Like being in another world

Listen to it and thank me later. It's a Croatian song, sang by Pink Martini and called "U Plavu Zoru" (the blue dawn)

Adoption, what about it?

It was 10th grade, and one of my classmates said that when she gets older she will adopt a boy and a girl. I really liked the idea back then and had totally forgotten about it, until some recent events led me to re-think it. The first was this article by my brother Pascal, and the second reason is the most recent natural disaster that hit Haiti and caused many kids to lose their parents. I read that many countries initiated the adoption of many children from Haiti such as the Netherlands. I found that to be great (soon but on the long run great).

It did get me thinking that I should consider it in the future, I want to be part of this gift, especially if in 10 years I'm still on my own or if I'm married but for some reason can't have children.

I know a couple who don't seem to be able to have children, which is very sad because they do want children, but I feel that some Lebanese people are short-sighted, and never consider other options, such as, adoption or even in vitro (that's another post).

What is so wrong about raising a child that is not your biological child? You'd be giving a good chance for this kid to lead a good life, you would directly be that reason. Every child deserves a parent, which doesn't have to be the biological one. It isn't easy, but definitelynoble.

So what do you guys think about adoption?

I will leave you with this video of the song "Con toda palabra" for the amazingly talented singer, Lhasa De Sela, she left this world on January 1, 2010.

Soldier of Love

I found it!



For you!

Sunday Music

It doesn't feel like an October Sunday unless you have the flu, taking vitamin C, hearing ugly music coming from the neighbors' stereo, and then you overriding their music with Nina Simone's... not just any performance.

Enjoy

La Dame Blanche

Friday Night had El Día Español, so after being held up at work till 7:30pm, I finally made it to Downtown Beirut. Sat a little bit with the Spanish colleagues, then after some left, I thought I would shoot some photos in Downtown, now that I have a fancier machine (Camera).






Started out the weekend with a visit to Kefraya.


Unfortunately the tour was not available as they are doing some constructions. So after taking a walk among the vineyards, enjoying the scenery and then checking out the Château, we headed to the wine tasting bar.


I am no expert on Wine Tasting, nevertheless it is still an enriching experience. We started out with La Dame Blanche, which I personally really liked, it was smooth on the tongue and easy on the throat. Then the famous Blanc de Blancs came along, afterward La Rosée du Château, which didn't really leave an impression on me, followed by Myst de Château Kefraya, which also isn't something I would like to drink, probably because I am not a fan of Rosée, then Château Kefraya 2005, which had a taste of wood, and that was the main reason why I liked it, and finally Le Comte de M, probably the most prestigious, but I liked the previous red more.


As we were already in West Bekaa, we thought we should benefit from our time and drop by the Qaraoun Lake. Quite a view, although I sort of got bored from seeing lakes in Virginia.




Later on we continued to our next destination, West Bekaa Country Club. A nice place indeed, especially after feeling over-warm due to the hot weather, seeing the pool, you would just want to jump in, however, I couldn't because I had to attend to Loreena McKennit's concert afterward.


When we arrived to Byblos, the place was packed, it took us about 40 minutes to find a parking place. We got there a little bit late, at about 9:15pm, and it said on the ticket that it starts at 8:30pm, however the concert hadn't started yet, and I will tell you why! It is because President Michel Sleiman was attending the concert.


The next day, we headed back to Litani to meet with the rest of the colleagues. And there it was!

The long river



The wooden bungalows on the river side





And the most fun kayaking ever. With my new underwater camera case, I can now take photos while I am ... well underwater!


I have the normal lens, nevertheless I got my opportunity of taking some photos of dragon flies, which made me so happy.


Finally, after I arrived back home, I showered, all my colleagues went to sleep early, while I dressed up again, and went to Downtown Beirut and Gemmayze to check la Fête de la musique. You can continue reading my post about it here... Oh oh and I saw my favorite Lebanese Minister! Wrote about it here.

My own restaurant

Oh one of the things I fantasize about when I listen to the blues, is my own restaurant/pub, american style of course, with this music playing in the background, so people can still talk and hear each other, and I'd welcome people to this restaurant, people know me, I know them, live piano performances... *sigh*

Fine music

At least when we used to watch cartoon back in the old days *TOM AND JERRY*, we used to listen to fine music in the mean time. Ah the blues..

Am just happy I got 1 good bargain in Paris, I got a 3CD Set of ladies singing the blues for 8 Euros! Yey!

Clocks - Coldplay ft Buena Vista Social Club

Nice version indeed

In the Morning

Would love to see Norah Jones in Concert one day.

Enjoy.

Gregorio Allegri - Miserere Mei, Deus

I have this music at home, a capella religious music. It is beautiful. So today while I was driving to work, I put on the radio, and naturally as the country is mourning for Minister Pierre Gemayel's death, only classical and religious music are being played on the radios. Anyway, this music came up. And as soon as I heard it I just gazed and started day-dreaming. Allegri's Miserere Dei is beautiful, sad and so hypnotic.

So here's a sample in Windows Media Player, click here.
And in RealOne Player, click here.

To hear more sample from the album, you can visit this link.