Funny in Farsi---Revise
At first I like to write a summary about Funny in Farsi, a book about Firoozeh Dumas’ background. In 1972, when she was seven, Firoozeh Dumas and her family moved from Iran to Southern Californi...
View ArticleCulture event #1---Eric Bibb & Habib Koite Revise
On Sunday night at 7:30pm, I went to a concert by Eric Bibb & Habib Koite. They recorded an album together last fall. The album is entitled Brother in Bamako and is an exciting gumbo of the two a...
View ArticleLife lessons
Around this week, I finished the book Funny in Farsi . There are lots stories related to my life because I am living abroad for several years which are same to Firoozeh Dumas. She had a hard time whe...
View ArticleCulture Event #2 ---Global Voice India
On February 21st 6PM-8PM in Sylvester’s 100, I joined a Global Voices event which is explored and celebrated Indian cultures. It made by Cross-Cultural Leadership Center and Study Aboard office...
View ArticleWild, Wild East
Since last week, I started the second book, named East Eats West . The author is Andrew Lam, he is a Vietnamese American writer. Lam left Vietnam with his family during the fall of Saigon in April...
View ArticleEast Eats West
I read East Eats West for two weeks and I like to share my idea about a part of the book which is I like. This book have a story about Mao to Yao Ming, it talks about the period around 1966-1990. At...
View ArticleCulturel Event 3 ---Yuval Ron Ensemble
Today, March 9 at 7:30 pm I went to Laxon Auditorium to see Yuval Ron Ensemble show. This around one hour and there are some special timing make me surprised. Formed in 1999, The Yual Ron Ensemble...
View ArticlePoint of view-Reluctant Fundamentalist
I start a new book named Reluctant Fundamentalist which written by Mohsin Hamid. He used first-person point-of-view style to show us what he want to talk and it's a really interesting book. His b...
View ArticleSaint Patrick Day- Bonus
I study in America for three years, but I didn't know what's Saint Patrick Day. However, this homework make me to read the history for Saint Patrick day and I just know that every year I hav...
View ArticleNostalgia in the The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Nostalgia is a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the h...
View ArticleCésar Chávez Day
This is the first time I know who is Dr. Cesar Chavez. I didn't do anything special I think because I don't know what I should do. However, I like to post some idea about the Cesar Chavez Da...
View ArticleArchetype-Stereotype
A stereotype is a thought that may be adopted about specific types of individuals or certain ways of doing things,but that belief may or may not accurately reflect reality. However, this is only a...
View ArticleGlobal Voice
On the Thursday night 6:30- 8:00 I was spend my time to join a really interesting event which called Global Voice. It located behind Selvester 100 and there were gathered around 100 people. I was...
View ArticleA Human Being Died That Night
In this week a new book was start which is A Human Being Died That Night . The author named Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a psychologist who grew up in a black South African township.Gobodo-Madikizela met...
View ArticleCulture Event 5-Invictus
This week I watched a film named Invictus.The film, based on John Carlin’s book “Playing the Enemy,” takes place in South Africa in the mid-1990s, just after Nelson Mandela ’s...
View ArticleGood & Evil
What is good and what is evil? Those are hard questions to answer. We always say that everything got two side one side is bad and other side is bad. For example I got a job, this is a thing looks...
View ArticleInvictus revise
This week I watched a film named Invictus.The film, based on John Carlin’s book “Playing the Enemy,” takes place in South Africa in the mid-1990s, just after Nelson Mandela...
View Articlevictors
In the novel, A Human Being Died That Night by Pumla Gobodo- Madikizela, talks about how a victim hood can transform into victory and that being the victims triumph. Forgiveness can be looked upon as...
View ArticleHaruki Murakami
The last book we have is "The Elephant Vanishes" by Haruki Murakami . The second story In the Elephant Vanishes is called “The Second Bakery Attack”. The Bakery made me laugh out...
View ArticleExtra- Tuesday
For the three story "sleep", "Roman Empire" and "Lederhosen" I like to say "sleep" is my favorite. In Sleep, Murakami writes from the perspective of a 30-year-o...
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