Monthly Archives: May 2012

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The week

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This week went by quickly. Thinking back on the past 5 days, the one thing stands out as a daily occurence was traffic. I spent about 10 hours in traffic this past week. I wish we had a decent and safe public transport system.

On Tuesday I had a wonderful dinner with friends at Delhi Dharbar in Parkmore. The food was yummy, and I came home with take-away Gulab Jamun (remember this most delectable of Indian sweet I wrote about some time ago?). I had it for breakfast the next day 🙂

On Wednesday I stayed over at my sister’s house because I had a 7h30 seminar in Paulshof. I spent more time traveling the 10kms from Fourways to Paulshof than it would have taken me the 40kms from Alberton to Paulshof. The flip-side is that I had a wonderful evening with my sister and niece.

My uncle in Portugal who is 82 years old had a surgical procedure. He is quite frail and we are all a bit worried, more so because he is so far away. But he has a fighting spirit, so maybe we shouldn’t be so worried.

This was also the week that the Kilimanjaro booking was made. So it’s on for September. Now the hard training starts. A colleague said to me, “Get a backpack, put 10 kilos in it and just go walking.” Eish! It’s all of a sudden become real and I am s**t scared. You cannot imagine how I have vacillated in the last 2 weeks, “Do I?”, “Do I cancel…?”. I will be blogging about my training and climb.

This weekend – shopping with my friend, bike riding and rest.

How was your week What are you up to this weekend?

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10 songs that move me

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These songs literally move me in some way or another. An emotional charge runs through me, a resonance that puts me in a particular mood. I have been in traffic, in the morning, and if one of these songs comes on the radio, my whole day is made. I sing along, or move, and end up bouncing into the office. It’s undefinable, it’s not about the lyrics, it’s more about the melodies, so it’s primarily an auditory anchor that leads to a kinaesthetic response.

So these are the songs:

  1. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen – The ultimate classic.
  2. One – U2 – Wow! This one takes me by surprise every time.
  3. Hotel California – The Eagles – Another classic. I saw them perform this live last month. I prefer the Hell Freezes Over extended version.
  4. Africa – Toto – I have this song on repeat on my iPod.
  5. Natural Woman – Aretha Franklin – Not an easy song to sing, I tried. She makes it seem so easy! She’s just so awesome!
  6. Drops of Jupiter – Train – I love the lyrics, India was a “soul vacation” for me 🙂
  7. I’m a Believer – Smash Mouth – This is The Shrek version – need I say more? If you don’t want to get up and sing and dance to this song then I don’t know…
  8. Angels – Robbie Williams – Makes me wanna cry…
  9. We are the Champions – Queen – Came over the loudspeakers whenever the French national team won a match in World Cup 1998. That’s why they won. An idea of midfielder Emmanuel Petit who scored the 3rd and final goal in the finals.
  10. Losing my Religion – R.E.M. – Another one that takes me by surprise and I end up singing at the top of my voice.
  11. Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty – This one almost made me buy a saxophone!
  12. Ten Thousand Angels Cried – Leann Rimes – astoundingly beautiful song!

This time there are 12 🙂

What songs move you? Drop me a comment.