Hey there. We're busy enjoying life here but just wanted to say hi. There's a potential hurricane coming our way which is now located around 650 miles East of the Antilles, and as we're located as North up as St Lucia in this moment, we now need to make a quick plan for how to save ourselves and our boat from this seasons first hurricane. Will be back with more info later on.... if we survive the cyclone that is... can be interesting. Laters.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
In Martinique
Beautiful sunny day in Marin, Martinique today. We're awaiting parts of Alex family to finally arrive here this afternoon and then to leave with them for a week of sailing in St Vincent and the Grenadines. I guess it will be quite quiet here in the blog for the next few days but I'll try to give you an update if and when I find the time. For now it's all about family time and quality relaxation. Have a good weekend you all.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Hina Rabbani Khar - a style icon
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Who is this beautiful lady and how did this model like minister grow in to a powerful political figure in Pakistan from the unknown?
This question is in most peoples mind and the answers are scratchy. Here we have looked in to the first part of “Who is Hina Rabbani Khar”
DOB: 19 January 1977 (just 34 as of 2011)
Birth Place: Multan, Pakistan
Husband: Feroz Gulzar, a businessman.
Father: Malik Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar (politician from Muzaffargarh)
Achievement: She is youngest Pakistani Minister
She is the first female Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan
Education: B.Sc. (Hons) from Lahore University of Management Sciences
M.Sc. in Hotel Management from the University of Massachusetts
Growth:
2002: Elected Member of the National Assembly from Muzaffargar II (party : Pakistan Muslim League (Q))
2008: Elected Member of the National Assembly from Muzaffargar II (party : Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP))
2009: Becomes State Minister for Economic Affairs and Statistics
2011: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in the Cabinet of Yousaf Raza Gillani
Pearls, Roberto Cavalli shades and a Birkin bag, speculated to be worth Rs 17 lakh — Pakistan’s youngest and first woman foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar has got people talking about her impeccable style sense during her ongoing Delhi visit. The 34-year-old is quite a style icon back in her own country, reveal Pakistan’s noted fashion designers.
“She dresses conservatively, conscious of the fact that she represents a Muslim state. Her brief to the designer is not to make body-hugging dresses. But she’s extremely stylish,” says Lahore-based Honey Waqar, who has designed for Khar. “Politicians here are usually not aware about brands, but she knows a lot and loves accessorising with stylish bags,” says Islamabad-based designer Sobia Nazir. “In private gatherings, you’d spot her in trendy jeans,” adds Karachi-based designer Faiza Samee.
Delhi’s fashion circuit and even Twitter was abuzz with style talk about her on Tuesday. “I love the understated pearls. The bag gives a formal and crisp flavour,” says designer Nida Mahmood. “Hina Rabbani Khar is the newest stylista in India,” tweeted Himanshu Parmekar. Meanwhile, all the talk about her fashion sense made some wonder if the focus is being taken away from what she’s in India for. “If Hina Rabbani were a male foreign minister of Pakistan, would she EVER be deconstructed in terms of look and dress?” tweeted Barkha Dutt, Group Editor, NDTV. “Not too many cute male ministers around, yes?” wrote back Twitter user Nishant.
10 things you didn’t know about her
1 Hina Rabbani Khar is the niece of one of Pakistan Peoples’ Party founders, Ghulam Mustafa Khar. He made headlines when Tehmina Durrani, one of his seven wives, wrote the famous book on him, My Feudal Lord, in 1991
2 A polo enthusiast, she has a stable of horses.
3 She also owns a restaurant in Lahore called Polo Lounge
4 She has more than 20 Facebook fan clubs
5 A trekking enthusiast, she’s been to K2 and Nanga Parbat
6 Her Wikipedia page labels her a ‘Pakistani fashionista’
7 She mostly carries a Hermes Birkin bag on official visits
8 She became the first woman to present Pakistan’s budget in 2009
9 She eats healthy, and preferred green tea over other beverages during her stay in Delhi’s ITC Maurya Hotel
10 She is mother to two sons and a daughter.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Good night world from a lonely sea
Sun is just about to go down here outside of the coast of Dominica. One more hour before the light is gone from this part of the world and we will continue our evening in darkness on a pretty windy sea tonight. Had some squalls coming in earlier that brought gusts up to 45 knots and heavy rain for an hour or so. Glad it's over for now. Let's hope the squalls stays away from us during the remaining part of the night, too much of a mess to have to deal with gale forces in darkness. Hoping to see the coast of Martinique clearly when the sun gets up tomorrow morning again.
