Mirror Polisher

eeeehhh...raise your hand if the last post wasn't clear...:O

2008-06-12T00:21:00.005+03:00

Ok, so a non-virtual friend saw me online today and asked me why I haven't updated my blog in a long time.Have you ever seen that episode of FRIENDS were Chandelier does his best to hold back his sarcastic remarks? Well, I actually managed to do so :DI did NOT tell her, "Good ya reminded me, I'll write a post in ENGLISH 2nite to let you know I have moved to wordpress."Nor did I tell her, "So how

Darya it is :D

2008-05-02T01:53:00.004+03:00

Till 6 this evening I still hadn’t come to any final decision on what to call this new baby. For me to choose something I have to ‘feel’ that it’s right; I need to get a sign—nooooo I haven’t read one Paulo Coelho book too many :D So I’d added some new songs to my ipod—some old albums that I hadn’t listened to for a long time—when Moein’s song Pialeh came on. Oh god this song!!!It must have

The importance of being Earnest

2008-05-01T00:31:00.004+03:00

How do parents do it????? Not the raising the kid up properly part…that’s easily done…they should just invest in a good international satellite dish and let the kid be brought up by the old box in the corner. No I’m talking about the hardest part of having kids—choosing a name. I’m trying to pick a new name for my new blog and I'm stuck. Scratched and scratched and scratched my head all day

No longer a Mirror Polisher

2008-04-29T20:02:00.004+03:00

Today marks the 18 month-and- 20 day anniversary of when I wrote my first post (don’t look at me like that, I’m sure there's some tribe some where in the world that actually celebrates an 18 month and 20 day anniversary). I was in the middle of writing a post on “The Five people I will meet in Heaven” when I realize that the phase of being a “Mirror Polisher” is completed. Here’s an excerpt

Tagged by Intlxpatr: The 7 things tag

2008-04-26T18:54:00.004+03:00

7 things I plan to do: 1. Allow my heart to be in the driver’s seat for a change (not that it asked anyone for permission; it just shoved my head out of the way and took over) 2. Go to Malaysia in mid-May :D 3. Learn what all those buttons on my camera do :O 4. Learn to play at least a couple of guitar chords 5. Start reading Rumi in Persian (thanks A.N for the motivation) 6. Motivate

Wanna peaceful state of mind—throw away all your beliefs :D

2008-04-24T14:35:00.006+03:00

Quick question: How do you know you are right? I’m not talking about anything in particular; just in general. How do you know you are right about anything—your religious beliefs, political stands, causes you believe in, or whether chocolate cake truly is much better than vanilla cake. I used to be a person who thought that my beliefs are strongly rooted in logic and common sense and

Quick question: Which is worse/better?

2008-04-21T16:07:00.007+03:00

Fork in the road-Melat Park-Tehran-April 2008To grow old completely alone or to be stuck in a loveless marriage.I don’t mean an abusive marriage, just one that there’s no passion; no spark, nothing to make your heart skip a beat.

Jack Handey Quotes

2008-04-21T01:25:00.000+03:00

On my old blog, I used to regularly publish quotes I liked. And since tonight, well heck I bored, I thought I’ll reinitiate that tradition. Here are a couple of quotes from Jack Handey: "When you die, if you go somewhere where they ask you a bunch of questions about your life and what you learned and all, I think a good way to get out of it is just to say, 'No speaka English.'" "Whenever you

Man Carves Wife a 6,000 Stair Path in Mountain

2008-04-21T00:42:00.004+03:00

I just stumbled on this story and all i can say is aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh, sniff, sniff, sniff:A weird love story has come out of China recently and managed to touch the world. It is a story of a man and an older woman who ran off to live and love each other in peace for over half century. Over 50 years ago, Liu, was a 19 years-old boy, fell in love with a 29 year-old widowed mother named Xu. At the

Day in Review

2008-04-20T23:05:00.003+03:00

Already accomplished:Case 1: Finally called friends and let them know I’m back in Kuwait. Case 2: Finally started yoga…OUCH my back!!! Case 3: Finally mom had her talk with me on WHEN THE HELL I plan to go back to work. Case 4: Finally fixed my yahoo messenger Case 5: Finally changed my template…again Case 7: Booked 2 tickets for the new KLT show: www.theklt.com Case 8: Read a great

