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Aaaah, weekend again!

My weekends in Angola usually mean beach or parties. Because the time of the year is so called "winter" in Angola (June - Sep), this is certainly no beach time. Average temperature in Angola during winter is 19-25 oC, but with its relatively coldish breeze from Atlantic Ocean, beaches are not very popular during these three months. And I am very tropical, I'd like to avoid cold weather as much as I can. :)

Now, in my last post and some of my previous posts I made a stupid rambling about the loud speakers from my neighbour and I don't think it is fair if I don't give the true picture of how it really is. Angolans are very proud of their music and I certainly would if I were them. The music is very joyful & particular and I looovvvveee it!! 

If you are a globetrotter, I bet you must be very bored of being provided with literally the same type of Top 40 & dance music in most countries of the world. Basically the music you would hear is the same in the UK, US, Indonesia, South Africa, and maybe even Japan (although, Japan has its own distinctive J-Pop). Unfortunately pop culture and globalization has diminished most region's authenticity. But not in Angola. Their very own music is still very popular and has the highest demand in Luanda's hippest clubs and party scenes. And Angolans really know how to party. Parties for Angolans are not merely hang out, see people, stand in the bars and get crazy when you're drunk like I find in most world's clubs. Parties in Angola means dance, dance, and dance, with or without drink. I don't drink and I love to get moving so this fits me very well, haha! 

When the time comes for me to leave this lively country, the music is something I would miss the most, I can imagine. The lively weekends where you can feel the joyful atmosphere even just from your living room. Here I embed Luanda's most played music at this moment. Enjoy and have a lively weekend, my friends! :)

Some pics from my vacation in you-will-guess-where-when-you-see-the-pics.

Palm trees, a turtle in clear water... yup, Indonesia.. :)

Now that I'm back in Luanda, maybe hard for you to believe, but I don't have any objection anymore with this 257dB music (yes, that loud) from my lovely neighbour that has parties, literally every weekend nowadays, Sat night AND Sun night (it's getting worse). Now that it's Friday night, I even am dancing to it in my room, well, before this posting is made. Or maybe again after. It's good music anyway. I mean it.

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Just before I went for a vacation in China, somewhere in 2005, I was informed by a friend and actually also by a travel book not to be surprised to read some english statements in billboards or public places that is not easily understood. Aparently those are just straight literal translation of Chinese to English. And it is funny to find out that some chinese migrants have brought this to Angola, too.

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I am you. I am him. I am her.

I am a princess. I am a peasant.
I am a general of an army. I am a helpless child.
I am a geisha. I am a samurai.
I am an angel. I am a demon.
I am a trader.
I am a president.

I am you.
You are me.
I am him.
I am her.

I am nothing. I am everything.

Life is a joke.
Let's laugh with it.

:D

Have a good week, friends! Let's not work too hard, it's not healthy. :)

Hello... Am officially back in Luanda. And it is rainy here!

Gotta catch up with backlog at work but also to upload some pics from my vacation. It was a nice one so would like to share the photos with you.

 This is one pic that I have uploaded... So can you guess where I was? Hehe.

I'm taking a 2-week break from work and from blogging. Happy easter to anyone who celebrates easter.

In the meantime, I bumped into this video. Somehow it gives this warm feeling.. Or is it just me again? :)

Speak to you later.. !