Monday, August 28, 2006

Olympic Stadium Tower / Funicular

World's Tallest Inclined Structure
Built as part of the Olympic Stadium for the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, the Olympic Tower was not fully completed until 1987 due to a construction workers' strike. Intended to retract the stadium's Kevlar roof, the Olympic Tower has since been designated to other usages now that the roof remains permanently closed. Frequented by tourists wanting to get a bird's eye view of Montreal from the observatory deck at the pinnacle of the tower, at a height of 556 feet, the Olympic Tower remains the world's tallest inclined structure. At a total cost of over 2 billion dollars, the Olympic Stadium was an architectural marvel when it was first opened in 1976 and continues to draw in thousands of tourists every year even as Montreal taxpayers continue to pay off the municipal debt incurred for its construction.








Wednesday, August 23, 2006

لو تعرفوه

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لو تعرفوه
لو يوم يقابلكو اسألوه
ليه الايام ياخدوه

لو تعرفوه
لو يوم شفتوه كلموه
عن ناس هنا بيحبوه

وفكروه
فاتني وبستناه
وكمان بقى عرفوه
مين فات حبيبو تاه

وابقو اسألوه
ازايو وازاي حالو
في بالو او مش في بالو
مانساش هوانا
وامانة
كل اللي اتقال قولوه

وفكروه
فاتني وبستناه
وكمان بقى عرفوه
مين فات حبيبو تاه

لو تعرفوه
لو كان في بنكن كلام
حد يسلملي عليه

لو تعرفوه
قولولو ببعتلو السلام
لعينيه
والقلب
وليه

وفكروه فاتني وبستناه
وكمان بقى عرفوه
مين فات حبيبو تاه

Sunday, July 23, 2006

She...

She
Elvis Costello


She may be the face I can't forget
The trace of pleasure or regret
Maybe my treasure or the price I have to pay
She may be the song that summer sings
May be the chill that autumn brings
May be a hundred different things
Within the measure of a day...

She may be the beauty or the beast
May be the famine or the feast
May turn each day into a Heaven or a Hell
She may be the mirror of my dreams
A smile reflected in a stream
She may not be what she may seem
Inside her shell....

She, who always seems so happy in a crowd
Whose eyes can be so private and so proud
No one's allowed to see them when they cry
She maybe the love that cannot hope to last
May come to me from shadows in the past
That I remember 'till the day I die

She maybe the reason I survive
The why and wherefore I'm alive
The one I care for through the rough and ready years

Me, I'll take the laughter and her tears
And make them all my souvenirs
For where she goes I've got to be
The meaning of my life is
(She)

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This is the orginal lyrics in French.
Tous Les Visages de l'Amour
Charles Aznavour

Toi, par tes mille et un attraits
Je ne sais jamais qui tu es
Tu changes si souvent de visage et d'aspect
Toi quelque soit ton âge et ton nom
Tu es un ange ou le démon
Quand pour moi tu prends tour à tour
Tous les visages de l'amour

Toi, si Dieu ne t'avait modelé
Il m'aurait fallu te créer
Pour donner à ma vie sa raison d'exister
Toi qui est ma joie et mon tourment
Tantôt femme et tantôt enfant
Tu offres à mon cœur chaque jour
Tous les visages de l'amour
Moi, je suis le feu qui grandit ou qui meure
Je suis le vent qui rugit ou qui pleure
Je suis la force ou la faiblesse
Moi, je pourrais défier le ciel et l'enfer
Je pourrais dompter la terre et la mer
Et réinventer la jeunesse

Toi, viens fais moi ce que tu veux
Un homme heureux ou malheureux
Un mot de toi je suis poussière ou je suis Dieu
Toi, sois mon espoir, sois mon destin
J'ai si peur de mes lendemains
Montre à mon âme sans secours
Tous les visages de l'amour
Toi ! tous les visages de l'amour

Monday, July 10, 2006

A trip to Niagra Falls (1)

On canada day long weekend,I went to Niagra falls with double R&T family and HKDJ family. It was an amazing trip :)

Here r some pix (1):





A trip to Niagra Falls (2)

Pix (2)




Monday, May 29, 2006

Pics From Air

I took some pic from air in my trip back to Montreal

Here are some pics from inside SaudiaAirline plane... the outer glass is not really clean:



heeey.. i caught a plane flying by...is that lady waving at me? :p



London was clouded


Montreal was clouded as well..but at least AirCanada plane had a clean window!!