Looks like the new year came in the best possible way. This year I had the joy of spending it with some of the best people around me. We had the best party ever and some great food that I had the pleasure of preparing for them.
I’m looking forward to a great year that I’m sure will bring lots of new adventures to my life. My brother and his wife are looking forward to a family expansion and with my father illness that have come to and end, already there is a lot to start out with.
I’m looking forward to posting lots of beautiful pictures, getting better at what I love doing the most, and hopefully get on that road trip that was planned for 2009 but never happened.
Above is me on my couch looking at the first picture that I got printed, and just my luck it was a front page.
Published on January 3, 2010 4:19 pm.
Filed under: Daily life Tags: new year
For new years we went to a restaurant close to our house. As so many other places they had booked live music for the night. As soon as the war broke out in Gaza a wave of cancellations rolled over the Arab world. It’s nice to see how this part of the world, though how chaotic it can seam at times, can find pillars to stand together by.
The dinner did happen, but instead of the live music they held an auction in favor of the people in Gaza. One gentleman won a bid of 20.000 Syrian Pounds (about 300 Euros) on a water pipe.
The live music was canceled but that didn’t mean they couldn’t book a DJ for the night. At first I was in the notion that the restaurants had been a part of the decision to tone down the party activates throughout the whole region, but it seemed I was wrong. In some countries it had been decided at a governmental level but in Syria it was the community of musicians that was the decider. Not that it matters a whole lot, but I must say it fell apart when they just played loud music anyway.
In a time of war, business will be business. Above is a couple letting loose to an Arabic classic.
Published on January 5, 2009 3:09 am.
Filed under: Daily life Tags: Gaza, music, new year, party
