Going to New Year

Wishing you all, a happy, healthy, prosperous year 2003.

No Doubt


Couple of weeks ago I was thinking to somebody who was supposed to be a friend but has been proved that he was not an honest person or he could never be faithful to ethics of friendship.
I had always considered him such a guy with some issues who is involved in too many troubles and tries to solve them, although some of the problems were really overdue.
I wanted to treat him as a good friend, to show him how he can behave as a reliable person to become a trusty one for every body to create credit and make money for his own company. Somehow I convinced myself that he is not the guilty one and all of his non-principal treatments are because of the conditions he has been facing, not the reality of his character.
Anyhow, I reached to the point to ask myself if he is an angel or a devil, when I found out that he was trying to cheat not only me, but also everybody around, when I heard that his doing everything for a small amount of money, when I understood that he is a big liar, a great one, who doesn�t respect any word, always ready to deny, when I got that he doesn�t appreciate all the efforts, people around him are carrying on to justify his situation.
I should have a reasonable answer at least to myself especially when I realized that, he was going to damage me when I was taking care of his business.
So, the answer is clear and there is no doubt that he is not an angel, seems to be closer to a devil. I believe that such a woeful guy deserves what he got. He is the one who hurt himself, nobody is guilty.
He better keep silence, doesn�t speak, not to show his real ugly face, not to express his dirty mind. He needs a new look, a revolution in his view to the world and thinking. He has to rebuild his own personality. He has no future if he doesn�t change and this is the hardest part of the job, almost impossible to change what had been created within four decades.
I have to confess that the descriptions from one angel to a devil included a wide range and I can�t divide it in two lines, like black and white, but in any case if such a poor mentality could succeed, there would be no doubt that the world won�t be a good place for the life.
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To West

The trip was going to Qorveh, to west side of the country. Over there, the weather is usually colder than Tehran and during last week there was snow falling down. So, the mountains were almost white, pure, clean and unique like snow. When you desire to enjoy of a wonderful sunset sightseeing, you have to drive toward the west at the evening. The reflection of red sunset on snowy white create an unforgettable moments to look at a natural portrait which was the composition of pure white and real red, an impressing Red Snow.
This composition reminded me the occasion, Christmas night in west (Christian countries) and the red and white as most popular color of Christmas night. It was not so strange when I was looking to west, I could recall Christmas.

Yalda



Yalda, The longest night of the year ends autumn and welcomes winter. The traditional Yalda is coming out of ancient Iranian culture, even before Islam.
People used to be together such a private party of the family, not so many people, who may make the party crowded. They celebrate, beginning of winter, eat, drink, chat and read some poems of Hafez. So, as a matter of fact, after Yalda, good wishes has to be come true, and if you listen to Hafez carefully, you will receive really good advises, just if you have started by good willing.

Out of season watermelon could be finding in the market all over Iran. The favorite fruit of Yalda night is a part of Yalda feast, and everybody has to take one slice of it. Grandmothers used to recount stories for the children to take them back to the past and let the tradition survive.
This Yalda I compare it with Christmas night in Carrara, Italy that I expend two times with Italian family on 2000 and 2001. The most common item is firstly, a big variation of eating items for Christmas night and Yalda, and secondly, is holding just a family party. The third similarity is the duration of the party which starts from evening and takes up to late night, early morning.





Yalda, a Syrian word imported into the Persian language by the Syrian Christians means birth (tavalud and melaad are from the same origin). It is a relatively recent arrival and it was very likely refereed to the birth of Jesus Christ (Melaad e Massih) in the past. It is used interchangeably with �Shab e Cheleh�, a Zoroastrian celebration of Winter Solstice around December 21st. Forty days before the next Persian festival �Jashn e Sadeh�: this night has been celebrated in countless cultures for thousands of years. The ancient Roman festivals of Saturnalia (God of Agriculture, Saturn) and Sol Invicta (Sun God) are amongst the best known in the Western world.
In most ancient cultures, including Persia, the start of the solar year has been marked to celebrate the victory of light over darkness and the renewal of the Sun.
The Persians adopted their annual renewal festival from the Babylonians and incorporated it into the rituals of their own Zoroastrian religion. The last day of the Persian month Azar is the longest night of the year, when the forces of Ahriman are assumed to be at the peak of their strength. While the next day, the first day of the month �Day� known as �khoram rooz� or �khore rooz� (the day of sun) belongs to Ahura Mazda, the Lord of Wisdom. Since the days are getting longer and the nights shorter, this day marks the victory of Sun over the darkness. The occasion was celebrated in the festival of �Daygan� dedicated to Ahura Mazda, on the first day of the month �Day�.



With the conquest of Islam the religious significance of both Christmas and the ancient Persian festival was lost. Today �Shab e Cheleh� is merely a social occasion, when family and friends get together for fun and merriment. Different kinds of dried fruits, nuts, seeds and fresh winter fruits are consumed. The presence of dried and fresh fruits is reminiscence of the ancient feasts to celebrate and pray to the deities to ensure the protection of the winter crops. Medieval poetry from Hafez is read and fortunes are sought through the interpretation of his poems. This extremely popular poet lived in the 14th century, his poetry is found in almost every household. It is a tradition to make a wish, then open a page randomly and start reading the first poem on that page.
Interpretations of the poem are used to decide whether the wish will come true or not. Before the coming of TV and other mass media it was customary for the grandparents to tell popular old stories to their grandchildren on this night.
Family members gathered around and under a uniquely designed short wooden table covered with large quilts and blankets. A small charcoal fire was prepared in a fire resistant open container with ashes on top to regulate and control the burning charcoal. This was placed under the table and all members would curl under, kept warm even ate and slept there. The table is called �corsi� and was very popular till recently. Electricity and more efficient heating systems have eliminated corsi as a heating alternative. However many traditional families still use modern electrical versions of it and the tradition is kept alive. Curling under corsi, listening to grandparents telling ancient and magical stories eating fruits, nuts etc. is associated with shab e cheleh and was part of every Iranian�s growing up memories till recently.

