today i spent few hours on a yacht in persian gulf. it was quite an interesting and exciting experience. it reminded me how it brings me to peace of mind. i had the ocean all to myself, while everyone was having a blast on board. it was serene.
i could also find time to isolate myself from the crowd and look at the ocean, the sky and the clouds. it makes one humble and alive. it is amazing that how much the oceans have seen. they contain loads of lonliness, looks of the sailors and passengers on board at the horizons thinking of the missed ones and the ones who gone missing, adventures, so many lives lost and saved, the serenity of the longest of existence, etc. one can go on forever and ever on that.
i really like the ocean and can stay next to ocean and look at it for hours and just enjoy it just as much i was enjoying it the first moment.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
presidential candidacy
i read today that Khatami former iranian president (before ahmadinejad) had decided not to run for presidency. it was a bad news on my own personal terms. i personally trust him and finds him a good man and someone who is fit for the office.
he will now be supporting the former vice president Mousavi i believe. he had already said only one of the two would run for presidency and since Mousavi is insisting on candidacy, he will resign but will help the campaign. it could however be a good. Mousavi is also moderate and reformist with less resistance from hardliners. so he might have a slightly better environment to work at.
i wanted so much for Khatami to run for election and i would have liked to work for his campaign. now, i am not sure. i feel a bit deflated, which is not a good sign.
he will now be supporting the former vice president Mousavi i believe. he had already said only one of the two would run for presidency and since Mousavi is insisting on candidacy, he will resign but will help the campaign. it could however be a good. Mousavi is also moderate and reformist with less resistance from hardliners. so he might have a slightly better environment to work at.
i wanted so much for Khatami to run for election and i would have liked to work for his campaign. now, i am not sure. i feel a bit deflated, which is not a good sign.
Monday, March 16, 2009
hyper
walking in between spaces
through different dimensions
i have been
humbeled by crimson god
burnt paitiently like sun
eternal
travelled from sun to sun
following your light
that outshined the stars
AG 15 mar 09
through different dimensions
i have been
humbeled by crimson god
burnt paitiently like sun
eternal
travelled from sun to sun
following your light
that outshined the stars
AG 15 mar 09
Sunday, March 15, 2009
lesson learnt
today we had a drama in our office and i learnt a big lesson. wife of one of my colleagues was here talking to our contracts manager over their house and payments issues. the colleague is one of the best people i have ever worked with. such a nice man.
their conversations heated up as he entered the office of contracts manager and then the wife started to shout and cry!
i was a bit shocked by the scene but i tried to play it cool,for it was not my concern. he came out and i looked at him and said hi and asked how he is.
he looked at me while smiling and said, other than teh house issue everything is fine and i have been told not to interfer, so i won't and he asked me about my weekend.
i was like wow. i don't know what would i do if i were in his shoes! i might have blown as well. what a great man he is and how much respect he has for his wife.
i hope i could be like that in each and every way, patient and respectful.
their conversations heated up as he entered the office of contracts manager and then the wife started to shout and cry!
i was a bit shocked by the scene but i tried to play it cool,for it was not my concern. he came out and i looked at him and said hi and asked how he is.
he looked at me while smiling and said, other than teh house issue everything is fine and i have been told not to interfer, so i won't and he asked me about my weekend.
i was like wow. i don't know what would i do if i were in his shoes! i might have blown as well. what a great man he is and how much respect he has for his wife.
i hope i could be like that in each and every way, patient and respectful.
beggars & conscious
i was at a photo shop to get a picture size passport. a girl covered and speaking in good english took my picture and i left the shop so i return later to get them. as i was leaving the shop, this guy came in. he was obviously begging while talking in arabic. i couldn't understand, but he then followed me and start o speak in english! that he has 4 kids and he's sick and jobless. i chose to walk away and don't pay attention. i can never tell which of them tells the truth? i chose to walk and now it is eating me up. i don't know how could i help him or if i could help him at all, but the fact that i ignored him has not left me alone ever since that encounter. there are two scenarios to this. either he was telling the truth or lying. in any case, i wish i could have done something or at least listened to him! but what should really be done in such situation. if you give money, it's not reasonable, if you chose to walk away, then it's again not fair.
i still can't get rid of the image of that african boy who was staring at me few months back, when i finished shopping for fruits and grocery. i could easily walk up to him and give a bag of oranges or apples, but i chose not to. why? i'm ashamed to say that i was thinking what others would think.
i still can't get rid of the image of that african boy who was staring at me few months back, when i finished shopping for fruits and grocery. i could easily walk up to him and give a bag of oranges or apples, but i chose not to. why? i'm ashamed to say that i was thinking what others would think.
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