I Am the Walrus - We Are Together

= Wisdom from the Old Walrus =

Have you seen the walrus? Have you been the walrus? Where is the walrus?

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.

See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly.

See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run.

Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.

Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna.

Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.

Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?

I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.

I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.

= End of Contemplation =

My Life According to Pet Shop Boys

This is the first such I have ever posted on my blog, but hey, there's a first time for everything, and every blog starts going downhill at one point or another... "Answer with song names from artist X" to the questions. Five minutes of entertainment and fifteen minutes of fame, here goes.

-=o)O(o=-

My Life According to Pet Shop Boys

1. Are you a male or female? Jack the Lad
2. Describe yourself: Positive role model / Young offender
3. How do you feel? I wouldn't normally do this sort of thing
4. If you could go anywhere, where would you go? Where the streets have no name
5. Your favorite form of transportation: Battleship Potemkin
6. Your best friend is: Your funny uncle
7. Your favorite color is: Read my mind
8. What's the weather like? Home and dry
9. Favorite time of day: Later tonight
10. If your life were a TV show, what would it be called? Luna Park
11. What is life to you? Integral
12. What are you looking for? Beautiful people
13. Have: Legacy
14. Wouldn't mind: Decadence
15. Your fear: Pandemonium
16. What is the best advice you have to give? A different point of view
17. If you could change your name, you would change it to: Sexy Northerner
18. Thought for the day: We came from outer space

-=o)O(o=-

Angel's Heavenly Choir - Video - Part 2

The following is the second part — in the night — of the Angel's Heavenly Choir performance at Kathmandu Durbar Square. 10 minutes at YouTube.

People who made all this possible:

Orphanage staff and volunteers

Orphanage parents: Amrit Bikram Shahi (St. Angel) and his wife Aishvarya, who bear the loving responsibility for the children since 1999.

Administrator and Coordinator: Kim Morton, United Kingdom, living at the orphanage as a resident volunteer.

Website, artwork and marketing: Ananda Loponen, Finland, working with the Universal Peace Foundation.
Website, painting, help with children: Manue, France, also with the UPF.

Filming, art with children: Claire and Tom, Australia.
Filming and editing: Raina, Austria, working on a wonderful DVD of the event and the orphanage.

Artwork and promotion: Bashkor and Shani, Bangladesh, sketched together excellent illustrations.
Resident volunteer: Emily, France, helped with the children.
English teacher: Jimpa, Tibet, is teaching the children.
Financial support: Craig and John, South Africa, donated the event banner and food for the children.
Organizing the children: Shiva and Prakash, Nepal.

Performers

Fire dance and music: Masa and Rio.
Juggling and entertainment: Alex and friends, France.
Didgeridoo and djembe: Bikash and Binod, Nepal.
Singing and drums: Bashu and friends, Nepal.

A big thank you to everyone involved! Thanks to your untiring efforts, the orphanage has now been put on the map of Kathmandu!

Angel's Heavenly Choir - Video - Part 1

The following is the first part — in the daylight — of the Angel's Heavenly Choir performance at Kathmandu Durbar Square. 10 minutes at YouTube.



And here's a link to the YouTube page, too.

Angel Apple

Yesterday's event with St. Angel's Heavenly Choir was a grand success! Featuring a program with the children and their songs, followed by fire-dancers, jugglers and musicians, the total flow of people attending the event was close to a thousand.

A blazing success with a mere four days of active work and two days of advertising, the event with good media presence was a wonderful pilot for raising awareness on the orphanage. Detailed news with photos and videos will be made available momentarily.

A huge thank you to everyone participating in spirit and on the spot — it was wonderful! We love you, folks!

Charity concert - Press release

St. Angel’s Heavenly Choir

A charity concert in the heart of Kathmandu

• Saturday, July 26th •
6.00 - 8.00 pm

at Kathmandu Durbar Square

Angel’s Heaven Orphanage
Angel’s Heaven is a child care home formed in 1999, working towards giving homeless and orphan children an opportunity for a safe life and a good future. The organization is committed to helping children who are socially neglected and rejected in the society.

The organization, registered in 1999 by Mr. Amrit Bikram Shahi and his wife with a board of seven members, is a non-profit, non-political, independent organization with a vision to serve disadvantaged children by providing basic necessities and globally recognized education.

Currently caring for 27 children, year 2008 has been a transition towards a bright future for the orphanage. With increasing volunteer activity and international support, plans are in progress to relocate the orphanage to the scenic mountain valleys of Dhading, to land owned by Mr. Shahi.


A Charity Concert
Music is an integral part of the lives of the children at the Angel’s Heaven orphanage. With an aim for creating awareness of the orphanage and the overall humanitarian needs of Nepal, the children of the orphanage will be performing traditional Nepali songs along with other classic songs in a free charity concert at Kathmandu Durbar Square on Saturday, the 26th July, from 6.00 to 8.00 pm.

Aside the children’s performance, the event will feature a session with Japanese fire dancers, a blend of tribal sounds and mountain magic by a Nepalese didgeridoo master, and additional short numbers by other partners and of the Angel’s Heaven orphanage.


Contact Information
For further information, please contact Mr. Amrit Bikram Shahi, the director of the orphanage. A press kit with logos, photos and background information is available on the website.

Mr. Amrit Bikram Shahi
Child at Risk Rescue & Care Foundation (CRRCF)
P.O. Box: 8975 EPC-1104, Kathmandu, Nepal

Mobile: 98510-26344
E-Mail: st_angels@hotmail.com
Website: www.stangelsheaven.com

St. Angel's Heavenly Choir

Here's a cordial invitation to all friends and fellow travelers in or around Kathmandu on Saturday, July 26th!

Tofu Salad

In our series of highly irrelevant and irreverent blogs... How to avoid the banality of buying stale samosas for an easy evening in the office.

To make an excellent, light but tasty dinner for two, get hold of:

1. 1/2 kilo of tomatos
2. 1 medium-size cucumber
3. 1 bellpepper
4. 250g of tofu

Total budget at the sabjiwalla at Kshetrapati circle: 40 NRS (0.4 euros). Cut the vegetables and the tofu into crunchy medium-size pieces, throw in a pinch of salt, and optionally black pepper and some lemon juice. Mix tenderly to avoid breaking the raw tofu chunks.

Tofu, the rich and ancient food of the gods

If you remember to keep a plate with you, you can opt for a more dignified dining style instead of the rustic mix-it-in-and-eat-out-of-the-plastic-bag method... And if your friend actually shows up, it adds to the delight of the evening.

(Well, at least I had her hard drive here on my desk, filled up to brim with goodies... Shine On You Crazy Diamond... Man, it's been a small eternity since any of that was played in the house!)

A proper dessert is a crucial aspect of a successful dinner

For dessert, roll a super joint. Er, I mean, roll some super laddus. The meal needs to be crowned with rich dessert flavor for its effect to last the entire evening. Bon appetit!

A friend told me yesterday that people still see me largely as saintly... 'twas a tad bit amusing. It's like I have over a dozen alter egos living in people's minds across the world. Perhaps a series of blogs with questionable content will help amend things.