Monday, January 29, 2007

Automatic Doors

I think the automatic doors are the most polite and respectful things in the world. They open when you're close enough regardless of who you are. They don't care if you're black or white, tall or short, smart or idiot. They respect you being there.
Whenever you're sad, just pass by one of them. They will notice you, they will open for you and they will make your day.

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Lessons not necessarily from a trip, No.1

بعد از این تنگ کنم دایره خلوت خویش
تا بدانجا که نهم دل به دل صحبت خویش

دوری و دوستی و حرف کم و رنجش کم
به چنین شیوه توان داشت نگه عزت خویش

زود رنجیدن اگر جرم من ساده دل است
جمع یاران ابدی باد و مرا عذلت خویش

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Lessons from a trip, No. 5 - Tea

People have their own ideas on how to boil water, you trust your own or you won't have any tea for the night.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Lessons from a trip, No. 4 - The KitKat incident

If your socks got wet because of walking on a wet floor, don't accept any KitKat offers unless you exactly know what was on the floor!

I know it is a little bit tricky and hard to get the logics behind it. But believe me it is a very crucial lesson to hear and remember.

Monday, January 22, 2007

To move on ...

We never heal or recover inside, we just learn how to cope.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Lessons from a trip, No. 3 - Check list

When going to the bathroom, make sure to go through the well-known, universally acclaimed and internationally admired checklist:

  • No multi paragraph announcement is hanging anywhere near the bathroom
  • The door should have a lock
  • Siphon should be working
  • There should be enough toilet-papers

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Lessons from a trip, No. 2 - Don't bother reading it


If you want to use the restroom and there is a multi paragraph announcement hanging on the door. Don't bother reading it, it basically means "Not Working".

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Lessons from a trip, No. 1 - To slip away first

If something dropped on your head while standing in the kitchen and chitchatting with your friends. Do not look up first because the next one will drop on your face. But if you can't help it since you have a very very curious nature, make sure the curiosity does not open your mouth.

Attachment


I got an email from a TA today with several reading materials attached to it including a zero KB PDF file. Then I got another email from her, explaining that the PDF file had not been attached properly and we had to download it from a web page. Now that I am trying to download it I see that it is a 48MB file. It is a strange feeling to know that your TA expects a 48 MB file to be attached to an email. I am either gonna fail the course no matter how hard I try or will get an A+ without handing a single homework.

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

To hide a few ...

Skill is not to make people happy while you are happy. Skill is to make them laugh and laugh along with them and don't let them know how crashed and burned you are inside.

Monday, January 08, 2007


کی شعر تر انگیزد خاطر که حزین باشد
یک نکته از این معنی گفتیم و همین باشد


Saturday, January 06, 2007

life ...

You know what is harder than catching on fire?
... Putting it out with your bare hands.

تا بهار دلنشین آمده سوی چمن
ای بهار آرزو بر سرم سایه فکن

چون نسیم نو بهار بر آشیانم کن گذر
تا که گلباران شود کلبه ویران من

Please, Don't walk for a second ...

Please, Please ... Don't walk for a second. That bird needs to rest. She is scared of you.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Clown

Somebody told me once that clowns have a pitiful life. They have to laugh even when they don't want to. I am not a clown. I can opt not to laugh anymore even when I am making jokes. The strange thing is that nobody even notices ...

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Complicated things ...

Love should never be a secret. If you keep something as complicated as love stored up inside, it could make you sick.

Dr. Otto Octavius!
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