Brave people

-What has been going on in last couple of weeks has been so important to all Iranians all over the world, no matter what political beliefs they have. I have been worried, concerned and at times excited myself. Basically I just watched CNN and some Persian satellite channels to get new about Iran and surfed Internet mainly for getting news about Iran. It seems that things have gotten slower but it does not mean that the movement is failed or ended. I think this brave movement of people in Iran is like a fire that is not going to cease that easy and that soon. I truly hope that people get a positive result out of all this and the blood of those innocent people that got violently killed does not get wasted.
I truly admire those brave young people in street or on top of their roofs speak up and ask for their rights! I never had that guts myself and I know lots of people around me that have never been this brave in their life. I hope this new young generation can really change things.
CNN has been covering Iran news very well but since last night the news is focused on Michael Jackson sudden death and people are redirected easily to another subject. Something about American people or may be most of the people in the world is that they have a short attention span and as soon as something new comes up every one just changes gears! Any way I hope that the whole world still pay attention to Iran news and what government is doing to innocent people!!
I have to say that I admire Mousavi for not backing off and still be persistent against all the pressures!

-I got sad when I heard about Michael Jackson death. He was a very talented artist and he did not have a very happy life especially last few years. They say that he had issues with his own identity and his look, he was a depressed person and used to take lots of prescription drugs which is very sad. When I heard news of sudden death of people especially young people I just think to myself that nothing is really worth any stress or worry, we all go sooner or later and what are these all the fuss about?
I have very happy memories of Micheal Jackson songs, when he became very famous I was 10 or 11 years old and almost everyone in Iran knew him, even people in far villages! I and my friends would try really hard to copy his dance moves and would watch his videos that were illegal in Iran over and over again! God bless his soul.
God bless the soul of all innocent Iranians (like Neda) that got killed for freedom in last couple of weeks too!
I wish there was no dictator in the world! What a wish?? But I am sure some day world would be free of dictators, they cannot last forever. People of the world are getting closer every day and they have examples to look up to and compare too. They just need to have a click on Internet to see if they are free enough or if they have enough rights!!!!

Election

I am vey surprised and updet like lots of other Iranians in the whole world because of the election result. I feel so sorry for people and especially young ones who were so hopeful that they could make a change by their votes! poor things they thought they could do what young people and liberals did in US just few months a go! Change!

Debate!

The Project that I am working on is in a better shape these days. I have to confess that we are making progress and now that I have learned the new technologies more I am more comfortable doing it. The Microsoft consultants are a lot more helpful than the beginning and I and my partner have got lots of good feedback from them. They say that we have been learning fast and we are right on top of our timelines. Any way although there are still lots of challenges ahead of us and we have to meet the deadline of July 1st for our big demo, but I feel less stressed!

-My older son turned six on Wednesday and we went to Disneyland last weekend Friday and Saturday to celebrate his Birthday. I enjoyed Disneyland a lot as usual! We took my Mom and the little one too and it was not bad at all with the little one. He is very good kid and he enjoyed few rides with us without getting scared!! It was my Mom’s first visit to Disneyland and she liked it a lot too!

-I and my husband watched the presidential debate between Ahmadinejad and Mosavi last night. It was interesting and crazy. Ahmadinejad is unbelievable. I don’t know how he could be a president of Iran (which is not a small unimportant country) for 4 years. How people can put up with all his B.S. He just goes on and on and the way he talks is like a very average uneducated, unpolitical person talks about different subjects!! Since Presidential debates were pretty recent in US and I followed up all of them I could not stop comparing the one that I saw here with what I was seeing last night. Comparison between Ahmadinejad and president Obama is like comparing a 10 year old goofy kid to a 47 years old Harvard law professor!! I truly hope that he does not get re-elected for the sake of the Iranians especially the ones that live in Iran. Mousavi seems a smart guy although he is not the best in talking and reasoning which is very important for a president but still way better than Ahmadinejad!