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IELTS results

najafi — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:15:34 GMT

IELTS results

Just afew minutes ago,I got my IELTS exam results and I'm really proud of what I've gotten now.

Listening : 6.5 (Out of 9)

Reading : 5.5

Writing : 6

Speaking : 7.5

My overall score is : 6.5

Thanks my god and all you my dear friends

And special thanks for Iran IELTS staffs.

My IELTS exam

najafi — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 09:52:36 GMT

My IELTS exam

In the morning,my mom called me : ((Maysam,don’t you have exam today? Come on,get up.))

It was Saturday,August 22,2009.It was the exam’s day.The IELTS exam.

I had registered for the exam,seven months in advance.Then,it was the time to show what I’ve done and what I know after years studying English by myself.

I got up about 6 am and was supposed to be in Tehran university in time,at 7:00 am.The exam would start at 9:00 am.

My dad gave me a ride to the Tehran university where IELTS exam was going to be hold.

I was in university on time and I saw about 1000 people waiting to start their exam.I just tried to be relax in the yard and don’t think about anything.I got involved in chating with some nice people,though.

Securities asked us to give them all our cell phones,keys and other stuffs we had and then we could enter the examination’s place.

Before entering,some people who some of them were not Iranian,checked our ID cards or passports to be sure that we are the right person.

Then,we could sit on our seats.There were more than 20 rows there and I was scheduled to sit in row 15.

There were many important people there,as exam’s leader sayed. A man from UK who was responsible for IELTS,Iran’s IELTS manager,about 5 to 6 non-Iranian examiners and some Iranian staffs to help them.

The exam started a bit late,around 9:20 I think.Then the IELTS exam sterted,first Listening,then Reading and finally Writing.

In general,we had a great time all together.The most important thing was that I met some natives for the first time and that was really exciting for me.

The exam took about 3 hours and then we could go back to our homes.

We still had to have Speaking test for about 15 minutes,so they had arranged a time for each person to have this exam.

I had to have this Speaking test on Monday,August 24,2009.I was in IELTS office,an hour earlier,therefor I could get used to the atmosphere more.All examiners were native and well-behaviour.

I went to the room at 5:45 pm and Julia (exminer) asked me some questions about myself and my hometown.

In general,I think this exam was a great experience for me and opened a new window infront of my eyes.

This is the very first of studying English and I’m still on the first road.

Happy Persian gulf day

najafi — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:29:52 GMT

Happy Persian gulf day

Today it's Persian gulf day

I'm sure all of you know this gulf where is in south of Iran.

Today & everyday we honor to ourselves to be neighbor of this interesting place.

Although,some western countries try to insecure this region,we are all united together & never let devil to kill the peace in Persian gulf

Happy Persian gulf day again!

Happy New Persian Year,Happy New Spring

najafi — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 07:19:15 GMT

Happy New Persian Year,Happy New Spring

Well,finally one another Persian year is finishing and we are waiting to start a new year.

In less than 5 days we will celebrate our new year,1388.

Persian year starts as soon as the Earth stands straight and spring starts in north part of the Earth.

We have already cleaned up our houses and bought new clothes to look fresh and say hello to spring.

It would be on Friday,March 19 when we all say good-bye to last year and say HI to the new year.

I'm really looking forward in this new year because I have to pass three exams,at least.

Two for university entrance and one IELTS exam.

I really hope all world will be in peace in this Persian new year.

Study: Mongolia Must Battle Increase in Human Trafficking

najafi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:27:06 GMT

Study: Mongolia Must Battle Increase in Human Trafficking

Yesterday a human trafficking trial began in the Songino Khairkhan District’s court.

A Mongolian national, M.Purevbat, is charged with kidnapping girls and forcing them into the sex trade.

According to the charges, Purevbat may be responsible for the disappearances of 100 girls. If convicted, he could face 5- 15 years imprisonment.

According to a report titled “Country Gender Assessment-2008”, which was completed by the National Network of Mongolian Women’s Organizations, together with Asia Development Bank, SDB and CEG, protection against human trafficking, for its victims and witnesses protection have not originated yet in Mongolia.

The report says that the lack of protection for victims and witnesses serves as a major deterrent for reporting trafficking and forced prostitution.

