Already Another Year goes by...

Long time no blog. Here I am, more alive than ever ;-)

Busy with work and mostly, nothing much or interesting to tell so better off.

This year, new job recently so no holidays are allowed, just Dec. 24th off, exceptionally. Just passed few days with my Aunt and her family, trying hard to celebrate, but not doing something really special though. A moment to get together and talk, discuss and argue about any and everything. They're getting older, months after months, year after year. Hard to get along with, because of divergent points of views...

Anyway, I'm coming back here to share another piece of my life. About 40 days to go before I can see my GF again and live with her, hopefully happily ever after ;-) In the meantime, I'm still having a roommate to chitchat from time to time, mostly on weekend days for weekdays, he works late and comes back home too late.

Today, December 26th, the day right after Xmas is another special commercial day for it's the Boxing day, the day when most of the shops get into the SALE! You can therefore have very very good deals. I afford a brand new LCD computer screen of 22" for 100 CAD less than its normal price. A good friend of mine got to do a line-up to be able to get into the shop, bit by bit to avoid people from really boxing each other to get their deals... I could only take the LCD by this weekend for my friend doesn't live nearby.

One of my fellowworkers got a pair of tower speakers for about 400 CAD instead of 1000 CAD or so. We have installed together at his place and tested them, pretty damn good sounds, making me regret somehow what I possesed back in France, few years ago.


Tonight, feeling bored, tired and lonely (the roommate sleeps elsewhere for 2 nights...), I listen to the radio and rediscovered this lovely canadian (yes, another one) singer named Chantal Kreviazuk I'd like to share with you...


Enjoy and let me wish you very happy holidays, wherever you are, could be, alone or well surrounded.



HAPPY NEW YEAR 2008

Another one: Buck Cherry - Sorry

Her another Special Day

Today, November 17th is her day (http://www.ephemeride.com/ephemeride/ephemeride/11/ in French)

HAVE GOOD FUN MY LOVE on this DAY.

Below few videos for her, for me, fos us and for you....










My Art...



and Hers...



Enjoy!

Special Saturday!

G'day everyone,

Finally, what we (my GF and I) expected for so long has come. The VISA for Canada is out there, waiting for her at the embassy and very soon, we are having our days, together again for good.

The weather is getting cooler today and wet. It's still raining outside.

However, in these happy moments, I've found a lovely music video of a quite romantic yet sad chinese movie, illustrating quite well my feelings. Hope you'll like it. Deep inside me, I feel much more happier than what the music can tell. Enjoy and take care folks.



Alright, after a second thought, here is something happier...

Special Birthday this year

Better late than never but the so expectef present from my Lover was finally arrived yesterday the 12th. We honestly didn't expect it no more for we thought it was lost somewhere, somehow. Sent mid-Aug for my late August Birthday and it took weeks to arrive. Anyway, we are so happy now I have everything she took months and energy and love to find and keep them quiet, secret till lately ;-)

A champagne will be open this weekend to celebrate yet another test we'd just been through.

In the meantime, I'd like to share with you a lovely video and song I discovered tonight.


A Fine Frenzy - Almost Lover - Unplugged @ VH1


Lyrics

your fingertips across my skin,
the palm trees swaying in the wind,
images
you sang me spanish lullabies,
the sweetest sadness in your eyes
clever trick,
images

well, I'd never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me

goodbye my almost lover
goodbye my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
can't you just let me be
so long my luckless romance
my back is turned on you
should have known you'd bring me heartache
almost lovers always do

we walked along a crowded street,
you took my hand and danced with me,
images
and when you left you kissed my lips,
you said you'd never, never forget these images

well, I'd never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me

goodbye my almost lover
goodbye my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
can't you just let me be
so long my luckless romance
my back is turned on you
should have known you'd bring me heartache
almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean
cannot drive the streets at night
cannot wake up in the morning
without you on my mind
so you're gone and I'm haunted
I'll bet you are just fine
did I make it that easy to walk
right in and out of my life?

goodbye my almost lover
goodbye my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
can't you just let me be
so long my luckless romance
my back is turned on you
should have known you'd bring me heartache
almost lovers always do

Take care everyone.

