Mayra

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2009-12-21T00:04:00.000-08:00

The Swiss will ban the construction of minaret?

2009-11-19T00:47:00.000-08:00

Switzerland will hold a referendum on whether to ban the construction of minaret at the end of this month. A politician’s party, SVP ‘’Swiss people’s party’’ strongly considers to ban building minaret in Switzerland. One of their reasons is, if we let Muslims build minaret then near 60 percents of Swiss people become Muslim in the next few years. In my opinion this reason is really ridiculous. They have hanged many posters in downtown in which a woman’s face with burqa and also some black minarets that are tearing up the Swiss flag are seen. SVP is an anti-foreigner campaign.
I was curious to know how Swiss people think about this issue and what their opinion is. I asked some of my colleagues and also friends who are Swiss. I expected them to say, we are against this and we don’t like to have minaret or we are going to support the SVP party. But they all said, we don’t like that much exaggeration. Moslems should have right to build mosque with minaret or without. We have a democratic country and we wouldn’t have such rules. One of them said: I don’t like that a minaret is built beside my home and for sure if they come and ask me: we want to make a minaret beside your home I say no, I don’t agree. But this shouldn’t be as a general rule for the whole country. Someone else said: There is no advantage in minaret ban. It’s just like pouring gas in the fire and making gap between different nations. This was the opinion of some students, I don’t know about normal people. By the way Switzerland already has 3 or 4 minarets and also mosques.
In Switzerland, if you want to build for instance a small barbeque place, in your garden or your yard, first you have to register then ask your neighbors whether they agree with you or do they let you build it? If they say No, then you cannot build it and would forget it or try to convince them again.
Here you can see the SVP poster.

I remember a couple of years ago one of our neighbors was building an apartment beside our house. He destroyed our yard’s wall suddenly. We built the wall again; even he didn’t come to apologize. He was really rudesby.

These days the weather is not that cold and temperature is between 5 until 15 degrees. It’s really great, I like it. This weekend temperature is going up till 16 degrees.
I work every day, five days per week on my thesis and one day is counted as my job. I could finally pass the mathematical calculations phase of my thesis somehow. I like my super wiser, he is very calm and smart enough. It means there is no reason to complain these days. Based on my experience some factors which can have effect on quality of your work is your boss or super wiser and also the place where you work. These two factors play an important role in your success. I like working in scientific area because you don’t see the serious job hierarchy there. People are very simple and easy, just try to learn more and get some results also they help you as much as they can when you ask them. You don't see fighting or competition for the higher position so much. You feel more comfortable in your job and can concentrate on your project. I may continue my job in scientific area although there is no so much money in it.

P.s. I don't care whether they ban the construction minaret or they don't. To me all religions come from the same root. Please don't try to convince me that Islam is not peaceful or it is. Related to those comments which are not so reasonable and have nothing to do with my post, in my opinion.

2012 Movie

2009-11-23T02:12:00.001-08:00

We could finally enjoy the weekend after having few busy weekends during two last months. we also went to Cinema and watched 2012 movie which is made in 2009. Directed by Roland Emmerich, which stars Thandie Newton, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover and John Cusack, and the story tells of a golbal cataclysm, that brings an end to the world based on Maya prediction. It was perfect, I liked it. It's a move that has to be watched in cinema to enjoy its special and exciting parts. I recommend you to go and watch this movie if you want to be excited for around 150 min.

Usually cinema is not that crowded here and half of the salon is empty, but this time we stood in the queue to buy the ticket and were worried about finishing the ticket.

Have a happy day :)

2009-08-27T07:14:00.000-07:00

Today I received the result of two last exams which I was worried about them so much and nervous. It means there is no course to pass any more so I'm happy. When I started this subject I wasn't so hopeful because of many reasons. I would say it was not easy at all specially some courses were too tough and heavy in this field for all students. I tried and again tried, I didn't give it up and even didn't think about some other ways, just tried to do my best and now I'm satisfied with my decision. Actually after having stress for long time now I can relax a bit and I'll keep on working on my thesis. Fortunately my superwiser is a nice guy and up to now has helped me a lot. Hope I can pass this step successfully and will start next steps. As we all know, studying never ends if we would like.

One year older!

2009-10-08T02:53:00.000-07:00

I'm one year older today, it's right today is my birthday. Since today is my day so I uploaded a photo of my favorite flower that reminds me of my childhood.

