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Rainy day, not romantic one

It was a rainy day; very rainy in fact, for a friend of mine. As he passed the street, his cell phone slipped out of his pocket right through the gaps on the metal plate -which covers the sewage- and straight into the canal itself. There was nothing he could do, not even informing the telecommunication company to block the SIM. It is Norouz; and everything is closed till Monday. But it isn't bad after all. He would buy a better cell phone.

P.S. Our plan to go to cinema, turned out to be a disaster as well. All cinemas were closed today as tomorrow is an official day of mourning in Iran, a holiday! It is the day prophet Mohammad passed away nearly 1400 years ago.

First, but not the last

I just want to give it a try and write a weblog in English; that is, after 4 years of keeping one in Persian - and feeling great about it. Here you can find my notes on almost everything: daily life, movies, books, as well as my views on social and political issues.

The name of the blog comes from a book written by Kazuo Ishiguro, a well-known British-Japanese author. It’s simply what I’d be doing: writing every night about what remains of the day. I love the book and its great translation into Persian by Najaf DaryaBandari.
By the way I gotta work more on my writing. Do encourage me please!

P.S. My very special thanks to one of my best friends, HamidReza, the designer of my blogs. Chaakerim dadash!

Summer

A rice field, Rasht, Iran.
[photo by: Parastoo Dokouhaki | July 2009]