They also highlighted the serious need for legal reform to ensure compensation for psychological and mental health damage and for broadening legal, social and psychological support to victims, as well as the need for more public awareness and capacity-building of government institutions.

The age of sex workers in Mongolia has decreased significantly. The report also states that Mongolian law favors those who solicit sex, while disproportionately punishing those who illegally provide it as a service.

Trafficking in women and children is a new phenomenon in Mongolia that arose in connection to Mongolia’s transition to a market economy, the opening of its borders, democratization and the free movement of people across borders.

As discussed earlier, formal migration opportunities are more limited for women, while unemployment, underemployment and low wages have consistently been a more serious problem for women, especially young women and women over 35. The proliferation of informal and illegal recruiters/middlemen for employment abroad, due to the lack of adequate regulation of the sector by the government, has made women particularly vulnerable to fraud, irregular migration and trafficking. Given the clandestine, criminal nature of human trafficking, it is hard to accurately establish the numbers of Mongolian women and children affected, but there is indication of a fast growing trend.

In 2000, two victims of trafficking were reported, whereas in the first half of 2006 alone, 127 victims were reported. Surveys conducted in Erlian indicated a growing number of Mongolian sex workers – 200 to 300 according to police estimates in 2005 – who work in the city’s red light areas. Many of them are believed to have been originally trafficked. In the first half of 2006, 20 victims sought assistance from the Mongolian Embassy in Beijing.

A majority of the 48 victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation interviewed by GEC in Beijing, Hong Kong, Macao and South Korea were young women over 18, while four were 16-17 years old. 79 percent of them had never been married, 17.2 percent were divorced. One in three women had attended a college or university. Fifty two percent of the women sought to migrate abroad to find employment to be able to help their families, 25 percent to earn money for their education, and 23 percent to become financially independent from others. Women were promised US$500-3,000 for jobs abroad as waiters, models, beauticians, dancers, and masseuses. Ninety six percent of the women found out about the reality of their situation after having crossed the border, had their documents confiscated by their brokers, and being told they owed US$1,500-3,500 for the broker’s services. They were then forced to prostitute themselves in order to repay the debt and regain their freedom. Such false promises are the most commonly used method by recruiters. In some cases, women are told they would be engaged in prostitution, but assured they would enjoy freedom, better living and working conditions and much higher pay.

Many women fell victims to traffickers when they responded to age- and gender-specific job advertisements such as “will find well-paying jobs abroad for tall, good-looking girls under 25”, as was in the case in 21 percent of the victims interviewed by GEC. There is also evidence that TV chat offers and announcements lure victims into trafficking. Seventeen percent were approached by strangers. However, the majority of the victims (62 percent) were recruited through friends and acquaintances.

Fifty four percent of the women work in saunas and massage parlors, 26 percent in disco clubs, eight percent in hotels, eight percent in karaoke bars and four percent on the streets. In Macao, girls mostly work in saunas, from 8 pm to 6 am. Women work under extremely difficult, high-risk conditions and are forced to submit to every wish of their customers. They do not have any guarantees for personal security either from violence and abuse or from STDs and HIV/AIDS. Women are frequently beaten up, abused and humiliated by their clients, who are often drunk or high on drugs, and often clients do not pay them. Twenty three percent of the victims reported that they had encountered clients who were sadists, who had beaten them nearly to death.

Women mostly lived under close supervision by the madams, 4-10 of them crammed in one small room, close to the place of work. Until the debt was repaid, women were not allowed to go outside by themselves. Many of the women did not know the total amount of their debt or how much they had yet to repay. In Hong Kong, women were punished by deduction from their salaries, corporal punishment, working with no rest for being late or missing a day of work. If they refused to participate in a “show,” they were fined by 1,000-2,000 HKD (US$150-250 ).

Women were also made to undergo various alterations and surgical operations to better please the customers. These included drinking slimming tea and forced dieting to lose weight, forced breast enlargement operations, and making folds in the eyelids. Payments for these operations were deducted from the women’s salaries (US$ 1,000 for breast enlargement, US$ 50-100 for altering the eyelids).

