web log for EAP II!!

Hello everyone!!

As all of you know, this is the last entry for this web log in EAP II. In this entry I just want to write about the process of my web log.

When Regina told us that 5% of our writing mark is based on works on web log and our entries, I was a little bit shocked, and I remembered all of my thoughts about web log. When I was in Iran, many times I thought about creating web log and write about some of my concerns, but I did not have enough time to concentrate and to open mine. However, whenever I had some free times, I was really motivated to go around and read different web logs with different methods of thinking.
At the beginning of blog, I had some difficulties for choosing name and the theme of my web blog. I thought that I should first decide on my general topic for my web log and then choose a name for that. In my country, besides writing about myself and my concerns I liked to focus on some social and political areas. But I found that topic too hard to write in English. After awhile, I found that writing about my experiences in Canada and introducing Iran is the best choice because of my readers from all around the world. Now the time was for choosing the name. Actually, it is really interesting that I chose my web log’s name with the help of Zalfa. While I was thinking about the name with the combination of living in Iran and living in Canada, she suggested that name to me, and I did like her suggestion.

After passing these processes, I had a hard time to find interesting subjects for my readers. I asked my family and my friend to help me find exciting topics.

Any way, this was a valuable chance for me to create my web log in English and also read others’. I would like to thank Regina and Zalfa for their idea and giving us this helpful opportunity!!!

Eating "Dumpling"

Since I came to Canada, I’ve had a lot of chances to try new things and get information about different countries and cultures. In last month, with eating “dumpling” I have become more aware of Chinese culture and their taste of food.

Eating Dumpling:
It was two weeks ago when my family and I went to Lethbridge to visit one of our friends for New Year. My friend had invited three Iranian families for dinner in Lethbridge for Nowruz celebration. She had planned to make four Iranian foods, so we tried to help her organize her plans. Their friend’s wife is Chinese, so I was really excited to see her and also her Chinese-Iranian kids. She made “dumpling” for other Iranian people. She said, “I want to compete with Iranian.”:D. At dinner time, she encouraged us to try “dumpling”; however, between all those Iranian foods with their familiar taste, I didn’t decide to try even one of those. As she understood that I had not eat her food, came and explain to me what is “dumpling. Therefore after her explanation, I had to eat and try. But my feeling after tasting it was totally different with before eating. It was delicious. I really liked that, and I tried some. Now I want to get its recipe to make it.

That was my good chance to eat “dumpling.”

"Persian Gulf was, is and will be Persian Gulf."

Iran with its rich historical and cultural precedent back to 4000 BC is my homeland country.
You may wonder why I have written about my country after seven entries. Actually after reading this blog, you will get some valuable information about my country.

One of the most important parts of my homeland country is Persian Gulf which is located in the southwest Asian region. It is an extension of the Gulf of Oman located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.
Some people in Arabian areas called this “Arabian Gulf”; however on almost the world all maps (all around the world except Arabian region) printed before 1960 until now, and in modern international treaties, documents and maps, this is known by the name "Persian Gulf.” The United Nations on any occasions has requested its secretarial staff to use only "Persian Gulf" as the standard geographical designation for that body of water.
Now if you go to Google search under the name of Arabian Gulf, you will not find any specific information or maps about that that body of water. But if you search with the name of Persian Gulf, you will access to a lot of significant information.

For more information you can read Mahnoush, Mehrdad and Maryam’s web log.
In the following attachment you can see a lot of facts about Persian Gulf in the United Nation’s document. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/gegn23wp61.pdf