Al-Toor

It is all about cooking ...

2007-11-29T12:17:00.000-08:00

I have been busy these days designing a new website with a few of my good friends in our spare times. Can you guess the subject of the website? Yes, of course it’s all about cooking. The address is 1001recipe.com which is supposed to remind you of the story of 1001 nights but each night with a new recipe. Besides Persian cuisine and Iranian foods, we have decided to try a variety of recipes mainly from the fusion of Persian and North American cuisines and sometimes European (mostly French and Italian). Finally I found a way to peruse my passion for cooking.

We made from water every living thing

2007-11-15T13:04:00.000-08:00

I went to the doctor’s office today to check why I feel tired recently. It turned out that I need to drink more water and start swimming again. Irony that I live in a city where it rains 8 months in a year yet suffer from the partial dehydration in mid-November. Thinking about this on the way back to school, I remembered this verse from Quran: “We made from water every living thing”.

Noisy Poem

2007-11-11T18:48:00.000-08:00

It is stormy outside. Cetainly no hope for a romantic or relaxing night under the moonlight by the seashore. Although wind is roaring loadly, but I still hear an ambulance siren making unpleasant noises. Why that reminds me of the “Noisy Poem” book?

Desire of writing

2007-11-09T10:55:00.000-08:00

It seems that the desire of writing has finally awakened inside me. I used to write a lot back when I was 20. Now again I am going to let my feelings catch fire with the desire of writing. A fire with cold flames which will also illuminate this course of rediscovering myself.

Music in the rain

2007-11-08T11:27:00.000-08:00

I am listening to the Yanni's Rainmaker music. Meanwhile it is raining outside and each drop of rain falling from the sky whispers a sound into my ear. It is just like I am also listening to the music of the nature. I am still wondering if it is the Rainmaker music that makes this moment so pleasant or the endless whispering of the rain.

Van Dusen Park

2007-11-04T17:41:00.000-08:00

I spent a sunny day in this mesmerizing botanical garden, Van dusen park. Is it even possible to look at these flowers and deny the concept of a supreme creator?

Kissing Number

2006-05-06T19:51:00.000-07:00

In geometry, the kissing number is the maximum number of spheres that can simultaneously touch a similar sphere without intersecting with each other.This is the demonstration of kissing number in 2 dimensions.

2006-05-06T19:43:00.000-07:00

This is the demonstration of kissing number in 3 dimensions.

Sushi in Vancouver

2006-05-06T09:31:00.001-07:00

It is not like I enjoy eating sushi, but Vancouver has many great places that offer many more dishes beside their sushi.

Highest Life Expectancy in the World!

2006-05-04T09:40:00.000-07:00

Andorra is a small little European country that has a population around 70,000. It is located in southwestern Europe, between France and Spain and is a prosperous country mainly because of tourism and its status as a tax haven. It is estimated that around 9 million tourists visit this 468 sq km country annually. What actually attracted me to this country was the fact that it has the highest life expectancy in the world!
Here are the countries with the highest life expectancy at birth (years):

1- Andorra 83.50
2- San Marino 81.53
3- Singapore 81.53
4- Japan 81.04
5- Switzerland 80.31
6- Sweden 80.30
7- Australia 80.26
8- Iceland 80.18
9- Canada 79.96

10- Italy 79.54

Homemade Bread

2006-01-22T14:24:00.000-08:00

This is a very famous bread in Iran which is called "Barbari". As I love this bread, I tried very hard to bake it here in Vancouver. This is the final result after many trials.

Here is also a picture of me while baking this delicious bread.

Family Picture

2006-01-15T12:34:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of my brother, Nima, taken in our house a week ago while he was having a classic BBQ rib plate for lunch.

Start Writing

2005-12-02T13:18:00.000-08:00

"I swear by the pen and that which they write.",

Quran 68-1

Writing has been always challenging for me. I would prefer to philosophize and speak my thoughts in my mind rather than composing nice essays. On the other hand, if thinking is the essence of wisdom, writing is definitely not only complementary to wisdom, but also its outcome.

This was an inspiration for me to start writing and expressing my ideas. This place is like a stage for me to narrate my thoughts and expose them to others’ critical judgments. Meanwhile, I am characterizing my own philosophy of life and discovering myself.