By lessan | Published:
November 12, 2005
Last night we attended an Ihtifál in Persian (Farsi). The term “Ihtifál” means “gathering with a program”, and these events are organised regularly here with various topics.
Emails are sent out to all the staff well in advance advertising the programme and venue. Here’s the invitation for last night’s programme:
The programme consisted of musical performances by some of the children as well as staff, and a talk about the history of Iranian art by Dr. Vahid Rafati.
I didn’t understand all of what Dr. Rafati said as my Persian vocabulary is limited, but what I remember of the talk was that Iran has some amazing art and culture, both from before Islam and after. He also talked about the link between religion, spirituality and art. Here he is telling a joke:
There were some violin performances:
And the santour:
Some friends having refreshments afterwards:
Cute!
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By lessan | Published:
November 10, 2005
I just bought this book today – "The Mission of Bahá’u’lláh", by George Townshend.
I had previously encountered some quotes from this book, in the compilations "To be a Father" and "To be a Mother", and I loved them.
Now, let’s see what is in this book!
By lessan | Published:
November 10, 2005
Having had a decent breakfast today, I got hungry really quickly so at 11am I had to eat a cookie.
However, once I made it down for lunch I didn’t have that big an appetite. Anyway, first course was an "ash" (persian style soup):
For the main course, I had two pieces of chicken schnitzel. I find it’s much better to not have both carbs and meat for lunch, I get very tired after lunch if I do. Here’s the schnitzel in all it’s glory:
Notice, there’s a smidge of bbq sauce on top. Today we’re having three sandwiches for dinner – if I’m not hungry enough I’ll find someone else who is:
By lessan | Published:
November 10, 2005
I usually skip breakfast, but I recently heard that it’s actually good to eat breakfast so I think I’ll try that for a while.
Starting today. Preparation:
And eating it:
I’m sure you noticed that the second picture has one less olive in it than the first.
By lessan | Published:
November 9, 2005
This will be the first of many lunch posts, hopefully.
Today’s lunch was fish and chips. As usual, the dining room has a selection of other foods such as soup, rice, salads and a vegetarian quiche, but the main food which most people would get changes every day. On Wednesdays they usually serve a fish dish.
Anyway, on to the photos. First off, my plate – consisting of three peices of Salmon, a lonely broccoli cauliflower and a generous helping of lemon juice:
The Salmon was good, as usual. We sat on one of the round tables, and some of the others used mustard in their sandwiches:
Finally, packing a little something for dinner. A Tuna sandwich and one with some random meat slices:
All wrapped up, ready for dinner:
Edit: I now know the difference between Broccoli and Cauliflower.
Big thank you to Arash from the Purchasing Office.
