Tuesday, July 01, 2008 Don S. Davis Passed Away...

=""( I read the news last night on GateWorld. Don S. Davis, one of my favorite actors, and the player of the role of General Hammond, one of my favorite Stargate characters, passed away on the 29th. It appears that the cause was a severe heart attack. This made me very very sad....

Monday, June 23, 2008 7 Random Facts About Me!

The great sea battle off Cape Trafalgar in October 1805

So, the martial discord randomness meme got me too. =) I have been tagged by Hrafn Thorisson to come up with 7 random facts about me and post them here along with a random photo of a martial discord [above].

Of course I have to mention the rules:
1. Link to your tagger and post these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.
5. Present an image of martial discord from whatever period or situation you’d like.

Now we have a technical glitch. =P I can't exactly tag 7 people for this! Why you ask? Because I already did! =)) Less than a year ago, Optimus passed something to me that was similar to this meme, and at that point I asked "who wants to do this?" and I ended up tagging every English speaking blogger I know!! So I'm afraid I can't have them do it again, although the rules are different and so I'm writing this. [There may be overlaps though! =P] So I guess I'll leave it open. If there's anyone who would like to re-write this, let me know! Or maybe I'll figure out who didn't write it last time. =)

As to my own 7 random facts... there we go:

1 - When I'm asked about my origins, I usually say "Persian - Welsh", cause those are the major 2. But if I go into the details, the answer will look more like this: "Persian - Welsh - Turkish - Indian - Russian". =) Oh, I also am legally Canadian.

2 - When I had just turned 9, one day in school the comp-sci teacher of the high-school kiddies caught me messing around with QBasic in the high-school computer lab. And that's how my coding career started. [She started teaching me stuff and....]

3 - I have a sort of an affinity with the colour blue. I loved the colour ever since I was a kid [apparently it was the first colour I showed reaction to as an infant], which is why my friends put the "Aasemoon" nickname on me. Aasemoon is Persian for sky. [And I love height too!]

4 - I hate coffee with a passion. And everybody I ever come across, guess what, loves coffee!! My friends, family, colleagues, class-mates and school buddies.... somebody rescue me!

5 - I love LEGO. I'll never grow out of this. =)) I still buy LEGO, build stuff with LEGO and enjoy it. Yeah.

6 - I'm an optimist by nature. I believe in a higher power at work and I believe that everything happens for a good reason.

7 - I'm a proven and recognized musicphile. I listen to music from morning to night, while working, studying... doing whatever it is that I may be doing. I enjoy almost all genres, types and styles of music, and I can effectively change my own mood or improve my energy levels using the right combination of tracks. I'm however not an audiophile, because although I love high-quality sound, but I enjoy music regardless of what sort of device its coming out of.

Ok, that's it. Now since as I said I can't just re-tag everyone, if you're up to writing this, give me a shout and I'll tag you! =P

Saturday, May 03, 2008 Mike Oldfield - Shabda <3

When it comes to music, I'd say Mike Oldfield is certainly a God. I've felt the same ever since the first time I heard his music [I was an infant then... my parents were listening to Mike Oldfield]. Mike Oldfield's music has been with me my entire life, and I would even say that in some ways, it has saved my life. The song Shabda is from his latest album called "Music of the Sphere". Don't mind the video as it's not official... just listen to the music.

Terra autem erat inanis
Super faciem abyssi
Lux æterna dona nobis
Terra autem erat in cæli

Terra autem erat inanis
Super faciem abyssi
Lux æterna dona nobis
Terra autem erat in cæli

[Sorry for not translating... my Latin is enough to understand this, but certainly not enough to attempt a legid translation...]

Saturday, April 19, 2008 25!

So, I turned 25 today. Actually well, it's a bit of a funny situation this year: I was born on Farvardin 31st of the Persian calendar, which is usually the same day as April 20th. So my official birthday is supposed to be on April 20th = Farvardin 31st. But this year is one of those mixed up years that Farvardin 31 = April 19th! =P So this pretty much means that I was born both today and tomorrow. [According to aMUSiC, the previous sentence is a "testament to temporal grammar": I was born both today and tomorrow! =P] So yeah, the whole thing is a bit funny. And I guess it's not even unexpected that my 25th is starting rather odd, as it's obviously going to be one of the oddest, most twisted, most exciting, most weird, most complicated, most challenging, most curious, most ... well... everything, years of my life. The start is quite fitting to what I know is coming. =} heee.... heee..... heee.... wish me luck.... O_o .... =D .... \0/ ... ?? .... heeee ........ !!&$$!#&%%@#&&%$***...

