Multi Cultural weekend

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For some stupid, silly and lazy reason I am not hear often enough. I have no good excuse. anyways..

This past week was long weekend in Luxembourg. I was very tempted to travel the usual backpack got away trips. But a friend suggested that this long weekend is worth staying back. and Indeed it was. It was fab.
Saturday evening with Orchestre Philharmonique de Luxembourg Concert playing movie soundtracks from Bond, IndyJones, Mission Impossible, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of Caribbean,… with crowd cheering for more the show overrun.

Walking away not too far good DJ mix. Opposite to Indian food stall. That’s right. Indian..;) couldn’t believe my eyes. Samosa, Chicken Saag, with good music and ofcourse very good company made the night (and earlier morning)).

Sunday as usual started at afternoon(for me morning) manage to get up and ready for 3pm to watch Capoeira

and Brazilian music & dance. beauty… and made some new contacts which always pressure.

Walk away few meter accidentally landed on African concert

Cheer leader.. cheering nothing—may be to make people eat and drink more.;)

and Central & south American music

and Luxembourgish traditional dance

whole evening of walk around and hoping into multi-cultural concerts.

then watching Grand-Duché de Luxembourg

followed by Parade. Which I thought very funny I cannot understand theme its public service, school, old people organizations,.. may be all Luxembourgish passport holders.!?) [/so very low local population here.. ;)]

ofcourse National Day Fireworks..

and biggest open air party in town with crazy music, crazy crowd..

in the middle that crazy noisy crowd-- someone is getting married and friends throwing bachelor party..

And another weekend night ended in earlier morning…

Morning relatively quite day. Military Parade in afternoon

and also because of busy sleepless weekend.

In short- making random friends, great music, concerts, mulit-cultural events… and all night out open-air noisy parties- Long weekend was awesome.

Look Up, Hannah

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thanks to my little bro boobesh - found a very inspiration speech from a man who most of us abhor may be for very different reason.

Did you know? the two men- Adolf Hitler & Charlie Chaplin were born within four days of each other.

The Great Dictator is movie made by Charlie Chaplin- about Adenoid Hynkel(Chaplin), the power-mad ruler of Tomania, and a humble Jewish barber suffering under the dictator's rule.

Chaplin ends the movie with the barber's speech calling for peace and prophesying a hopeful future for troubled mankind.

The Great Dictator movie by Charlie Chaplin. Film ends with the barber, having been mistaken for the dictator, delivering an address in front of great audience and over the radio to the nation, following the Tomanian take-over of Osterlich (an obvious reference to the German Anschluss of Austria on March 12, 1938). The address is widely interpreted as an out-of-character personal plea from Chaplin. Chaplin's controversial speech, seen as an overtly political speech, may have contributed to the litany of reasons he was ultimately denied reentry in the United States during the McCarthy era.
Transcript @ Speech from Charlie Chaplin

Look up! Look up! The clouds are lifting - the sun is breaking through. We are coming out of the darkness into the light. We are coming into a new world. A kind new world where men will rise above their hate and brutality.
The soul of man has been given wings - and at last he is beginning to fly. He is flying into the rainbow - into the light of hope - into the future, that glorious future that belongs to you, to me and to all of us. Look up. Look up

Timeless speech- almost 70years later we all aspire for the same.

3 Mistakes of my life

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Chetan Bhagat is back with 3Mistakes of my life. I am yet to get hold of this book. Too bad, its not available in Amazon or other online stores. I had requested friends traveling from India to get a couple of me. any lucky person who got initial review?

http://chetanbhagat.com/the_books/t3moml/excerpt.html

Malgudi Days - TV series

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R.K. Narayan's Malgudi Days- is one of my all time favorite story collection. and If its your favorite too.. then you might remember DD(indian national Televesion channel) TV series Malgudi Days. althou I was too young to remember but I manage to saw some in later days. But now thanks to technology I had opportunity to see the whole series(along with some of the other DD classics).

Complete Episode Playlist


Malgudi Days is the classic collection of short stories by R.K.Narayan is set in the small Indian town of Malgudi which is inhabited by timeless characters who could be living anywhere in the world. This TV series contains poignant short stories which also depict interesting anecdotes from the life of those who lives in Malgudi.

Hypocrite

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Talking about Burma's Cyclone- First Ofcourse thoughts goes out for those who are suffering in Myanmar.

and about US reaction:


Hypocrite - Laura Bush & Bush talking about Burma's government and who they haven't warmed people about recently cyclone and wasn't prepared. also . Also saying Burma's Military haven't reacted properly during aftermath(which might be true). But I wonder- what was she or her husband doing when Katerina reached New Orleans. When US government so called super power was incapable of handing pre or post Katerina effects and till date people are still recovering, Mr & Mrs.Bush should feel ashamed and shouldn't talk about Burma's government reaction.

