Somewhere Close!

After more than a year!

2011-10-17T01:46:00.000-07:00

We are in Norway again!

I like to be back in MY house. We have been here in Norway for a year now! We moved back in October 2010. A year ago.

I am like a plant. I was carried in a vase, and planted to a different ground - carried from a place to another. If I am a real plant I will droop anyway after changing the ground so many times! It takes qiut sometime to get used to the new ground and new weather. But again I have to be moved to another place again! I can never expand my roots in the new ground. If I do, I will lose them on the next move.

If I remain in my vase; I cannot develope myself. can never be a natural. Must stay in a place like a preasoner and wait for nothing! It will be a waste of me.

It is my story. May be many others' story. My Persian litrature was really good! After these 11 years, I have forgotten so much and I neither perfect in English nor Norwegian. Is it a shame?

I don't feel like an Iranian, and I don't feel I am a Norwegian. Part of me is lost!

Who is responsible for this loss? Me? My family? My fellow country men? my beliefs? My confused Iranian culture?

Well, I am totally confused!

I made a Swiss Roll!

2010-01-26T19:38:00.000-08:00

Yumm!

This is the cake I made and it was so soft and good.

Highly recommanded.

Life is not pleasant all the time!

2009-12-15T22:51:00.000-08:00

What a title!
Sometimes I wish I could have had a REW button to push and could change the past! But such a button doesn't exist!
Sometimes I feel so weak and it makes me feel unenergic and sad! But I am trying to be myself more! A confident girl who is enegic and eager to know more about everything.
I am lazy, but I am focused whenever I need to be focused.
I can do anything I really want to.
I can not change the past, I can not see what happens tomorrow, but I have HOPE.
I don't accept people judge me without letting me to defend myself...

An old house in Stavanger

2009-10-28T13:35:00.000-07:00

2009-10-27T07:08:00.001-07:00

These are some pictures taken by me, in a park named "Mosvagnet" in Stavanger, Norway. I had lived here in Stavanger for 5 years before we moved to other places. I miss this place and I think I have born here. Everything is so familiar! May be I had lived here in my previous life! ;)

2009-10-27T07:03:00.000-07:00

2009-10-27T06:43:00.000-07:00

In last 2 months we had a very difficult situation!

The story began when we traveled to Norway to renew our visas. The company's lawyer suggested max 1 week stay in Norway. Therefor we came to Norway with a suitcase and 2 hand bags. But it wasn't that easy at all! The embassey suggested few weeks! It was because they wanted to do a background check.
I felt like a refugee! We got a small appartment to live in, but we lived for the day and we couldn't make any plan for following days!
The background check took 8 weeks! and of course it took an extra week to go to embassey, give the passports and get the visas.
It is so sad and I can not get the point! We have allready lived there for a year, without any problem! I even worked as a volunteer in American Red Cross and got a positive feedback! Anyway, the wait is over! I have so many questions in my mind but I know if I come forward and ask them, there won't be any reasonable answer!
For 2 months my daughter stayed with me all the time! She didn't go to preschool and it will defenately take a few days to get use to our home and everyday rutine. It will be like a new beginning for us!

We will travel to Houston as soon as possible. I am afraid I can not enjoy the rest of our stay in Houston!

The only thing I will do in US is shopping! The prices is shocking high here in Norway!

After 6 weeks!

2009-10-05T13:52:00.000-07:00

Well!

I am really disappointed!
We have been in Norway for 5 weeks now and still there is no news.
The point is we are waiting for renewing our US work visas and still there is no news!

Think! U have planned a week for a visa and you have a child as well. You will take few clothes and some necessary things and all of the sudden you recognize you may stay for few months!!

In this situation, we decided to take a short break and travel to Paris for a long weekend. We can spend a day or two in Disney land and go shopping in Paris, because we need some clothes. And believe me, it is not fair to buy clothes in Norway. It is double so expensive in Norway than US!

GOD plz! Help us! We need to travel back to US!

Having fun with Photoshop!

2009-07-28T09:19:00.000-07:00

Today I began my day with a bad mood. I woke up with a pain in my back. I have decided to take TRAN (fish oil) from today and keep taking it as long as I can. Specially when I read the fish oil reviews on the amazon.com.

then I dropped Abdy and Dena, bought my favourite white chocolate mocha and drove to the office. I opened the Photoshop and explore how easy it is to design a website.

So I am ready to design a nicer skin for my Blogs. It is so easy. The only thing that bothers me is the comment box in Blogger. I couldn't fix it with the help of sites like H... (I don't remember the name).

Well, right now I am done with the Skills For Living Website skin, I try to install a local host now to go on with my work.

