My Hobbies
IT and computer stuffs
Thinking about complex topics and trying to give models for them. My favorite subjects for modeling are humanities and social sciences ( Cultures, economy, relationship and communication between people, loyalty and morality, friendship and love, Managing the society, laws, ...), Beliefs ( Religions, morality, modernism and postmodernism, art, science and reality and the relation between them, ...).
Photography, (To see my photos refer to Canada Photo Gallery)
General Physics Problems
Increasing knowledge in natural sciences, humanities and social sciences
Listening to different kinds of music (English, Persian pop, Persian traditional, Arabic, Latino, Italian, Russian, French, Classic and etc)
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Watching movies, some of my favorite movies are :
I love the following movies : Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925), A Space Odyssey 2001 (1968, Director: Stanley Kubrick, website), The God Father: Part I (1972), The shining (1980), Ordinary People (1980), Raging Bull (1980), Less Miserables" (French, 1982), Dances with Wolves (1990), Ejare neshin ha" or The tenants (1990, Persian movie by Dariush Mehrjui), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Scent of a Woman (1992), Schindler's List (1993), Falling Down (1993), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Kolya (Czech Republic, 1996), The Matrix (1999), The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999), American Beauty (1999), The Insider (1999), Gladiator (2000), Beautiful Mind (2001), I Am Sam (2001), Sex and Lucia or "Lucía y el sexo" (Spanish 2001), "Nirgendwo in Afrika" OR "Nowhere in Africa" (German, 2001) , Amelie from Montmartre" OR "Amélie" (France, 2001), Enemy at the Gates (2001), "Cidade de Deus" OR "City of God" (2002, Brazil), Secretary (2002), Frida (2002), Human Stain (2003), House of Sand and Fog (2003- Official site), " Mystic River (2003), "The Barbarian Invasions" or "Invasions barbares, Les" (Canada/France 2003), Crash (2004), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), Million Dollar Baby (2004), Munich (2005), Cinderella Man (2005), Babel (2006), Gran Torino (2008), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Seven Pounds (2008), Milk (2008), The Young Victoria (2009), The Maid (Chile, 2009), Inception (2010)
I really like these movies: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Psycho (1960), The Sound of Music (1965), The Shoes of the Fisherman I (1968), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Sting (1973), Chinatown (1974), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Taxi Driver (1976), Platoon (1986), Fatal Attraction (1987), Full Metal Jacket (1987), The Untouchables (1987), Where is the friend home? (1987, Persian movie by Abbas Kiarostami), Salaam Bombay! (India, 1988), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Rain Man (1988), The God Father: Part III (1990), Lost in the Barrens (Canada, 1990), Edward Scissorhands (1990), Goodfellas (1990), Ju Dou (1991, Chinese), Madar or Mom (1991, Persian movie by Ali Hatami), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Far and Away (1992), Unforgiven (1992), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Groundhog Day (1993), Shadowlands (1993), Carlito's Way (1993), Forrest Gump (1994), Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), Seven (1995), Leily is with me (1996, Persian), Donnie Brasco (1997), Good Will Hunting (1997) , The Lovers of the Arctic Circle or "Amantes del Círculo Polar, Los" (Spanish, 1998), Hillary and Jackie (1998), The Sixth Scene (1999), Fight Club (1999), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Audition or Odishon (Japanese, 1999), La balia (Italy, 1999), The Winslow Boy (1999), Malena (Italian, 2000), Baran (Persian movie by Majid Majidi, 2001), Va Savoir (French, 2001), In the bedroom (2001), Lost and Delirious (Canada, 2001), Sweet November (2001, website), The Son's Room or "Stanza del figlio, La "(Italian, 2001), The pledge (2001), The others (2001), "Sag Koshi" or Dog killing (2001, Persian movie by Bahram Beyzaee), Nime Penhan or Hidden Half (2001, Persian movie by Tahmine Milani), Ange de goudron, L (Quebec, 2001), Treed Murray (2001), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), Lord of the Rings (2001, 2002, 2003), Antwone Fisher (2002), The Good Girl (2002), Red Dragon (2002), High Crimes (2002), Insomnia (2002), Unfaithful (2002), Respiro (Italy, 2002), Gangs of New York (2002), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The pianist (2002, link1, link2), One hour photo (2002), Red Satin (Tunisia, 2002), Oldboy (South Korea, 2003), Goodbye Lenin (German, 2003), Thirteen (2003), Moolaade (2004), The Aviator (2004), Before Sunset (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), The Door in the Floor (2004), Secret Window (2004), Garden State (2004), Shokaran (Persian movie by Behrooz Afkhami), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Broken Flowers (2005), Mouth to Mouth (2005), Half Nelson (2006), 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006), American Gangster (2007), The Kite Runner (2007), Wall.E (2008), Changeling (2008), Valkyrie (2008), Frost/Nixon (2008), Nothing But the Truth (2008), The Invention of Lying (2009), My Sister's Keeper (2009), Avatar (2010), When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story (2010)
I like these Movies: Gone with the wind (1939), Room at the Top (1959), The Great Escape (1963), Ma nuit chez Maud (France, 1969),
The day of the Jackal (Britain, 1973), The Exorcist (1973), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Witness (1985), Moonstruck (1987), Total Recall (1990), Ghost (1990), White Hunter Black Heart (1990), Zendegi va digar hich Or "And Life Goes on" (1991), Basic Instinct (1992), Hoffa (1992), Farinelli (1994, French, Italian), Canadian Bacon (1995), Losing Isaiah (1995), The English Patient (1996), Jerry Maguire (1996), Taste of cherry (1997, Persian movie by Abbas Kiarostami), Four Days in September or O Que É Isso, Companheiro? (Brazil, 1997), As good as it gets (1997), Misérables, Les (1998), Rushmore (1998), The Legend of 1900 (1998), The cider house rules (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Levottomat (Finland, 2000), Cast Away (2000), Memento (2000), The family man (2000), Woman Wanted (2000), Fate ignoranti, Le (Italian, 2001), K-PAX (2001, link1), Hearts in Atlantic (2001), From Hell (2001, link1), Original Sin (2001), Artificial Intelligent (2001), Donnie Darko (2001), Phone Booth (2002), Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002), Road to Perdition (2002), The Dreamers (France, UK, Italy 2003), Mona Lisa Smile (2003), The last Samurai (2003), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), 21 Grams (2003), Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du Coran (French, 2003), "Batalla en el cielo" or "Battle in Heaven" (Mexico, 2005), Jane Eyre mini series (2006), Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story (2006), There Will be Blood (2007), Revolutionary Road (2008), Body of Lies (2008), The Reader (2008)I believe in these actors/actresses: Jack Nicholson, Sean Penn, Clint Eastwood, Johnny Depp (link1, link2), Al Pacino, Nicole Kidman (link1, link2), Russell Crowe (link1, link2), Anthony Hopkins
I liked these documentary movies: Grass (1925), Bowling for Columbine (2002), evolution "Darwin's dangerous idea" (2002), The evolutionary Arms Race & Why Sex?
(2002), March of the Penguins (2005), Einstein Big Idea (2005)TV series (Situation Comedy) which I like (In Order): The Big Bang Theory, Every Body Loves Raymond ; and I like some episodes of Friends, Seinfeld, South Park, Two and Half Men & That '70s Show
I have written a few sentences for my liked movies. To find more refer to
I love to talk and chat with my close friends.
Cooking: I am the fan of cooking and trying different meals. I have tried most of countries' cuisines but I love more Persian, Indian, Italian, Korean and Greek cuisines. Visit http://www.ghazayab.com & http://www.hanifworld.com/Sofreh.htm to find more about what I have tried about Persian meals! Since cooking is one of my best hobbies, I have tried to cook different meals and desserts (typically Persian) by applying innovative methods.
Some of my favorite quotes:
Behind the seas there is a town the boat must be made Sohrab Sepehry
Where are all the good men dead... In the heart, or in the head.
Honesty is my strategy.
If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail
Life is not a dress rehearsal.
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it. --Richard Feynman.
Don't live life just to exist, but to truly LIVE!
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon but that we wait so long to begin it. -- Richard l.enains
The days of knowledge is dawned and the night of ignorance is over. Where are you going to hide when the sun of truth is at its zenith?
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.--Will Rogers
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
You can find "success" before "work" just in the dictionary.
A true
friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
I've got plenty, hard to decide which quote is my favorite
12/20/2010