Black Queen's Birthday Celebration

Today was supposed to be a day to celebrate the birthday of the Queen.This day is famous for it s big gay parties in streets of Amsterdam,dance parties on various locations.Traditionally the whole city is covered in colour orange as the name of the royal family is Orange-Nassau.

The royal family planned to celebrate at the summer palace ,Het Loo palace in Apeldoorn , a small city about an hour from Amsterdam.Around 100000 people turned up to watch the Queen and her family.Around 11.30am they started a tour by car to watch the festivities.All went well untill suddenly a car with full speed broke through the safety barricades and on its way hit 17 people.It came till a standstill when it crashed into the monument for Queen Wilhelmina, just at the time the royal motorcade passed by just a few meters away.Immediately the secret service speeded up the motorcade to return to the palace.

First aid and reanimation was performed by the red cross.But sadly 5 people had died and 6 persons severely injured.The driver of the car was still conscious when police arrived at the wreckage.He told them his action was deliberate and he wanted to hit the royal motorcade.He was removed from wreckage and is in critical condition

All celebrations were cancelled and the national flag was lowered to half mast as sign of mourning.

This awfull attempt to hurt the royal family has left the country in a shock.People ask how and why this could happen in a friendly small country like Holland.I dont know what are the motives for this attack.Only it feels like the world around us is becomming more and more a strange and dangerous place to live in.

The Sound of Music

Watch this hilarious vdeo clip featuring Dame Judi Dench, one of britain's best actresses('M'in the James Bond movies,Queen Victoria in 'Mrs.Brown')in a parody of the duet'Sixteen going on Seventeen' from the Sound of Music movie/musical

That's life

Been a while since my last posting.No i was not away on a long work trip .This time i experienced a setback in my physical condition and due to health problems spent some time in hospital.

I wont elaborate on my stay overthere.Happy to be on my feet again(well...almost) and focusing on the future again.Summer is around the corner and i m planning my summer holiday trips to Bali and Malaysia and if time and my wallet permits also visiting friends in Brazil.There is a positive side of the economic downturn,there are enough seats available for me to travel on staff fare and i can get a highly discounted rate at most 5 star hotels as they got enough rooms available(i hope!)

Half the fun is making the arrangements and bookings for a holiday.I love to check out the fares and search for the right hotel, read about the places i m goin to visit.Even though i have been to all corners of Earth i still feel that magical thrill of encountering the unknown.Seeing new places, meeting new friends.It still awakes the same excitement in me as in earlier days

My only worry is that i hope i will have totally recovered and fit for these trips.So fingers crossed and lets hope for the best!

Remembering Gregory Lemarchal

Almost 2 years ago french singer Gregory Lemarchal passed away at the age of 23 yrs.He became famous after winning the french "Star Academy".Despite the fact he was suffering since birth from an ilness called Mucoviscidose he managed to achieve his dream and became an idol.All of France admired and loved this young singer who soon gained the nickname"le petit prince"(the little prince).

In his short career he made a tour through be Belgium,France and Switzerland.He played the famous l'Olympia theatre several times with great success.

While working on his second CD the news came he had suddenly died on 30th April 2007 at a Paris hospital.He was buried in his home village in the french Alps.

Fans who had already bought tickets for his planned concert at Aix-les-Bains in june 2007 didnt want their money refunded but instead donated the revenue to research for this ilness.

7.5 million euro was raised in few months after his death by the institution his parents set up to combate and research Mucoviscidose

Insane house in Kuala Lumpur

This house was completed late 2008, designed by french designers Joui Manku.It houses 3 generations of a malaysian power fammily,YTL owners(Pangkor Laut resort etc.)It s located in a suburb of the city and has 9 bedrooms, 21 bathrooms,2 grand spiral staircases and a grand ballroom with a chandelier of 13000 individually crafted porcelain pentals.The house has a retro 60 s kind of design(reminding me of the Thunderbirds residence).Insane and over the top in its design but also magnificent and leaving me breathless

Preppy summer style

I came across this great looking madras blazer from the RL-collection It looks stunning with a khaki pants and small bow tie.Refined yet informal it brings me in the mood for this comming summer.Preppy style at its best is tastefully combining dress and casual items together.This particular look is called the Sotheby s,it s an understated look thats both relaxed and sophisticated.But dont forget to wear bow tie, it accentuates the total look