenit already downloaded it, go get it. The least it does is that it blocks almost all

On the Road... Again!

2004-01-16T15:09:00.000-08:00

I am leaving tonight. I am coming back Monday night. So there, I have an excuse for not posting anything. But this trip is due to a long weekend here in US. It is Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial weekend. I personally haven't had the chance to do some reading on him, but from my limited knowledge, he indeed was quite a character. I should read some books about him. Any suggestions? Well till

Parliament Elections in Iran

2004-01-14T19:18:00.000-08:00

1. I oppose the idea of people not participating in the election. Even though the current Parliament didn't do much, but at least it didn't help in limiting people's freedom. At least it was an opposing force to hardliners and conservative. No? The only positive out of people not participating in the elections will be a very low turn out, which of course brings up concerns regarding the

Me need something...

2004-01-14T18:15:00.000-08:00

You know what I need? I know you don't, just bear with me! I need a device to convert my thoughts, not all of it of course, to words and sentences. If I had such a device, I promise you I would have posts at least every 10 minutes. So that means 6*16 posts. But I don’t have the device, and I don't have nearly that many posts. I don't know how many people come to my blog and see no new posts and

Donations for Bam's Earthquake

2004-01-08T15:53:00.000-08:00

I just realized I never put a link for donations for Iran's earthquake. Even though I am sure all of you have already encountered links for donations, I still feel better by putting a link in my blog. So, if you can donate even $2, go to MercyCorps. They are the preferred organizations by many due to fear of corruption in Iran's governmental organizations. I will put thier banner in my side bar

Thank you!

2004-01-08T15:44:00.000-08:00

Pedram Moallemian has made a thank-you-note thanking all the foreign rescuers who went to Iran to help Iranians in Bam. Indeed we all Iranians should thank them sincerely. Also, we should thank everyone who donated money for the survivors. Those donation I am sure will go a long way. So thank you all! But if you are an Iranian and haven't done it yet, feel free to go to Eyeranian and sign

The New Look?

2004-01-08T15:29:00.000-08:00

How do you like the new look of this blog (not the dog!!)? Did you even notice anything different? I actually wonder how many people read this blog? Well anyways, I like the new look better. The changes are not that many and are not major, but still makes the blog look less boring. Bottom line, I like the changes...

Me Back Again

2004-01-08T10:55:00.000-08:00

Ok I am not that lazy. I was away for 8 days. I went to Vancouver. It is indeed a beautiful city. It was quite cold when I was there. Rainy and snowy too. Mostly snowy though. I saw one of my best friends from back in the day after three years. We were classmates in high school. We couldn’t get to hang out as much as I liked since he was quite busy with a fund raising program for Bam’s

World United

2003-12-29T11:30:00.000-08:00

I am sure you all have heard many countries including US and Israel have offered aid to Iran with rescue teams and medical supplies. Even though the earthquake itself is tremendously tragic, the fact that all these countries offered help is indeed beautiful. Also people all around the world have offered condolences and many have donated money to help the survivors. For once, the politics have

Earthquake in Iran

2003-12-29T09:23:00.000-08:00

It has been a sad few days. I was coming back from another trip on Saturday when I read the news. We stopped at a gas station on the way back. In the gas station's store there were few papers sitting on the shelf. On the first page there were pictures of a ruined city. An the title had the words "earthquake", "Iran", and "city of Bam". One of the titles also had the number "20'000" and the word

I was away!

2003-12-23T14:27:00.000-08:00

I got back from a ski trip last night. I snowboarded for two days in Tahoe. It was a good trip, even though thanks to few girls in our group, the trip was full of drama!! So us guys decided from now on, either took girls who are single, cool, and cool, or just don't take any. I personally think it is not worth the drama. Anyhow, even though I was away since Friday, so for only three nights, it

On Capture of Saddam

2003-12-15T16:40:00.000-08:00

His was finally captured. He was finally brought down. I am talking about Saddam Hussein of course. His image with the long beard was weird. It gave me a strange feeling. The reason I didnâ€™t post anything sooner about the matter was this strange feeling. I was trying to figure it out. It cannot be sympathy. It definitely is not sympathy. My childhood's memory is full of days with the "orange"

Why?