Most recently, NGO activists led by GEC were able to visit some of the brothels in Erlian and talk to some of the Mongolian sex workers. They were admitted inside by the owners/madams after explaining they wished to provide women with health services. The activists found out that women were not adequately protected against STDs and HIV/AIDS and that they were told by their owners to perform vaginal douche using toothpaste in order to disinfect and prevent from diseases. Every time women were sick or appeared to be falling sick, they were injected with unknown substances (one of the NGO activists was a doctor and she was most concerned about these injections). Activists also reported that women in Erlian were forced to undergo various treatments that delayed their menstrual flows.

GEC also interviewed 16 victims of trafficking who returned to Mongolia. Half of the women were 20-22 year-olds and one was an under-age girl who had dropped out of school. More than half had secondary educations and one had higher education. 69 percent of the women sought employment abroad to earn more money than they could in Mongolia, 37.5 percent to provide for their families, 50 percent to gain money for their education and 50 percent to gain money to start a small business in Mongolia. Women had paid US$ 100-500 to brokers, they thought they owed their brokers about US $1,000-3,000, they were promised US$2,000-3,000 per month, but 60 percent of them returned with nothing as they never received any salary and only worked to service the debt. About 20 percent had earned US$200-300 per month, but all the money had been spent on bare necessities.

Women still working abroad and women who have returned reported serious deterioration of health due to the heavy use of slimming tea and drugs to stop menstruation. Many had also become addicted to alcohol and tobacco or drugs in the hopes of soothing or dulling their anxiety and depression.

The most common route for trafficking is reported to be Ulaanbaatar-Erlian-Beijng-Macao, but women and girls have also been trafficked to Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Israel, Belgium, Turkey, Malaysia, Singapore, and Eastern European countries. NGOs report that scope and nature of human trafficking is changing, becoming more organized. In all known cases, traffickers had established prior contacts with buyers in foreign countries. Based on the analysis of these cases, CHRD concluded that transnational criminal networks are operating in Mongolia.

NGOs have also reported on the increasing scope of domestic trafficking and organized criminal networks in Mongolia that kidnap girls from the streets or lure them through their peers, relatives or acquaintances, keep them locked in hotels and force them into prostitution. In February, 2008, during the Mongolian New Year, half a dozen girls were reported to have been kidnapped from the streets and forced into prostitution in Ulaanbaatar and Darkhan city. One of the cases involving a 17-year old girl, a daughter of a poor single mother of three, caught significant media and public attention. Victims and NGOs also reported that girls are often trafficked abroad after having been ‘tamed’ and sexually exploited in Mongolia.

All existing studies, especially one by the GEC that focus specifically on identifying vulnerability to trafficking, as well as reports by victims, their family members and NGOs, agree that the most at risk groups are poor, young, poorly educated women and girls who do not have adult male members of the family (mostly daughters of poor single mothers), are half or full orphans, are unemployed or employed in the service sector (bars, karaoke, saunas, discos). Girls and women who live in the streets and are engaged in prostitution are placed at much higher risk. However, NGOs and the police have also reported cases when boys who live in the streets have also been trafficked abroad for the purpose of making them work as thieves.

Trafficking through Marriage Arrangements
In the context of human trafficking, marriage migration is another serious issue that demands examination. By 2005 data of the Center for Citizen Registration Bureau, 2,233 Mongolian citizens – 95 percent of whom are women - registered their marriages with foreign citizens, Mongolian-Korean marriages accounting for 65 percent of all international marriages. The overwhelming majority of the marriages were between Mongolian women and Korean men: 98.8 percent of 1,668 Korean-Mongolian marriages, while the number of registered marriages between Mongolians and Germans was 155, followed by Chinese-Mongolian marriages at 137 and Japanese-Mongolian marriages at 119.
In the case of Korean-Mongolian marriages, a number of cases have been documented of women being essentially trafficked to lower income, often rural and middle-aged or old Korean men, through marriage arrangements. GEC reports that women are recruited by marriage brokers through media advertisements saying that “marriages shall be arranged with foreign citizens with higher than average incomes and living conditions.” Women are married off 1-3 months within turning to a marriage broker and see their would-be husbands 1-2 times before their marriages or never see them until they are married. The majority of the women (78 percent of the 30 women interviewed) stated they went through a marriage broker and a majority (23 out of 30) stated their husbands paid the brokers US$3,000-5,000 .