Monday, March 17, 2008 Happy Noroooooz! =D

Yup, it's that time of the year again. When you don't exactly need a calendar to tell you that the year is getting renewed, you can just feel it in the air. Or at least you're supposed to, unless like me you're stuck in the cold of Toronto. On Thursday [March 20th], 01:48:19 AM, year 2567 (1387) of the Persian calendar begins. From what I already know, this year is going to be one of _THE_ most important years of my life. Full of ups and downs and adventures. There's much that's about to happen, and I'm very much looking forward to everything. I hope that this year is going to be a good year for all of us, and although I have my doubts as to whether the current "situation" in Iran is going to change in any positive way, but I'll still keep my figures crossed. So happy new year everyone, and best wishes from me, Ahoo, Aasemoon.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007 4 Days Left!

Oh God... Oh God.... OOOOOOOHHHHHHHH GGGGGGGOOOODDDD.... only 4 days left. As previously mentioned on the Purple Blog, on Sunday the 16th I shall fly to Zürich, and have what will probably be one of the most unusual and exciting holidays of life. So much is coming... so much is about to happen... soooooooo much to look forward to. Of course right now every second feels like an hour, every hour feels like a day and every day feels like a month. I guess the reason for the major excitement overdose is obvious: there's a little city not so far from Zürich, called Solothurn, and there's a certain Genox in Solothurn... well... yeah! =)
And there's more.... a lot more. It's very complicated right now, I can't foretell what's going to happen in the coming months, but lets just say that in the not very far future I may not need a plain ticket anymore when I want to see Genox. I have some serious homework to do while I'm in Switzerland. I have to figure out the final details of what I may be getting myself into. So much excitement, so much to do..... ;)

Tuesday, March 20, 2007 Year 1386! =)

Happy Persian new year [Norooz] everyone! Tonight at 8:07 PM Toronto time, the year 1386 of the Persian calendar begins. Hope it will be a great year for all of us. =)

نوروز پیروز

Monday, February 26, 2007 5 Facts About Me!

Having been ridiculously busy in the past week or so, I hadn't found the time to check out my favorite blogs. Now that I finally stole the time to do some reading, I figured that Optimus has passed on a kind of a pyramidoid game to me, where you basically write down 5 things about you that your readers might not already know. Hmmm ok, then I guess I'm not gonna write stuff like I'm into electronics or I listen to tons of music. Hmmmmm.... what am I gonna write... lets see. =)

1 - I tend to remember stuff, and I mean that in a bit of an unusual way. The details of everything that happens to me, everything I hear, everything I see or smell or taste... I remember everything in details, no matter how long later you ask me about it. I have clear memory of my childhood, even very early stages. Even if there's something that I don't remember right away, if I sit down and concentrate on it for a few minutes, I can recall the whole thing with high-def picture and surround sound. Now this thing, is both a blessing and a curse. Blessing aspect of it is ... well... memorizing stuff, very handy while studying... specially when I'm studying something like a new language or so... or remembering the lines of the books I read [and well I read plenty] .. or remembering the sound track for every single movie I see [lol =P]. Oh well, it's a useful thing. Hoowwwever, the curse aspect comes in when I'm dealing with memories that I don't like to remember!! I mean naturally it happens for everyone, events that one might not really like, dark memories... stuff that most people tend to send to the recycle bin of their mind. No such luck for me, I have the carry the whole thing for... well.. basically forever.

2 - I'm an optimist. I believe in the bigger image and the higher force, and I believe that everything happens for a good reason. I've had a life full of events... full of ups and downs, and I have came to believe that I may or may not see the reason for what happens right away, but in time I will. And when I see that... somehow it's always for the best.