On the coast of Guadeloupe
Can you feel the tranquility of this moment above? We are finally out on the vast seas. Cannot with words describe the feeling of having everything and nothing in front of you like this after being kind of locked up in one place for such long time (almost two months). This is where we belong. The sea is addictive and the freedom that comes with it is a feeling I'd never want to live without, ever again.
Regarding the previous post: I am sorry for all of you who doesn't get the point of my art. Not that I in any way need to explain myself to you strangers out there but FYI: I quit smoking more or less when we arrived to Caribbean for six months ago (which I also think that I earlier mentioned here on le blog) and I feel very happy with that decision. I still smoke maybe 5 cigarettes per month (earlier 1-2 packages/week), but I'm doing my best to not over do it as it feels much better without the nicotine. For that video I posted below though, I would have smoked in it even if I would've never tried a single cigarette in my whole life, because it was what made the movie for me.
And also: some of you guys really need to stop telling people what to do, if I would have listened to all wannabe cops and moral preachers (vad heter moralkärringar på engelska?) that I met in my life, I wouldn't have gotten far that's for sure. Everyone are free to do what they like, no? I smoke when I want to, I drink when I feel like, I smoke a spliff when I feel the lust for it, I swear and use inappropriate words whenever I find it suitable etc etc and if you have any kind of problem with any of that, well, then that is your problem, not mine.
Have a good Wednesday you all and try to chill down now some of you. Life was made to be enjoyed and you shouldn't waste your precious time on getting annoyed for what other people choose to do with theirs. This will only make you bitter and boring. Take care of yourself, it's a too heavy task to try to change others.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Military aircraft crashes in Morocco, 78 killed
At least 78 people were killed when a Moroccan military aircraft crashed in the south of the country on Tuesday, the army said.
In a news alert carried by the official news agency MAP, the army said three other people were severely wounded in the crash, Morocco's deadliest air disaster in several decades.
Police arrest Mumbai blasts suspect in Kathmandu
A Nepali man, believed to be in his early 40s, has been arrested from capital city Kathmandu on the suspicion that he had links to this month's serial blasts in Mumbai which killed 24 people and injured nearly 150, Nepal's official media said.
Mohammad Zahir, a resident of Sarlahi district in Nepal's Terai plains near the Indian border, was arrested by Nepal Police's anti-terrorism cell on the basis of intelligence reports, the state-run Gorkhapatra daily reported Tuesday.
The man was said to have been conducting suspicious activities from his rented apartment in Baluwatar, an upmarket area in the capital where the official residence of the Prime Minister is located. He was found to have had phone conversations about the Mumbai blasts as well as sent text messages on his mobile phone, the daily said. It said Zahir was arrested last week but the news was kept secret. Currently, he is in police custody.
There were no immediate comments from police authorities. Three serial blasts rocked Mumbai July 13, causing death and destruction in Zaveri Bazaar, a jewellery hub, the Opera House business district and Dadar.
A terrorist group, the Indian Mujahideen, is suspected to have been behind the attacks. With India and Nepal sharing an open border, Indian authorities have often claimed that several groups planning terror attacks in Indian cities had links in Nepal, either smuggling in firearms and hit men from the Himalayan state or providing logistical support from there.
Mohammad Zahir, a resident of Sarlahi district in Nepal's Terai plains near the Indian border, was arrested by Nepal Police's anti-terrorism cell on the basis of intelligence reports, the state-run Gorkhapatra daily reported Tuesday.
