Few years ago, one day my ex-boyfriend came to me very alarmed with the news that there is a chicken pox epidemic and everyone should be vaccinated. I told him that if there were such a thing, it would be announced in the media. “No, no”, he said, “My uncle who is a doctor said [...]
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Sometimes, Easter would fall into the Norooz holiday period. When this was the case, we would celebrate the Easter dinner in the company of other Armenian families in Daryakenar (instead of being just among our family). This meant lots of preparation and cooking. This year, Easter was just few days after Norooz, we were invited [...]
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About a month ago I had the idea of taking a two weeks vacation to come to Iran for the Persian New Year. At first this idea was just a dream, for seven years I never even dared to think about it. There was no question about taking a two-week vacation in the middle of [...]
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As funny as it sounds, I have a book now published in my name! Few months ago I was contacted by a guy from a German publishing company asking me if I would be interested in publishing my PhD thesis. At first, I didn’t even reply to his email cause I thought it is a [...]
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The morning of my departure, I couldn’t even get out of my bed. I was so weak and so feverish. I was wondering how am I going to survive the trip back to Paris? Thank goodness my friend was sharing the room with me, she got me somethings to eat and drink, after which I [...]
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I am in New Orleans right now for a conference. I skipped the talks of this afternoon and now I am in my bed catching up with the cyber world. From last night I have a slight fever and I really don’t feel well. I have caught cold again after a long trip. I guess [...]
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At first I was happy to hear that Prince Harry was serving in Afghanistan. Ok, he was not sent to the front, he asked to be sent but still it is good to see that “special”people put their lives in danger as normal ones. Now, after two days of reading his interviews on BBC (cause [...]
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Suddenly I abandoned writing. It’s not that I have nothing to say, it’s just that I have been very busy lately. I went to a winter school in the gorgeous island of Corsica about 2 weeks ago. I enjoyed both the trip and the school. The weather and the food were nice, the speakers were [...]
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