In Iran-I

As I am writing this, my family is next to me in the living room. To put it all in a nutshell, things doesn’t seem to have changed a lot, and that worries and comfort me at the same time;

First, it worries me cuz I expected “a bit” more industrialized and developed country after 2.5 years, at least in Tehran. This doesn’t seem to be the case. As an example, planning for a trip is still as primitive as it used to be with zero utilization of Internet and information technology by companies. It was also surprising to observe that spirituality and mysticism have noticeably increased among people, including educated young friends who have found themselves stressed out under an unpredictable life full of pressure, random dangerous mishaps. God is then a concept which helps you withstand it. Unfortunately, my country has experienced a dramatic inflation rate in some very fundamental needs of living such as lands and houses. Although the land is not poor in general and the oil price, the main source of our wealth, have almost doubled in the last three years, you see people working in such a disorganized rush which makes me inclined to call it a chaos dispatched over the country, rather than a purposeful change toward a bright future. Anyhow, having been living comfortably in Canada for near three years, I shall be more careful in the way I am putting a judge on all this, as it is really difficult not to mix my high expectation of an advanced country into the time-consuming process of development with some short term strikes and downs. I just wish human in one spot of the world didn’t have to repeat the same errors as already experienced by people in the other parts.

But, I am comfortable with the fact that people, especially my friends and siblings don’t seem to have “aged” at all. Laughers, dances and jokes are yet the same all as they were before.

I think my brain has switched to Persian style here to fit the life style.