How to describe this not so important blog?
A memento? A blog about about french language, journey, life and...other Tales from Heartland..?
No worries though, no 18SX content inside :p
About 2 weeks after French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a remark that there were too many immigrants in France, four people were shot at a school in Toulouse. Nice coincidence?
I remembered staying in Toulouse for almost a year between 2001-2002. There was no violence. I believe it's still a peace and safe place to be. Toulouse is the centre of the European aerospace industry with the presence of big corporations such as Airbus, CNES's Toulouse Space Centre and the SPOT satellite system.
Back to the question: is it a coincidence that this incident happened after someone very important made a remark on immigrants ahead of France's presidential elections at the end of next month? Hard to tell...
on a cobweb afternoon
in a room full of emptiness
by a freeway i confess
i was lost in the pages
of a book full of death
reading how we'll die alone
and if we're good we'll lay to rest
anywhere we want to go
in your house i long to be
room by room patiently
i'll wait for you there
like a stone i'll wait for you there
alone
on my deathbed i will pray
to the gods and the angels
like a pagan to anyone
who will take me to heaven
to a place i call
i was there so long ago
the sky was bruised
the wine was bled
and there you led me on
in your house i long to be
room by room patiently
i'll wait for you there
like a stone i'll wait for you there
alone
and on i read
until the day was gone
and i sat in regret
of all the things i've done
for all that i've blessed
and all that i've wronged
in dreams until my death
i will wander on
How do you call 'diary' in french? Journal, that's diary in francais. Something that you put in to tell what is happening in your life in that day. So Journal is for something personal. but what about professional diary for appointment? That will be Agenda.
Confusing isn't it? Don't be, you'll get used to it with a little practice.. :p
Jean Reno came to France at the age of 17. He was born in Casablanca, Morocco, to Spanish parents (from Andalucía) who later moved to North Africa to find work. Working in both French and English, he has appeared not only in numerous successful Hollywood productions such as The Pink Panther, Godzilla, The Da Vinci Code, Mission: Impossible and Ronin, but also in European productions such as the French films Les Visiteurs (1993) and Léon (1994) along with the 2005 Italian film The Tiger and the Snow. Needless to say, Jean Reno speak Spanish, English, French and Italian.
Isabelle Adjani is one of the most talented and accomplished actresses in the history of French cinema. She starred in 30 movies since 1970's and has won some of the prestigious awards from the industry. She also speak fluent English and German. Beside acting, Isabelle can also sing. She recorded "Pull Marine", a song produced by Serge Gainsbourg in 1983.
Seul sur le sable
Les yeux dans l'eau
Mon rêves était trop beau
L'été qui s'achève, tu partiras
A cent mille lieux de moi
Comment oublier ton sourire
Et tellement de souvenirs
Nos jeux dans les vagues près
du quai
Je n'ai vu le temps passer
L'amour sur la plage désertée
Nos corps brûlés, enlacés
Comment t'aimer si tu t'en vas
Dans ton pays loin là-bas
Hélène things you do
Make me crazy bout you
Pourquoi tu pars, reste ici
J'ai tant besoin d'une amie
Hélène things you do
Make me crazy bout you
Pourquoi tu pars si loin de moi
Là ou le vent te porte loin de
mon coeur
Qui bat...
Hélène things you do
Make me crazy bout you
Pourquoi tu pars, reste ici
Reste encore juste une nuit
Seul sur le sable
Les yeux dans l'eau
Mon rêves était trop beau
L'été qui s'achève, tu partiras
A cent mille lieux de moi
Comment t'aimer si tu t'en vas
Dans ton pays loin là-bas
Dans ton pays loin là-bas
Dans ton pays loin de moi
