Worldly possesions |
"100% of all people are going to leave 100% of all their earnings behind. All their money, all their objects. All their deeds and even their bodies. Whether you collected one dollar over your entire l...
Posted by CiCi on Sat, 22 Mar 2008 11:45:00 PST |
Rules to live by |
One of my preceptors taught me these and much more:
-You are going to die. Live your life in the knowledge of your mortality.
-Don't let anyone tell you that there are no spiritual answers. Just as th...
Posted by CiCi on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:54:00 PST |
Dictionary |
First entry of 2008
Resolution-mesolution, I got convinced of having one. But it's a low-key one, and I have a partner in crime. A friend and i learning 365 new words this year (conveniently) thr...
Posted by CiCi on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:49:00 PST |
Fal-e Hafez |
Date: Summer 2005
Town, Country: Shiraz, Iran
Location: At the Tomb of Hafez
Event: Paid for a Fal-e Hafez (Fortune)
Details: Picked out by a little boy holding a canary in his hand who then picked m...
Posted by CiCi on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:56:00 PST |
Growing up |
Done! Applications are in, and it's like history repeating itself now awaiting interviews.
For now,
No more living out of a suitcase, no more microwave food, no more walks at 3am in -15 C weathe...
Posted by CiCi on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 10:42:00 PST |
elective diaries |
Last day in Edmonton today, phew. . . getting pretty sick of living out of a suitcase, but still have a month to go in other places. This city was actually great, fall is fall, with yellow crunchy lea...
Posted by CiCi on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:28:00 PST |
Rural going-ons |
Although the Vancouver downtown east side is the epicenter of hopelessness, HIV and drug use, the problem is so much larger. Being in a small town you realize this. People make fun of small town peopl...
Posted by CiCi on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 07:33:00 PST |
Tribute |
In the wake of my dear Grandmother's passing,
I'd like to share and dedicate a poem by the Persian poet Omar Khayyam, in its English version:
Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside,
And nak...
Posted by CiCi on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:32:00 PST |
The Night Market |
Smell is an underrated sense. It has the power to linger far longer than the actual source does. For example, at the Chinese night market yesterday, although it is situated over a great expanse, a vis...
Posted by CiCi on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 09:38:00 PST |
The last first day of school |
Yes, it came and went, what was hopefully the last first day of school.
It seems so many people's profiles are on private. . . why is that? It definitely heightens the curiosity as to what is be...
Posted by CiCi on Sun, 09 Sep 2007 02:11:00 PST |
