And because I love good ol' Greek music...

Here's a treat...

And a personal attempt at translating the lyrics in English:

If you are a small cranky rock
in a desert
if you are a lonely cyclamen
on the top of a mountain
if you are a forgotten star
in the sky
how do you want me to know?

If you are night-time rain
falling in the ocean
if you are boat smoke
in the sea
if you are an old drawing
on a church wall
how do you want me to know?

If you are a thorn
in my heart
Me loving you so
How do you want me to know?

(Greek lyrics by Kostas Karidis, music by Spanos and singing by Karalis)

Temple Bar

Temple Bar is the reason people from all over the world visit Dublin.
Besides the innumerable pubs, bars and clubs, Temple Bar is simply gorgeous. Check my pictures and you will see what I mean :).

Here's a typical corner in the Old Town (aka Temple Bar). Watch the gorgeous wall colors:


In this picture you can actually see the canal at the far end of the cobblestone street:


I just love it how almost all Temple Bar streets end at the face of beautiful old buildings:

Saint Patrick's Cathedral

Although I posted pictures of the buildings in the vicinity of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, I realized I didn't post a photo of the Cathedral itself. I promise to post a good one soon. /blush

and one more...

One of the Christchurch Square buildings:

Christ Church Cathedral

I find this architecture food for the eye :):



The Christchurch Cathedral (dating back to the eleventh century):

Dublin Ireland

/hihi Last month I mentioned that I moved to Dublin. /shock
I wanted to show you some pictures so here goes.
This picture shows both the Christ Church (or "Christchurch" as I see written here) Cathedral and the surrounding buildings (and traffic) of the square:

No clue what this guy is doing in my photo. He was just passing by when I pressed the button /hmm.

The gorgeous old building below is close to Saint Patrick's, a couple of blocks down the road from the Christchurch Cathedral shown above.


Here's another gorgeous building at the corner of Patrick Street and Bull Alley Street in the vicinity of St. Patrick's Cathedral:

Check out the lamp post in the above! /omg I think it's very pretty!

More to follow soon! :)

John Grisham

The man knows how to write! His legal-world thrillers -categorized under Crime in the popular Irish Hodges Figgis bookstore in Dawson St- are not the only genre he can work on apparently! I recently had the pleasure to finish 'Playing for Pizza'

and I was very pleased. It made me laugh out loud (I mean really /wahaha) and a la typical Grisham way, I didn't want to leave it aside until it was done and over with! My current Grisham adventure includes 'Skipping Christmas' and so far, I'm sold. :D

Political landslide

Fancy that! /blur
Democratic Obama wrote history today.
I care not for the color of his skin but for the fresh air he brings in with him. Something went terribly wrong in the last 8yrs. Time to build things anew. Onward!

From Silicon Valley to Dublin Ireland...

Crossing over the Atlantic for one more time.
It's really beautiful here. Looks to me even more gorgeous than London where I lived for 4yrs. There is a slight betterment in people too: a bit more open to strangers, a bit more joyful and humorous and lighthearted.
Here's to new beginnings!

New Google Broswer: Chrome

Released on beta on Sept 2, 2008.
Absolutely fantastic by a quick look at things.
It's not only the detachable tabs, now you can make your gmail and google calendar shortcuts on your desktop! I bet we all are going to use them more often now.
Curious about what could crash it if anything; it seems pretty robust! Well done, Google!