Warm Autumn

2009-10-07T03:05:00.000-07:00

The weather is quite warm here. In October the temperature is 23, 24 degrees it’s unbelievable for me. I remember last year it was the middle of September which the maximum temperature was around 14 or 15 degrees. I’m happy with such an autumn. Actually we had long summer this year, it is great. You know that I was born for spring and summer season (It's mentioned few times here) although I was born in Autumn ;-)

There is no special news from my side just working every day. Have faced the complicated math equations in my project recently and have no clue so far. Hope this step passes soon.

Indeed these days I’m waiting for… :D

2009-09-15T08:17:00.000-07:00

Came to work today morning, so many things to read, to write to discuss and to calculate but it seems I'm not at work, my body is here but my mind, my thought is somewhere else. Where i don't know exactly, it might be any where except at institute. For few minutes I go to my mother's kitchen at home, come back and go to very old and interesting bazaar in Milan, Italy, again go somewhere else like that nice beach in Grand canary or those people who are still in the prisons... The most interesting part is I'm enjoying these thoughts today. We had group meeting in the morning and I was supposed to participate in, while my super wiser forgot to tell me fortunately :D

I'm thinking about some weird people and their funny behaviors. Sometimes they hide themselves or make a show that they don't care or their life is so valuable and have no time and so on.., it means you have been forgotten for ever, wow!! that's perfect but... but here is not end of the story, on the other hand all the time they are looking for you !!! what are you doing? where are you? what happens for you? it might be a reason, for instance to find bad news from you or good news to ... for what?!! who cares..

I wrote these few lines here, just to mention them that unfortunately or fortunately I know it well because of the obvious races which are left from them...

Lets forget them and think about how we can fold the grape's leaf for cooking dolme or how i calculate this surface tension of tear film on the eye for analyzing Goldmann measurement of interocular pressure or what position is better for our new furniture at home? See life's so simple if we think simple too.

Autumn is coming, my birth season:) Actually you can not feel real autumn. Autumn is a season which is lost here and winter has taken its place perfectly.

A couple of days back I asked one of our secretaries to give me one of her recipes for baking cake, she is perfect in cooking just imagine she has hundreds cookbooks. I had plan to cook a big cake with chocolate. But then I changed my mind, I couldn't find time and forgot it. Since that day whenever she meets me immediately asks did you cook the cake or any news from the cake? I say: not yet I haven't still cooked it. nunet nabud abet nabud recipe gereftanet chi bud tu in hiro vir:) She is very nice lady I like her.

I was working beside my husband before and we were working on the same desk somehow :D. Then he was graduated and left here. Now I'm alone. When I was single, didn't like a couple who work at the same place, I thought it's boring. Now I say to you that it's not boring at all. It's more interesting than working alone.

It's 10:30 and I still sink in my thoughts totally, what the delightful thoughts.

Some short trips around Switzerland

2009-08-24T03:53:00.000-07:00

Zermatt

Matterhorn mountain, Zermatt

Lausanne lake

Stockhorn region

Gurten, Bern

My mother country

2009-06-15T02:59:00.000-07:00

I'm still shocked....shocked at this difference interpretation! Unfortunately have nothing to say except looking forward with anxious eyes these days!

آتش

2009-06-20T15:09:00.000-07:00

خانه ام آتش گرفته ست ، آتشي جانسوز. هر طرف مي سوزد اين آتش. پرده ها و فرشها را ، تارشان با پود. من به هر سو مي دوم گريان. در لهيب آتش پر دود

Anniversary!

2009-06-19T11:24:00.000-07:00

Today (19th June, 29th khordad ) is the anniversary of Dr. Ali Shariaty's death.

Yadash gerami va rahash payandeh bad

I recommend the book ''A portrait of life " by: Dr. Puran shariat Razavi for who doesn't know him so much and is interested in knowing him more.
This book is only available in farsi. ''Tarhi az yek zendegi''

Daily Life

2009-06-03T00:00:00.000-07:00

I had exam today morning actually was my first exam in this semester. It was not bad, expected a little more. But when the course takes place in German and the Professor who is responsible for the course, teaches his own book so you are expected to know the book word by word by heart otherwise wouldn’t have expected so much :D

I have no exam for one week then the rest of the exams will start next week untill end of this month then I’ll start my thesis. Therefore there is no summer holiday this year. The most important exam for me was the exam which I did today. Hope it goes well. Here I cannot guess about the exam’s result before having the marks because their grading system is totally different compared to our system in Iran. I need more time to become experienced in it like when I was at the university in Iran. When the exam period starts I miss the examination time in student house in bachelor so much. We had so many funny stories those days. The time passes like wind and people change faster. Only one word or one second or just a wrong feeling is enough to destroy every thing …any way I forgave and forgot then I have good feeling. My heart is not so big but is not that much small.