Car Boot Sale this Saturday April 26

2008-04-20T22:49:00.005+03:00

How come usually whenever I sigh, ‘hmmm I wish so and so would happen’ my wish is granted except when it comes to winning the lottery!!!! :D :D So today I tell a friend, I haven’t been to a car boot sale/yard sale/street bazaar in a long time and just now I got an email from Operation Hope that there’s a yard sale this Saturday:1. Sis b-day and a free yoga video Yesterday was my sister’s birthday. She’s the kind that makes a list. One of the items on her list was a yoga DVD, so I gave her this link: http://yoga.org.nz/yoga_vidoes_download1.htm Happy birthday sis :D PS. Oh, and in case you are wondering, yes she did make me get off my ass and go out and buy her and actual gift.

Blogger or Wordpress

2008-01-25T20:30:00.000+03:00

I’m bored stiff, so I’m gonna try something new. Every time I post sth on blogspot, I’ll also copy it here. Let me see which one of these hosts I would grow to love more .So far I like blogger more coz:It allows you to change the html code (on wordpress you can change it but can't save the new template unless you upgrade)It allows you to add any widget (including all the widgets on wordpress)I

This little bear has just come out of hibernating :D

2008-01-22T14:28:00.001+03:00

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuu Frieda for your kind concern. All is well, and I am working on making it even better. So what have I been up to? Well, this cozy cold weather had put me into a deep soothing sleep…an awakening sleep. What have I woken up to? That I want to set sail on a vagabond voyage…ok maybe not in the true sense of the word, but I want to step onto that open-ended road…the road with

Happy Eid, Christmas and Yalda Night

2007-12-22T21:47:00.000+03:00

Ouch my poor tummy. Yesterday (21st of December) I ate so much nuts (especially tomato toasted cashew), pomegranate, grapes and melon that I...hold on a sec...[censored]Ok, now I am feeling better. I can go...so where was I? Oh why did I ate so much you ask..well coz last night was Shab-e-Yalda :D :D :D....Translation==Yalda NighInstead of me explaning what Yalda night is, let me take the lazy (

Is it time?

2007-12-22T21:35:00.000+03:00

Pic taken on Sheweikh Beach The dream was cartoon-like, images too flowery, colors too vivid, animation too vibrant…emotions it provoked too child-like. Eyes smiled open, body floated off the bed, window slid aside, sweet morning breeze found its way into my lungs. The breeze dragged me onto the beach. The fine sand grains massaged my whole existence. Too lost in my own entity to notice

Liberating Tears

2007-12-07T17:19:00.000+03:00

Today I shed a couple of tears, silent tears, light tears, liberating tears. Sometimes the traffic light takes longer than usual to turn green, you mind wonders, again the same old question is posed, again the long sought answer is not found. You sigh, your head tilts slightly to the left; then all of a sudden your eyes become entrapped by what it sees. This pic was not taken on the same

Mehrbano's Musical Ensemble in Kuwait

2007-12-06T22:40:00.000+03:00

Pic from 'The Daily Star'So in the 9 years I lived in Tehran how many times did I go a traditional Iranian concert—> Zilch How many traditional music Cd did I buy?->Zilch How many traditional singles did I listen to?-> Zilch How many times did I switch channels and radio stations when a traditional music came on?-> Billions How excited did I become when I found out that Dar AlـAthar

Baraka: A Spritual Film

2007-11-23T14:02:00.000+03:00

What a magical night it was last night! The soothing breeze didn’t let go of its embrace all night. With my mind clear, my heart light, my soul at ease it was the perfect night to watch “Baraka”. Baraka is the first film of a “3 Evening Events” that ‘The Culture Sector Office’ of The Grand Mosque of Kuwait is hosting to promote inter cultural understanding. And Baraka did exactly that.

