Halloween

This Halloween Pishi and I dressed up as teacher and student costumes! Pishi looked so different that a number of our friends didn't recognize him with his fake glasses and Pipe! It was a fun party but a bit too crowded. Got to see a number of friends who has missed.
I am intending to invite a number of close friends for a night of chat at our place. I need to find balance in my life again. I have been consumed with work and it needs to stop and I need to reflect what are the priorities and what are the steps to plan for future.
I need to do more exercises to get in shape! I am so in need of a vacation, that I can't describe! I can't wait for the end of November when we are flying down to Dominican Republic. I am going to look for classes in winter time for both Pishi and myself to get ourselves active!

Sick

This week, both pishi and I were under the weather but feeling better now. We made our first "Ash e Reshteh" and surprisingly for the first time, it tasted delicious.

Work has become more manageable and I feel I am more and more in control. The best part is that my boss is confident enough to send another supervisor to spend time with me to see how we investigate and how we do things which I think being only less than 6 month in the job, is a pretty good compliment!
Pishi got me a paper back book from library called "Secrets of married women". I am reading it slowly everyday.

I am looking into completing my P.Eng application and sending it off hopefully by next week.
I have started thinking of what I would like to study if I move to do my masters. I am not sure if I want to stay in my field or change it. I thinking of getting myself prepared for GRE. Any advise?

Thanks Giving Day

Today is Thanks Giving Day and this long weekend, we haven't done much except, watching an Iranian movie called "Mojaradha" and watching "Gossip Girl" series because we couldn't go out much due to pishi's cold.
"Mojaradha" was a comedy that touched on women's hardship in Iran, when trying to be in leadership roles. This movie in my opinion touched on a very important point but I think in general it was not a strong movie. There were many disconnects and at the end, the only reason why there was a happy ending was because the men in the movie had pity toward the women.

"Gossip Girl" is a show that was first aired in 2007. It is a total waste of time for me. The target audience for this show is high school kids and may be university students. There is no value added knowledge by watching this show for me. I just watch it because, pishi was sick yesterday and he insists on watching it. You know me, once I start something, even it means watching something, no matter how point less it is I have to finish it. The only positive point of this movie is that un like regular soap Oprah, the Truth comes out very fast and people deal with it fast. I think the only thing I have so far gained by watching this show has been to be strong and be able to verbally say how I really feel.
Next weekend I am going to Chris's Bachlorette party and it seems tons of fun. Pishi and I are also going to a Halloween party at the end of the month!
I tried making a tomato soup yesterday and it ended up to be pretty good, I think it would be even better, if I haven't had too much tomato paste in it!
In the spirit of Thanks Giving Day, I want to thank God for everything he has given to Pishi and I and hopefully we can help others with what we have learned so far.

Fall!



http://en.wikipedia.org/, John Everett Millais, "Autumn Leaves".

Last Wednesday was the first day of Fall. Another Fall has come and another school year has started. We decided to take golf classes but unfortunately, the classes were full. Now we are going to look into dance classes. At the same time, I am going to start studying for GRE and see what options are there.

Workwise, I am feeling more confident about the decisions I make and my boss thankfully backs me up and teaches me when I need to put my foot down and when to let go! A sentence that has been said many time so far from different people that is useful in a variety aspects of life is that "you have to pick your battles". We are not the winners all the time however when the consequence of not turning the table in our favor is too grave, we should defend what we believe in and is dear to us like our fundamentals.

I am getting close to 30 and that scares me! I don't feel I have accomplished two major things that I wanted to do before 30 and those are getting my masters and getting pregnant. I have accomplished a lot though, in my career and what I wanted in my relationships. But I still feel, I am missing on some things.

Anyways, last weekend was great, because we got to do a Fall house cleaning and have Pishi's friends over for dinner and playing Mafia!

The week before that we went to one of Pishi's friend's wedding celebration where I met his supervisor, a noble prize winner in chemistry. I had the opportunity to talk to him a bit and it seemed so unreal! The next day, I went to Christine's bridal shower, which was great, I enjoyed it a lot but the news about my other friend and her losing her baby was a shock!

October is coming our way and I want to invite another group of our friends over, I was hoping at the same time to take a course but I think I need to wait until winter to be more stable at my job!

Labour Day



This long weekend, we had tons of fun. We caught up with some of the things that was on our to do list, like Pishi's belated birthday gift on Saturday and going to Rice lake for a day of fun on Sunday where we enjoyed the evening breath on a boat that my dad was sailing! He got his sailing license on Friday!
Today, I cooked and are planning to go for an evening walk and return our library books and get ready for the week!

Next week, we are going to one our friend's wedding reception and on Sunday I am going to Christine's bridal shower.

September has started very busy and in this month, we are going to host a number of parties as part of our house warming parties!

Workwise, I am getting more relaxed and my boss is happy with my progress and I am happy with my team. I was looking for some courses but decided to take them in Winter. This fall, we are going to do some dance classes and enjoy it while it lasts! and I am going to look into my P.Eng. application and possible courses that I like. School year is going to start tomorrow and my school sick heart is pushing me in to looking for some new adventures!

White Water Rafting


http://www.riverrunners.com/

The past weekend, Pishi and I along with my brothers went to an adventure organized by IAUT. This adventure was white water rafting at river runners rafting resort in Ottawa.

Rafting was fantastic. I never thought that I could do it and that I would chicken out but I did it and enjoyed it a lot. We drove to the resort Friday afternoon and by the time we reached there it was past mid night.
We got up early, had breakfast and head to a cave that was about 40 minutes to our resort where we learned about the fossils and the type of stones there. Most of the stones found around Ottawa are sedimentary rocks. The cave we visited was interesting and we actually saw a bat!
We got back to the resort and had lunch and got prepared for training for the rafting and head upstream Ottawa river. Our guide, Mikhal was very fun and strong, our raft that had 12 people in it, were a fun group. We managed not to fall out of the raft in the strong waves, except once were pishi fell out of the raft! Other than that we went in to the water and swam in the calm areas of the river. My brothers and pishi jumped off a cliff as well into the river and swam to shore but I was too scared even though I really wanted to jump!
Dinner and the movie of our adventure afterwards were great. We played a game that we learnt there called "Mafia" with a group of our friends till past midnight.
The next day, although a group of the people went to Ottawa for site seeing, we decided to head back as it was a long drive.
Pishi and I decided to take a vacation day today, to relax. So far it has been very relaxing specially that our lunch was provided by my mom!

Wedding Anniversary


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It has been a few days that summer is really here with all its heat, such that we now have a heat alert issued! But no amount of heat alert can make me resent summer.
Last weekend, we went to Fani and Sharif Alumni picnic where after a month or so I saw a number of my friends. Afterwards I met one of my friends where we went for a walk. She is going to Iran and is going to stay there for 3 month! I envy her that she can take a break! I don't mind leaving everything here and go some where for a few month just to be away from the craziness that happens at work everyday! It would be a new chapter in my friend's life and for that I admire and wish her the best.
I must say though, I have become immune to the issues that arise and can control my stress level. I just have to make myself detached as well and come home on time!!

Last night, Pishi's cousin and his family along with my family came to our place for dinner. It was fun spending time, although a bit tiring, in fact I decided to give myself some rest today and I didn't go to work! Specially that today is our 3rd year's wedding anniversary!
I can't believe that we already spent 3 years with each other! It has been great and I am looking forward to the next year's fun! We are going to celebrate tonight by going to moving Restaurant on top of CN tower.

We finally got Pishi's ergonomic chair and I must say it's really comfortable, now we have to upgrade his desk!