Michelle Sarkisyan
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I like the smell of earth, the touch of waves, the taste of berries, the sight of tress, the sound of laughter, and the feeling of being fully alive
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Are Universities Living up to Expectations for Those With a Religious Faith?
A “little special room” with soft mats, placed in a circle for students to sit comfortably while practicing meditation with little Buddha statues and candles is how a University of Leeds’s student describes the Buddhist silent room at her university. To create an “escape” from the stressful routine and “magical relaxed zone”, the university offers soothing music and a relaxing atmosphere, says Nefeli Karapanou.
By Michelle Sarkisyan7 years ago in Education
From a Housewife to a Position in the Embassy: The Story of an Immigrant
Now an accountant in the Embassy of Armenia to Bulgaria, she has come a long way since leaving her hometown, the capital of Armenia, Yerevan at the age of 25 with nothing. Despite the obstacles of being a single mother, she managed to keep her head high and create a global professional network.
By Michelle Sarkisyan7 years ago in Journal
Through the Rabbit Hole
Sometimes I feel the compulsion of the world. It is not grey. It has its shades. However, I am not talking about 50 Shades of Grey, so do not get too excited. The life around me is such at times…unstable, unbelievable. Then, when the lack of colour and sense overtakes me, all the back drawers of my mind open up and my imagination starts to do with this world whatever it wishes. Without asking me. How unpalatable on its part, you will say. And you will not be wrong. It is arrogant, unruly, inconspicuous, and quite annoying. It effortlessly makes me feel uncomfortable with its explosions of fantasies emerging before my eyes. It pulls a shy and ironically sad smile between my two cheeks and just makes me feel embarrassed, but it's mine...I cannot blame it. I cannot because sometimes it is my imagination that is all I have; all that manages to save me from this greyness.
By Michelle Sarkisyan8 years ago in Humans
Why Social Media Is Having Such an Impact Upon Today’s Journalism
The World Wide Web, the interactive brick in our hands and the social media platform have a profound impact on how we receive and share information. The alterations made to how journalism is perceived nowadays are constantly changing the media landscape and are gradually reshaping print journalism into an unusual and unreliable news gathering source for daily news. They do, however, give greater opportunities for journalism to explore, concentrate and expand on different and untouchable for so far fields.
By Michelle Sarkisyan8 years ago in 01
Intoxicated
You are like a pack of cigarettes. You make me fall once again for your big and bold promises: “You are more than anything’, “It is different now”, “I am sorry.” They are covered in pixie dust and as I hear every sentence, every syllable, my heart starts pounding… but I know, deep down in my bones, that I have to quit you. For the last time. Forever. And I always start quitting you from the day after, but who am I kidding. Tomorrow is too soon, isn’t it? I will start on Monday.
By Michelle Sarkisyan8 years ago in Humans