Keep faith, hope and LOVE.

Summer Ending...

Sky getting darker and darker, days last shorter and shorter, weather cooler and cooler. It's almost the end of Summertime. I went on 32 yesterday, almost an ordinary day as every birthday actually. I don't mind much if I could spend it with my GF. Not this time, not this year yet. The immigration process of hers is progressing, slowly but surely. Few months to run hopefully and if everything is OK and should be OK. By the beginning of next year, we will start a new year together, her and I, happily ever after ;)

Last Saturday, I could go out photographing after too long period of time without practising one of my favourite hobbies.

You could find here few photos selected after that afternoon, hope you'll like them.

Marché du 18e Siecle - /events/20070825_New-France/

Enjoy life and Have Fun reasonably and moderately, as often as possible!

Slideshow to Celebrate

Just a little slideshow test and to celebrate a nice morning I had this Friday when my GF learnt me the immigration process continues by sending her a "convocation" for a healthcare checkup.

Starting Over...

Nightwish - Amaranth (video), new singer, new song, new album soon. Definitely not Tarja Turunen anymore :-(

Hi folks,

Just like Nightwish, I'm starting over from next Monday to a new job place, geographically not far away from the last one ;) At the West of downtown of Montreal.

Better paycheck and more possibilities to do and elaborate things, normally, it should be interesting for me yet it's not totally what I ran after for a change.

So it will be another good experience hopefully and to prepare to get a better life afterwards for me, for my Lover coming (next year if everything is going smoothly and as wished), for Two of Us to be short ;)

Since yesterday, the weather seems to show some teasers for the Falls season. Maximum temperature is around 20°C and this morning, the wind makes me feel like I'm already in Autumn. That doesn't bother me much except spending time in cold almost lonely (without my Love but seeing some friends to comform me) is not a great picture. I have videos, Internet, computer games, new work and you to help me out and keep me up for a while.

That's all for now folks, thank youfor passing by and don't hesitate to drop me some lines, very appreciated.

All the Best to you.

PS: for geeks or PC Linux lovers
http://youtube.com/watch?v=IlDGjW5naD0

Holidays July 2007

Spending my time almost alone on holiday. Fortunately with Her on the phone and always present in my mind everywhere and everytime. Sometimes our talks are about music and we exchange a lot on our music. Lately, she made me discover some good and new stuffs like Pilate, Our Lady Peace while I still hold on to oldies such as



Fortunately, our TV shows make us listen to some good and new ones too. I'm watching series like Heroes, the 4400, Smallville, Supernatural, 24, Prison Break with damn good music sometimes.

Otherwise, I'm starting to count months, weeks and days and if everything is going well, we will find each other again by next January 2008.

to be Continued...

Summer '07...

Time Goes By, so Fast yet so Slowly for some reasons. Especially when lovers are apart.

How frustrating not to have the One beside You! The Sun shines bright but deep inside, it brights less. On the sunny days, I Wish I could be with her, walking along the streets, talking and sharing moments, go shopping, go to the cinema, to restaurants, on the terraces...

This is definitely one of the hardest and lonly summers I have to spend. How long do I Have to stand this loneliness ? Hope this is for the Best coming. This is my kind of SOS to the Greater Soul and Force to Help Us!



Enough of my sad feelings, I Have Her after All, Someone so Special who even far away Can Help Me to Handle it and her daily voice keeps me Warm and in Love, Making me feeling Better and Better and less Lonely. So for the Good and on better Notes, here are some latest photos I shot in Toronto...

All the Best Distant Folks







TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF & YOUR CHARMED ONES ;)

Happy Mother's Day (France's Fête des Mères)

Thank you Mom to raise me up all those years and in a way, still today, made me who I am today. I'm very thankful.
What you have done for me cannot be measured and will never be thanked enough.
On this special day, I'd just like to say I'm thinking about you and I LOVE YOU, Mom.

