Quote of the Day

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel"

Maya Angelou (1928- ) 

Notes To My Future Husband

I came across this on MSN Arabia home page (yeah, the first time I see something good in this stupid page!). I like the way it is written: it's funny but true. 

By May Rostom

Hey stranger, 
Why is it taking you so long to show up? Anyway I know you’re out there somewhere, probably stuck in traffic or dating some dumb girl that’s not right for you (but will most probably lead you to me) so I just wanted to ask if you’d be ok with the following:

1. I take around 30 minutes to get ready. Even when I say “I'm ready”, I’ll probably need 15 more minutes. Don’t worry, it won’t be a problem when we get married, you can watch TV while I brush my hair.

2. I don’t care much about sports unless it involves hot shirtless men, music and dancing, and a romantic love story (you know, like Glee maybe!).

3. My best friend is your best friend, capiche? Pretend you like her, take her out to dinner if I'm out of town and she's lonely, and don’t get pissed when I tell her we fought yesterday (she knows EVERYTHING).

 
4. Lose the bulky muscles and the tight tank top. I don’t care how much weight you lift at the gym as long as you make me laugh to tears.

5. When I say I'm fine, I'm either fine or, not fine but don’t want to talk about it (TIP: back off). 

6. I don’t want to change, I like myself and if I thought anything was wrong with me I would’ve changed it a long time ago. So please don’t try to change me, don’t let me lose my identity. If you're not willing to take me as I am then maybe you don’t deserve me.

7. I have a job; I can pay for my own meals, shoes, food, and cable. It just feels so good to be taken care of by you. It’s really simple, you scratch my back, I scratch yours. Don’t resent it! 

8. There’s that time of month when you don’t want to be remotely close to me. TRUST ME!

9. I'm not a fish; my memory tends to last longer than your average two week period. Don’t blame me for bringing up previous arguments, I forgive you already but I'm just using them to prove a point. 

10. I'm not always right. When I'm wrong I’ll admit it.

I gotta go now; maybe I’ll run into you today, but until then expect a letter from me shortly! 
Love: your future wife.

  

I'll Forget You

El Hamma Botanic Garden - Le Jardin d'Essais du Hamma

El Hamma experimental botanic garden in Algiers was created in 1832. Its present design was drawn by the french architect Régnier in 1929.  

It is considered as one of the most important experimental botanic gardens in the world due to the diversity of the plants it contains. 

Photos: Hydra

Lili Boniche

Lili Boniche (Elie Boniche) was born in 1921 in Algiers from a Jewish family. He is one of the most famous Andalusian-Arab music singers. He was an innovator in music, mixing oriental rhythms with jazz and African Latin music. He died in Paris, in 2008. 

This song is my favorite version of Carlos Eleta Almaran's "Historia de un Amor". A wonderful romantic performance, with a perfect harmony of instruments, lyrics and vocal. 

This reminds us of a beautiful era, when Algeria had real artists, when people were singing love in a pure way, where all Algerians were living in peace and harmony no matter their origins. 

أنا في الحب

أنا في الحب ماذا عديت

سهرت الليالي و ماذا قاسيت

هطلوا دموعي و بكيت 

خبيت سري و كميت

هذي قصتي في الحب

أنا سبابي في الحب نظرة 

ألقيتها تبعت الجرة

ملكتني و سكنت قلبي

خلاتني بحبها مسبي

راه بي عالم ربي

و بحبها أنا اللي رضيت

منهو اللي يشفق على حالي

نبات نحسب نجوم الليالي

ما نرقد ما يجيني النوم

أو ما علي حتى لوم

كي نشوفها يزولو لهموم 

آه يا ربي واش قاسيت 

Me in Love

Me in love, how much I endured!

I stayed up so many nights, how much I suffered!

My tears fell down and I cried

I hid my secret and I fell silent 

This is my love story 

I fell in love because of her stare

I came across her and followed her

She owned me and haunted my heart

Enchanted she left me 

God knows what I feel 

I chose her love by my own 

Who will have mercy on me

I stay up counting the stars every night

I cannot sleep 

And I am not the one to blame

When I see her all my troubles fade away

Oh! God, just how much I suffered! 

  

Marta Dahlig - Seven Deadly Sins

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Quote of the Day

"...there were two things that prevent us from achieving our dreams: believing them to be impossible or seeing those dreams made possible by some sudden turn of the wheel of fortune, when you least expected it. For at that moment, all our fears suddenly surface: the fear of setting off along a road heading who knows where, the fear of a life full of new challenges, the fear of losing for ever everything that is familiar".

Paulo Coelho  

Photo: Caspar David Friedrich