Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Wednesday September 15, 2010:

Eventually, my visa had been arrived and I could have managed to get the first air ticket that I could and hoped on the plane and by mid Saturday be in Dublin airport. The trip was long and excruciating with some reasons, but it is over now and luckily I didn’t have a severe jet lag.
It has been couple of days that I am here and a lot of things around house and outside has been done properly. I can say soon I can call it settle down precisely.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

August 21, 2010

August 21, 2010±
My Nights’ life:

As these days I am stuck in Tehran and no ways to download the rest T.V series which I and Wijbren used to watch back in China, so far I have to live on what I do have left.
I am finished with Friday Nights and Breaking Bad which both were great stories, despite some facts that I am not fan of Breaking Bad T.V series, but in total I will follow those whenever can hook up with fast internet.
Anyhow, about The Wire the only T.V series left to see; I could say:

The Wire is one of those investigation’s stories, which happened in dark, gloomy part of a city in America where the population of blacks is approximately 60%.
An action, detective story is set on through few seasons, but the most eye- catching part is looking in a sarcastic way to the police department and put the entire system under a big question mark.

The story starts showing a gang of blacks who live on selling drugs and drug trafficking is a big chance in their lives in order to survive, from kids at young as age 10 are involved as small drug dealers up too women and basically the whole community there have to be somehow dealing with drugs. The thing which amazing in this programmed is the number of players are extravagantly enormous and the scenes that director has chosen are somehow limited but artistically designed to draw the attention in each separate episodes.
In each episode, expressing the police community, expanding in this issue and including each staff personal issues and work issues are tied upon the other hand, gangs in comparison to the deputy of police has a great, organized team. In fact there are two or three groups of drug dears and smugglers who are opponents and trying to keep their own corners in each part of the city and having a incompatible competition one against another.Even though will all this mess there is hardly clues for police to keep on and get to the top ones to cut their line permanently.

Actually, I do enjoy watching Wire and I do recommend it to who are loving detectives, action movies which are based on true storeis.Truly, there are couple of great actors in the movie which embellish it smoothly a deep you sited on the chair till end.

August 20, 2010


Experience of visiting a remote village, where you are simply not welcomed:

There are a lot of villages which are located in a remote areas totally isolated from cities. A lot of tourist assume that visiting villages specially he ones which are pure, is a great unmemorable experience, but in fact we shouldn’t be that much sure about it.

Honestly, I did love and went to so many villages in Europe and in China, Nepal and some other East Asian countries; it was not spectacular in some ways, but in my point of view, I did enjoy staying here and there shortly; as if to discover a bit more about their life style. To me I had never had chances to be close to nature by all means, living there permanently.
Anyhow, back to the story as I was saying, this village was located in South vest of China, somewhere that women traditionally never cut their hair. My first impression from there was great though, lovely nature so green and stream around and bamboos anywhere and everywhere, but the story didn’t end like this; when I was cycling through small path leading me towards wood, after a while I lost my way and tried to ask for help, people were hopelessly cold and indifferent and when I got into the stream and wanted to getting the boat to go to another path on the other side, I felt I am alone and they are interested in helping. Their dark look and peering at you and glaring is express of not happy to see a  stranger around.
Anyhow somehow I sorted out by cycling back and get the last crappy bus to get out of that place, because if it would have stayed at night, I am sure I couldn’t easily find a bed to sleep in or they would have ripped me off.

Monday, August 16, 2010

August 15, 2010

That’s something I would like to share here with you as a true story, happened to me while I was residing in China.
There are few places in each Chinese cities which considered as ``Walking street`` in local words and basically no vehicles is allowed to get in or out and bunch of tourists and locals every day or on occasions visit there.
There are plenty of local shops and souvenirs established and opened there, as China is a huge countries with 56 nationalities; you can imagine how many varieties of local goods might be able to find there.
Anyhow, in one of these places, I was strolling and not seriously looking for something to get. I passed by a craft shops and they had plenty of silk scarves there hanging in and out.
The guy instead on wearing and try them on. Anyhow I thought that might be a nice thing to get; as back home could be used.
As a matter of fact, I showed not that much eagerness with price or even quality whether you believe or not, conversation went on and eventually he dropped the price more than half and I walked away.
He came after me and way pleased with any price that I offer to get one. Finally, to my surprise after washing once the color run away and I understood even with pretty cheap price was not worth it.