Joyeuse Fête des mères à toutes les mamans francaises et ailleurs.

Romantic Love Songs to Share with the One

Especially mine actually for we both like or know the artists...


by KEANE - We Might as well be Strangers

Because We love TV series and I always am very sensitive to soundtrack and music being part of them and the above KEANE's song is one of them, from the 8th episode of SMALLVILLE... yet sad tune but so beautiful to hear. I find kinda myself that feelings these days. Hope you'll like it.

More music titles of SmallVille can be found here

I invite you to check out music of Alias, the 4400, HEROES and others if you can. Try to pay more attention to music in movies and TV series and let them invade you, it can make you feel good sometimes, for a change of routine day-to-day life

Take good care everyone.

Good bye for now.

Few videos/movies to watch...

Hello folks,

Long time no write, nothing special though. Life goes on almost smoothly on my side. Planning to move this summer for another appartment. Changing job as soon as possible. Preparing for a life of couple...

In the meantime, keeping myself busy watching TV series, surfing around the internet to find good movies to discover. Here are some lately:
Aikido Vs KickBoxing

aikido vs jiu jitsu

Aikibudo vs Muay Thai

Shinobi Video clip

Aikido

Aikido Tomiki Kenji sensei　合気道 富木謙治先生

Excellent Aikido Demonstration

Saito Sensei Aikido Demo

Morihei Ueshiba - Divine Techniques (complete) 2 of 4

Saito Sensei - 31 Jo Movements

Iwama Ryu... coming soon

;)

It's a Rainy Day

Howdy Folks,

Few days after the Spring Day, the temperature is getting cooler but today, the Sun decided to play Hide and Seek, for not saying to hide in short. The sky is dark and grey.

This made me kinda feel melancholy, thinking I'm in the middle of Autumn. Anyway, I cannot blame the weather too much for I had a beautiful weekend.

I miss my Lover so much even if hopefully, technology allow us to talk for very long time for nothing or almost. Our relationship is hard but somehow is getting stronger and stronger time after time. We learn to know each other much more better. We manage to always have things to tell and to share. There're mostly good times and moments and sometimes, less. We often laugh on the phone, telling stories, events and things we did lately. Among some other things I cannot tell. It's hard to be apart and due to our 6 hours of time difference, it's hard to talk more often and at good time without "interrupting" other's activities.

Somehow, I try to go on living on my side without thinking too much about her. Trying to watch more movies, TV series every night, work on my computers after a whole day working on computer ;) Trying to eat decently and drink beers sometimes. And to get back to photography. Here are some pictures of my last attempt during a show to launch a new album of a singer I've already known for I shot photos of her shows before. She's IMA - http://www.ima.mu/

She's not on the following 'cause I'd like to show a little more of the ambiance of the stage. Hope you'll appreciate these.




Thank you all to pass by and drop me some words and comments. Very appreciated.

All the Best.

More than Words...

No, not that song by Extreme! But please enjoy these notes on few strings, 6 probably ;)

Andres Segovia - Asturias

So talented old man playing good instrument!

So long fellas. Next time, I will try to share few pictures by me. Like an artist needing some inspirations that delay to come (not sure it's English, anyway ;) ).

Be sure that I'm very very very and very passionately in love and happy.

The sky of future seems to clear out lately for Us. Spring is coming and Love is in the Air.

Take care everyone. I'm kinda high writing this post.

Happy New Chinese Year

Wishing You all long life, health, happiness and prosperity

Wishing you all a Happy Valentine's Day

On this special day of and for lovers, I, being in love myself and being loved by the One I love, wish you all lovers and future lovers a very Happy Day.

Enjoy and cherish each other.



Again Happy Valentine's Day my Love, L.

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To My Valentine

If apples were pears
And peaches were plums
And the rose had a different name.
If tigers were bears
And fingers were thumbs
I'd love you just the same.

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ATL