2003-12-11T10:16:00.000-08:00

The world I tell you gets sadder everyday! Just watch this clip, in which you see an Iraqi man wounded on the ground. A second later he is executed by a marine, who with other marines cheer up after the execution!!! Why? Why did they have to kill the man like this? WHY?? I say we should try to spread this clip around, even though it is a sad and disturbing clip, so that as many (American) people

More Afghan kids were killed by US

2003-12-10T10:03:00.000-08:00

This is outrageous! You do not know how mad I got be reading the news. Yet another 6 Afghan children die in a US air strike. Yet again the thought a militant was in the house. Yet again they were WRONG!! Not that a militant being found dead in the house would make the situation any better. No. There are still children dead. Innocent children are not alive any more. Could you understand how

Check this out

2003-12-08T17:18:00.000-08:00

Eyeranian posted this: Go to Google and type in "miserable failure" with the quotation marks, and then click on "I am feeling luck". The most interesting part for me was GWB's career and public services: - Owner, oil and gas business - Partner, Texas Rangers Baseball Team - Governor of Texas - President of the United States You would think a president's experiences would be much more

Yet More Children Die

2003-12-08T16:43:00.000-08:00

This time Afghan children. Six of them are playing in front of a house, and two other, 2 girls, are carrying water to their homes. Then BAAAMMM!! There are two US bombs which hit a house that the children where near by. Supposedly the house belongs to a Taliban member. But first of all the villagers say he wasn’t even in the VILLAGE, let alone being home. He had left 10 days before the attack.

Mr. Reese

2003-12-02T17:49:00.000-08:00

Charley Reese's latest article is simply amazing. I completely agree with everything he says in it. When I read Mr. Reese's articles (well most of them), I truly get upset. Why? I get upset because there are Americans like Mr. Reese who know exactly what is happening to their country, but not only major media do not cover these people, but the majority of Americans are too busy with the many

Using Pictures…Exciting!

2003-12-02T12:22:00.000-08:00

I just figured out how to put pictures in my blog. That I think just made my day! I thought you need to own a URL so you get some space on a server and you put your pictures there. I guess that is one way of doing it. But I just looked at Eyeranian’s blog source code and I realized the pictures he used are linked to sources on other websites. So basically you could search for pictures you want

Writing Well is Hard

2003-12-02T12:01:00.000-08:00

As I have mentioned before, I am in the middle of applying for bunch of graduate schools here in California. Therefore I needed to write an statement of purpuse. I am not done with it yet. I have given it to my brothers and sister in law and my current boss to read it and perhaps suggest some changes here and there. Well my oldest brother simply said it ain't good! "It doesn't have a good flow"

Self-improvement!

2003-11-30T21:44:00.000-08:00

Have you ever told someone what they do something wrong or even better how they should do it right? Have you ever told some that and they told you these words: “Don’t try to change me. I am who I am” or “At my age, it is impossible to change”. Well I have, and ladies and gentlemen it pisses me off so much! Even though the issue would be as simple as trying to teach them how to play volleyball

To all the Muslims out there,

2003-11-25T11:35:00.000-08:00

Happy Eid Fitr! (Eid ul'Fitr Mubarak!) Yesterday was the last day of Ramadan, so today is the first day of the next Arabic calendar month, Shawwal. So today is the Eid ul'Fitr, one of the four holiest days of Muslims. I for one am happy today. One thing went quite wrong this morning, but it is OK. There was an important lesson learnt out of it, so I guess it worked out for the best. I don't

It has been a while, wouldn't you say?

2003-11-17T12:42:00.000-08:00

It has been a while since I wrote something. A week and three days to be exact. I could blame many things, such as me being lazy, me being very busy with work, graduate school applications, and last but not least, my statement of purpose for graduate schools. I sincerely hate applying to schools, and going through all the trouble. But even more I hate not going to grad school next fall. That

Are you freaking blind?

2003-11-07T10:31:00.000-08:00

Ok, a ten-year Palestinian boy is dead because "The Israeli army said they had opened fire on suspicious figures spotted close to the border crossing point, which is banned to Palestinians. "They appeared to be carrying wires and other pieces of equipment for an explosive device and were thought to be planting a bomb near the community," a military source said." Are you kidding me?? I thought

Damn...

