C'était un rendez-vous

Have you guys see a french video at youtube called "C'était un rendez-vous" or maybe the music video of the song "Open your eyes", by Snow Patrol?

I have seen both and I suggest you guys to do the same... I don't know if the videos will have the same impact as they did to me, but I am sure you will like at least for the song...

The video C'était un rendez-vous is an eight minute video of a guys driving through Paris at 5:30 AM in his Mercedes-Benz. His driving isint responsible or carefull, but the video is great and the sound of the car engineering is awsome. Some people didn't like the video due to the danger of the driving, and I must agree with them at some point. However, I can't deny that I would like to do the same... He he he....

The Snow Patrol is a British band that used the french video as the musical video of the song Open Your Eyes. When you watch the musical video, then it's impossible to not like it and I surely forgot about any issue regarding the safety or dangerous of the video.

Let's do something. I believe we're all unique different people with our own particular way to see and interpretate things, so a music or any life event will always have a different effect in our lives according to who we are. Each one of us will see this video with a different point of view, specially because each one of us is living a different moment in our lives and we have different life history, backgrounds, and culture. This is the beautiful of mankind...

I am posting both videos and I would like to know your opinion about it and the possible impressions and effects caused by the video. You might comment on the blog or by e-mail, which most of you usually do....

What is my opinion about the video? You all know that I am addicted to music and that music is like air to me: I can't live without music and my life has a huge neverending soundtrack! The song Open your eyes and the video of the guy driving crazy through Paris gave me this weird feeling of freedom and at the same time it represents my current situation...

I hope you guys enjoy the video and the experience :-)

Love you all!

The C'était un rendez-vous video

The Open your eyes video

A "must-watch" movie: Joyeux Noël (Merry Xmas)

Dear all,

Have you guys ever heard about a french movie named Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas)?

I watched it last night and it's a wonderful movie that all of you must also watch. The movie is about an interesting and beautiful fact that took place during World War I: French, Scottish and German soldiers got together to celebrate 1914' Christmas holiday in the middle of a front.

It is a touching real history and it shows us that war is always a stupid thing to do. We are all human beings, and the people killed and physically/mentally injuried in wars are normal people just like any of us.

Make love, don't make war ;-)

Take care and watch the movie (including the directors interview after the movie itself)!

Love you all :-)

Getting old...

Some of you already know that my grandfather is in the hospital and last week I spent some of my afternoons with him.

His about to turn 93 years old and the only real problem he has is his lungs. His legs don't work that nice anymore, but his mind and his heart are perfect. He is getting better and the good news is that he might get back home Monday afternoon :-)

I noticed that lots of seniors and elder people showed up in the hospital needing some medical care: an old lady brought her husband who had an ear problem and alzheimer, a girl drove her grandmom to the hospital due to some unknown reason, a retired dentist had a stroke and hit his head, and the list goes on.

While I was there I thought about me getting old.

I think there is nothing more cute than old people: they look so sweet with that elder wrinkly skin and white hair... We can exchange so much knowledge with them, and I just love to talk to old people and listen to their old stories and about history facts they had lived and seen with their own eyes.

However, looking at them in such a fragile physical and not healthy situation made me wonder if I am going to be able to handle myself getting older. Am I going to be brave enough to face physical disabilities and all the problems associated to old age?

I was thinking about my possible old age future and things didn't look that nice: my legs won't be working that good anymore, my heart will be weak, I have history of heart problems in the family and the chances of having a stroke are big, besides that I don't really take care of myself right now (I am overweight and don't do exercises regularly).

I don't know if I am strong enough to accept myself in need of medical and family care. Have you ever asked yourselves about that? Have you ever thought about death and when or how you are going to die (young, old, and in which conditions)?

Janis Joplin once said something like "live as much as possible, die young and be an attractive corpse". I am far away of being an attractive corpse, but I used to say that "die young" meant "die with your soul still young, never let your age turn your spirit old".

I always thought that we can get old in age, but we should always keep our spirits young. But how can we handle an young soul in an old body?

My afternoons in the hospital made me think a lot about that... What do you guys think about that?

Take care and have a nice week you all :-)