3 - I LUV LEGO. =) I've always loved LEGO, ever since I was a kid I was deeply into it, and even now... I seem to only get more and more interested. =)) I like to sit down and put together the pieces and bits for hours and hours and hooooooooours, and design my perfect spaceship or submarine or robot or a little tech city full of... well... all mentioned. =)) Some people say that's because I'm a logical thinker... or engie student... or she-nerd. =)) I donno.... that may be.... but I just love the total peace of mind it gives me. And of course I do enjoy playing with others!! =)))

4 - If someone asks me where I'm from, I usually say that I'm Persian. From Iran, that is. Because I was born and raised there. However, if you want to break it down to the genetics, then it gets a bit more complicated than that. And I mean... very... complicated. =)) Here's a list of where I'm genetically from [as in, where my parents routes] , the higher in the list has the bigger part:
- Welsh
- Persian
- Azeri
- Indian
- Turkish
- Russian
Addition: My friend insists that I should add that I'm also considered a Canadian now, having lived here for a while... and the citizenship and everything. Well, one more for the list. =)))

5 - In my entire life, I've fallen in love only once, and it's been the most precious gift in the whole existence. Thank you for everything, Oli. =) <3 <3 <3

Well, that's my 5 facts. =) Now I'm supposed to pass this on to 5 other people, and that's not gonna be easy, because apparently some people like writing something like this, and some don't. Well I'm not gonna pass this directly to anyone, I'm just gonna say this to everyone who's reading this article: Write the 5 facts if you like to, and let me know if you do so! =D

Update: Well it seems like so far 2 people have managed to write the 5 facts. =) Check them out:
Appearing Offline
Genox

Saturday, December 23, 2006 Weeeehaaaaa! =)

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone! =)
Well, for me, the holidays this year are going to be pretty pretty special. I'm about to have a very very special guest, and.. well.. that's all I can say for now! =P Hope that you'll all have a whole load of fun as well! =D

Wednesday, November 15, 2006 سيب......

حمید مصدق - سيب

تو به من خندیدی
و نمی دانستی
من به چه دلهره از باغچه همسایه
سیب را دزدیم
باغبان از پی من تند دوید
سیب را دست تو دید
غضب آلوده به من کرد نگاه
سیب دندان زده از دست تو افتاد به خاک
و تو رفتی و هنوز
سالهاست که در گوش من آرام آرام
خش خش گام تو تکرار کنان
می دهد آزارم
و من اندیشه کنان غرق این پندارم
که چرا
خانه کوچک ما سیب نداشت

Mossadegh's "Sib" [Apple];
Same one I memorized the last time I was feeling so deeply lost.......

[Sorry, the comments are closed for this post. Email is always there.]

Monday, October 30, 2006 The Days......

So... to make the long story short, my mom's flying back home on Wednesday afternoon. Well, you might have some idea what that implies. Meanwhile I'm also learning some other heart-bleeding lessons. Things that I don't know how I'm supposed to interpret... and how I should feel about... and I'm just.. shocked. Oh well. "Lovely" days altogether!

Below are the lyrics I just received in an email from a very dear friend. Thank you. I love this song by the way.

PHIL COLLINS - TRUE COLORS

You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness, inside you
Can make you feel so small

But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy, can't remember
When I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow


So sad eyes
Discouraged now
Realize

When this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there

And I'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors, true colors

Cos there's a shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors, true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Beautiful, like a rainbow...

Monday, September 18, 2006 Umm...Stuff! :)

First of all, a note to the guys and gals who asked for the Distillery photos. I've now posted a few of those in my phlog. Just for you. :)
With regards to amv's comment on the last post, the Demovibes website seems to be up and about now: www.demovibes.org
What else....oh yeah. In my on going scene-music diggage, I finally found...well... let me try to explain to you what I found. The Assembly 2006 freestyle music competition happened on around 7:45 of a Saturday morning [Toronto time]. So I was half asleep when the competition started, and I was watching the web-tv on my notebook in bed. I remember hearing this fantastic song that took my breath away, but somewhere in between my struggle to open my eyes and a silly stream blink, I ended up missing the song info. So now after going through almost all the competition entries, finally I found it. "When Time Stands Still" by PK, check it out.
Also, I know that some of you have already discovered this, but if you haven't, make sure you check out "Aufgewacht Und Tee Gemacht" by Genox. [Ummm..."Woke up and made tea"?! I just hope I got the spelling right.] I've been listening to this about 10 times a day recently. One of the best that I've heared from this artist so far. Absolutely brilliant.
These 2 tracks speak directly to my heart. <3 <3 :>
And that's about it for now......