2003-11-05T15:18:00.000-08:00

Here is the BBC's profile for Israel-Palestine "areas" as it is refered to in BBC: "The creation of Israel was the culmination of the Zionist movement, whose aim was a homeland for Jews scattered all over the world following the Diaspora. After the Nazi Holocaust, pressure grew for the international recognition of a Jewish state, and in 1948 Israel came into being. Much of the history of the

Anti-semitism

2003-11-02T09:49:00.000-08:00

New definition: criticizing the ‘holy’ state of Israel. Holding Israel accountable for killing civilians. Telling the truth about Israel that is unpleasant for Israel to hear. According to this news, Israelis don’t like to be called the main threat to world peace, no only by people in Middle East, but also by most people in EU. And Israel’s reaction? It wants to stop EU to attend the peace talk,

Amen Charley Reese, amen!

2003-10-30T12:28:00.000-08:00

This guy, Charley Reese, writes some good articles. I should just have a link to his website on my blog. Even though I disagree with some of the stuff he says, but he writes very clear. His latest piece of course I like very much! Check it out.

You said, I say

2003-10-29T12:30:00.000-08:00

Ok Dave, here is my respond to you. I tried to reply to all the points your brought up in your comments, so hopefully I didn’t miss any. For those who don't know whats going on, read the previous posts and its comments. And by "you said" I mean Dave said, as this post is mainly towards him. You said: “…but for now I'll just say that being disliked does not make one wrong. There is so much blind

Oh God help us from these Zionists!!!

2003-10-22T20:03:00.000-07:00

Here is an argument going on in Human First, then Proud Iranian. This guy Dave G. is driving me nuts. Here is what he said first, then here is what I replied. Then he replied back, and here is my last reply. They are all in one comment section, so you could just scroll down once you go there. Oh boy, I got so upset that made me write that last LONG comment. I just hope when Dave G. reads it, he

Idiots, simply idiots!

2003-10-22T10:55:00.000-07:00

Ok, this is pathetic. As I am sure all of you have heard, there are more than 100 dead and injured in Gaza Strip. Well I say these attacks by Israel makes matters way worth than you think. Lets say one of those people killed was an only son of a 50 something man, who has already lost his oldest son, and few other relatives. Maybe even his entire family. All he cared about was his only son, who

A Two Week Break!

2003-10-16T12:31:00.000-07:00

Yes, I gave myself a break. Not that I have been writing every minute of everyday for the past 2 month before the break, but hey, it was good amount of writing for me. So I took a break. I have been reading a lot of blogs though. I very much like reading better than writing. These days anyways. I came across this blog, among others, written by a Persian girl, hence called A Persian Girl. I like

Think about this:

2003-10-02T16:51:00.000-07:00

I am sure you have all heard this many times: For every action, there is a reaction! A simple rule that applies to many situations and circumstances in this world. I read in the news, BBC news to be exact, that Israelis are planning to make another 500 houses in the settlements in occupied Palestinian lands. Also in BBC news there is this report about US’s image problem among Muslims. At the end

Bush Deck!

2003-10-01T17:27:00.000-07:00

Hey; Check out this work by some French! I liked it! I liked it alot. Hope you guys enjoy it too. Here is the link: http://www.reseauvoltaire.net/bushregimedeck.html Cheers...

Iran and nukes!

2003-09-30T10:13:00.000-07:00

As I am sure you all have heard, and will be hearing quite more, there is a lot of pressure on Iran to show that it's nuclear program is peaceful and not for making nuclear bombs. I am definitely against Iran having any nuclear program at all, peaceful or none peaceful. The reason being that even for peaceful programs are very expensive, and I think considering the fact that Iran has so many

A nice article

2003-09-29T15:27:00.000-07:00

Here is an article by Charley Reese. I wish there were more people talking about these issues and have thier voices be heard by all US citizans. This actually came to my mind just now. From now on, if anyone asks me what I would do if I get 500 million dollars (or 100, shouldnt really matter) I would reply that I will make a news agency, something like CNN, but truly unbiased, and would let

Poems?

