From Afghanistan to America, crossroads of life

Afghanistan had been invaded by world powers of different historical times before and each invasion  had lefts its mark on the history and society of the country. My history information is not that great so I can't give specific examples but I am witnessing a historical change in the language and literature of Afghanistan at the turn of the century. Afghans speak Dari, an almost pure and very self sufficient language so far. Up until recently, our literature had borrowed very few words from other languages. But with mass migeration of afghan people to West (Europe and US), and new generations being born and raised there, a lot of foreign words, phrases and language is being integrated with the Dari language. It is for many reasons, whether the whole concept is new to our tradition for which we didn't have any words and phrases before, whether our own phrases are long or outdated and the youths are more comfortable with new language or it is because we have been away from our ho

It has been over two months that I haven't made an entry to my blog, contrary to my new year's resolution hahahaha. I know that most of the new year resolutions don't live longer than 3-4 months, but what promotes the issue is the highly stressful lifestyle in the US. It is just overwhelming at times and plain exhausting all the other times. Deadlines to keep, jobs to maintain, bills to pay, loads of paperwork to fill out for everything and so much more. What buggs me the most is the financial system here. when you are paying monthly to pay off some kind of a loan  like morgage or car loan etc, 50% to 60% of your payment goes to interest and "finance charges". So you can keep making monthly payments but your principle won't change as much. Or if you take out your 401k,which is your hard earned money, you have to pay a huge fine to IRS or sth just because. Uncomperhensible!!!????? I really liked my philosphy instructor's comment "you get robbed legally