I just talked with my mother; she is not so well these days. I’m so upset and worried about her health situation, she is supposed to look after my father while she is not fit. I would love to be beside them to compensate my faults which I have done so far, like most of the children. Sometimes I think about her solitude and forbearance I’m surprised, my God! how one can be that much patient and hopeful. In my opinion the life of most of the Iranian women could be a valuable book ….

Three years ago this Jun I started writing here, I’m happy with it.

So Happy birthday my web log!

I’m too much busy with my exams and university and it also affects on my husband ; he is really involved in housework much more than before to help me and also his thesis and graduate stuff. I’m lucky to have him and his suppor in my life.

This time : حافظ

2009-05-23T03:37:00.000-07:00

ما ز یاران چشم یاری داشتیم
خود غلط بود آن چه ما پنداشتیم
تا درخت دوستی برگی دهد
حالیا رفتیم و تخمی کاشتیم
گفت و گو آیین درویشی نبود
ور نه با تو ماجراها داشتیم
شیوه چشمت فریب جنگ داشت
ما غلط کردیم و صلح انگاشتیم
گلبن حسنت نه خود شد دلفروز
ما دم همت بر او بگماشتیم

It makes sense :)

2009-05-03T13:29:00.000-07:00

In the previous post I mentioned, spring without Chaghale badum doesn't make sense. Now it makes sense for me. Juyande yabandast:) I could find chaghale badum and also Gujeh sabz on Friday. By now we have totally eaten one kg chaghale and one kg gojeh sabz.

If you didn't have a real Iranian home and had plane to cook Persian food for instance Abgusht Oops!, please first think about the stuff which maybe you will need like Gush koob, otherwise you must use...it's better to say nothing :))

I was thinking that having the small wishes is better or .., these kind of wishes become true earlier and cause happiness, on the other hand maybe there is no so much progress in your life. I don't know!!!... lets go to work again I've got no time.

Just a new post

2009-04-22T09:55:00.000-07:00

* I'm involved in my courses and projects these days. I'm so busy that I can't organize my mind for some important issues. Other hand I have to prepare myself for taking the master thesis as soon as possible while I haven't decided what I would to do. Every week there's a pile of assignments and lab reports on my desk which I have to hand them in on time if I can. My exams start in six weeks and I'm thinking how I should work on them to get an acceptable result...?
I had the Easter break for one week but I didn't work so much just was relaxed and taking rest because I really needed it.

*Spring has arrived in our city at last after a long winter that we had last year and obviously I don't need to wear my huge jacket any more:D I packed the warm clothes with a lot of happiness. I was born for spring and summer although I've got an Autumn Birthday. But spring without (Chaghale badum ) doesn't make sense somehow for me:D Lets think about what we have ...!

*I'm so happy with our apartment, it's quite nice with the good neighbors and enough light.[Light is too important in this country] Actually when your neighbor doesn't bother you I mean doesn't make noise and you don't see her/im so often therefore it would be a great neighbor, wouldn't it:)

*We have planed to invite our friends one by one for house warming and we've already started with some. Once I cooked some persian foods for two German and Swiss guys, they ate a lot and liked our food's taste so much. It was good and so funny, be sure I didn't cook Ghorme sabzi ;0)

*At our work most of the students and coworkers are going to change and we have many new PhD students and colleague. But this 's pretty normal in such a scientific area. It's not bad, you become familiar with more new culture and can find more friends.

Nowruz in Canary Islands

2009-04-03T10:41:00.000-07:00

A great Eidi

2009-03-20T08:05:00.000-07:00

One of my good friends who is from Check republic has sent to me this photo with a congratulation for Nowruz, today. That was wonderful because she didn't forget what I said about our new year and Nowruz one month ago and even she remembered that 20th of March is Eid not 21st. I have told some other friends and classmates. They forgot it for sure this is not important for them. But she has tried to show me her respect and her nice feeling.
This was a nice gift that I have received for Nowroz. Kheili chasbid:)

Some News ;-)

2009-03-02T01:21:00.000-08:00

After three steps '' in Iran and here which was not that much easy'' and also a lot of working papers we got married :=)

We invited some friends and family in our very small party and tried to get the most enjoyment in whole processes and less stress. We avoided too much exaggerated and that was the most important reason to have more fun.