Tax system in US

2009-07-28T08:33:00.000-07:00

Right now, I work in a consulting bureau. This company does taxation of international executives.

I think it is can be very complicated when somebody lives in US and works in another country. Specially people who work in West Europe!

Think! Every state has its own tax law, after that Federal Tax issue doesn't seem to be easy to handle in some cases and after all these, depends on the country people work in; they have to pay some other taxes as well!

A lady who is tax specialist in US, tried to explain just the US part and I was confused!

There is something named tax return. People can get back a little if they mention all the meals they had in other country (I mean in the business destination country), because it will be a business matter, and also even take out some money if they stay in a hotel and pay taxi. Of course all these won't be because of the business, but they can tell it was a business matter!

Let's go right to another point!
If someone is a trader and has his/her own company, he/she can easily mention the spouse as another part of the company and even mention her/his cost of the BUSINESS trip to get tax return!

It was something new for me, and I was amazed by this tax return business. It is not a fun job to do, but still something everybody should know a bit in this confusing modern world! Specially for people like me who has been raised in a country like Iran that doesn't have a very clear and serious tax system.

Texan Drivers

2009-07-22T17:48:00.000-07:00

As a foreigner in Texas, I think people drive so crazy here!

I can not understand them when sthey talk to cellphone while they try to overtake me. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a man talked to phone and smoke simoltaneously today! It is strange when no one dares to cross a road on foot! It is so shocking when I watch people pass red light without any worries!

But you know what? I am Iranian! I have seen much worse cases than this in Iran...

Stupidity?

2009-07-09T20:35:00.000-07:00

Have you ever thought you are stupid?
I know it is a silly question! But be honest...

Today I did feel I was a silly person!
To make a long story short, I had a car-crash few weeks ago and the car is still in bodyshop. We had to get a car right away.

We were lucky because Abdy's company accepted to give us a car for a while. We had that silver color car for two weeks I suppose and returned it 2 days ago. Then from yesterday we got a black Toyota car from repair center, because of their delay.
Today I dropped Abdy and Dena to their places and went to the office. When I was finished at 4 PM, I went to the parking place and went right away to a silver car - which was not like the silver one we had for a while- and tried to open the door with the remote. I heared the sound but the door didn't open! NO WAY! I thought. I tried once more, againe and againe for 4 times! Then I realized it was not the right car. It was the black car next to me that made the sound... and YES it was my car, the black car, not the silver car...
And guess what... 2 workerd stared at me with a big smile... I smiled back and thought... 'Yeah I know, I just made your day!'

My First Poem in English!

2009-07-08T19:31:00.000-07:00

Nobody can ruin me, even you...
Around a year ago, it was spring time. I was stting beside window, sad, thoughtful, doubtful.
And this was my first peom in English...
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Flowers look happy, clouds are angry, earth is muddy,
Sun is shining, sky is raining, wind is cold and dry.
Trees are sadly waiting for their sprouts to come out,
Water is roaring hurriedly in the river Themes near by.
I am sitting here thinking this is me I am watching,
I must be honest with me there is no one to say goodbye.
Hopeless, hopeful, happy, sad, angry, cold and warm,
waiting, roaring, tears in my heart but my eyes are still dry!
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oh, gush! I was a good composer!! ;-) Honesly! I like this one!

2009-07-08T19:29:00.000-07:00

When I was 14 years old, I was amazed at how unintelligent my father was.By the time I turned 25, I was astounded by how much my father had learned in the last 11 years!!

من و Starbucks

2009-07-08T10:44:00.000-07:00

خوب جونم براتون بگه که بنده از قهوه خیلی خوشم میاد. امروز بی ماشین خونه موندم و تو این گرمای جهنمی اینجا حال 5 دقیقه پیاده روی هم نیست. برای همین هم برای خودم یه قهوه ناب درست کرده ام و دارم فکر میکنم فراپاچینوش کنم یا نه؟ آخه تو این گرما میچسبه.
اخیرا تصمیم گرفتم دیگه مصرف قهوه رو کم کنم. برای همین به یه محصول جدید روی آوردم.
اهل چای سبز هستین؟ این فراپاچینو که امسال به لیست اضافه شده رو حتما امتحان کنین. من که خیلی دوست دارم. اگه عذاب وجدان اضافه وزن دارین می تونین بگین از خامه اش کم کنه.

پ.ن1: من این کافی پرس جدیدم رو 20 دلار از همین کافی شاپ خریدم و خیلی ازش راضیم.

پ.ن2: من نمی دونم اینا برای اینهمه تبلیغ مثبت من بهم جایزه نمی دن؟

پ.ن3 : من چقدر ماهم!!