Lets Cross Our Fingers

Night and day, nothing hurts me worse than watching the brutality spilling over my country. Any breath of air reminds me of those who are innocently prisoned. Any smile fades away from my lips when I remember those freedom fighters who are unfairly on trial. Any view of the city brings to my mind those who were slaughtered cruelly in these streets. It's too hard to to be happy, to look forward to the future, to be hopeful these days. I want you all green friends to pray for our country's fate.

Travel for Fulfillment

Although it is the custom for my family to go on vacation every summer, I had always been against it until this summer. Two weeks ago I had a wonderful trip to Kish that caused me to change my mind and become a big fan of travelling. there was a point in this trip that differed it from other ones: I travelled with three friends this time, not my family. This sweet experience put me in a situation which I hadn't been in before, taught me to be independent, and boosted my confidence. It was so interesting to stay awake till morning without parents' grumbling, to make silly troubles cooking food for ourselves, to get along with each other's habbits, and to become short of money. I hadn't known that travelling could be that much exciting before. A backpacking trip to wilderness, or a fishing expedition might be my next trip in close future. Who knows?

just a grumbling

Getting bored with disappointing summer days, I think about my personality deeply these days that has caused me a profound feeling of dissatisfaction with myself. I can describe myself a lazy and moody girl who can't accomplish anything, can't answer to a sudden unexpected question wisely, and can't manage doing two activities at the same time. It feels too sad; however,it might be normal in anyone at my age, or it might be the effect of boiling hot weather on me. I just wish to get out of it soon.

Vicky Cristina Barselona

After a long time being dissatisfied with cliched movies, I watched a great movie by Woody Allen tonight: Vicky Cristina Barselona--about the adventures of two American girls during their vacation to Barselona. It really put me in the mood of an expedition, especially to Spain. I strongly recommend this movie to those who are bored with the summer holidays.

Summer

Good or bad, the exams are finished; and here is the summer that I was counting the days for. For a start, I'm reading a book by Romain Gary : Life in Front of You. I'm also learning a beautiful and well-known piece of music by Beethoven: Moonlight sonata. After all those tense days, I feel so relaxed and happy, enjoying myself, looking forward to a wonderful summer; however, I will deeply miss the university very soon.

People! Heart-stoping Days Are on Our Way

It is quite difficult to guess who the next president is. Left-wing or right-wing, the majority is voting this time in contrast to the previous presidental election. I'd better keep quiet over politics although I have a lot to say. I just hope and pray that nobody looks upon us as stupid kids anymore.

My Heroic Mother

When we bought a peugeot 405 eight years ago, catching fire, the common malfuction of this type of car, was a nightmare for me all the time. Finally, it happened to my mother and me yesterday. We were driving to my grandparent's house, chatting with each other , not paying attention to the outside of the car, and not noticing that people were yelling "fire" at us. When we finally found out what was going on around us, we stopped and left the car immediately. Fortunately, it didn't cause serious damage to our car because we managed to put the fire out quickly.It was remarkable that among all those macho men watching the flames, my mother was the one who dared to open the burning hood. Who says that firewomen aren't as couragous as firemen?

Khordad

Hectic and tiring days are these days. Khordad, the season of final exams, has been always dreadful for me. It feels as if a large load of obligations suddenly falls off on you; moreover, the days pass at lightening speed. I am concentrating on studying grammar carefully; therefore, I will be here soon with my advanced stylistic writing!

A Different Language, A Different Vision of Life

before getting interested and becoming fully absorbed in studying English, I used to write my thoughts, criticisms and praises, and sometimes short stories in a weblog which was followed by several friends and some literary critics. Without any sense of self-congradulation, my works were often admired. Apparently, the process was completely in Persian.
Since I have started studying English, everthing in my life inclines toward being English. In other words, I don't pay attention to my native language anymore. As a result, I've discovered something new in myself which doesn't feel so good: I can't write in Persian anymore. Seriously, I can't write a beautiful, impressive sentence in Persian because my mind has got used to line the words up in English. Although it makes me feel so disappointed, I know that's what I should pay for learning English, my burning ambition.