2003-09-27T01:27:00.000-07:00

They say writing poems is therapy for them. They say writing poems make them run away from their troubles, problems. From reality. It helps them go through rough times. Also many say writing in general, even blogs, help you get away from you, from him or her. From difficulties. Well if you are reading this, do you agree? If you write a blog, does writing make you feel better? Make you get away

Ever wonder, or wish to ...

2003-09-25T16:43:00.000-07:00

Ever wonder, how could you make Earth a better place? Ever wonder, how you could stop people with guns killing those without guns? Ever wonder, how you could help Palestinians? Ever wonder, how you could help Israelis? Ever wonder, how you could help Americans, or Africans, or Asians? How about Afghans? Ever wish that, somehow, you got so much power that you could even stop USA from invading

Edward Said has passed away

2003-09-25T12:29:00.000-07:00

This indeed is a very sad news. I heard it via an email from a friend. He will truly be missed, especially among those who fight against the occupation of Palestine and face extremists form both Israel and United States. May he rest in peace.

"22 years ago, on September 22, 1981,

2003-09-22T19:22:00.000-07:00

in a hospital in east of Isfahan, during night I believe, there was a boy born. His name, was Foad." The above was one way of so many other ways to tell others it is your birthday! So there, today was indeed my birthday. Not that many people beside my family remembered. two to three friends. but it is all good! I am actually not so sensitive about it at all, which I think is nice. I don't think

It is 2 AM

2003-09-21T02:01:00.000-07:00

It has actually been a while since the last time I was up this late!! It is even funny how I consider 2am "late"! To later than 5-6 month ago, when I was still an undergrad, 2am was the beginning of the night. Specially on a Saturday night. Specially in Toronto. Toronto rocks ladies and gentlemen, Toronto rocks. It is interesting, or maybe even somewhat scary, how one's life style could change so

Iran's Flag!

2003-09-19T18:02:00.000-07:00

I was just thinking, what would Iran's flag, our flag, my flag look like when some major changes occur in Iran, i.e. Current governments and power structure, or simply set, current dictatorship goes, and hopefully, "insha'allah" ("If God would want, would allow" in Arabic) a true dimocratic state comes to existence? Well I'll certainly think about it, and once I came up with an idea, I'll take a

Friday afternoon's are the worst time

2003-09-19T15:35:00.000-07:00

to work or be in a classroom! I am no in a classroom right now, but I used to be in a little while ago. Everytime I forced myself to go to class on Friday afternoon, the whole lecture I was thinking about killing myself, or killing my prof first, then myself!! But oh well, those days are gone, and won't be back. At least not for another year.

I need a digital camera!

2003-09-19T15:33:00.000-07:00

I like taking pictures, specially with digital cameras. Firstly, you don't have to worry about wasting films, running out of films, or taking the finished roll for developing the pictures. Also, you could have the pictures transfered to your computer in no time! Therefore you could put your cool pictures in your blog, and hence make you blog way less boring! So my plan is to somehow get a digital

A Comment I left somewhere!

2003-09-19T15:27:00.000-07:00

There was this post in Eyeranian few days ago, but no one left any comments on it. That is until today that I took charge of commenting on the post. Here is what I wrote (as you could read it in Eyranian): "I am wondering why no one left a comment for this post! Not even one. Such a hot issue, but yet most of us (including myself) just look the other way. The first thing that came to my mind

10 days, 2 hour, and 54 seconds

2003-09-18T16:28:00.000-07:00

has passed from my last post, and right now I am sitting at work, thinking about work "stuff". I don't think I have ever mentioned it here (I "know" I haven't, just pretending there are a lot that has been said in this blog!!) but currently I work as a researcher. I love doing research. What is more fun than discovering, or perhaps inventing new things? My research is about a method of DNA

Round 2: Evolution vs. Revolution

2003-09-08T14:28:00.000-07:00

In my Thursday August 13 post titled "Round 1: Evolution vs. Revolution" I started comparison of evolution and revolution for Iran's government and political structure. I actually just brought up the subject. Today, I am going to about which one is better and why. As probably many of you agree on this, evolution is much better than revolution. With revolution comes chaos, and with chaos comes

Once again, long time no post...

