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The Sagrada Familia viewed from Casa Mila, Barcelona, Spain It is the last day of January already but I am ready to publish a new post on my wish list travel destinations . Nothing is better than traveling but what makes traveling memorable is the companionship and your fellow travelers. As much as I enjoy my independence and solitude (sometimes), I do not enjoy traveling by myself. I have done that already and it is no fun because I want to share the good times with good friends and people I love. I started thinking about traveling to Barcelona when a friend told me about this amazing city. What will make this trip even more exciting and special is that she suggested we should go together. I can't stop dreaming. p.s. Never under estimate the power of written dreams!

I have been spending --way-- too much time watching Frasier and less time writing here. There is also one paper which must be finished by Saturday and I'm sitting here procrastinating ... oh dear, I thought now that I am not student anymore, I should not be worried about this bad habit.  I am convinced that my recent  mood swings and obsessive eating is as a result of Vitamin D deficiency (or lack of sunshine). It is ironic that this has never been an issue while I was living in Vancouver!   "Pigeons have no respect for public art." Niles Cranes      

The trends and events that dominated the past decade in icons and buzzwords in the NY Times .

It has been 20 years since Hayedeh passed away. May she rest in peace.

a nice cup of tea Originally uploaded by the.whole.self My boss is leaving for another position. No one saw that was coming! and I am still waiting for those three guys... and now sitting here, sipping my tea, and try to get some work done. 

"There is not a thin line between love and hate. There is, in fact, a Great Wall of China with armed sentries posted every twenty feet between love and hate." Dr. House* * I don't watch this TV serise but one of my dearest/loveliest friends does. I borrowed this from her Facebook status.

Is it really necessary to be that reckless with someone's heart, specially if that person thinks of you as a friend? Is your heart that small that you cannot have enough room for more than one friend? I am sorry for myself that your behaviour caused me that much pain and disappointment...  

Breast Cancer Society of Canada I have been meaning to write this post for three days now but I didn’t have time. I want to send two messages out by this post. The year 2010 started with one of the most controversial breast cancer awareness campaigns. If you are a regular user of facebook, you might have seen the status updates of some of your female friends. They are colourful; white, back, nude, pink, and … you name it. I refuse to believe that so many women were choosing fun colours for their bra but that is not the point I want to make. Some people find this campaign useless and they can’t see any association between the colour of the bra and its benefit for cancer research. I, on the other hand, have different opinion. The fact that you know people are writing about it, reminds you to do your breast self exam (BSE). I take my two friends everywhere I go but it’s so easy to forget to do my monthly BSE and I am sure that is true for other women as well. As someone who has bee...

Who loved each other like us? Let us search for the ancient ashes of the burnt heart and let our kisses fall there one by one until the uninhabited flower resurrects. Let us love the love that consumed its fruit and descended to earth with a face and power: you and I are the continuing light, its unshakable delicate thorn. To that love buried by so much cold weather, by snow and spring, by oblivion and autumn, let us bring close the light of a new apple. The freshness opened by a new wound, like the ancient love that walks in silence through an eternity of buried months.

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way".  I agree with the second part but what about the first part! My question is, whether there is any happy family out there. My heart is aching for so many people. I need to hear a good news - anything.

A new formatted computer is like a house after spring cleaning.