I am thankful for

2007-11-21T10:35:00.000+03:00

The day is looming, the eye spots the pen, the hand picks up the pen, the heart writes: Thank you for bringing down my wall I’m no longer a prisoner of my own Thank you for glorifying the magic of life I now savor the divinity of it all Thank you for injecting the zest for living in me

Yalla go home

2007-11-16T14:02:00.000+03:00

It wasn’t planned or anything, and it hadn’t nothing to do with the ‘letting go’ philosophy I have recently subscribed to; it was only coz it was ok to do so. Yesterday, I let me class go a whole FIVE minutes early. I asked a question, I received my correct answer, I smiled and uttered, “Have a nice day.” Nobody moved!!!! They all looked at each other. Then all eyes were on me. We had just

Idiot no more

2007-11-14T22:08:00.000+03:00

To Maman and Baba, I'm sorry for:Not realizing why you got so upset with me last night for preferring to stay home rather than joining you guys out. I now realize if you hadn't missed me so much you wouldn't have got so angry. I now realize your anger was the translation of your love.I'm such an idiot

Students say the darnest things

2007-11-12T20:09:00.000+03:00

After being a teacher for over 12 years, I thought I had heard it all in class. My favorite grammar error is: he-him, she-shim  Of course, I believe this one is taken from a Kuwaiti play called “Bye bye London”.Today I heard one that I for one had never heard before. We were practicing the object pronouns. I wanted them to ask me to give them what I am holding. So I held up 1 pen and a student

Iman Maleki's Omens of Hafez

2007-11-12T00:01:00.000+03:00

I love the emails forwarded from my friends. One particular email that I have received numerous times from various people is the paintings of Iman Maleki. First time I saw his painting entitled “Omen of Hafiz” I froze--there was something in there that took me far away. Away to an era lost somewhere in the back alleys of my memories, away to a land my soul longed to connect… but never did—it

To answer Intxlptr question: Source of the new name “Mirror Polisher”

2007-11-11T00:00:00.000+03:00

Though I did become familiar with the concept of polishing mirrors through studying Sufism, I have not used it with the same symbolic meaning. Why Mirror Polisher? Coz I used to dread mirrors. I would only look into one in the mornings when brushing my hair, and even then only at my hair, never into my eyes. For some reason, staring straight into my own eyes wasn’t too comfortable for me. Maybe

Attan: updated

2007-11-10T15:34:00.000+03:00

About the video:"Attan is a traditional Afghan dance. It is said to be one of oldest Afghan Pagan dance, some identify Attan as an a religious ceremony of early Zoroastrians placing it 2000 BCE, and some have placed even older going back to King Yama's celebration of Nowroz and warriors dancing and circling around the fire. King Yama was the first Afghan king dating back to 3500 BCE. This was

"The Distance"

2007-11-09T12:13:00.000+03:00

I wrote this post on my old blog but just realized I never published it. It was in the drafts. Well, Mirror Polisher is publishing it:I dunno why these days every time I listen to an Iranian song I automatically start translating it in my head. It forces me to go beyond the melody, relate to the words, live the story behind the lyrics so to speak.Anyway, this particular song kinda reminds me of a

Blogiversary

2007-11-09T02:03:00.000+03:00

Now this is weird. I just realized that my very first post on my old blog was exactly a year ago.Now what are the odds that I choose the same date to start both blogs!!!!I wonder if Nov 9th symbolizes anything else in my existence...hmmmm

My New "Magical" Template

2007-11-09T00:00:00.000+03:00

Me 'heart' me new template :DIt's called "Magical" which happens to be my favorite word :DI downloaded it from here. It comes with 3 widgets:Magical Mirror Images: This script features a different image on a mirror background each time you reload the page. All of the images are animated gif images, and include spooky quotes, a moving eye and a quill which writes by itselfMagical Thoughts: This

Why I had to delete my blog?

2007-11-08T16:15:00.000+03:00

It was therapeutic. “Magical Droplets” (my old blog) was inaugurated out of sheer boredom. It however turned out to be one of the best things to ever happen to me. Through my posts I was driven into a journey, a journey within, within my soul, a soul I had lost touched with, a soul I had despised, a pathetic soul, a soul I had to kill, a soul I eventually had to revive. I ended up with inner