2003-09-05T12:29:00.000-07:00

What can I say? Nothing except that I was away for the long weekend playing at this tournament, been busy at work (seriously), and also since no one reads my blog except me, I thought there was no rush in posting something. But I found out today, that actually someone else has read my blog! Quite exciting. His name is Faramin and writes this blog. Well welcome Faramin and I hope you come again.

Cannot Believe it!

2003-08-25T16:46:00.000-07:00

Today is Monday, August 25. My previous post is at Monday, August 18! I didn’t posy anything for a week. That I cannot believe. I guess I been so busy that didn’t realize it. But fortunately it seems there is no one out there who reads my blog. Why do I bother with this blog then you ask? (I ask myself actually!) Well, I like writing ideas that come to my mind. As simple as that! But I should be

Oh God I am Lazy!

2003-08-18T14:08:00.000-07:00

I don’t like it, but it is true: I am quite lazy. But I have started working on it, and I am proud to say that I have made some progress and I am less lazy than before! So, I am getting there, slowly but surely. I haven’t really had the chance to continue with the Evolution vs. Revolution piece (or is it laziness?) but I will write the Round 2 part soon. I really like the subject and I think it

Round 1: Evolution vs. Revolution

2003-08-14T11:39:00.000-07:00

As long as I remember, whenever there was a gathering or a party, especially with family friends, at least half of the conversations have been about Iran; Back in the day about its economical and social issues, and these days about its political and social issues. This of course is natural since I was born almost two years after revolution of 1979 and since then, many people, at different levels

So many things to do, so little time!

2003-08-13T17:57:00.000-07:00

I realized that there are so many things I want to do, but I feel I don't have enough time for all of them. Now, there are two possibilities. Either I don't manage my time well, even though I have lived this life for 21 years now, or I am not patient enough. Actually, make that three possibilities the third one being there are indeed many many things I would like to do, but there is simply not

Oh How Pathetic

2003-08-12T12:49:00.000-07:00

In the BBC news website I read this morning that one Israeli Jew has been arrested since he had told the police that he didn’t mind having Sharon killed. I always find it interesting and more importantly encouraging when I hear Israelis criticizing their government for their brutal and cruel acts, such as destroying Palestinians houses or killing peace activists in the West Bank. So I was happy

Important Lesson of Life: Be Aggressive

2003-08-11T16:57:00.000-07:00

No, you didn’t make a mistake. The title says “Be aggressive”. It might sound harsh, but in this life, if one really wants something, he/she has to be aggressive most of the time. You could get lucky once in a while and get what you want quite easily (lottery), but most of the time, you have to work hard for it. You have to really want it. You have to be aggressive. Not rude, nor unfair, nor

Guess who is back, back again...

2003-08-08T16:20:00.000-07:00

Finally, after two days of running around, begging the guy to give me a new IP address, and installing and reinstalling softwares, I am here. My computer is UP and running. Feels amazing to have internet back. It is Friday AGAIN. Feels like last Friday was just yesterday, and two Fridays ago was the day before yesterday. This damn time does fly. We should think about this seriously. We should be

Check this out!

2003-08-07T16:43:00.000-07:00

The computers at work have been hacked! many of them!!!!!! i dont have internet access. i havent had internet access for more than a day now. i am going crazy. the guy in charge of IP addresses and fire walls and security and what not is soooo sloooowwww. i am using someone else's computer right now. as you can see, i am quite frustrated. but at least i know now, how dependent on internet i have

busy at work!

2003-08-05T18:10:00.000-07:00

hey... i am still at work and it is 6pm. i am busy! no really, i am. well, i am going to try to post something tonight, but if not, defenitly tomorrow morning. for now, God bless

A valuable lesson learnt the hard way!

2003-08-04T12:30:00.000-07:00

My father kept telling me, I should have a vision and a plan of what I want to do and become since I was in high school. When do I realize how important what he says is? Just in the past few month when I was finishing my undergrad. A day does not pass by without me wishing that somehow time could go back and I could be at the first year of college again. Oh there are so many things that I would