Orkut

A while back a friend of mine asked me whether I like to join this new community site Orkut. At the time I wasn't interested but a few weeks ago my niece invited me to Orkut. I joined and since then I have succeeded to establish links with some of my family members and also some acquaintances that I never imagined I will meet in my life. I suppose all this is just positive.

Internet is a nice place for meeting and communicating. At the same time there are so many that misuse the possibilities of the Intenet. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do about that. When we put our pictures and information on the net, we are taking a slight risk. We should not forget that!

Orkut, with that little space for our little pictures, seems to provide something that many find interesting. It has many disadvantages as well since we do not know how the information on this site will be used and by who. But we can not be that pessimistic.

A Minor Breakfast Problem

My favorite breakfast consists of white feta cheese, Persian cherry jam (morabba ye âlbâlu) and a fine cup of tea. The best cherry jam I remember from my younger days are obviously my mother's. Also when I studied in Tehran I occasionally had the pleasure of tasting the cherry jam made by our dear relative Sorur khanum.

Anyway, I have been away from all that luxury for such a long time and I simply have to accept the cherry jam made by the Iranian food company 1 + 1 (Yek o Yek). Every now and then we go to some oriental (Middle Eastern) corner shop and the first thing I put in the shopping basket is a jar of cherry jam.

Unfortunately, every time I buy a jar of Yek o Yek, there is something that disappoints me. Sometimes it is the taste which is not as good as it should be, sometimes it is the consistency and worst of all the few seeds one can still find in the jam. Many times I have been so close to breaking my teeth. I don't really understand what the problem is. Is it so difficult for such a company to get rid of the cherry seeds?

Dear 1+1, please take out the seeds. I have taken good care of my teeth all my life and have no interest in loosing them. Thank you!

An Angel

A beautiful angel encouraged me to write more.
I said I would.