iran and canada
"the temporary marriage" part of my previous post has still occupied my mind!
i was thinking no matter how much most of the clerics, esp. the extreme hardliners, have tried to impose the idea of temporary marriage on ordinary people these past years; they've been kinda failed every time. they've been rejected by not only the intellectuals but the very ordinary people as well.
(not to mention that the issue is brought up recklessly enough from time to time, just to test the overall reaction of the people!)
i mean many of even the most religious people can't accept to have their daughters/sons get involved in such a "shame". (yes, it's still a taboo among the people!)
temporary marriage hasn't been yet one of those cultural norms they've tried to inject into the religious/superstitious structure of the social/individual culture in
however, i think what they are trying to do is first to "normalize" it for the general public or at least make people "desensitize" to it, then simply "legalize" it when it comes to it, as if it's not but a great favor to people.
it reminds me of the time when people here were asking one another: does the govt. try to "legalize" marijuana?! what the hell ...??!!!
and another would reply: no, come on! they are just "decriminiz"ing it! well, just carrying a small amount of it. u know some people have to use it as a medication...
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
blood-sucking business
only two textbooks for 214.00 $CDN !!?
and i have to buy two more books and CDs for my other courses!!!
and the irony is i'm broke these days! :D
our school's bookstore has monipolized the buying/selling of books, including even the used ones!
and, it's quite obvious that some of these "fair" faculty members have sort of an agreement with some of these publishers.
you know why?! they simply set the newest edition of the book for the semester's reading, while there is not much of a big diff. b/w this edition and the latest one which was out for reading only a semster ago!
then the poor students will have to spend hours and hours to find the differences and photocopy the new materisals/pages in the new edition; and this is usually impossible, becoz the school work load is heavier than letting you waste your time like this.
plus, the students who wanted to sell their used books for a reasonable price, won't find any buyers!
Abebooks turned me down today :(
i checked them on amazon, but they were very pricey!
i hope i can find a reliable supplier with good offers on ebay!
it's a good experience being broke (this is almost the 3rd time in my life!) but not when your blood is sucked by publishers and faculties like this!!
maybe that's why now i am enjoying so much listening to black-eyed peas' Anxiety (with Papa Roach) .
two
the spider had just eaten its dinner,
a big bug
whose long legs and big wings were left untouched.
i killed the spider!
i shouldn’t have, i know.
but it was an ugly black spider! 28-june-05
......................................
i’ll draw
two moons
in the sky of my painting,
if i’m sure
you won’t ask why! 25-aug-05