We moved to our new apartment from dormitory. Leaving dormitory after around 2 years was not easy but I would say our own home is much more comfortable and you can have more private life. At least this is my experience during these three weeks. Our apartment is not that much big but is big enough for us. Don't forget here is Switzerland, a small country, where every thing is in small size even XS :0) exactly like those Cartoons which we have watched a lot in our childhood...

Spring semester has already started and it is getting more difficult...actually studying is not easy, you know it better than me:) But I like it much more than working

P.S. We need your good wishes.

This time on the mountains

2009-02-23T00:28:00.000-08:00

A sunny weekend

2009-02-16T12:06:00.001-08:00

After few months of cloudy snowy and windy weather, the weather was really fantastic this weekend, and we tried to take advantage of it as much as we could beside a lake of Montreux...

My tired and weary mind....

2009-02-09T05:51:00.000-08:00

When you have exam you like to do every thing except learning. You would like to finish your job and show it to your boss, you like to cook and eat Persian foods, you have a lot of things in your mind that you would like to write them on your blog every day, you would like to go shopping, you like to call your friends and family or chat with them, you are thinking about a fantastic trip, you would like to clean your home more and more, you would like.....
But when the exams finish what happens?!
You don't want to do any thing any more. This is my case now after having exam for two months. Maybe because I'm really tired...

Last night we went to cinema to watch a film by chance. That was the worst film which I have ever seen. The Spirit(2008)
Since last night I'm thinking about its director and sponsor, that how they could make such a film and what was their logical reason!! I can't still find any reason...

Here the cinema's ticket is really expensive. It's around 20 times more expensive in Iran and even more expensive compared to the neighbor countries but we like to watch the film on the cinema's screen and usually if we can find time we go to cinema but this time...

She was not a sheep!!

2009-01-09T03:24:00.000-08:00

Today morning as usual I checked the bbc news page on the internet and I saw this news about a 14-year-old Afghan girl...
It's unbelievable, her mother and brother cut her to abortion in stable...and took out her fetus then they sutured her by normal needle....
After reading this news I can not concentrate on my work. I'm thinking that how they could wildly behave with her. They were her family and they would have supported her..

Somebody comes and talk about animals rights in this wild world, it's so funny for me thinking about animals and their rights while behave with people like animals. Who wants talking about human rights, women's rights or who wants speak about those children who are being killed in Gaza each second, who is responsible for them?

My heart gives pain today and I'm so sad for our bad and wild world....

Silvester night

2008-12-31T07:30:00.000-08:00

Tonight is Silvester. We have nothing special to do except to learn Physiology, unfortunately! We are invited to an Italian restaurant by one of my friends but we didn't accept it. First because of my studies and second reason is related to last winter. We used to go to one of the good Italian restaurants in the old city. their foods were good and I liked their pizza. Italian pizza is totally different compared to that kind of pizza which we eat in Iran. If you say we eat pizza with tomato sauce they are surprised and even they don't like to hear it. Anyway once we decided to go to new restaurant. we went there and ordered salad and pizza. We started to eat our salad, after few minuets I saw a strange thing in my salad. First I didn't believe it when I looked at it carefully, I found out this was a dead beetle. I could not believe it because something like this had never happened for me even in Iran. And usually we use of this kind of stories by beetle for fun and as joke. So we stay at home tonight then eat our dinner. Maybe after dinner we go out to have the fresh air and enjoy the happiness of people in the street.
I just heard from my niece that her friend makes the new year party at her home tonight and invited her in Iran:)) It's so funny for me because here people don't make new year party so often and don't care about it, while we think that what a wonderful night or celebration they have for New year . Nababa.. where is spare time here? If they have some plan to make party, usually you should bring your own drinks and sometimes even your own food. What we learn about foreign countries is in the Hollywood movies and that is it. Plus every single country has its own traditions. But we know that sometimes some people (not all) try to do some strange thing or exaggerate in Iran just in order to be a bit different and show themselves. Then they come to others and talk about what they have done what they had.... I'm from that sociality and grew up between them so I know them very well. I clearly write here that I hate this kind of behavior and it really bothers me. Fortunately I'm far way from them here and this is one of the positive points that helps me to keep on my way to get final aim. I was lucky that I haven't seen something like this here. If there is , I'm sure there is, maybe in different version.

At the end I wish a very happy 2009 for every one.

P.S. This was a completely personal idea and experience.

Das gefällt mir so!!

2008-12-17T04:56:00.000-08:00

Summer & Winter view of my room

2008-12-13T07:22:00.001-08:00

So I like summer more than winter hummmmmm but where is summer? when does it come to this city again?

By the way
Thank you for your nice gift.