Update: Umm Guys...there's a new comment on the first part of the display report that you might like to check out. :)

Friday, June 23, 2006 Kool Stuff Summary

YAY I'm free! My 4 days of doom are officially over and done with. Now I get the chance to sit down, organize my mind and post a new log. Hmmmm....there's a lot to say...wonder where to start. First things first I guess.
I've been asked to post more often! Well thank you for your interest, and I will certainly try to do so. The trouble, you see, is that I have this overly hectic schedule, consisting of: school - work - research - projects - and... well.... hopefully "life" if I ever get any. So that means as much as I'd love to post logs often, I just can't always steal the time to do so. But again as I said, I'll sure try.
Now, back to the recent "Hot Topic". If you're still wondering what exactly happened around here during the last week, and where the apparent frenzy came from, well here's what happened.
It all started when my sense of curiosity took me on quite a trip, which resulted in the "discovery" [:P] of some of the most beautiful works of art I've ever encountered. I posted a log about this "demos" which caused a bit of a big bang. Then I decided to share the experience with a group of artist friends. We had a little get together to which we refer as "the display", where we watched a few of these demos and had some discussions. The idea of displaying the demos wasn't something that I had pre-planned. It popped into my mind right on the scene and I'm happy to say it turned into quite the event. The crowd showed some strong feelings toward the 3 demos from the Greek demo group known as ASD, which honestly was no big surprise since...well....so did I! :P
Big thanks goes to Dennis and Tim for helping out with everything, and my deepest heartfelt regards goes to the guys and gals who let themselves burst into tears at certain scenes, including that => scene from"Planet Risk", [Tim, don't think I missed your face! :P], and to my friend Alex [aka Anders] who now has to pay for a brand new brain, since his old one broke during the display of "Animal Attraction". [Does SONY manufacture VAIO brains? hmmmm....nevermind.] You might get a deal on eBay. And of course the biggest and loudest of Cheers, Kudos and You Rox goes to ASD for their super brilliant creations.
As for this <= part of "Iconoclast" during which I myself pretty much lost it .....well we all thought it's a sand-clock on a music box. As it turns out [thanks aMUSiC for the info] this thing is no music box! It's actually an "Antikythera Mechanism", an ancient Greek analog computer!! [info here]. Now is that kool or what??
And as for the sound track for "Animal Attraction" which successfully put us all into trance after listening to it about 10 times straight....here are the lyrics as requested:
A smell in the air,
a game never fair,
I'm holding the dice and you just move a square,
You're facing the wall,
once again when I roll,
Not letting the fate to take it's toll..
Don't you fear my maze,
It's natural to bite your lip and tremble in this fashion,
Mesmerize my gaze,
Touch me and surrender to the animal attraction.
[Lyrics by aMUSiC]
Ok...now I'm ending this log since it has already gone too long, and honestly I have no idea if there was anything else that I was supposed to mention here. If I'm missing something, please let me know and I'll add. And by the way, regarding the question of which of these was actually my fave....oh for cryin' out loud! Is that even a question? I think I've already been loud enough about it that the whole world knows and my sound system is crashing....it's called "Animal Attraction". =>


UPDATE: IMPORTANT NEWS, ASD'S WEBSITE IS NOW BACK ONLINE! CHECK OUT!
[There's also a permanent link in the links menu, for future reference. Ummm....do check out, they have wallpapers! :P]

Update: This page was suggested by one of the visitors who goes by the nickname Asusu. I'm adding it here so it won't get lost in the pile of comments. [Thank You!] :)

Sunday, May 14, 2006 Duh!

Something's terribly wrong with me today! I've been debugging the simplest mere extension circuit for hours now and I still can't get it to work! All bloody analog...nothing fancy. Now I have a blown up op-amp & 2 burnt finger tips, and after looking around for God knows how long I just realized that I have a reversed zener-d and for some reason I just couldn't see it. Golly...I'm quite sure there are a few more of "that" type of problems laying around staring at me right now. I should probably leave it for now....at least for a few hours.
As for World Cup frenzy....well I'm still pretty ticked off over Iran's pathetic [for one kind word] performance in the game vs. Mexico. I've received all sorts of lectures on why things happened the way they happened and why this was to be expected....not like they make me feel any better. England's team however has so far done well....& my fave match so far was the Ghana vs. Italy game. One hell of a game that one.
And as for my Greek language studies....it's going fine, thanks for asking! :) I mean it's going as fine as it can possibly go given the conditions! It's funny how everything tends to sound 180˚ different than what I would expect according to the alphabet basics. My search for "living resources" is still "on going"...... On the plus side, teaching Persian to my German friend is going pretty smooth.
Now only if I could figure how this thing is supposed to sound like......:P

Sunday, March 19, 2006 Happy New Year!

