Like Arsineh, the April 24 frenzy has started out here! There are MANY MANY events taking place... keep checking a site my friend has made.. Armenian Genocide Events for a list of events taking place.

I have to say a few words about what's happening in Hayasdan. First of all, let me tell you how it feels for me... The best analogy I can come up with is the following. Imagine that you have a child who lives far away from you, and your child calls and tells you that they are ill. Even if they just have a throat ache... you want to be there to help your child and make her/him soup and tea. And you hurt... knowing you are far and can't do anything. That's how I feel about this whole Hayasdan thing.

In a way I'm with the people. Enough is enough! Robert isn't changing much... and isn't that why we elected him? But also, I don't understand what creating a big chaos is going to do. Sure, I'd like to see change... but is demanding Kocharian to step down REALLY the change I want to see? Not really. This is a crucial time for Hayasdan.. there are BIG things happening in the area... why are we making ourselves more vulnerable than we already are? Why can't the government ONCE AND FOR ALL be , "by the people, for the people"???

I'm very worried and distraught... to the point that I got teary-eyed when I read the news earlier. I feel like my Hayasdan is falling down the stairs, and there's nothing for her to hold on to. I'm praying that this will not turn into Georgia.... we are better than that. We haven't survived all these years to only go down with our own hands...

TSUH :(