Mshagooyti Amis
It's October!!!! Somehow, it's always a great month for me... First of all, it's a month after school starts, so all the students start getting into the groove of our "system", and everything starts becoming a routine (which we LOVE in our classroom). Second, it's Armenian Cultural Month! All month long, we get to focus on and integrate Armenian Culture in everything we do! For example, today we learned about Martiros Saryan, looked at some of his paintings, and did some Saryan-esque watercoloring of our own! Friday is our big Armenian Culture celebration where we will eat khorovadz (or kabab), and bake fresh lavash, wear Armenian head-dresses, sing and dance!
Another reason why this month is GREAT, is because we get to set our clock back ... I think that's supposed to happen some time soon! Even though it'll be darker soon, it'll be a nice change to wake up to a brighter sky. :) (not to mention, sleep that extra hour!) haha
Ya sure... so there's this "pointless" holiday called Halloween at the end of the month, whose main motives are to destroy our health, diets, and teeth. AND..make us spend unnecessary amounts of money on decorations, costumes and candy! Good thing our school doesn't celebrate this so-called "holiday".
Oh ya, let me not forget to mention that this past weekend I went to the AGBU Arvest 2006 event at the Union Station in Downtown LA. I have to say I was quite impressed with the eclectic taste of art which was presented by various artists. It's so great to see how our culture and heritage influences us all, especially when it comes out so creatively! Of course, I didn't purchase one of the $100 tickets which included live performances, but rather went to the free open exhibit in the afternoon instead... Everyone I know who had gone to the evening "gala" event appreciated the art and performances.
Still working on my definite plans to move to Armenia this summer... We're going to start our non-profit which will be supporting the school we're opening, so if anyone can help us in that aspect, we'd REALLY appreciate it.
Other than that... I'm going to Armenia for the holidays :) (that shouldn't surprise anyone) haha
TSUH! :)~
Another reason why this month is GREAT, is because we get to set our clock back ... I think that's supposed to happen some time soon! Even though it'll be darker soon, it'll be a nice change to wake up to a brighter sky. :) (not to mention, sleep that extra hour!) haha
Ya sure... so there's this "pointless" holiday called Halloween at the end of the month, whose main motives are to destroy our health, diets, and teeth. AND..make us spend unnecessary amounts of money on decorations, costumes and candy! Good thing our school doesn't celebrate this so-called "holiday".
Oh ya, let me not forget to mention that this past weekend I went to the AGBU Arvest 2006 event at the Union Station in Downtown LA. I have to say I was quite impressed with the eclectic taste of art which was presented by various artists. It's so great to see how our culture and heritage influences us all, especially when it comes out so creatively! Of course, I didn't purchase one of the $100 tickets which included live performances, but rather went to the free open exhibit in the afternoon instead... Everyone I know who had gone to the evening "gala" event appreciated the art and performances.
Still working on my definite plans to move to Armenia this summer... We're going to start our non-profit which will be supporting the school we're opening, so if anyone can help us in that aspect, we'd REALLY appreciate it.
Other than that... I'm going to Armenia for the holidays :) (that shouldn't surprise anyone) haha
TSUH! :)~
posted by shooosh at 12:42 AM
2 Comments:
SUPER, that's what all this is ! Abrisss Shoosh ! :o))
What a nice hichadag that Saryan... i met his miag ashagerd in Erevan, Alexander Grygoryan, a great person and painter !
Here's a memotechnic way to remember about the hour changing:
octobRE - on REcule l'heure at the end of the month
AVril - on AVance l'heure at the begining of the month
Of course it works better in french ;op
So i think we'll gain that hour the last week end of the month...
Unfortunately for you, the Armenian anthem won't change anytime soon.
http://www.armenialiberty.org/armeniareport/report/en/2006/10/2DF220FD-C0BA-45EA-8773-92043799D142.ASP
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