Bambi adores ice cream. This morning she was grateful to receive a brief publicly available Instagram video, produced by “Elliott Eatz”, from Salome about the pistachio ice cream of a famous Lebanese shop in Paris called Bachir. The latter shop reminds Bambi of her youth in Beirut where it began and expanded across the entire country. Now, Bachir is present in Paris, São Paulo, and Dubai, according to 961 (https://bit.ly/3ZUfrw4).
If you are interested, below you can watch the video and learn about this particular oriental flavour. It will be followed by a kid’s song honouring ice cream. Mmm!
What does happiness mean to you, asks the sun? For me, it is illuminating your days and tying to warm your hearts
With much love, on the eve of your REAL birthday (contrary to the earlier silly post from last week shown further below), Bambi would like to offer you Roula a song about the recipe of happiness by “Les Enfantastiques“. Yes indeed, in few hours in Beirut, it will be March 10. Finally, your real birthday :)!
Today happens to also be a day of celebrations at your end. If Bambi recalls well. It is The Teacher’s Day in Lebanon, even if it is harder for the country’s teachers to rejoice in the overwhelming economic crisis. Best wishes to all of them, including you as a university professor.
Thank you for being who you are to so many of us. For Bambi, you are a sunshine of a loving big sister as well as a friend. Two in one. What can Bambi ask for more from life? Maybe another sister? Well, she is blessed to have that as well [hello Rania :)].
The song “Recipe of Happiness” is in French [“La recette du bonheur“]. It is followed by the English “recipe”, thanks to Mr. Google Translate. Mind you, the latter wishes you a Happy Birthday, Roula. Believe it or not, he asked Bambi to send you his warm regards [just like “Zaanjar” of our childhood :)].
“The recipe for happiness, it’s not that complicated
No need to be a great starred chef
You have to cook with a good heart
Simmer every day
It’s every passing moment
What we savour
The recipe for happiness
Just be patient
In us we find the right ingredients
We prepare it at any time
And always with passion
To taste it without moderation
A smile when you wake up
Crunchy, crispy heat
A ray of sunshine
A pinch of good humor
A sparkling gaze
A good handful of hello
Enliven the taste buds
With a pinch of humour
The recipe for happiness, it’s not that
complicated
No need to be a great starred chef
You have to cook with a good heart
Simmer every day
It’s every passing moment
What we savour
The recipe for happiness
Just be patient
In us we find the right ingredients
We prepare it at any time
And always with passion
To taste it without moderation
A few tears of joy
Well mixed with laughter
Above all, don’t forget
When it’s time to serve
A touch of tenderness
Warmed up with brotherhood
Covered with a promise
Of love and friendship
The recipe for happiness, it’s not that
complicated
No need to be a great starred chef
You have to cook with a good heart
Simmer every day
It’s every passing moment
What we savour
The recipe for happiness
Just be patient
In us we find the right ingredients
We prepare it at any time
And always with passion
To taste it without moderation
The recipe for happiness, it’s not that
complicated
All evening, a song was on Bambi’s mind. It was Mr. Charles Aznavour’s La Bohème. To entertain herself before sleep, she did a quick search on YouTube hoping to discover new performers. Well, she was well served and would like to share with you her artistic discovery. Her name is Ms. Julie Huard. She sings not only Aznavour, but many other popular artists in such an elegant way.
Who is this singer? Well, Ms. Julie Huard was born and raised in Utrecht in the Netherlands [Bente and Salome, do you happen to know her :)]? She is the daughter of the French chansonnier, Mr. Fernand Huard with whom she used to perform on stage at a young age (https://bit.ly/3IX0UJ8). In addition to French, she sings in English and Spanish. Who knows, perhaps also in Italian; at least in one song mostly in English, which is not presented in this post? Of note, Bambi searched for but could not find any Dutch songs by her; only a French one with a title related to the mountain.
This being said, Bambi will stop to share with you nine famous songs interpreted by Ms. Huard’s, including one in English and the other in Spanish. She does not know if you will appreciate her talent as much as she did. Actually, as far as she is concerned, she fell in love with this singer’s voice and singing style. Yes, from now on, Ms. Julie Huard can count a deer among her fans in North America.
OK, it is time to sleep now. Good night… or good morning, depending on your time zone. Have a good one!
All of them are to be celebrated today from our ancestors, to mothers… all the way to our daughters and grand-daughters.
Some women among us struggle more than others because of sexual exploitation, violence, extreme poverty, etc.
Some GREAT women are the reason why we are where are now in our societies (even if we can and must always aim for better…).
Some contemporary women sadly confuse equality of opportunities with hate of men (selective hate even).