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What a difference!

Two weeks ago 5 times telephone call per day to coordinate and then imposing himself even for lunch appointment but last couple of days no news. What�s going on?
Two months ago insist on invitation for gathering and now cancellation of an invitation without any notice. What�s the reason for?
Two years ago cool war between some partners and now friendship. So what?
Those are three cases came to my mind today. The differences are among different people with different positions but there is one thing in common which is changing the mind because of new conditions or situations. They may have their own reason, but it should be expressed if there is honesty.comment

First Snow

It was almost the midnight and I was driving from the east to the west side of the town. There was snow falling down and everything was going to be white, clean and unique.
I was going back from a memorial ceremony and first snow of the year surprised me. Although the weather forecast has already given some information but to see and feel the snow is another issue.
The ceremony held on for memorizing a nice person who past away two weeks ago in U.S. He left his good name and a lot of good memories for his family, relatives and friends. He was 80 plus.
After one hour of driving and getting impressed by beauty of the nature, I had to give up because all the surface of the streets had been covered by a slide thick layer of snow, so difficult for driving.
Snowy white took me to my childhood. I was almost 13 and we had a hard winter with couple of months snowing that might be never repeated again. The winter was getting over and just 15 days prior to spring we had another snow. I was watching the big beautiful peaces `of snows were falling down from the room behind the window. It suddenly came to my mind that it�s the last chance of the year to play and enjoy. Don�t be sited in room! I did and save the memory. I always remind that feeling and last night I recalled again. So I did it again and enjoyed a lot. Even though it was the beginning of the season, but who knows.

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An Ideal weekend

For the last weekend of autumn a snowy weekend could be the best if you can manage to expend it with your lovely friend.

Gifting

There are two parties on. One is an invitation to have dinner with classmates and the second one is an invitation to a wedding. At the same time two gifts and for sure there would be different reactions.
What should those gifts be? What could be the reactions?
If we think about the gift, we can purchase a simple thing and make a good impression.

Z.G.B. Group

Z.G.B. is a group of different comanies where each one has different goals to run the group based on his own leadership. This is unfortunate that after two years of efforts everybody is going to take the groups two his way and for sure they might collapse.
In undeveloped societies, team work doesn�t mean or let say it�s a difficult job. That�s why after a period of time when they get success in some points, they(all of them) might become proud of themselves and personalize everything, So if there is only one who may thinks different and could be a little bit realistic, can solve this problem to save the company otherwise there is no more life for all of them and everybody is going to be a looser.

Traffic
1-Watching movie was one of my favorite hobbies and today we went to cinema the name was traffic playing by M. Douglas and Kathryn Zeta Jones. They seem a good couple in their actual life and in Cinema as well. Somebody would like to be compared with them as a good couple in future life but there is a lot of thoughts.

2-Traffic in mind
When you can not find a good solution for a simple issue you may create some other issues. So, when some of them are coming to your mind you may make confusion or cause traffic in your mind.
With traffic in mind how do I concentrate to The Traffic?

Next Generation

Everybody could be interested to have a foreseen of the future and next generation�s life.
What would they say about human being, morality, friendship, sexual instinctual, family life and love?
What would they say about our customs, our definitions and our limitations?

And now!
How big is the gap between our lifestyle and the former generation?
Could the previous generation imagine the issues we are facing now? Could they accept some of easygoing items at present time which were forbidden fruits for them? Could they believe at that period, how fast the things might be changing?

In near future!
What shall we do if we understand some of our definitions were wrong and some of our traditions were just stupidity?
How the past could be recovered if:
We have waste the time to follow the customs and we lost the opportunities.
When there are no new beliefs to upgrade our life to capture our soul.
When we find out that we have destroyed the love in favor of some limitations.
And when we understand that the sweet life could be much more enjoyable that what it was.
Let�s be a little bit more open and not so narrow minded to have a wider view to the life and the future. We have to have some reasonable answers for next generation.

Meetings after Meetings

9.00 O�clock, The first meeting in ASA up to 12.30 and then from 1.00 to 2.30 the meeting for equipment purchasing. The next one was in the office to carry on the negotiation of 2nd meeting. Afternoon I had some other meeting till 10.00 p.m. So, the result for all I did was acceptable, but the question is still on.
What�s the guarantee for the conclusion we did either in ASA , Sad�SA... co, Medal and even TSEco. or MMD Trading? If they are not only relied on words, There could be something new to follow and taking care,If they are only some formality meeting to satisfy their ambishes.

What A Day!

A cold windy day of Tehran's autumn can make you warm if you have a good friend beside. If all the things you said are on order or going well and you and your friend can understand eachother, a cold windy weather seems to be warm when you expend your day with such a nice friend.