Persian food

In the Netherlands that I currently live, food seems not to be the 1st priority of people! Therefore, eating out or finding the ingredients you need to cook a proper dish can be an issue.

Even Persian restaurants are not necessarily good and exciting here! either the location is not fine or the quality of food is not tempting. I hardly would like to invite my non-Iranian friends/colleagues to a Persian restaurant. 

After a long time two of my colleagues (Liz, British and Mia, Australian) asking for introducing Iranian food to them, finally I did it with the help of my new colleague Sally. It went much better than we expected. Taste of Persia is a very tiny restaurant but the food is perfect. Liz and Mia loved their dinner. They even tried our typical butter milk and liked it very much :-)

Immigration

Immigration has pros and cons. You have to come out of your comfort zone and confront many unexpected issues. You'll miss your family, friends and mother land but you'll meet new people (whether you like it or not), new places and learn new things with an exponential rate.

Calory

I have started to write down everything I eat on my "daily book" of a website (Mijn Eetmeter) which calculates the calories I eat per day. Surprisingly I don't eat enough!!! The idea is that I eat 2300 kcal per day. I even have installed the app on my iPhone just not to forget or postpone this issue. It is just a week though :-)

P.S: the website is in Dutch and that's a good practice!

Yellow taxi

Yesterday I watched Taxi-Tehran with my friends in the Hague film house. I liked it! The movie showed some different aspects of Iranian lives.

A sunny day at work

Today is the warmest day of the year so far. Everyone is extremely happy and energetic. I love it when all the female colleagues are dressing up in a totally different style than that is common: very feminine :-) that makes the sunny days more special.

science is fun

In the company I work, we have several regular presentations and scientific discussions in different areas. One of them I normally attend is called science is fun. I have recently been approached to give a talk there as a female scientist who is active in the area of physical science (which is normally male dominant).

Dance

I love to dance. Many years ago, when I was 10 or 11, three of my friends and I started to learn Persian dance. All we had was a video tape and a small TV. we learned the steps while having lots of fun. Still dancing is very joyful for me.