Yourself

Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

50 life lessons

The color of Love

Love is red, although sometimes it appears a little blueish. But one thing is for sure, it is not green and never will be green.

دل خویش را بگفتم چو تو دوست میگرفتم
نه عجب که خوبرویان بکنند بی وفایی

سخنی که با تو دارم به نسیم صبح گفتم
دگری نمی شناسم تو ببر که آشنایی

سعدی

The boy who cried wolf

I am sure all of you have read or heard the story of the boy who cried wolf because he was bored. When the real wolf came, he cried wolf again but nobody helped him since he was a liar. The point that I don't understand is the moral of the story. When villagers didn't help the boy, their sheep were scattered and slaughtered. So the moral of the story should be if somebody is lying, listen to him/her every single time or you might be the looser at the end of the day.

اگر ژاله هر قطره ای در شدی
چو خر مهره بازار از او پر شدی

سعدی

What are you doing when you are not doing anything?

You may say "nothing". But according to an article in TIME we are traveling in time when we are doing nothing. When our mind is not involved in any task, it travels in time. Either reviewing the past memories or foreseeing the future. The thing is that if you have some distracting memory in your head or some not very pleasant event coming in the near future, you may get even more anxious when you are idle because your mind starts exploring them.

Whip Cream

I am starting to believe that whip cream is a complicated thing, not necessarily the most complicated concept in the world but one of those that our little brain needs some time to process. I was in the Starbucks the other day and two girls entered the Starbucks talking to each other. The guy ask them about their orders and one of them without any hesitation started ordering:
Can I get a Triple Grande 140 degree no foam cinnamon dolce latte with caramel ...

The guy asked:
Do you want whip cream on it?

And the girl was thinking for like 10-15 seconds to decide whether she liked whip cream on it or not. Anyway, the funny part was that the answer was no and the order came with whip cream.

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.

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

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.

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.

To move on ...

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

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

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".

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.

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.

کی شعر تر انگیزد خاطر که حزین باشد

یک نکته از این معنی گفتیم و همین باشد

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