Is it just me being crazy? Why none of major media outlets/reporter asking such questions to them when these kind of press meet happens.!!?

Just incase if I am misinterpreted- I don't regard any Military Government(Myanmar is no expectation) as good alternative to democracy. also I must admit that I am not very help about Indian(my) government's stands on Burma.

Global warming… Saving earth?

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No doubt human has making earth worse by the day but i always wonder about save earth slogan. why earth need saving? sure for my kids and grand kids.! but if it look millions of earth to reach where we are now but surely it will take more than 100yrs to make worse for millions with 9billion(then projected world population)

I find this interesting comment from BBC’s program- Earth: The Power of the Planet

in the long run, earth can cope with anything we can throw at it we could clear all the jungles, but a jungle can regrow over a few thousand years. we could burn all earths’ fossil fuels, flooding the atmosphere with carbon dioxide but even then, it will take the planet only a million years or so for the atmosphere to recover even the animals we are wiping out will eventually be replaced by others equally rich in diversity as a relentless work of evolution continues it’s only a question of time the earth will be just fine.

it’s not to say rapid changes we force on earth don’t matter that is because humans operate on a different time scale we have evolved to life in a world as it is now so in changing this world, we are altering the environment that has allowed the human race to thrive we could be creating conditions that threaten that long term survival of our civilization.

so all this stuff about saving planet earth, well that is not the problem: planet earth doesn’t need saving, earth is a great survivor it’s not the planet we should be worrying about, it’s us.

Ofcourse its no excuse to do our bit to make this world better place but lets have no isolation- its NOT earth we are trying to save but its just yet another selfish human act.

Borrowed Heaven

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All beauty all fade away, borrowed
All moonlight, return today, borrowed
All sunrise all shooting stars, borrowed
All earth bound bare feet in day
you know we're standing on

Borrowed borrowed heaven
Borrowed borrowed heaven

All heartache all rivers cried, borrowed
Don't stay out too late tonight, borrowed
I love you don't wanna die, borrowed
You taste like paradise, I know I'm breathing in

Borrowed borrowed heaven
Borrowed borrowed heaven
Borrowed borrowed heaven
Borrowed borrowed heaven

You gave me life and I will give it back
But before I do, I'm gonna hold it tight
This is my prayer

All body, All skin all bone, borrowed
All silky, all smooth and warm, borrowed
All pleasure, all pain are one, borrowed
Almighty I stand alone
I know I'm living in
Borrowed borrowed heaven

Ooh la la

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Poor old Grandad I laughed at all his words
I thought he was a bitter man
He spoke of women's ways
They'll trap you then they use you before you even know
For love is blind and you're far too kind
Don't ever let it show

I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger
I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was stronger

The can-can such a pretty show
Will steal your heart away
But backstage back on earth again
The dressing rooms are grey
They come on strong and it ain't too long
For they make you feel a man
But love is blind and you soon will find
You're just a boy again (joana)

When you want her lips, you get her cheek
Makes you wonder where you are
If you want some more then she's fast asleep
Leaves you twinkling with the stars

Poor young grandson there's nothing I can say
You'll have to learn, just like me
And that's the hardest way, ooh la la

I wish that I knew what I know now
When I was younger
I wish that I knew what I know now
Whan I was stronger

DisOrder Life...

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That's the current mood...
Nothing is according to plan and unable to plan/predict anything. not that it ever was but still this is heights. Moving into new Country is not new but trying to sort out basics is vvveerrrryyyy time consuming and boring. [/another good excuse for not being here for (long)sometime here.]
with NO new book, no internet, no TV,.. not following news atleast not at same frequency like before-- ya, now I can imagine life in stone age.

OK. till next time... show some faith & patients.
till then-- Peace for your soul. I was exposed to this music by the movie Constant Gardener.

Everybody hurts...

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When your day is long
And the night
And the night is yours alone
When you think youve had enough
Of this life
Hang on

Dont let yourself go
cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts
Sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong
Now its time to sing along
When your day is night hold on
Hold on (hold on)
If you feel like letting go
(hold on)
If youre sure youve had too much
Of this life
Hang on

cause everybody hurts
Sometimes
Take comfort in your friends
And everybody hurts

Dont blow your hand
Oh-oh no
Dont blow your hand
If you feel like youre alone
No, no, no, not alone

If youre on your own
In this life
The days and nights are long
Youre sure youve had too much
Of this life
To hang on

Yeah everybody hurts
Sometimes
Everybody cries
Sometimes
Everybody hurts
Sometimes

Everybody hurts sometimes

So hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on

To know youre not alone