BACK HOME

yes i am back home after almost a year ...
visiting home for 10 days
with a baby belly of 5 months to show off...

well in short ? same as i thought it would be
tense , less than expected
but army presence , checkpoints... etc... security paranoia is definitely in town...

OH Beirut ! Beirut !

it has been amazing to be back , i am really enjoying walking in the streets of Beirut , wandering off and having chats with taxi drivers , but the general mood is not amazing.

people who are making money and working are happy and positive , and the other majority , who is unemployed or quite poor is nagging, negative and cannot take it...

something fundemental won't change is gossip.... ahhhhh! people gossip so much in this part of the world... ya3ni, take care after striking a conversation , pray if you are a believer and hope nobody is talking in your back. I am in constant fear walla... not from my close mates but generally ...:)

people smoke like chimneys, yes now it is more obvious because my senses are all over the place... i am constantly tired and coughing mucous. I do not smoke i am preggo, my baby is passively smoking while in his womb... i said to myself , what can i do i have been trying to stay away for 5 months , now these 10 days have tired me like hell, soon i will go back to london and i will try to forget and clean my baby's lungs by leading a much cleaner environment especially at home .

what else? politics? ah yea that used to be a political blog , well people stopped listening to the news and they are totally fed up and do not give a damn...

i leave u with some pictures from lebanon.

Great place to be : bardo , if u r there check it out:

AT SAMRA / good music

the wedding of Anas Ghaibeh and Mona Hallak that i attended in rawdah cafe ,
an exceptionally interesting event...