The average age of the 30 women married to Koreans interviewed by GEC was 24.9, whilst their husbands’ was 44.5 percent (or about 20 years) older than the women. Two of the women interviewed were as young as 18-19 years old. A Majority of the women (56.3 percent) did not know their husbands’ educational levels, while 1/3 of the rest stated their husbands have blue-collar status. When women did know their husbands’ educational levels, their own educational level was higher than their husbands’. Over 88 percent of the women stated they had married Koreans in order to obtain Korean visas and work permits, 59 percent stated they married to be able to send money home and 35 percent to be able to save money for their education. Several of the women had run away from their husbands, 13 were living in Seoul, several women did not know in what state or city they were living in Korea.

Fifty percent of the women did not have their passports on them– their documents were kept by the broker, husband or in-laws. A majority (24 out of 30) were dissatisfied with their lives, their financial situation had not improved, they were financially dependent on their husbands, and were practically unable to send money home. Women did hard household work, took care of their husbands and relatives, provided sex to their husbands, assisted in earning household income (including heavy and unfamiliar farm work) and half of the women reported they did this work because they were forced. Women also reported high level of physical and sexual abuse by their husbands and verbal and psychological abuse by their in-laws. Women are beaten, punished and confined inside the homes for poorly performing household chores, for not cooking Korean food, for “wandering” outside and for calling Mongolia on the phone. In some of the cases, husbands were reported to be mentally retarded or addicted to narcotic substances.

Sixty percent of the women reported a deterioration in health, especially in mental health. They felt high levels of stress, depression, and anxiety. They felt isolated. Very few women had social support through church groups; the rest received no support from any organization or individual while in Korea. Despite such harsh living conditions, none of the women wished to return home because they had no home of their own, no job prospects, no sources of income in Mongolia and feared that wide-spread corruption would make it impossible for them to make a living in Mongolia. Therefore, while only seven women reported they plan to stay with their husbands, the rest hoped to escape their husbands and find work in Korea.

While many marriages between Mongolian women and foreigners are based on mutual affection, it is clear that marriage has become a form of trafficking in women and girls for forced labor and sexual exploitation. Women are forced to choose migration through a marriage arrangement because of desperate financial and living conditions and no hope for any opportunities to make a living in Mongolia. Marriage brokers and foreign husbands who benefit from this double and triple exploitation (sexual services, domestic work, household income generation work) are currently outside regulation by Mongolian laws.

State and NGO Responses, Legal Framework

Despite clear violations of human rights and evidence of transnational criminal operations, the national legal framework and law-enforcement institutions have been slow to respond to the growing problem of human trafficking, especially in women and children. Much needed services for the victims such as legal aid, shelter, and psychosocial support have been provided exclusively by a small number of NGOs such as the CHRD, the Mongolian Gender Equality Center, the National Center against Violence and a few child rights NGOs (primarily members of the ECPAT National Network in Mongolia). These services have been limited due to the limited capacity of NGOs while demand is increasingly growing.

Legal and policy framework have improved thanks to active advocacy by NGOs. Thus, in 2008, the Criminal Code’s Article 113 was amended so as to include the full definition of trafficking according to international standards and the parliament has ratified the Palermo protocol. In 2006, the National Program on Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking, Especially in Women and Children, was adopted but shelved until recently. Most recently, the national council on the implementation of this program has been formed involving governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.

Until recently, most of the reported cases of trafficking were dismissed prior to reaching the courts: in 22 percent of the reported 24 cases in 1999-2005, criminal files were never opened and 60 percent were dismissed during investigation. Only 11 percent or three cases were resolved by the court, two percent were suspended, and five percent were under investigation during the time of the CHRD study. Only 35 percent of the cases had been uncovered by the police operative work, 40 percent were reported by victims’ family members, and 25 percent by victims themselves. Difficulties faced by the police in investigating human trafficking included lack of gender-sensitive and rights-based understanding of the victim’s situation and consequently blaming of the victim, lack of financial and other resources to go abroad to interrogate the suspected perpetrators, and lack of a clear definition of human trafficking in the law prior to the amendment of Article 113, and the requirement to prove that money had exchanged hands to establish criminal content.

