Me again...
I'd like to respond to some comments about my last log. First off, to the anonymous commenter, who said that moving to Armenia wasn't about song/dance, walks, artibridge, yevayln.... Well, my dear friend, to me... it is a part of why I dream of moving there. The fact that those things are available to each person to do in their daily life...no matter who they are (repat or not) is great! In L.A., how often do you walk down the street on your way to meeting someone (possibly for work) and hear Armenian music and just feel this great sense of belonging and rest. Ummmm NEVER. These are the things we lack in our daily lives here, which we enjoy in Armenia... and trust me, I'd switch being deprived from the little meaningful experiences with having conditioner in my hair cause the hot water finished, anyday! Most people are not willing to make that trade... maybe someone reading this log (much like the author of that article) could not imagine a life where they would have to plan on how to do laundry, or figure out how to dry clothes when it's below freezing outside...
Here's how I look at it. If everyone would rather NOT live in our little landlocked - blockaded - corruptly governmented (ya, i make up words) country... then let's assume that our population would probably be FIVE. And with 5 people, we'd be sayin' "byebye Hayasdan", and we'd really not have a country. 10-15 years later, our children would learn about this country we USED to have, and how people just decided to stop living there cause life there was a little tougher than life in other countries. Would our kids wonder about who those idiots were? And what about all the other people who have sacrificed A LOT more than their "security" for the sake of keeping our little Hayasdan? Doesn't each Armenian feel that burden? Obviously not... so why not? How could I expect other Armenians to live in Armenia and keep my country for me, so that my kids will learn about an existant Armenia? I am willing to participate... and if that means I'd have to somehow figure out a way to survive there - then that's what I would have to do.
I agree that this challenge is not for everyone... so I'm not saying EVERYONE should just get up and go to Hayasdan. But there are people passionate enough, not just about Hayasdan and its future, but about life in general. I know they exist... I see their eyes when I talk to them about Hayasdan... they're waiting for someone to encourage them to make the change... to take the first step. Sure, the life of a Diasporan Armenian living in Armenia is going to be VERY different than the lives of those who were fortunate enough to be born and raised and living in Armenia today. We are different people, but at our core... we have that one special ingredient... let's not forget this! We have come so far in 12 years, and we will get even further in the next 12... if the treatment of "average" people is bad in Yerevan as Aram said, then do we just state that and deduce that living there would be impossible... or not worth the trouble? No. If you don't believe that you can change that... I do. :)
TSUH! :)~
--back to work--
I'd like to respond to some comments about my last log. First off, to the anonymous commenter, who said that moving to Armenia wasn't about song/dance, walks, artibridge, yevayln.... Well, my dear friend, to me... it is a part of why I dream of moving there. The fact that those things are available to each person to do in their daily life...no matter who they are (repat or not) is great! In L.A., how often do you walk down the street on your way to meeting someone (possibly for work) and hear Armenian music and just feel this great sense of belonging and rest. Ummmm NEVER. These are the things we lack in our daily lives here, which we enjoy in Armenia... and trust me, I'd switch being deprived from the little meaningful experiences with having conditioner in my hair cause the hot water finished, anyday! Most people are not willing to make that trade... maybe someone reading this log (much like the author of that article) could not imagine a life where they would have to plan on how to do laundry, or figure out how to dry clothes when it's below freezing outside...
Here's how I look at it. If everyone would rather NOT live in our little landlocked - blockaded - corruptly governmented (ya, i make up words) country... then let's assume that our population would probably be FIVE. And with 5 people, we'd be sayin' "byebye Hayasdan", and we'd really not have a country. 10-15 years later, our children would learn about this country we USED to have, and how people just decided to stop living there cause life there was a little tougher than life in other countries. Would our kids wonder about who those idiots were? And what about all the other people who have sacrificed A LOT more than their "security" for the sake of keeping our little Hayasdan? Doesn't each Armenian feel that burden? Obviously not... so why not? How could I expect other Armenians to live in Armenia and keep my country for me, so that my kids will learn about an existant Armenia? I am willing to participate... and if that means I'd have to somehow figure out a way to survive there - then that's what I would have to do.
I agree that this challenge is not for everyone... so I'm not saying EVERYONE should just get up and go to Hayasdan. But there are people passionate enough, not just about Hayasdan and its future, but about life in general. I know they exist... I see their eyes when I talk to them about Hayasdan... they're waiting for someone to encourage them to make the change... to take the first step. Sure, the life of a Diasporan Armenian living in Armenia is going to be VERY different than the lives of those who were fortunate enough to be born and raised and living in Armenia today. We are different people, but at our core... we have that one special ingredient... let's not forget this! We have come so far in 12 years, and we will get even further in the next 12... if the treatment of "average" people is bad in Yerevan as Aram said, then do we just state that and deduce that living there would be impossible... or not worth the trouble? No. If you don't believe that you can change that... I do. :)
TSUH! :)~
--back to work--
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