The christmas party was good..lots of finger foods..and cheese:)other than that it was the MFC's ring ceremony!!I didn't know that they get rings as well..but anyways it wasn't anything special compared to our ceremony...but Iron ring ceremony is more like an oath...Like Dr.'s oath..That you would not design or sign contracts that are going to be socially or physically dangerous..but MFC rings were very nice..I think they were silver and they had a picture of leaf carved on it..
At the end of the ceremony, this professor from University of Tehran who is here on research leave saw me and we started talking..I said hi to him from far prior to that and do you know what he said when he saw me closer? he said:"oh I wasn't sure if it was you or not because the other day that I saw you, you were wearing different cloth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"seriously men from Iran are so funny...I used to think that I would marry someone who lived in Iran most of his life, but now I know that I don't want that because its soooo amazing how their mentality is different...anyone who has lived outside of Iran goes through different cultures and gets to understand world better..I think I am actually a better person because of my family's decision on immigration...I used to be unhappy that we came here but now I am going to thank my parents for being bold and giving me the chance of experiencing life in a different way than they did...
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It's amazing that engineers with rings think that some how they can relate to each other no matter what in a crowd!!!I saw this lady with an iron ring today in the subway and when I got a chance I talked to her and she was soooo nice and even though we were total strangers we could relate..its amazing how this works:)