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| Page Views: 51,325 | BLUE SKY THINKING by Norali - last update: Oct 8, 2009 |
"... It don't take money and it don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
Tougher than diamonds and stronger than steel
You won't feel nothin' till you feel
You feel the power, just the power of love
That's the power, that's the power of love
You feel the power of love
You feel the power of love
Feel the power of love ..."
This is all that is left when everything else has fallen apart. This is my essential.
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| Orange-Blue splash of Strelitzia and the Spider |
OK... On the non-lovelife sides:
* Work: No longer working with da bank. Just getting busy with dat thang. Whaz dat thang ? Luuuuv, off course... and job hunting. I've changed method: selecting the companies and the reponsibilities which fits the inner me. Thanks to the feedback of personality tests (don't tell HR folks, those damn tests are quite & surprisingly accurate);
* Outdoor: treks, treks, treks... It's Spring, I have time in my empty hands. It's so mild (a bit of rain) and bursting with life out there: the birds, those blossoms. Spring, I told you! Spring!;
* Travelling: Not now but I have parts of my 2010 plan. Quite exciting as it would include one of my dream destinations and activities. Rather locally. Madagascar is so vast and so far, I have seen very little of it. Will disclose in due time (I'm kinda superstitious gal...)
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| Mamad series may be as new as pousse-pousse to you |
What fun to do on VT? That is, well, apart from reading my pages, of course... ;-)
Checking pages of those folks which were introduced in Misc. forum, whose introductions I then saved for later use. I compiled them in two albums (one album below to start with). Giampiero proceeded starting each introductions with "Meet a member a day". Hence, the name I dubbed them: MAMAD series. Must admit, fresh blood (in most cases, introduced members are relatively new members) is nice.
This member who would swallow miles for soccer matches, this Morrocco lover which reports well about his Central Asia trips (well, I introduced him :-)), that member who is dubbed "Technical Guru of VT", that Brazil lover girl who displays excellent pages of Dalmatian coast, that one who is an enthusiastic runner (she has her own VTer-cum-runner posse)...Phew! all of that and more you'd discover by clicking on the below link.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the so-called MAMAD series ! Enjoy !
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| Antsenakely stalls, Antsirabe |
Talking about my pages...
This chapter introduces pages either I'm building (from scratch), either I'm reshaping.
As I live in Greater Tana (: Greater Antananarivo), in this village named Malaza, my Antananarivo and Malaza pages may receive constant attention (one tip here, another travelogue there). Same for Brussels, a city I used to live in for more than a decade. I won't introduce minor updates of these pages here as there will be always addings to them.
To start with: >>>>The Singer sewing machine
A black and gold Singer machine seen on a stall in Antsenakely (Antsirabe, Madagascar) or on the pavement, with a smiling woman bent and busy on it. Dang! Early 80s !... For sure Antsirabe is not an average Malagasy city for me. Although we come from Avaradrano, the Northern part of Tana, (from many sides - Dad's dad, Dad's mom, Mom's mom), our family history is linked to this city located 160km South of Tana.
In this picture, I've finally found a (hopefully) longstanding intro picture for my Antsirabe page that, btw, I'm reshaping (was about time since my latest travel there dates back to August 2007). Now, why a Singer machine deserves its "Intro picture" status ? Read on... <<<<
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A GOOD YEAR ? OF COURSE A GOOD YEAR !
"Hey! I'm Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!!!
But first, A happy new year to you all."
Wrote it some time ago. Given the last time I got connected (Dec 2008 ?), cannot say I'm not that back.
January saw me busy, busy, super-busy with a job that didn't need net connection. It was that way until that Black Monday. This is how we, people of Tana, use to dub this night of Jan 26-Jan 27. My work place got arsoned that night whislt others looted.
Investment, gone in ashes. Our employees and ourselves, turned jobless after our six first months spent slaving to grow, grow, grow. And how exciting these months were! Watch your baby grow, give her/ his some direction, teach her/ his one thing a day, see how people get to know her/ his and return to her/his to have fun, to chill out... and you'll know the feeling.
The political crisis that led to these acts of violence is still unsolved. One month later, it still defines the pace of thousands lives. I know a solution but VT is not the place to talk about this. Keeping it mine... and hoping one of those gods will share the opinions of many.
Now, I have time... to look for a new job (bills, bills, bills, folks!)... to reflect... to walk, walk, walk till my feet get hurt, till we get this opportunity to re-start our business again...
February ... another story. Some personal issue that eventually got solved. Thank you Mr Boyfriend! And made me grow.
That's how my year and my family's and our employees' started. We still have hope.
With Mr Boyfriend, I decided to celebrate each month we won't meet any big trouble. Soooooo, the first celebration of this kind will (will, not would) take place early April. Now, working on a Good March, a Good April, a Good May... to celebrate the remaining (good ones, of course!) ten months and an Excellent Year in December 2009/2010 !
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Goldenboy Wed Jul 8, 2009 01:29 UTC
Hehehe its been awhile, and we are going for a presidential election here today. Its nice here hehehe you should visit here sometime ;) Glad to hear youre happy there. | a2lopes Sun Jul 5, 2009 16:05 UTC
Never mind. If you come to this side of the world let me know. Greetings from sunny Lisbon | diageva Sat Jul 4, 2009 10:45 UTC
Hola Norali.... I hope you did had a nice birthday :)))) | bct341 Tue Jun 23, 2009 03:34 UTC
Happy "belated" birthday wishes.. I hope you had a good one!! |
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