Starting fresh
I have been buried under a cloud of clutter for far too long. So many things have happened the last few weeks, the only way I can remember is by looking at well over 5000 photos I have taken in just the month of June. It starts with my parents. They did and saw all that they could in a 10 day span until the Medical Conference began. Here are some non-typical highlights:
• Fetê de la Musique: incredible. I think this was maybe one of my favorite nights out on the town ever. Everywhere we looked, there was music on the streets. It was such a beautiful way of bringing people together to have fun and enjoy good music. The best of the evening for me was the part my parents missed, The Zoo at the French Restaurant. I have video clips and tons of photos to show from this, so I will try to YouTube the videos and upload the photos to my site soon.
• Military Hospital visit: As I mentioned before, my father is the president and a founding member of the Armenian American Health Association of Greater Washington (AAHAGW). Leave it to doctors to come up with such long-winded and non-creative names. We visited the Military Hospital where some of their assistance goes, including advanced equipment for such things as blood banking, etc. They have also contributed to renovations of parts of the hospital and plan to do more. The staff that greeted us was incredibly skilled and educated. My mother also works in a bio-research lab in the US and observed her counterparts there as well. It seems they are doing very good training, but need to continue developing parts of the hospital in the same way as the ones they have already done.
• Stamps: It seems my father's dreams have come true... he got to buy his own stamps in Armenia. Sadly, when we went to the post office in Karabagh, the entire post office was out to lunch.
• Artsakh We went to Artsakh. My father's clear best experience in the entire two week trip was the visit to Ganzasar. His impression of the well-kept condition and the respect towards the church itself was worth the extra hours of drive. Otherwise, we met with the Minister of Health to discuss other projects they have there as well, and possibilities for future projects. We stayed in Shushi, saw the museum, visited a few friends, saw the Nigol Duman Museum, and were on our way.
• Turning 30 I hit the big 3-0. Lucky me. Looking forward to the aches and pains of the 30s. But the greatest part was that my birthday gift was a full homemade dinner prepared by my mom, the best chef in the world, and enjoyed by me and my closest friends. :)
• Deem is 1 year old Okay, this didn't involve my parents, but what a party it was. 400 people attended the Deem 1 year anniversary party held in the basement of the Moscow House across from City Hall. The theme was grunge and boy was it. I was dancing and partying all night on my third day as a 30-year-old, and now I'm learning what it means to ache. Good thing my other birthday gift was a massage.
And now... I am in hermit mode and returning to all things Arsineh. For quite a while my life revolved around other things. But now it's time to focus on me, my interests, my goals and my hobbies. I shall return to the world of news, current events, and keeping up to date on things, as I feel dumb right now for finding out about the bomb scares like 3 days late. Also, something about Foreign Press liberties being attacked in Armenia... I don't like the sound of that. I shall brush up and become a reliable source of information yet again.
Also.... sooooooo many photooooooooossssss..... I think I need to spend a month straight on photos along, not talk to anyone, not go anywhere... just work on photos. The new camera (canon 5D) started off with a BANG!!! and I already lost the lens cap. ARG!
That's enough for now. Expect photos once I have a free month. :)
• Fetê de la Musique: incredible. I think this was maybe one of my favorite nights out on the town ever. Everywhere we looked, there was music on the streets. It was such a beautiful way of bringing people together to have fun and enjoy good music. The best of the evening for me was the part my parents missed, The Zoo at the French Restaurant. I have video clips and tons of photos to show from this, so I will try to YouTube the videos and upload the photos to my site soon.
• Military Hospital visit: As I mentioned before, my father is the president and a founding member of the Armenian American Health Association of Greater Washington (AAHAGW). Leave it to doctors to come up with such long-winded and non-creative names. We visited the Military Hospital where some of their assistance goes, including advanced equipment for such things as blood banking, etc. They have also contributed to renovations of parts of the hospital and plan to do more. The staff that greeted us was incredibly skilled and educated. My mother also works in a bio-research lab in the US and observed her counterparts there as well. It seems they are doing very good training, but need to continue developing parts of the hospital in the same way as the ones they have already done.
• Stamps: It seems my father's dreams have come true... he got to buy his own stamps in Armenia. Sadly, when we went to the post office in Karabagh, the entire post office was out to lunch.
• Artsakh We went to Artsakh. My father's clear best experience in the entire two week trip was the visit to Ganzasar. His impression of the well-kept condition and the respect towards the church itself was worth the extra hours of drive. Otherwise, we met with the Minister of Health to discuss other projects they have there as well, and possibilities for future projects. We stayed in Shushi, saw the museum, visited a few friends, saw the Nigol Duman Museum, and were on our way.
• Turning 30 I hit the big 3-0. Lucky me. Looking forward to the aches and pains of the 30s. But the greatest part was that my birthday gift was a full homemade dinner prepared by my mom, the best chef in the world, and enjoyed by me and my closest friends. :)
• Deem is 1 year old Okay, this didn't involve my parents, but what a party it was. 400 people attended the Deem 1 year anniversary party held in the basement of the Moscow House across from City Hall. The theme was grunge and boy was it. I was dancing and partying all night on my third day as a 30-year-old, and now I'm learning what it means to ache. Good thing my other birthday gift was a massage.
And now... I am in hermit mode and returning to all things Arsineh. For quite a while my life revolved around other things. But now it's time to focus on me, my interests, my goals and my hobbies. I shall return to the world of news, current events, and keeping up to date on things, as I feel dumb right now for finding out about the bomb scares like 3 days late. Also, something about Foreign Press liberties being attacked in Armenia... I don't like the sound of that. I shall brush up and become a reliable source of information yet again.
Also.... sooooooo many photooooooooossssss..... I think I need to spend a month straight on photos along, not talk to anyone, not go anywhere... just work on photos. The new camera (canon 5D) started off with a BANG!!! and I already lost the lens cap. ARG!
That's enough for now. Expect photos once I have a free month. :)
posted by Arsineh at 11:34 AM
1 Comments:
Belated happy birthday, Arsineh! Hitting your 30s is not so bad as it sounds, at least not for me. I have been realizing recently how much I learned and how much life-experience I gained since I was in my early 20s.
As for the military hospital, is that the one near Lambada bridge and Raykom? I went there a couple of times four years ago as a guy I knew had an operation on a tumor-like thing while he was serving in the army. He was operated elsewhere, but stayed in the military hospital to recuperate. As it was in the middle of summer, we would always sit in the garden when I visited, so I've never been inside. I got the impression my friend was fairly well taken care of.
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