Author: Bambi

This song’s French lyrics were written by Mr. Renaud Louis Remi Rebillaud and Mr. Assane Attye. You can find an English translation below (with a couple of slight edits by Bambi, https://tinyurl.com/88yme93w). If she may, she dedicates Mr. Kendji Girac’s lovely song to each one of you, dear readers.

“Women and men

On one planet

This vertigo gives us

A huge headache

For what you are

For what we are

Salam amigo Shalom

Salam friend Shalom

Hallelujah, come on, hallelujah

Take me dancing wherever you are

Hallelujah, come on, hallelujah

Like me, raise your arms

Shalom amigo shalom

Shalom my friend shalom

Salam amiga salam

Salam friend salam

I greet you my brother

And greet my sister

Salam amigo shalom

Salam friend Shalom

If a language separates us

A colour, a border

Should we be in the darkness?

To find our light

We must keep the flame alive

Deep in our souls

Salam amigo Shalom

Salam friend Shalom

Hallelujah, come on, hallelujah

Take me dancing wherever you are

Hallelujah, come on, hallelujah

Like me, raise your arms

Shalom amigo shalom

Shalom my friend shalom

Salam amiga salam

Salam friend salam

I greet you my brother

And greet my sister

Salam amigo shalom

Salam friend Shalom

Shalom amigo shalom

Shalom my friend shalom

Salam amiga salam

Salam friend salam

I greet you my brother

And greet my sister

Salam amigo shalom

Salam friend Shalom

Hello, I greet you my brother

Hello, I greet you my sister

Let us unite our prayers together towards the light

Only the light will cross our hearts

Shalom amigo shalom

Shalom my friend shalom

Salam amiga salam

Salam friend salam

I greet you my brother

And greet my sister

Salam amigo shalom

Salam friend Shalom

Shalom amigo shalom

Shalom my friend shalom

Salam amiga salam

Salam friend salam

I greet you my brother

And greet my sister

Salam amigo shalom

Salam friend Shalom”.

Bambi learned about two recent positive developments in her birth country.

First, Judge Tarak Bitar conducted a fifth series of hearings in the investigation of the Beirut port explosion of August 4, 2020. As per L’Orient Today, he questioned the former head of the Lebanese intelligence service as well as the former head of port intelligence, responsible for the fight against smuggling (https://shorturl.at/0j6Tw).

Second, Reuters reported the following: for “the first time“, “Lebanon seized $2.5 million in cash from a man arriving from Turkey on Friday“. It seems that “the money was destined for militant group Hezbollah” (https://shorturl.at/o).

Good progress, Lebanon. Bravo!

Bambi is too excited to wait until midnight before posting four great pictures, taken by Brittany in the South-East region of New Brunswick.

From the bottom of her heart, she thanks her friend for kindly sharing the pictures of her unexpected guest with all of you.

Although Brittany’s cute guest is called red fox, the latter can come in all colours, namely brown, silver, and black. This curious yet timid mammal can be found in all Canada’s beautiful provinces and territories. It has the reputation of being a nurturing parent (https://shorturl.at/daoy5).

May the soul of Ms. Roberta Flack rest in peace. May her memory be eternal.

Her BEAUTIFUL songs will outlive her, including the famous “killing me softly with his song“.

Her generous school of music will make many generations of young children dream as they learn to love, read, and produce music (https://shorturl.at/y2ZTb).

Wow, Bambi is thrilled to share with you all that Dr. Gábor Lukács, the founder and coordinator of Air Passenger Rights, an independent nonprofit organization of volunteers (https://shorturl.at/lMST6), received the most highly prestigious King Charles III’s Coronation Medal (https://tinyurl.com/hsdwp36v)!

The ceremony, which took place in Bridgewater (Nova Scotia) honoured several exceptional Canadians, including our own Dr. Gábor Lukács. BRAVO!

As a Canadian air passenger rights advocate, Dr. Lukács, or simply Gábor volunteers both his precious time and incredible expertise to serve the travelling public. Since 2008, he has filed over two dozens of successful complaints with the Canadian Transportation Agency. He cleverly challenged the terms, conditions, and practices of air carriers. This resulted in orders orienting them to better protect passengers and directing them toward better practices.

Dr. Lukács appeared before many Canadian courts across our beautiful country, including the Federal Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada. He successfully challenged the Agency’s “lack of transparency and the reasonableness of the Agency’s decisions” (https://shorturl.at/lMST6).

“In 2013, the Consumers’ Association of Canada awarded Dr. Lukács its Order of Merit for single-highhandedly initiating legal action resulting in the revision of Air Canada’s unfair practices regarding overbooking. His advocacy in the public interest and expertise in the area of air passenger rights have been recognized by the transportation bar, the academic community, the judiciary, and the legislature” (https://shorturl.at/lMST6).

Dr. Lukács was born in Budapest. He lived most of his early life in Israel before coming to Canada to attend York University to complete his PhD in Mathematics by age 16! Yes, that young :)!

Besides his remarkable intelligence, what is striking about Gábor Lukács is his inspiring values, namely humanity, compassion, courage, honesty, fairness, respect, and care for his friends. There is more than a reason of why Bambi loves him and thinks highly of him. Along with Louis, today she is proud of him more than ever.

