HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!
Diaspora logger Shooshig and I joined other expatriate loggers Nigol and Zabelle as well as Baron Haig (a 91 year old expatriate from Canada) and attended a couple of celebrations. We spent the countdown at an expatriate family's home along with many more expatriates from Canada, USA, Iran, Syria and Lebanon. It was funny watching the president give his annual speech before midnight, but midnight had already past by a few minutes.
I was supposed to head down to Dubai for New Year's Eve with my relatives, but I backed out a day before.
As soon as everyone I know found out about my cancellation, I received invitations after invitations to spend it with them. I kept telling everyone "New Year's Eve is just another day for me, I don't care much for the celebrations". (Actually, the "It's a new beginning" excuse is what I will never understand.) Neverthelss, I just love to see people happy for a change.
So news is that Atom Egoyan's Ararat film will be released in Turkey. Unfortunately my good friend Linda's scene where she is being raped, as well as my other friends who are set on fire while dancing, will be cut out because the Culture Minister of Turkey does not like it. Just imagine if Atom had included more of the brutal stories in the movie that we Armenians have all heard from our grandparents. The movie would be edited to nothing for the Turks.
Anyway, enough serious talk.
HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN TO EVERYONE!
May 2004 be a super progressive year in every aspect for our country.
Diaspora logger Shooshig and I joined other expatriate loggers Nigol and Zabelle as well as Baron Haig (a 91 year old expatriate from Canada) and attended a couple of celebrations. We spent the countdown at an expatriate family's home along with many more expatriates from Canada, USA, Iran, Syria and Lebanon. It was funny watching the president give his annual speech before midnight, but midnight had already past by a few minutes.
I was supposed to head down to Dubai for New Year's Eve with my relatives, but I backed out a day before.
As soon as everyone I know found out about my cancellation, I received invitations after invitations to spend it with them. I kept telling everyone "New Year's Eve is just another day for me, I don't care much for the celebrations". (Actually, the "It's a new beginning" excuse is what I will never understand.) Neverthelss, I just love to see people happy for a change.
So news is that Atom Egoyan's Ararat film will be released in Turkey. Unfortunately my good friend Linda's scene where she is being raped, as well as my other friends who are set on fire while dancing, will be cut out because the Culture Minister of Turkey does not like it. Just imagine if Atom had included more of the brutal stories in the movie that we Armenians have all heard from our grandparents. The movie would be edited to nothing for the Turks.
Anyway, enough serious talk.
HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN TO EVERYONE!
May 2004 be a super progressive year in every aspect for our country.
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