Poem for Neda

Neda Agha Soltan died Saturday in Iran. She was an Iranian student who was shot by a single bullet aimed at the protests that followed the Iranian election. Her last moments were captured on a video that spread over the media

The World Is Watching

Today, It was bloody day in Tehran. The number of injured or killed people is not confirmed yet since the Iranian government didn’t allow any journalists to report from the streets there without their permission (I read on twitter, that the people who got killed today are about 40, but of course this is just from twitter so it is not from a reliable source). so everything we knew now, is just from the people there who put their lives in danger and send these pics and videos to the world (thanks to the Internet).

The pics and the videos from Tehran are really sad. I believe that the international organizations and other countries should boycott this current government and its dictator Ahmadi-Nejad.

President Obama’s comment about that was:

“I’m very concerned based on some of the tenor — and tone of the statements that have been made — that the government of Iran recognize that the world is watching.”

I think president Obama doesn’t want to interfere with what is going there, since some leaders there are trying to put the blame of what is happening there on USA government….which is completely not true…

I agree with Obama; “The World Is Watching“

Elections in Iran

Iran in a cross way now as It faces the challenge of democracy. Many there refused to be forced to follow one of the worst leaders in the world, who denies the Holocaust and goes against westerns in general beside interfering in the politics of many neighbour countries and supporting terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hizbolla…etc., The supporters of Moussavi, the reformist who challenged Ahmadi-Negad went in the streets of of Tehran and many other cities to show their support to Moussavi and deny the results of the election, which after seeing how many people went out and chanted “bye bye Ahmadi“, “Where is my vote?”..I agree with many over that that the results of this election is fake..

If Negad was really the winner in this election, so why he doesn’t want to recount the votes again..!!? Why he banned foreign reporters from covering the demonstrations there..?? Why he forced many foreign channels, such as ABC to leave Iran..?…Doing all of that, rose the doubt of the results of this election

Personally, I thought for long time that most of Iranians support Ahmadi, but this recent election showed to me that I was wrong and that there is a hope in Iran..

I was discussing that with one an Iranian friend, she said that many went against Ahmadi because his past actions resulted in very bad economy in Iran and moreover, raising some hateful feelings against Iran in many countries (either by denying the Holocaust or by direct attacking to Europe and Americans, and his threats to wipe Israel from the map). That’s beside him being against human rights in Iran and torturing and putting his opponents in jails..etc..Of course this led to the aggressive feelings against him in Iran, specially between young Iranians

It is interesting news from Iran, although it is sad to see how the police and the government there goes and attack innocent people who march in peaceful demonstrations.. In the end, I hope the good for free Iranians there……

Health Insurance Reform

“Health insurance is not a human right” that was the words of Congressman Phil Gingrey, from Georgia during his interview on CNN…. What he is talking about..!!? Phil is a doctor as well and knows well how health insurance is a demand for anybody. He is a Congressman and I guess he already has health insurance from the Congress ..Personally, I believe health insurance is considered as one of the human rights and should be provided to everybody..Some believe that governmental health insurance will make people wait for long time before they can see their doctors..if that is the case; it still better than having no insurance and suffering from any health problems without getting any help. If any doesn’t want to go through that and can afford any private health insurance, so go for it and buy this insurance..!!

During president Obama’s campaign, he promised that Americans will have the same health insurance as Congressmen..which I absolutely agree with. all Americans should have same access to a standard kind of health insurance..same as in Canada or UK..

Anyway..if any support the reform of new health insurance, just go to http://www.healthreform.gov/ and show your support!!

Nice Game

It was nice game today. The lakers got beaten by Orlando 108- 104, I guess Kobe was the best in this game, and I still believe Lakers will take this series in game 6..

Obama Orders Stephen’s Haircut

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Irish Monkey Dance

Desiring to Stop the Vicious Cycle

• The older I get, the harder it is when it comes to love. I am not talking about family or friendship type of love. I am referring to genuine, intimate love. I feel that I have 2 problems that I am struggling and feel kind of lost with them at the same time. One of them is how it is easy for me to like a guy as more than a friend for a short period of time. I am not referring to “love” and thank goodness that part takes a while to happen with a guy. The second one is that the first situation can interfere with my relationship with God.
• I have liked one of my guy friends for a while and eventually had deeper feelings for him. Unfortunately, he did not feel the same way for me. So recently, I made the decision to not have those kind of feelings anymore and just have more of a brother-type of friendship. I realized that while I am making that transition towards him, I am started to regain feelings of liking some guy friends again. I guess by liking one of my guy friends for a while was a buffer for me to see other guys as in brother-type friendships. Now, I want to continue to see other guys that way, but it feels like I have regressed back to how I saw guys a few years ago.
• I do not like seeing guys this way because it creates a vicious cycle. This cycle consists of me liking a guy in that I spend time thinking about him and how it will be nice to be with him. Then I tell myself that it will not happen since he will not like me but then I say that it can happen since I do not know the future outcome. By thinking this way, it reinforces me to continue to like a particular guy. Sooner or later, I realize that this particular guy does not like me in that way for various reasons or that he is already interested in someone else. So then I feel sad, disappointed, and that I just wasted my time thinking about this guy in a certain way rather than thinking or doing more productive things at that time. Then this cycle continues since there seems to be nice guys everywhere, lol. Basically, I do not want to go back to this vicious cycle anymore.
• By engaging in this cycle, it also draws my attention away from God. Then I feel like my love towards Him is not genuine and consistent since I am wasting my thoughts, feelings, and behaviors on other guys. I feel like I cannot help to think and act this way. It makes me assume that there is a deeper reason why I act this way. I guess the next step for me is to understand why I act this way; by understanding it and definitely along with God’s help, this cycle can be broken and this can allow me to be a true friend with guys just as I am with my female friends.

Up In The Sky

Up In The Sky

by Amanda Jenkins

When you are down

And you want to get high,

Just take a good look

Up in the sky.

What you will see

Are the stars above,

And all you need

Is to proclaim your love.

Who you will find

And see so clear,

Are friends in mind

You want to hold near.

Whenever you need them

Just look up high,

Call their name

And see them fly.

Every friend you meet

Owns a star

And you can see them

No matter how far.

Whenever you are down

And want to get high,

Just take a good look

Up in the sky

First Day Internship

Today was my first day in my summer internship in one of the biggest biotechnology companies in Massachusetts. It was really nice experience. in the first hour, they had a kind of small meeting where everybody was talking about their project and what they were doing last week,..etc. I felt lost during this meeting since they were use abbreviations of chemical reagents and experiments..etc. By time I started to get some stuff just step by step..They were really helpful when I needed any help or question. The good thing about this is ” I HAVE MY OWN OFFICE”..hehehe. Now I need to hang some stuff in my office since it looks empty comparing to other offices..Also, they told me that I will attend a meeting in Cambridge this coming Monday with them, which is interesting… So far, it was a nice day there and hope it will continue like that for the rest of the summer