It is also important for Mongolia to sign mutual legal aid agreements and strengthen cooperation in law enforcement with countries that serve as major destinations for trafficking in Mongolian women and children. Currently, Mongolia has agreements with 20 countries that are a part of the Vienna Convention of 1963 on consular relations (Germany, Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland, South Korea, Turkey, Hungary, China, Czech Republic, etc.), agreements on repatriation of criminal offenders with four countries (Kazakhstan, South Korea, China, India), and consular conventions with 15 countries including the USA, Russia, Hungary and Czech Republic.

Despite these improvements, the environment is still extremely hostile towards victims of trafficking. They are viewed by both law-enforcement personnel and general public as prostitutes, i.e. as women who voluntarily consented to prostitution in order to make an easy living.

Police response to the case of the girl who escaped her traffickers in February, 2008, clearly demonstrated that the police are far from being able to adequately address the problem of trafficking. Instead of seeking to assist the girl and apprehend her victimizers, the police exerted significant energy to denounce the 17-year old girl as a prostitute, her mother as a fraud and women’s rights activists as liars. The police had openly declared the girl’s name, the place of her residence and the fact that she lives with her mother and two younger siblings, with no adult male to protect her. This disclosure affected the younger siblings of the girl, who were insulted by their schoolmates and teachers as siblings of a prostitute. Consequently, the younger brother and sister refused to attend school.

Sustained and coordinated media interventions by women’s NGOs, other stakeholders and media cooperation forced the police to admit that the crime of trafficking exists and is growing in Mongolia, and that the police had not been able to adequately deal with this situation. Nevertheless, mistreatment and further victimization of trafficking victims by the police, unethical coverage by the media and hostile public attitudes are common in Mongolia. This attitude is closely related to the general attitude towards prostitution and patriarchal notions that regard women who have had multiple sexual partners as impure and unworthy of respect.

IELTS

najafi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:35:07 GMT

IELTS

Recently, I registered in IELTS that stands for "INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TESTING SYSTEM".

After some years studying English, now I should prepare myself for getting a license that shows I know something, at least.

The exam is about seven months later, Saturday 22 August 2009.

I should just focus on English from now on and just practise,practise,practise.

I've spent a lot of money on learning English, so I want it to worth me.

Actually, I should say that I'm not that good as well as I want.

I don't watch enough English language movies because I can't have them easily and I've no access to English musics either.

Anyway, I’m an Iranian guy who is eager to get succeed and who is happy and loves you.

Korean serials

najafi — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:41:32 GMT

Korean serials

It's years that Iran's TV has started showing South Korean movies and serials in public.

I remember some years ago Japanese movies and serials were so popular in my country but now fewer serials are shown to us from Japan.

Korean serials are really popular and people follow them eagerly.

Now, two serials from S.korea are showing in different channels in Iran.

On Mondays we can watch "Thank you" on channel 5

And on Tuesdays we can watch and enjoy "Jomoong" on channel 3.

Beside Korean serials, serials from Australia and France are popular too.

In movies, Hollywood takes more percentages.7 out of 10 movies that Iran channels show are from Hollywood that is decreasing step by step.

New year New crimes

najafi — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:20:54 GMT

New year New crimes

Well,Well

It seems something is happing in Palestine.

I condemn attacks to Palestinians and killing hundreds of people.

Shame on the west and shame on us.

Let's read some news :

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/28/content_10568953.htm

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/28/content_10568850.htm

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-12/28/content_10568951.htm

Happy birthday to Jesus

najafi — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:10:07 GMT

Happy birthday to Jesus

It's 24th December today and Jesus’ birthday.

We all are happy today in Iran and want to share this happiness with all you.

Happy birthday to Jesus.

Jesus was and is a perfect man. He’s alive and supports us. I really hope Jesus is satisfied with me.

And I want to say congratulations to the Virgin Mary who was innocent and a great woman in the history and the best teacher for all girls and women.

Happy Yalda!

najafi — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:11:20 GMT

Happy Yalda!