سال نو مبارک, عید نوروز مبارک
Tomorrow exactly at 1:27PM Toronto time, the solar year 1385 starts.
So, HAPPY PERSIAN NEW YEAR, HAPPY NOROOZ! :)

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 New Year / New Semester

2006 sure started the best way for me. :) In the new year eve I found my cousins that I had no contact with in my 22 yrz! And now I have a whole new part of my family to explore and a lot of kool people to get to know. It'z quite amazing. As for how it happened, well one of my cousins found my name on the web. It's pretty much like one of those classic movies [except the part about the web I guess! :P] Yeah, it's definitely my unpredictable life. I'm just so happy about it...
And the new semester in Ryerson....well it'z kool so far! All my profs seem to be just great. I was so worried about the "field theory" [every ELCE student's beloved course (!!!)] and it's oh so popular killer charms...but now I feel just a bit better since I actually have an amazing [& I mean AMAZING] prof for it. Not that I'm not worreid anymore, cause believe me, I am.... :P
Advanced Spanish which I'm taking for my elective has already started to get "interesting". The basic course was pretty easy but this is definitely not going to be the same. And NO, that does not mean that I'm gonna stop learning Greek and I probably will start mixing up the 2...in fact I'm already seeing signs...
So....this semester is sure going to be a lot of fun.

Tuesday, March 22, 2005 1384 #1

1384....Going to school on Monday March 21st was the most painful thing to do. I'm supposed to have 13 dayz off....ah....& even worse than that was not being able to run around and say happy new year to everyone without people thinking that u've lost your mind. It was only about 1:00 PM when I got some break from all the weirdness....I saw my friend Shiba by accident & given that she'z Persian too I finally got the chance to say happy new year to someone & hear it back.....ah....what a pleasure! U think I'm sounding silly? Well u gotta believe me that'z the way it is..... It'z difficult when it'z your new year & not anyone else'z. & if I thought that was unfair...well...that was just the beginning. Apparently because of the beginning of the new year everyone & everything have decided to show me their tough side. Everyone who's had expectationz before, have tripled it now. Anyone who was tough to deal with before seemz to have gone exponential on me now. What'z with u people? Give me a break I do deserve it! Stop asking me for miraclez, I'm just a human being! Stop acting like I'm responsible for everything! Stop with the power lecturez I'm not trying to challenge anyone or "outsmart" anyone....I'm just not like that....& oh yeah stop asking me to FLY! Well....this is the beginning of 1384....God help me with the rest of it...

Thursday, July 10, 2003 & I Walked....

I walked...& walked...& walked....& walked....the weather waz fabulous....it waz raining lightly...&amp; I walked...& walked...& I watched the streets...all new to me....& I walked....& I watched the people...all interesting to me....all stranger to me....& I walked....& walked.....for hourz & hourz....I felt completely lost.....&amp; walked....& wondered how different people can be....& how different the weather can smell.....& how different the rain can taste....& walked...& I felt the sun rays on my skin...coming from behind the clouds.....I'm the same....you're the same....& I walked...& there were drops all over my face....rain drops on my cheeks.....&amp; I walked.....& wondered if rain waz painting my feelingz on my face.....& walked...& walked....& the more I walked the further I got from my destination.....& I walked....& I thought to myself....I'm so not close to home.............

Wednesday, November 20, 2002 Out Of The Woodz

Out Of The Woodz
"If this iz gonna run ... round ... in my head ... I might as well be dreaming run ... round ... in my head ..."
Have u heared the song? It'z been going round my head 4 quite some time now... I think it sort of describez my current situation!
By the way, the song iz called "Out of The Woodz" by "Nickel Creek".

Thursday, October 10, 2002 Thought

Life's a journey, not a destination...

Sunday, September 29, 2002 Upside Down!

Upside Down...
Have u noticed? Some dayz everything tendz 2 look upside down...
Makez me wonder..maybe I'm the one who'z upside down!?