3 days left....
I'm definitely not prepared to leave yet. Even though I've done most of my gift-shopping, I don't think I've spent enough time preparing myself for my departure. I don't know if it's because I'm leaving this place that feels SO much like home, or it's because I know that once I get back "real life" awaits me in L.A. ... chem kider.
Saturday I went to a wedding at St. Hripsime and then the Ararat Hotel. I must say that after seeing the modesty of this wedding, the thought of having one here is even more appealing. (But first I have to find a groom.. hahaha) But really, I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to have a wedding in Armenia where their closest family and friends can not only be present at their wedding but then can go touring in a big group and discover Armenia! You know, my entire trip I've been trying to find that "thing" people still haven't created or brought to Armenia yet.. and I think I found it! What if I become a wedding planner, but for Diasporan Armenians, and I can organize everything for them from flowers, to buses, to tours for their family.... Hmmmmm.... Well this is something to fall back on if my laundromat idea gets stolen! :)
I went to the Lilit Pipoyan, Vahan Ardzruni and Armen Movsesyan concert too on the 22nd, and it was AWESOME. I absolutely loved it. I was even able to record 3 of the songs on my digital camera which can record mpegs... first time using it!
I really do love this place. Everyday has new adventures awaiting me. Now, someone might think these adventures might get annoying.. but honestly.. try explaining to a taxi driver that the house you need to get to does NOT have an address.. and it's simply on the "paved road". Hahaha! Or what about talking a random man on the street, after almost tripping over a pile of rocks and sand, about why they had to ruin the whole city's streets and then work on reconstructing them... the logic of which even HE didn't get! :) Never would I have a conversation with a randomite on the street in LA about the work CalTrans is doing.... but in Armenia... it's different. :)
Someone asked me today what I miss most about L.A., and I have to honestly say the only thing I really miss is being able to sit in my car and go somewhere whenever I want. Of course this can't be traded with the whole "marshotni" experience. By the way, let me say that my cousin and I have the marshot thing down! We sat at our window for 15 minutes and wrote down all the marshots that pass by... so now wherever we happen to be in the city, all we have to do is take out our little notebook and I read off the numbers that pass by, and she checks the book..."no.. no.. no... bingo!" It works.
for now...
TSUH! :)~
p.s. - it was GREAT meeting all the loggers who I met... and whoever I missed, I'll see u guys next time! :)
I'm definitely not prepared to leave yet. Even though I've done most of my gift-shopping, I don't think I've spent enough time preparing myself for my departure. I don't know if it's because I'm leaving this place that feels SO much like home, or it's because I know that once I get back "real life" awaits me in L.A. ... chem kider.
Saturday I went to a wedding at St. Hripsime and then the Ararat Hotel. I must say that after seeing the modesty of this wedding, the thought of having one here is even more appealing. (But first I have to find a groom.. hahaha) But really, I can't imagine why anyone wouldn't want to have a wedding in Armenia where their closest family and friends can not only be present at their wedding but then can go touring in a big group and discover Armenia! You know, my entire trip I've been trying to find that "thing" people still haven't created or brought to Armenia yet.. and I think I found it! What if I become a wedding planner, but for Diasporan Armenians, and I can organize everything for them from flowers, to buses, to tours for their family.... Hmmmmm.... Well this is something to fall back on if my laundromat idea gets stolen! :)
I went to the Lilit Pipoyan, Vahan Ardzruni and Armen Movsesyan concert too on the 22nd, and it was AWESOME. I absolutely loved it. I was even able to record 3 of the songs on my digital camera which can record mpegs... first time using it!
I really do love this place. Everyday has new adventures awaiting me. Now, someone might think these adventures might get annoying.. but honestly.. try explaining to a taxi driver that the house you need to get to does NOT have an address.. and it's simply on the "paved road". Hahaha! Or what about talking a random man on the street, after almost tripping over a pile of rocks and sand, about why they had to ruin the whole city's streets and then work on reconstructing them... the logic of which even HE didn't get! :) Never would I have a conversation with a randomite on the street in LA about the work CalTrans is doing.... but in Armenia... it's different. :)
Someone asked me today what I miss most about L.A., and I have to honestly say the only thing I really miss is being able to sit in my car and go somewhere whenever I want. Of course this can't be traded with the whole "marshotni" experience. By the way, let me say that my cousin and I have the marshot thing down! We sat at our window for 15 minutes and wrote down all the marshots that pass by... so now wherever we happen to be in the city, all we have to do is take out our little notebook and I read off the numbers that pass by, and she checks the book..."no.. no.. no... bingo!" It works.
for now...
TSUH! :)~
p.s. - it was GREAT meeting all the loggers who I met... and whoever I missed, I'll see u guys next time! :)
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