The man was said to have been conducting suspicious activities from his rented apartment in Baluwatar, an upmarket area in the capital where the official residence of the Prime Minister is located. He was found to have had phone conversations about the Mumbai blasts as well as sent text messages on his mobile phone, the daily said. It said Zahir was arrested last week but the news was kept secret. Currently, he is in police custody.
There were no immediate comments from police authorities. Three serial blasts rocked Mumbai July 13, causing death and destruction in Zaveri Bazaar, a jewellery hub, the Opera House business district and Dadar.
A terrorist group, the Indian Mujahideen, is suspected to have been behind the attacks. With India and Nepal sharing an open border, Indian authorities have often claimed that several groups planning terror attacks in Indian cities had links in Nepal, either smuggling in firearms and hit men from the Himalayan state or providing logistical support from there.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Cricket: England down India by 196 runs
The English bowlers took a little over two sessions to remove nine remaining Indian batsmen and score a win in the opening Test at the Lord's, on Monday by 196 runs.
Stuart Broad dismissed Ishant Sharma to claim the last wicket of the Indian innings as England win the 1st Test at the Lord's by 196 runs.With the Lord's Test victory, England lead the 4 Test series 1-0 James Anderson claimed his 11th 5- wicket haul in Tests by dismissing Suresh Raina for 78 on Day 5 of the Lord's Test.
(India 260/9) - England's bowlers fought their way through dogged batting, the absence of DRS for lbws and some sloppy catching to avoid a repeat of Lord's 2007 and finish a comprehensive win 28.3 overs before the gruelling final-day scrap was to be called off.
India's four big hopes survived 93, 113, 56 and 68 deliveries, which meant England were made to work for the wickets, and also that they never let those batsmen feel they were in. James Anderson took out Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar, although it could be argued that his were the knockout blows after the softening up done by Stuart Broad and Chris Tremlett.
Not that any man in the England side will mind how the wickets came. Although there were two dropped catches and two controversial lbw not-outs involved, it all went down in a manner suggesting England had scripted it thus.
They wouldn't have budgeted for the strongest resistance to be coming from Suresh Raina, who told his critics he belonged with a fighting 78, but by the final session an erstwhile Anderson was in red-hot form, completing his 11th five-for by breaking through that final piece of Indian fight with a beautiful in- swinger from round the stumps. Initially Anderson fed off the immense pressure created by Tremlett and Broad, and Graeme Swann did his thing by accounting for one of the best players of spin today, Gautam Gambhir.
It was just as well that England finished India off, thus avoiding what would have become a major controversy had India hung on with one wicket in hand. The moment when Hawk-Eye and the umpire would be in disagreement was much dreaded, and showed up twice in potentially crucial circumstances. Both were off Broad, when he had comprehensive cases for lbws against Tendulkar and Raina, and would have successfully challenged the original not-out decisions on both occasions had DRS been employed for lbws.
Those two calls cost England 15.4 overs, potentially a deciding delay in such matches. Those two would have left Broad wondering what he needed to do to get a wicket. He had had two catches dropped off him in the first innings. And in the morning session, after Anderson had drawn Dravid into a rare loose shot outside off, he regularly beat Laxman's bat in a five-over spell, often proving to be too good to take the edge.
And while Andrew Strauss's catching at slip and his defensive in-and-out fields in the first session could be argued against, his bowling changes worked like a charm. About 20 minutes before lunch, he brought on Anderson, who began with a long hop, which Laxman pulled straight to short midwicket. Laxman denied England for 113 deliveries.
That brought together India's walking wounded, Gambhir and Tendulkar. Bravely they hung in, Gambhir for 56 balls with a painful elbow and Tendulkar for 68 balls coming out of a viral infection. Whatever be the debate surrounding DRS, the umpires had a great match, and it was obvious in Gambhir's lbw in the over after Laxman's dismissal. It was the Swann arm ball, and the ball had hit the pad a microsecond before it did the bat.