August 16, 2010

These days’ competitions are pretty tense and high. There are so many people standing in a line to attend on TV shows in order to attend a soap-opera programmed or 20´s questions and some others, like American Idols and so on.
The point is, all these so far are partly for fun and amusement and partly is for gaining big sum of money, which is offered by companies, TV station and so on to promote their products in fact.
This kind of competition in our century is much more than before and one of the main reasons is advertisements. As we all are aware of influence of particularly TV and some other Media in our daily life; we do see the consequences of all these media are so vast and massive.
There are plenty of jobs are established according to advertisement, every year more effective and influence.
Anyhow, besides the important role of different type of media in different aspect of our lives, if we look back through the most advertisements we will notice, selling and interceding any kind of products, one reason is informing to the public and another is mainly in market to appear it, in a better appearance and compete one against another.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

August 12, 2010

The characteristic of the people in your society:

My country, Iran or as its old name ``Persia``, is well-know for its old, oriental over than 5000 years culture and history.
Obviously, in a country as old as mine, there is so money tribes and minorities live; therefore, there is so much influence on language, culture, and people’s characters.

The history of my country goes back to 6000 years before B.C, which that time few tribes from Southern part of Siberia moved down and beside Caspian-sea found a better place to live in. Some others pretty soon moved to the Southern and Eastern part of Persian land and were physically strong and good worriers, so eventually they built a strong and successful kingdom in Persia.

Iran, during centuries has always been under attack of its neighbors, such as Turks, Arabs and even Mongols tribes, partly by the end of 19th century and beginning 20th century from South part of Soviet Union worries were triggered and ambushed down to the frontier of Iran and conquers majority part of Caspian Sea on the North. All these tribes have made a great contribution on culture, and language and made other influences.

Besides all these wars, which if had happened in any countries would have effected on economy and culture and language deeply; we do have a lot of minorities such as: Kurdish, Turkish and Lori’s people who live vastly in all part of Iran and have their own rituals, ethics, and cultural/characteristic heritage.

Iranian race as known as Aryan race, who they do have Parsi as an official language, are people of wisdom and intelligent and hyper in emotions and feelings, which some called them, warm-hearted and extremely hospitable.
Culturally and naturally having a rich background, but as a matter of fact, politically and financially in every half century have had instability and crisis with different reasons.
Contrary to European or American the amount workload is less and people are not appreciating too much work. Moreover, a lot of people still live in big families and so many cases have been seen to send the elderly to nursing home, but still children care for parents. Marriages happen as Children wish, but still influence of parents’ advice and relatives has a great role.

To conclude is not so hard to distinguish a pure Aryan race with other ethnic groups, as they do have their own rituals and ceremonies and even their own language in the same country. Hospitality and warm social manners and intelligence are the most distinguish things to point out about Iranian or Persian.

August 10, 2010

The teachers or schools have affected on you:

In this generation, children from an early age are accustomed to be at per-school and then follow up school. So; schooling is a very sensitive job and great responsibility towards new generation. It was not used to be even 50 years ago, when kids wanted and could stay at home up to age seven.
A lot of psychologists and counselors are strongly in this believe that from earlier age, such as 4 or 5 year old, kids need to be in social contact, being with other kids and feel atmosphere more than home, in order to become strong and build their personalities; which shows how much the responsibility of teachers, day cares and even baby sitters important are.

In fact, after mothers, who always have had the first and a great role teaching and raising up the children; teachers are the second ones, even though in older ages could be the first person to refer to.
Some people would not understand the difference between a good teacher and just a person who gives some lessons to the students.
My point is, there is a big difference and a great importance of being just a teacher and academically be professional or being literally a caring-teacher. With do all respect, in some stages of life, such as primary ages, kids specifically do need a caring teacher with great personality, strong character, patient and emotionally supportive.
We do see in a such a sensitive age as teenage hood, there are always problems and if they do have a persons who can talk to with no hesitation and consult or even the time that there is no problem receive and follow behavior ,ideas of somebody as a teacher can make a great difference in their future life.

If we interview and ask a lot of successful and happy people in societies, they always say and have good memories from school time and at least from one or two teachers they have had, so far.