Please keep up the great service to your/our fellow Canadians, Gábor or Gabi. Thank you/Merci for being whom you are. Mazel Tov/Mabrouk!

Within 18 minutes apart, France 24 informed us that: (1) Lebanon’s President told an Iranian delegation that his country is tired of being the battleground for wars of others; & (2) Iran’s supreme leader, Mr. Ayatollah Ali “Khamenei, vowed resistance against Israel as Iran officials attends Nasrallah [and his successor] funeral“(https://tinyurl.com/5392vyu7; https://tinyurl.com/27m92rue)

May all the deceased people rest in peace, including the souls of Mr. Hassan Nasrallah and Mr. Hachem Safieddine. May their families be comforted to know that they are now buried. Most importantly, may their country succeed in embracing peace. As expressed by its new president: “war-scarred” Lebanon is tired of being a battleground for wars of others“.

Bravo to Lebanon’s president for having a spine. As for Mr. Khamenei, it is perhaps time for him to “resist” from out of his own country, leaving Lebanon alone.

From the website of the Canadian Voices for Liberty, we learn that its mission is at follows: “… we are dedicated to empowering all individuals to exercise their democratic right to speak freely, fostering heightened ideological diversity and civic harmony. Through advocacy, education, and community engagement, we seek to dismantle the barriers to freely exercising this right, ensuring that all Canadians have the opportunity to contribute to an open and inclusive dialogue” (https://tinyurl.com/2fsy33hx).

Isn’t it BOTH reassuring and refreshing to know that there is a new Canadian organization devoted to empowering citizens to express their diverse opinions freely? Indeed, it believes that “freedom of speech is not just a right, it’s a cornerstone of democracy“. All voices are welcome!

As an example of first voice on its blog, we can read a piece by Ms. Alissa Perez, Director of Publications for the Canadian Voices for Liberty. Entitled “Ethnic Minorities and Obstructions to Freedom of Speech“, it focuses on the discrimination against the Uyghur Muslims who find themselves hiding their culture to be safe. How sad that “in China, the Uyghur language has been banned in schools and has disappeared from libraries and bookshops” (https://tinyurl.com/yy9b7ndf). If you are interested, you may wish to sign up to receive a newsletter or, if you prefer, take the time to visit the website at your convenience.

To conclude this brief post, gratefully and fondly, Bambi will end with the words of hope of this non-profit organization: “In a diverse society, the principle of free speech stands as the cornerstone of democracy, illuminating the path toward understanding, progress, and unity. Regardless of political leanings, free speech empowers individuals to express their beliefs, challenge authority, and engage in meaningful dialogue”.

Thank you/Merci Canadian Voices for Liberty. Long live the essence of your mission, the diversity of opinions. Long live liberty and democracy. Long live Canada!

Is it true that they will finally return to their loved ones… but as dead bodies?

Nothing is 100 percent confirmed yet in the news, in the facts in a few hours, and in the DNA testing that will follow.

Bambi cannot dare to imagine one drop of the TURMOIL of the Bibas and Lifshitz families. She sends them her heart, with a prayer, across the miles.

The Bibas family members were abducted from their own home. Cute baby Kfir was only 9 months old. His adorable brother, Ariel, was four years old on the doomed October 7, 2023. Their parents did their utmost to protect them. How can we forget the SAD image of this scared mom holding her two little ones?

Tragically, her own mother and father were confirmed dead on October 21, 2023 (https://shorturl.at/qTs2N). May their souls rest in peace.

May G-d/God/Allah (yes of the same love and mercy) know how to comfort Mr. Yarden Bibas’ devastated (spouse’s and dad’s) heart while he is still adjusting to his own release.

In addition to the Bibas, Bambi sends her heartfelt condolences to the Lifshitz family. Their beloved Mr. Oded Lifshitz (kidnapped at age 84) was a journalist and peace activist, according to the Jerusalem Post (https://tinyurl.com/4c7djfwk). Do you know to what cause he dedicated his life to? Yes, to helping others and, ironically, to transporting sick Gazans to Israeli hospitals. There is a reason his grandchildren call him “Super Grandpa“. May his big heart inspire us all, to remain in contact with our own humanity, and may his memory be eternal.

As reported by La Presse, Ms. Antonine Maillet shared in 2019 the following: “I want to write until I’m 100, if I live to see them”. She lived until 95.

May her soul rest in peace and her memory, in heaven, be as eternal as the beauty of the characters she created and whom she considered like her children, including but of course not limited to the La Sagouine (https://tinyurl.com/ydr3y27u).

Related to the above, and to cite Ms. Maillet’s own words, which she expressed in an interview with La Presse in 2022 (https://tinyurl.com/ydr3y27u): “The writer’s mission is the same as that of a mother who gives birth to children. I gave birth to a few hundred children: my characters. I owe them everything. And they are stronger than me“.

Bambi sends her condolences to your family and loved ones, Ms. Antonine Maillet.

Thank you (MERCI!), for having shared stories from Acadia with the entire world.

Indeed, readers from Bouctouche, New Brunswick, the Maritimes, Montreal, Canada, France, and the “francophonie” of the entire world, including Lebanon, are mourning today.

Mourning? Yes, for sure, yet we are all forever enriched by your immense talent. Forever grateful for the good times… and for the everlasting inspiration.