Last night all Iranians celebrated Yalda (longest night in this country and all countries in north part of earth) and spent the night with their family members and friends.

We usually eat alot of things at this night (last fall's night) especially candy and water-melon!

Do you know why we eat water-melon at this night?

It's because water-melon is a symbol for summer and now we want to say good-bye to it.

Today,it's first of winter in north of earth and first of summer in south part of earth.

Happy winter

Happy summer

Happy Yalda!

GHAZE

najafi — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:33:20 GMT

GHAZE

Oh,How can I forget Ghaze?!!

How can I forget Phelestin?!!

I love Phelestinians and I love Ghaze.

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I'm a teacher?!!

najafi — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:17:18 GMT

I'm a teacher?!!

About eight days ago my teacher Mr Jafary asked me one thing that really made me so surprized.

He asked me if I can teach English to some students.

students are about 11-14 years old.

Actually I was so eager to be a teacher that accepted the suggestion immediately.

I tought it can be a new experiment for me.

Last saturday I had my first session with these six students.

And now I've passed three sessions with them.

All of my students are so smart and eager to learn English very well.

We teach Parade to these students which is a seven-level book from Longman.

I think I could manage the class very well in these three sessions.

Of course,I should study more and more now because I should be responsible to my students.

I hope I do my best to make American English,my student's second language.

In the last week I couldn't sleep at nights until 4 or 5 am in the mornings because I was just thinking about how to manage my class.

Alice

najafi — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:12:37 GMT

Alice

About six months ago my father bought a lovely cute rabbit for my brother.

At first I really didn't like the rabbit and all the time was telling my father: ((why did you buy Mohammad (my younger brother) a rabbit??!

At first I was really angry with my father and really was true because we live in an apartment where is not a good place to keep animals.

After a while I understood how I love this rabbit. She was still a baby and cute.We started to get used to her and love her

My mother loved her very much too.

We called this rabbit Alice

We kept her in a cage and let her to be free at home for some hours and sometime took her to the nearby park.

We really had a great time with Alice in the past months.

After six months we understood that can't keep Alice in a cage anymore because she was older and also bigger.

We understood it's time for Alice to leave us.

My father wanted to leave Alice in a countryside around Tehran (capital of Iran) but we all knew Alice can't defend herself in the wild world so we decided to leave Alice in a park where keeps rabbits.

The best choise was Mellat (Nation) prak in Tehran.

Last sunday night my parents and brother took Alice to the park while they were so sad

I had kissed Alice several times befor she left us.

The time my family wanted to leave Alice in the park was really sad time.

We couldn't stop crying for Alice because all the time were thinking about her,what she did when was living with us,what she is doing without us now and etc.

Mellat park is far from our home so we can't visit Alice very much but we are going to go there this weekend.

I think we did the best thing because she should be more happy with her friends (I really hope) now.

I think we are responsiple to take good care of all animals,especially good animals like rabbits that can live with humans.

I got from Alice that animals can understand many things even things that maybe we don't understand.

I got that animals understand affection and also have affection too.

I got that I should never bother an animal.

I really hope none of us,never,treat animals badly and I hope we always respect their rights to live well

Let's love animals

USA ATTACKS SYRIA,MAKES FRIENDSHIP WITH TALIBAN

najafi — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:32:49 GMT

USA ATTACKS SYRIA,MAKES FRIENDSHIP WITH TALIBAN

Me as an Iranian young boy, strongly condemn US attack to Syria and killing some Syrian people.

For more information check please :

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/29/opinion/edsyria.php

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/3265011/Syria-US-helicopters-attack-Syrian-farm-leaving-8-dead.html

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Syria/10255210.html

http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Syria/10255482.html

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/29/content_10276661.htm

I really want to know if Americans don’t really like their families to be alive?

Why Americans don’t think even a moment that other nations have right to be alive?

I really don’t believe USA wants to fight with Terrorists.

I really believe US government is just thinking about capitalists.

Everyone knows US army is just killing innocents in Afghanistan, Iraq and many other places.

Recently, this country has let herself to kill people in Pakistan and Syria.

And funny thing is US is going to be friend with Taliban gain. I even doubt they were in fight even for a second.

