A friend of mine, A.F., suggested that I should read "Kite Runner" 2 mounts ago. I took a look at the cover, I saw the author’s name "Khaled Hosseini"* and I somehow became sad.
I don't know why, but recently I hate it when someone who knows you are form Middle East or somewhere other than U.S. wants to point it out to you that: "Hay this is about you guys, is this true?, see how much we care!, we study your culture, or oh so sad that this thing happened in your countries..." (as if I come from more than one country)
Another thing is that I miss my family, my country, my home so much that everything form there: a movie or a book or any news make me so upset that I want to lie down on bed for a whole day. I become so sad with these things that I don't want to tell anybody where I am coming from.
She/He* suggested it to me again and again and finally she/he lent me her/his own copy of the book. I asked her/him if the book had a sad story because I couldn't bear it. She/He said it had sad parts and happy parts: Just Read It. I thought, I had to read this one. Thanks to her/him, I started to read it. I am going to finish it soon.
It is Hilarious. It makes you want to have Pomegranate right away. It makes you wish if it was Yalda every night. It makes you hate war. It changes the meaning of honesty and honor.
Please Read It.
* Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. The son of a diplomat, his family received political asylum in the United States in 1980. He currently lives in California where he is a physician. The Kite Runner is his first novel.
* I think, I should put "He" first as a grammatical- correctness-point. But, by all due respect, I prefer "She" to be first. After all "Ladies First".
Monday, February 07, 2005
Monday, January 31, 2005
Distance
I wonder day after day :
What is this distance doing with us ?
Us is me, you, and all of those, who are far far from home.
Far from our mothers, far from our fathers,
Far from our private little rooms, rooms which we fought for,
Rooms which we didn't share with our younger brothers.
I wonder day after day :
What does this distance do with us ?
with our memories,
I don't want to stay here and lose it every day, day after day.
If I lose my memories , I will be lost forever in this distance.
What is this distance doing with us ?
Us is me, you, and all of those, who are far far from home.
Far from our mothers, far from our fathers,
Far from our private little rooms, rooms which we fought for,
Rooms which we didn't share with our younger brothers.
I wonder day after day :
What does this distance do with us ?
with our memories,
I don't want to stay here and lose it every day, day after day.
If I lose my memories , I will be lost forever in this distance.
Friday, January 21, 2005
The Dog & The Owner ?
1- We all probably have heard that dogs and their owners are alike. Even if we didn’t, lets remind you all: "One Hundred and One Dalmatians 1961" Walt Disney’s production: in its introduction sequence, which shows several owners and their dogs and their similarities.
2- The other thing is: after the years of marriage husbands and wives look like each other. (At least I have heard this from 5 different people with different backgrounds in last 6 months)
So don’t you think the out come is a little bit strange: from 1 and 2 one can assume that dogs and spouses(Husband or Wife) are the same:
1&2 => Dog = spouses.
The only thing that bothers me is how can we realize, which one is the owner which one is the dog.
2- The other thing is: after the years of marriage husbands and wives look like each other. (At least I have heard this from 5 different people with different backgrounds in last 6 months)
So don’t you think the out come is a little bit strange: from 1 and 2 one can assume that dogs and spouses(Husband or Wife) are the same:
1&2 => Dog = spouses.
The only thing that bothers me is how can we realize, which one is the owner which one is the dog.
Friday, December 31, 2004
The Hedgehog and the Fox
We spent couple of days in NJ. First there was a wedding then a get- together, after that visiting some relatives and then we were counting down to midnight and waiting for the New Year.
Yesterday, while walking around Princeton campus, next to the massive area of construction work, I saw three huge metal sheets which reminded me of Richard Serra's work. I asked and it was Serra's. We walk through it. It was my first close experience with the Serra's art piece. It was strange and mysterious to walk around it, through it and by it. I like it the most when I waked through it, looking up at the sky is suddenly became the most hopeful activity.
Serra is considered one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, and perhaps the most significant American sculptor to emerge since the 1950s. His work, standing 94 feet long and 15 feet high, was erected between Peyton and Fine halls on the Princeton campus and is a major contribution to the university’s well-known collection of modern outdoor art. Three vast ribbons of rust-colored steel, is named
"The Hedgehog and the Fox"
It refers to an essay by Isaiah Berlin, who quotes from the Greek poet Archilochus: "The fox knows many things but the hedgehog knows one great thing." Serra explained, "It points to how scholars either become free thinkers and invent or become subjugated to the dictates of history. This is the classical problem posed to every student."*
*http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2000/11/09/arts/1726.shtml
Yesterday, while walking around Princeton campus, next to the massive area of construction work, I saw three huge metal sheets which reminded me of Richard Serra's work. I asked and it was Serra's. We walk through it. It was my first close experience with the Serra's art piece. It was strange and mysterious to walk around it, through it and by it. I like it the most when I waked through it, looking up at the sky is suddenly became the most hopeful activity.
Serra is considered one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century, and perhaps the most significant American sculptor to emerge since the 1950s. His work, standing 94 feet long and 15 feet high, was erected between Peyton and Fine halls on the Princeton campus and is a major contribution to the university’s well-known collection of modern outdoor art. Three vast ribbons of rust-colored steel, is named
"The Hedgehog and the Fox"
It refers to an essay by Isaiah Berlin, who quotes from the Greek poet Archilochus: "The fox knows many things but the hedgehog knows one great thing." Serra explained, "It points to how scholars either become free thinkers and invent or become subjugated to the dictates of history. This is the classical problem posed to every student."*
*http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2000/11/09/arts/1726.shtml
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Day After Day
Thursday: Pain in throat, finals over, painfully happy, applying for 3 programs
Friday: Sore throat, shopping, cooking, people over for dinner, no washing dishes for me
Saturday: Fever, angry, more fever, more angry, I wish I had exams, I hate everyone
Sunday: Pain & fever, miss my mom, my brother’s exams, people over for tea, painful sleep
Monday: Freezing, library, library, library, library, freezing cold, why I am not dying by my sore throat
Friday: Sore throat, shopping, cooking, people over for dinner, no washing dishes for me
Saturday: Fever, angry, more fever, more angry, I wish I had exams, I hate everyone
Sunday: Pain & fever, miss my mom, my brother’s exams, people over for tea, painful sleep
Monday: Freezing, library, library, library, library, freezing cold, why I am not dying by my sore throat
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