Willful Waste Brings Woeful Want

I cleaned my desk today. When finished my job, I encountered a load of rubbish which mainly consisted of paper. I wondered that much had been used unnecesserily or were half-blank. As a result I became so ashamed of myself.
Have you ever noticed how much we waste water, food, paper, and other things? Many of people waste these things to show their disapproval for the government's restrictions. Many just waste habitually. although we don't pay attention to these cliches anymore, lets remember that these god-given gifts belongs to nobody but us, our children and future generations.

Look at That!

sometimes a small and trivial thing make you much happier than a billion great things. these days I have many small but interesting reasons to be happy. since I'm the type of person who is directly affected by the weather, my mood is very good because the weather is so lovely and fine. I stumbled upon a brilliant book in book fair which values me the entire world: Oxford Dictionary of Musical Terms. I also found my beloved book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in English which I had looked for it a lot before. I have changed the arrangement of my bedroom. it feels like an impressive change in my life although nothing new is added to my bedroom.
It would be so good if we would try to get used to consider even small positive things in our lives. although there is nothing to do with a new style of bedroom or buying some story books, but highlighting even small pleasant feelings in ourselves give us a great power to do very big things.

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it

I'm a very very small creature who wants to say "thank you" to God for being warned by a slight sign.
We are so much engrossed in mundane affairs that forget to thank God every second for all the gifts and beauties on the earth. We pray in hurry and without full attention, we stagger from the right direction, and we may fail; but He still loves us, guides us, and helps us to start again.

I 'd like to share a beautiful poem with you:

If God had a refrigerator, your picture would be on it.
If He had a wallet, your photo would be in it.
He sends you flowers every spring.
He sends you a sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk, He listens.
He can live anywhere in the universe,
but...He chose your heart.
Face it, friend - He is crazy about you!
God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without
sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise
strength for the day,
comfort for the tears,
and light for the way.

(the poet's name wasn't found)

Ernest Hemingway's Style

after reading a movable feast, Ernest Hemingway's book about his years in Paris, I became a big fan of his works. although I read the book two years ago, I'm still under the influence of the places, people, and events; and I can easily remember many sentences from the book. that's because Ernest Hemingway's writing style is simple, direct and concise. It keeps your eyes glued on it from the first sentence to the last. the description of the people, places and tastes conveys a great impression which lasts for a long while.
Once we have been familiarized with style of writing at grammar class, I was interested in knowing about Hemingway's style technically. I googled and achieved interesting results. the adjective hard-boiled--that means rough and unemotional was used to describe Hemingway's style. Actually hard-boiled literature was typical during his era, and Hemingway was regarded as the symbol of hard-boiled literature.
It was really surprising because I had found Hemingway's style full of emotion and feeling. my confusion was cleared later when I read about further biographic researches which had revealed that behind the straightforward truths and facts sentimentality and sympathy lies. the reader feels their presence although they are not visible. that is because of Hemingway's awareness of the relation between the truth of facts and emotions.
my English knowledge is'nt sophisticated enough to analyse writing styles, but I'm so keen to consider writing styles later on.

isn't eating the greatest joy of life?

I'm famous among my friends and relatives for being on diet all the time. I'm actully a greedy creature who's always thinkinhg about food, chocolate, and anything delicious; but avoid eating such things because I used to be very fat, and slimmed down by taking a lot of strenuous exercise and following a crash diet. I succeed in losing a lot of weight, but turned into a freak who's always counting the amount of calories and spending hours at gym burning fats. since eating is the most enjoyable thing in life, I don't really enjoy my life. I just wish I'd be told when I'm going to die. then I'd eat as much food, chocolate, ice cream, and anything delicious as I like during the last week of my life.

saying goodbye to old-fashioned beliefs

I'm one of those who can't deal with modern technology, the biggest complication ever! I do prefer writing my diary on paper rather than typing it into this artificial, uncomfortable frame. since I'm living in the computer age, I'd better get used to it, so I'm going to write my thoughts, experiences, and feelings here rather than in my beloved small black notebook.