Please visit this website for more information :

http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2008/10/our-view-on-afg.html

Both US and Taliban are just killing innocent people in Afghanistan.

I’m really sorry for Americans. How painful and lonely their future will be.

I really hope US stops murdering people.

However we are not weak. We are young , strong and powerful enough.

Peace for everyone

AM I A REAL MUSLIM?

najafi — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 09:14:58 GMT

AM I A REAL MUSLIM?

Am I a real Muslim??

This question is one of the most important questions that I ask myself each day.

Who is a real Muslim?

I should find an answer for this.

at first I should be careful about one thing.

I should separate Islam from Muslims.

What is real Islam is one question and do Muslims follow their religion perfectly is another question.

So, at first I decided to see what the real Islam is.

I got confused by many branches in Islam .

Sonny,Shiye,and others. Which one is real Islam?

Is Islam two or more things?? Does it change in different times and places? Did Islam’s prophet told each Islamic rule in different ways?

I don’t think so.

I’m sure Muslim’s prophet,Mohammad,wanted to tell the world just one thing and show them just one way.

So,there should be just one Islam,not anymore.

Now how can I find the real Islam? Where is it?

I understood one thing.

The only thing that hasn’t changed for over 15 centuries in Islam is its holy book, Koran.

So, it’s better for me to read that book at first and just trust to it, not anybody else.

Muslims claim that their holy book has never been changed by people.

Well, we trust them.

If the things in Koran seem good to me, so I remain Muslim. If not, so it’s my duty to quit it.

I read Koran and just got some thing.

I’m not a real Muslim.

How poor I am in my behavior.

Koran asks me several time to be good with my parents but actually I’m not. I don’t really respect them very much.

The Koran asks me to be good with women and girls but I see most Muslims don’t do what their God has asked them about giving women rights to them.

In Koran I saw how much God loves females because they are a part of his creatures.

In Koran I saw God asks me to be good with my relatives,friends,foreigners,other people and etc.

In Koran I saw God asks me to take care of poor people, people who have no money to finish their trip and etc.

In that holy book I got a lot of information about how to behave to people.

God tells me not to enter any where without greeting and saying hello.

This is just a part of this last God’s holy book for humans, these best creatures ever.

At the end, I got how far I am from real Islam.

The real Islam is in Muslim’s holy book not in their behavior.

Islam

najafi — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:59:51 GMT

Islam

Islam is a way of life, try it.

Islam is a gift, accept it.

Islam is a journey, complete it.

Islam is a struggle, fight for it.

Islam is a goal, achieve it.

Islam is an opportunity, take it.

Islam is not for sinners, overcome it.

Islam is not a game, don“t play with it.

Islam is not a mystery, behold it.

Islam is not for cowards, face it.

Islam is not for the dead, live it.

Islam is a promise, fulfill it.

Islam is a duty, perｆｒｏｍ it. Islam is a treasure (the Prayer), pray it.

Islam is a beautiful way of life, see it.

Islam has a message for you, hear it.

Islam is love, love it

(Taken from: http://www.englishbaby.com/blog/Ashly)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

najafi — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:05:06 GMT

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

October 5 is the time when I was born. Twenty years ago at this time, I was born in center of capital of Iran. I’m really happy for my birthday and want to share it with all of you. Passing over 20 years seems too much to me. I really thing I’ve lived too much on this world but need to live more and more. Let’s share my happiness together:

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to Maysam

Happy birthday to you

Backing to the previous English institute

najafi — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:36:53 GMT

Backing to the previous English institute

After just two sessions going to Kish institute, I've decided to back to my previous English Institute.

Commuting to Kish is so hard for my friends and me because it takes us too much time to go there and back and we have to spend a large amount of money for this.

We are going to continue what we were doing before and want to raise our activities in English.

I hope it’s helpful.

New English institute

najafi — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:26:04 GMT

New English institute

Yesterday, I experienced my first session in Kish (one of the best and biggest English institutes in Iran).

I really hope I can improve my English in this famous institute.

Teacher and students are really great. They are really kind, hardworking and helpful.

One of the students is my friend from my last institute.

The class took about 115 minutes. We talked in English all the time which I really enjoyed it.

