December 7, 1988 was the horrible earthquake in northern Armenia that leveled Spitak, much of Gyumri, and damaged destroyed many other towns. We were all glued to our TV sets for days, and the disbelief and surreal feeling of watching it from so far away on TV. Most of the survivors have new homes now, and the remaining few should have them soon. What remains desperately needed is jobs. There is virtually no work in that part of the country (like many parts of the country!)
Well as I warned you I would not be doing personal logs for a while. This is my first personal log (posting press releases does not count) since the passing of Patrick, which was so hard on everyone who knew him. Now I am able to think of happy memories of him, without dwelling on the fact that there will be no new ones.
The big news from my life is that my ticket to Australia came through just one week ago, and I leave in just 3 days!!! It really hit like a whirlwind. I will fly (and fly and fly over 30 hours in the air just to get there) to Sydney and leave from Melbourne. I am looking so forward to this. I have a bunch of cousins in Australia, all of whom are so cool, and I love dearly, despite the fact that we have not grown up together, and in fact have only spent a few trips here and there together. But they are the sorts of people that you would be best friends with even if they weren't your cousins. They are all so cool, as are my aunts and uncles. I have been to Australia before, so I don't think I will do any sightseeing, but that doesn't mean I won't enjoy the great weather there. It has been 4 years since I lay on the beaches in summer, and for that matter I have never been to a topless beach :-) So I don't know if I will log from there or not, but at least you will know where I am and know that I am having a fantastic time! I am staying there for seven weeks, since I have have no idea when I will have my next chance to spend that kind of time with my family down there... Unfortunately Zabel isn't going to come, since it is sooo far, and really not a sightseeing trip. She will spend the holidays with her family instead.
After that it is not clear where I am going, which seems to be the story of my life, and many loggers as well ;-) I may have to start a seperate log page for Armenians like Jeff, Aram Simonian, Arsine and others who have a hard time staying put in one place for very long. You will notice some new faces on the logs, Alex will be joining, and I think Harout too. So if I do stop logging for a while, they should keep you entertained. This means there will be approx half a dozen loggers, who should be writing pretty regularly, some of whom have been here a long time, some are fresh, some are married, some are single, from all corners of the earth and different ages.
Well as I warned you I would not be doing personal logs for a while. This is my first personal log (posting press releases does not count) since the passing of Patrick, which was so hard on everyone who knew him. Now I am able to think of happy memories of him, without dwelling on the fact that there will be no new ones.
The big news from my life is that my ticket to Australia came through just one week ago, and I leave in just 3 days!!! It really hit like a whirlwind. I will fly (and fly and fly over 30 hours in the air just to get there) to Sydney and leave from Melbourne. I am looking so forward to this. I have a bunch of cousins in Australia, all of whom are so cool, and I love dearly, despite the fact that we have not grown up together, and in fact have only spent a few trips here and there together. But they are the sorts of people that you would be best friends with even if they weren't your cousins. They are all so cool, as are my aunts and uncles. I have been to Australia before, so I don't think I will do any sightseeing, but that doesn't mean I won't enjoy the great weather there. It has been 4 years since I lay on the beaches in summer, and for that matter I have never been to a topless beach :-) So I don't know if I will log from there or not, but at least you will know where I am and know that I am having a fantastic time! I am staying there for seven weeks, since I have have no idea when I will have my next chance to spend that kind of time with my family down there... Unfortunately Zabel isn't going to come, since it is sooo far, and really not a sightseeing trip. She will spend the holidays with her family instead.
After that it is not clear where I am going, which seems to be the story of my life, and many loggers as well ;-) I may have to start a seperate log page for Armenians like Jeff, Aram Simonian, Arsine and others who have a hard time staying put in one place for very long. You will notice some new faces on the logs, Alex will be joining, and I think Harout too. So if I do stop logging for a while, they should keep you entertained. This means there will be approx half a dozen loggers, who should be writing pretty regularly, some of whom have been here a long time, some are fresh, some are married, some are single, from all corners of the earth and different ages.
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