Asad Rauf sent him on his way. From the injured man the burden now transferred to the ill man, Tendulkar, who began positively but found himself a shell post lunch. That Raina looked more comfortable than him during their 17.4-over partnership should tell a story. While Tendulkar was solid in defence, he let the bowlers bowl to a perfect rhythm, and the odd one was bound to be too good. After surviving that Broad shout, Tendulkar played 40 balls for one run. Once again Anderson came back and struck immediately.
He had Tendulkar dropped by Strauss fourth ball, but two balls later, produced an in-swinger similar to Braod's earlier one, and Tendulkar was plumb this time. In the lead-up to tea, with England easing the pressure a bit as they built up to the new ball, Raina and Dhoni gave India hope. Raina especially showed character in how he avoided the bouncers and reached a half0century that will only do him good. With the new ball, though, England were back to the script. The ball started jagging around again, and a shaken-up Dhoni finally and fatally poked at an out-swinger from Tremlett.
A cold, ruthless demolition of the tail followed. Harbhajan Singh refused to back away, but England worked him over with precise short deliveries. Praveen Kumar didn't stand that much of a chance. Raina got a gem from Anderson, coming in from round the stumps, then leaving him, taking the edge. Broad deservedly ended it all with a plumb lbw; the last four had fallen for 18 runs. Scenes of elation followed for the England team and the biggest crowd at a Lord's Monday, but England will feel relief too at finishing off a job, and not only because they righted what happened in 2007.
Had India drawn this, they would have had positives to look at; now they have injured bodies and a series deficit. Match Summary: England 474 for 8 decl. (Pietersen 202*, Trott 71, Praveen 5-106) and 269 for 6 decl. (Prior 103*, Broad 74*, Ishant 4-59) beat India 286 (Dravid 103*, Broad 4-37, Tremlett 3-80) and 261 (Raina 78, Laxman 56, Anderson 5-65, Broad 3-57) by 196 runs
Stuart Broad dismissed Ishant Sharma to claim the last wicket of the Indian innings as England win the 1st Test at the Lord's by 196 runs.With the Lord's Test victory, England lead the 4 Test series 1-0 James Anderson claimed his 11th 5- wicket haul in Tests by dismissing Suresh Raina for 78 on Day 5 of the Lord's Test.
(India 260/9) - England's bowlers fought their way through dogged batting, the absence of DRS for lbws and some sloppy catching to avoid a repeat of Lord's 2007 and finish a comprehensive win 28.3 overs before the gruelling final-day scrap was to be called off.
India's four big hopes survived 93, 113, 56 and 68 deliveries, which meant England were made to work for the wickets, and also that they never let those batsmen feel they were in. James Anderson took out Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar, although it could be argued that his were the knockout blows after the softening up done by Stuart Broad and Chris Tremlett.
Not that any man in the England side will mind how the wickets came. Although there were two dropped catches and two controversial lbw not-outs involved, it all went down in a manner suggesting England had scripted it thus.
They wouldn't have budgeted for the strongest resistance to be coming from Suresh Raina, who told his critics he belonged with a fighting 78, but by the final session an erstwhile Anderson was in red-hot form, completing his 11th five-for by breaking through that final piece of Indian fight with a beautiful in- swinger from round the stumps. Initially Anderson fed off the immense pressure created by Tremlett and Broad, and Graeme Swann did his thing by accounting for one of the best players of spin today, Gautam Gambhir.
It was just as well that England finished India off, thus avoiding what would have become a major controversy had India hung on with one wicket in hand. The moment when Hawk-Eye and the umpire would be in disagreement was much dreaded, and showed up twice in potentially crucial circumstances. Both were off Broad, when he had comprehensive cases for lbws against Tendulkar and Raina, and would have successfully challenged the original not-out decisions on both occasions had DRS been employed for lbws.