However, all of the women mentioned above, in their own ways, have dreamed of a better world for all of us, despite their different convictions or approaches. For this, thanks to to everyone. May we just know how to be more empathetic to truly be in solidarity.
All this being said, with all due respect to all the women of the world, including Bambi’s fellow ones in North America and in her birth country, today she would like to offer a song to the Iranian and Afghani women, along with all the supportive men. On this March 8, 2023, they are a living lesson to all of us in terms of aspirations for freedom. Bravo and thanks to all of them, including those who are in heaven due to their fight. May their memory be eternal…
Life is a journey. Its beauty is that no day is like the other; this is part of the mystery and perhaps comfort of life. If one day seems bad from its start. Another one will compensate for it.
Well for Bambi, today started under the theme of friendship, right from a nice dream through the first email she read when she opened her eyes, which was a reminder about the 10th anniversary of the death of a loved one. It felt like this mentor and life friend wanted to send her a friendly wink from heaven. May her memory be eternal. This email made her connect with a little circle of friends.
Following this, the entire day was a series of planned and unplanned encounters with dear friends she has not seen for a LONG time. Precious shared moments, along with delicious bites. What a lovely day, she could not help not to think to herself.
To honour her friends, Bambi wants to jointly offer them all a song about friendship. She will dedicate it to those in heaven (along with an unforgettable dog) and those on earth. Those far away and those geographically nearby. She loves them all❤️.️ ️
As for you dear readers of this blog, you are also precious. She hopes you also had a meaningful day. If not, no worries please. There is always a different tomorrow… !
Bambi does not want the day to end without a little tribute to Ms. Gloria Jollymore. In the morning, she resorted to a couple of words, even when speechless (https://bit.ly/3kMYrsS). Now, she will resort to music, if she may.
The chosen song is entitled “Je n’aurai pas le temps” [“I won’t have the time“] with an English translation following it. It is a powerful reminder of how short a lifetime can be. Thankfully, it is is up to us to make it meaningful. This is what Ms. Gloria Jollymore did so well. She devoted herself to a career at an institution she loved dearly. While doing so, she inspired so many of us.
Thank you, Gloria (Jollymore), and may your memory be eternal…
Always here for you somewhere… If you do not see me, I am hiding behind clouds!
Do you love the winter season, like Bambi? Or are you “allergic” to it, so to speak? If so, you can rejoice now because March 21st is just around the corner. Anyhow, until the spring will officially and practically arrive, let’s keep either enjoying or coping with winter.
For some potentially amusing ways of coping, Bambi will share a three-year old short video produced by Mr. Mark Hachem & Ms. Rita Nour (Montreal, Québec, Canada), which she discovered only today. It is entitled “How to Actually Survive Winter“.
Before concluding this brief post with the video in question, she will first share with you two songs about the beauty of snow. The first is by Fairouz in Arabic. The second song is in French. It is by Mr. Salvatore Adamo’s and it is entitled “Tombe La Neige“.
Seriously Mr. Bob Rae, do you really mean what you (or your staff) tweeted yesterday?
Is anyone surprised by the official position of Canada at the United Nations?
Where is kindness when we censor citizens who criticize the excesses of wokeism?
Where is kindness in a movement that has sadly resulted in radical outcomes sometimes, such as cancelling artistic or scientific events or even burning books?
Where is kindness when citizens have been wrongly accused of racism in the name of the “kind” so-called anti-racism of wokeism?
Where is kindness in a movement, which insists on pretending to speak in the name of minorities? And to know their best interests better than themselves?
Where is kindness in a movement, which seems to often forget to value the uniqueness and richness of each individual; instead of reducing (and confining) the latter to a single aspect of one’s complex identity over a lifetime?
Where is kindness when clinical psychologists are being censored by their Colleges of Psychologists for having criticized wokeism?
And where is kindness in the attack to the reputation of professors, by our publicly-funded media and on social media, along with long suspensions from work without pay, when they criticize the so-called “kind” wokeism on personal platforms? All this when they know too well what identity politics does to a nation… for having escaped civil war-torn countries.
Where is kindness when your tweet seems to imply that refusing to endorse wokeism is an act of “unkindness”?
Maybe you just meant to support Mr. Trudeau’s political ideology and this could be called a gesture of peer “kindness” toward him?
After all, you do precise that “tweets are you personal views”?
Who knows? Maybe you truly believe your own tweet?
If that is the case, Bambi can understand your position even more, Mr. Rae. However, with all due respect, she will allow herself to remind you that too much of a good thing is a bad thing… even in the case of TRUE kindness.
In this post, Bambi will share a France 24 short and informative video about Lebanon. She will then leave you with Elissa’s beautiful interpretation of Mawtini [My Homeland], which she heard on a Lebanese-American radio yesterday. Since then, she has been humming it…