We talked about our studying habits, things we should do in this term and a lot more.

I should tell you that this institute is far from my place and I have to spend about 2 hours to go and back from there.

We have to attend the class 5 days a week.

CHANGING ENGLISH INSTITUTE

najafi — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:41:08 GMT

CHANGING ENGLISH INSTITUTE

After 2 years studying English in one institute in Tehran, I’m changing my institute to a better place to learn English better. I hope this changing can help me to improve my ability in this international language! I really hope it.

EARLY MORNING

najafi — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:38:18 GMT

EARLY MORNING

It’s early morning here in Tehran (capital of Iran) and I’m working on my computer.

Do you know what I remember when I work on the computer early morning? I remember Previous winter when I used to chat with a lot of people from around the world . Most of them were from china. We used to talk together on youth.cn. Woh,What great time we had. I hope all of my friends are fine wherever they are.

TEHRAN (2)

najafi — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:12:41 GMT

TEHRAN (2)

In the pervious post, I told you a bit about Tehran and some of its features.

Now, I’d like to say something more about this city.

For managing the capital better, the government has divided Tehran into 22 parts. First part is in the north where richer people live and has a nicer climate. The 22ed part is a place where isn’t that poor place but not well-organized.

I live in the 14th part where is one of the best places in my city because there are a lot of facilities here, something like: a lot of gyms, English institutes, a lot of recreation centers and etc.

There are two main airports around here where are international but we have some small airports too which are belonged to the Air force.

Most of Tehran’s residents are so nice and friendly. You’d have no problem to get along and make friendship with them.I love these people. Our youths are so nice too. They’re kind and helpful.

There are a lot of places to visit here in Tehran, just like other Iranian cities. Somewhere like: Azady square, Millad tower, neighborhood jungles are the best places to visit. If you want to visit the interesting things in the city, you would need to be here at least for one week.

TEHRAN (1)

najafi — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:55:55 GMT

TEHRAN (1)

I live in Tehran where is capital of Iran.

If you divide Iran into two north and south parts,Tehran would
be in the north part.

This city is the largest one in my country and has population of over 12 millions.

I live in southeast of Tehran where is called Afsarieh.

To tell you the truth,I really love this megacity because it has alot of nice people,just like other Iranian cities.
All my close relatives live in Tehran,so I have everything I want.

Although Tehran is the biggest city of Iran,isn`t the best one. I think this city should be the 4th or 5th city where has good facilities.Isfehan,Shiraz and mash-had should be better than my city.

Like other megacities,pollution is marked problem in Tehran. There are alot of cars,taxies,buses and factories in the capital.

Recently,our goverment has done alot of good projects to solve the problem but it seems not enough.

In future,I`ll tell you more about Tehran.

HERE IS YOUR PARADISE

najafi — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:01:07 GMT

HERE IS YOUR PARADISE

I was so eager to post sth tonight but didnُ t know what to say,so Iُ ve decided to post one of the CHRIS-DE-BURGHُ s poems.I hope all of you enjoy it.Take care and know that I love you.

I never knew love could be a silence in the heart.

A moment when the time is still,

And all Iُ ve been looking for is right here in my arms,

Just waiting for the chance to begin, I never knew love could be the sunlight in your eyes,

On a day that you may not have seen,

And all Iُ ve been searching for,well words could never say.

When a touch is more than anything.

Maybe you will never know how much I love you,

But of this,be sure,

Here is your paradise,here is your book of life.

Where you and I will be forevermore.

Here is your paradise,here is your book of life.

Where you and I will be forevermore.

And in the dark night, youُ ll follow the bright light.

And go where the love must go

And you will wake in the morning to a brand new day.

Take all your worries away.

Maybe you will never know how much I love you,

But of this ,be sure,

Here is your paradise,here is your book of life,

Where you and I will be forevermore,

Here is you paradise,here is your book of life,

Where you and I will be forever more.

My first post

najafi — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:14:25 GMT

My first post

I know I know Iُ ve alot of problems in english but I just enjoy writing in this language.so,what can I do?well,Iُ ve decided to do this.

I love to try writing more,and ofcourse speaking too.

I love all of you guys.Please keep in touch with me.