Aie aie aie aie aie aie Puerto Rico

Singing along with Vaya con dios, Puerto Rico, here we come!

Ksara-Chateau 2000

Vinalies d'argent- Paris 2004

Chateau rouge:
Belle robe rouge sombre. Parfums de fruits mûrs et d'épices. La bouche est typée, associant finesse et densité. Finale tres prometteuse. Belle harmonie d'ensemble.

Cépages: Cabernet-Sauvignon 60%, Merlot 30%, Petit Verdot 10%.

750 mL élevé en fût de chêne, a savourer lentement.

Vision through a hole

Like someone with glaucoma.

Maybe this is how I view Lebanon...

My vision through a hole, literally.

I see what I like, and hide what I dislike.

It might be wrong, it might not be for real. But at least it makes me happy. and this is what really counts at the end of the day.

(View of Jabal el Makmal, from the museum of Gebran Khalil Gebran, Bcharri)

Post lebanon syndrome

It is about realizing how much I have left behind.

It is all about the faces.
It is all about the places.

It is all about the thought that I might never come back.
It is all about living here, where I feel everything is fake.

It is about walking on the street and hearing a language I can relate to, faces that look familiar. Faces that might mean something one day. It is about living somewhere where you feel you belong, where you are part of a human chain.

It is only when you go back that you appreciate all the beauty; even in the chaos. Sectarianism, instability, fairuz,raouche.

The world is not perfect. Lebanon is not perfect...but it is the closest thing to heaven as far as I am concerned.

(pd, thanks)

sad but true

Sad but real description of our current situation...