Those two calls cost England 15.4 overs, potentially a deciding delay in such matches. Those two would have left Broad wondering what he needed to do to get a wicket. He had had two catches dropped off him in the first innings. And in the morning session, after Anderson had drawn Dravid into a rare loose shot outside off, he regularly beat Laxman's bat in a five-over spell, often proving to be too good to take the edge.
And while Andrew Strauss's catching at slip and his defensive in-and-out fields in the first session could be argued against, his bowling changes worked like a charm. About 20 minutes before lunch, he brought on Anderson, who began with a long hop, which Laxman pulled straight to short midwicket. Laxman denied England for 113 deliveries.
That brought together India's walking wounded, Gambhir and Tendulkar. Bravely they hung in, Gambhir for 56 balls with a painful elbow and Tendulkar for 68 balls coming out of a viral infection. Whatever be the debate surrounding DRS, the umpires had a great match, and it was obvious in Gambhir's lbw in the over after Laxman's dismissal. It was the Swann arm ball, and the ball had hit the pad a microsecond before it did the bat.
Asad Rauf sent him on his way. From the injured man the burden now transferred to the ill man, Tendulkar, who began positively but found himself a shell post lunch. That Raina looked more comfortable than him during their 17.4-over partnership should tell a story. While Tendulkar was solid in defence, he let the bowlers bowl to a perfect rhythm, and the odd one was bound to be too good. After surviving that Broad shout, Tendulkar played 40 balls for one run. Once again Anderson came back and struck immediately.
He had Tendulkar dropped by Strauss fourth ball, but two balls later, produced an in-swinger similar to Braod's earlier one, and Tendulkar was plumb this time. In the lead-up to tea, with England easing the pressure a bit as they built up to the new ball, Raina and Dhoni gave India hope. Raina especially showed character in how he avoided the bouncers and reached a half0century that will only do him good. With the new ball, though, England were back to the script. The ball started jagging around again, and a shaken-up Dhoni finally and fatally poked at an out-swinger from Tremlett.
A cold, ruthless demolition of the tail followed. Harbhajan Singh refused to back away, but England worked him over with precise short deliveries. Praveen Kumar didn't stand that much of a chance. Raina got a gem from Anderson, coming in from round the stumps, then leaving him, taking the edge. Broad deservedly ended it all with a plumb lbw; the last four had fallen for 18 runs. Scenes of elation followed for the England team and the biggest crowd at a Lord's Monday, but England will feel relief too at finishing off a job, and not only because they righted what happened in 2007.
Had India drawn this, they would have had positives to look at; now they have injured bodies and a series deficit. Match Summary: England 474 for 8 decl. (Pietersen 202*, Trott 71, Praveen 5-106) and 269 for 6 decl. (Prior 103*, Broad 74*, Ishant 4-59) beat India 286 (Dravid 103*, Broad 4-37, Tremlett 3-80) and 261 (Raina 78, Laxman 56, Anderson 5-65, Broad 3-57) by 196 runs
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Got sick and tired of my blonde/orange hair the other day. Feels good to be back to dark again.
Al Manzil Hotel Dubai - Video
Location
Al Manzil Hotel is in downtown Dubai, across from Dubai Mall, the world's largest shopping mall, and a 5-to-10-minute walk from Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest skyscraper. The Dubai International Financial Centre is 2 km (1.2 mi) away.
Hotel Features
This Dubai hotel offers five restaurants: the alfresco Courtyard, the Nezesaussi sports grill, a Parisian-style sidewalk café, a 24-hour coffee shop, and the Conservatory, featuring international buffets. 24-hour room service is available. Other highlights include an outdoor pool with a sundeck, a state-of-the-art fitness center, and a 24-hour business center.
Guestrooms
Guestrooms offer views of the pool, courtyard, city, and/or Burj Khalifa. All feature luxury bedding, flat-panel TVs, and complimentary wired high-speed Internet access. In-room safes can accommodate laptops. Rooms also include minibars, coffee/tea makers, and complimentary bottled water. Daily newspapers are complimentary. Bathrobes and slippers are provided. Spacious bathrooms have separate bathtubs and showers.
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