Hello guys! I missed you the past few days. I want to share with you this drawing I did during my participation to Talk of the Town show on MTV. It’s a parody of their TV ad that has been running, that you can watch here.

The show will be aired tonight, Thu 25 November, at 9:15PM Beirut time. You can also check it out live online. The shooting took 6 painful hours and I’m anxious about the outcome… We’ll see how it goes this evening…

Until then, here’s 2 delightful songs for you. ‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ & ‘Here comes the sun’ from the Beatles’ Love album. Have a beautiful day

13 Strawberry Fields Forever

18 Here Comes The Sun_The Inner Light [Transition]Thank you Hayete for the songs!

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Anyone else here fed up with the World Cup? Is it wrong that I don’t have the slighest interest in football? :’( I feel like an outcast. Can’t wait for the final game and the whole thing to be over. Anyway, here’s a song to keep you entertained, if like me, you don’t care neither about the vuvuzelas, nor about Messi! I’ve been hearing it on the radio and I liked it a lot: Satellite, by Lena Meyer Landrut. Have a nice day

(Niemcy)_Lena_Meyer-Landrut_-_Satellite_(Eurowizja_2010)_-_[Music961.com]

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Translation of Arabic sentences:

“B3id el sharr: God forbid!

Sayer bi zahi2 hal TV: TV is so boring lately

Sketo Naji tole3 ma3o sida. la2to mnel philipiniyye: Rumour has it that Naji is HIV positive! He caught it from the domestic worker at his house.

Lah ya 7aram ya Rosanne. Shou hal ossa!: Oh no! Poor Rosanne.. What a disaster!”

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So, today is World Aids Day 2009. In Lebanon, sex and all its derivatives are still rather taboo subjects. Besides, the not-so-alarming numbers of HIV-positive people makes the issue not-so-alarming comparing to other political or social problems. However, why wait until it is spread like in some other countries? The increasing sex-tourism approach to Lebanon, combined with the very high lack of STD awareness in Lebanon (mainly due to non-secular school systems) AIDS is very vulnerable to spread, and to spread fast. Let us not forget to raise awareness about it everytime we get the chance.

Other Lebanese bloggers on World Aids Day:

• Café Thawra

• Chantal