Carnet de Voyage is simply a description of the "Voyage" of my life: Where I am from, where I have been where I want to go. It's also a description of what I like to do, my favorite music. Simplement un "voyage de la Vie.
Sunday, October 16, 2022
Ils Ont Fait ma Semaine!
O! How happy I am after reading the recent headlines.
First good news, Tulsi Gabbard is leaving the Democratic Party. THANK YOU LORD!!! I was waiting for it I knew it was coming.
I like this woman! I like her so much! I first saw her at the Democratic debate when she made great remarks on her opponent the Kamala Harris.
Wow! It gives me hope when I see people like that. All my respect to her. What a brave woman! She loves her country.
I have been following her in the news. I have so much respect for this lady. When I read the news I jumped out of my seat and I was like at last! it is done. I am so glad! Thank you Ms. Gabbard for making the Wise choice for America and to give hope to people like me who are disappointed with politicians. It means so much to people like me.
Chers lecteurs,
je disais il n y a pas longtemps que je ne ferai plus trop de post sur la politique vu que je ne suis pas une activiste et que je n'ai pas necessairement une grande connaissance sur la politique du monde actuel mais il m'arrive tout de meme de lire et de suivre les informations (les news) de temps a autre parce que ca m'interesse.La politique dans mon pays est un desastre. En fait comme disait mon pere, au Gabon, on ne pratique pas de la politique. C'est autre chose...C'est vraiment au dessus de la norme humaine. Du coup ayant observe les choses dans mon pays et la deception de cela je me tournais donc vers la politique d'autres pays qui respectent les Droits de l'Homme. Je me tournais vers un genre un style different. L'Amerique etait pour moi l'exemple jusque quand je me suis rendue compte que ce n'est parfait nulle part ailleurs. Encore moins quand on fait parti de la Gauche.
J'ai deja exprime ma deception oui ma grande deception pour le partie Democrat Americain. Un partie faux qui utilise toujours la carte de la race et de la victimization. Les minorites sont leur champ d'action. Je les admirais avant jusqu'aux elections de Donald Trump ou j'
ai commence a ouvrir les yeux. Il est vrai que le second mandat de Barack Obama m'a laisse dans une autre deception mais bon je n'avais pas encore realise l'hypocrisie de la chose. Ha! Merci Donald Trump. Il fallait un outsider pour que je puisse voir clair. Le partie Republicain que je redoutais a cause de leur valeur trop conservatives et radicales ( a mon avis) etait finalement en fait le partie assez realiste et decent. Cette histoire de Woke culture et de toujours tout mettre sur la Race commencent a m'epuiser. Je ne dis pas que la Droite Americaine est parfaite mais au moins ils ont cet amour pour le patriotisme (une chose que j'aime) Ils ont encore une fierte pour des valeurs morales auxquelles je crois bref! l'amour pour leur pays. En tant que femme Noire, j'ai quand meme fait des recherches et je me suis rendue compte que la Droite Americaine a beaucoup plus apporte a la communaute Noire dans l'Histoire des Etats-Unis. Les Noirs Americains de l epoque votaient plus Republicains que Democrate. Quelque chose dans l'histoire du pays a certainement renverse le cours des evenements... Il y a eu un changement ou les Noirs sont devenus plus Democrates que Republicains . Je ne sais pas comment mais j'aimerai bien comprendre ce shift (qui risque encore de changer vu les evenements actuels). Mais quand on regarde bien le fond c'etait une erreur. D'ou le terme que beaucoup de politiciens et d'activistes de la Droite Americaine disent "Sortez des plantations" si vous ne comprenez pas cette expression je vous invite a faire vos recherches vous verrez que la Gauche n a jamais ete reellement en faveur des Noirs et des autres minorites mais les a plutot utilise pour leur interets politiques. C'est dommage...parce que beaucoup y croient encore et je ne sais pas pourquoi.
Pour ceux qui se demandent qui est Tulsi Gabbard? Moi je peux simplement vous dire que j'ai vu cette dame pour la premiere fois aux Democrats Debates. Je l'ai trouvee tres logique et pertinente dans ses propos. Elle a su montre le cote nul de Kamala Harris concernant sa carriere politique. Depuis lors j'ai essaye de suivre cette femme. Ensuite je l'ai vu commenter souvent a FOX news ce qui m'avait vraiment surprise parce que FOX me semble t il est pour la Droite alors que Tulsi Gabbard est de la Gauche (du moins jusque la). J'ai vu que cette femme etait l'une des rares Representants de la Gauche a avoir une ouverture d'esprit parce qu elle a compris que les interets des Americains ce n'est pas etre de la Gauche ou de la Droite mais plutot de Servir la Nation. De croire en et de sa battre pour la Constitution. Elle est une progressiste en effet. Elle m'a montre que le bien etre des Americains n'est pas base sur les guerres des politiques mais sur l'interet commun. En cela je l'applaudis enormement.Elle m'a simplement marque. Elle m a donne une tres bonne impression. J'ecoutais ses interventions, elle ne prenait pas la part d'un partie politique en particulier et je peux vous dire que son depart du partie Democrate ne me surprend pas. Si vous ecoutez bien les raisons qui l'ont emmene a s'en aller c'est dabord les droits fondamentaux comme la Liberte d'expression et d'opinion. la liberte religieuse et le droit de la pratiquer. Mais aussi son soutien pour la Police. Notons que les Democrates demandent a defund the Police. Mon Dieu! quelle folie! Comment peut on vouloir se debarrasser de la Police surtout dans des zones sans securite. Je vous ai dit dans mes posts precedents comment la police Americaine m avait positivement marque . Comment leur presence pas loin de la ou je vivais (station de metro) avait de l'importance Quand je rentrais tres tard des cours la nuit je vous assure que quand je voyais seulement la police garee quelque part c'etait rassurant. Moi je suis 100% pour la Police. Concernant cette femme, en fait, j'attendais ce moment. J'attendais qu'elle le dise. Depuis que je l ecoutais parler je sentais que ce depart devait arriver et je suis tellement fiere de voir une femme de caractere prendre une decision aussi importante. Ce qu'elle a fait n'est pas zero et je continuerai a suivre ses prochaines actions.
Tulsi Gabbard est une femme politique, elle est Representante du 2 eme District d'Hawai a la Chambre des Representants. Elle etait jusqu'ici Democrate mais elle a officiellement declare son depart de ce partie et je suis contente! Je ne sais pas quelle sera la suite mais elle a deja ouvert une porte de l histoire et cet acte est tres important dans la politique Americaine. Les Democrates sont les soit disants ouvert d'esprits mais le partie le plus Intolerants. Je me demande si ce partie ne mutera pas en quelque chose d'autre avec le temps pour se refaire un nouveau visage ou une nouvelle image. Parce qu'ils ont de moins en moins de personnes qui les supportent. Je me demande aussi si ils ne se recreeront pas en autre nom de partie politique pour attirer d'autres personnes naives. Le partie Democrate ne semble plus avoir de beaux jours a l'horizon. Je pressens un morcellement et d'autres departs comme elle.
Bref! Voila un headline qui ne pouvait pas me laisser indifferente. Ca donne de l'espoir!
Tous mes amis qui etaient entrain de me dire que j etais stupide de supporter Donald Trump. Honnetement, j espere qu'ils regardent aujourdhui l'echec du travail de la team Biden-Harris. Vous avez vu mes anciens posts, les accumulations des echecs de cette team est incroyable. Il n'arrive meme pas a gerer leur frontieres. La candidate Republicaine au gouvernorat de l Arizona, Kari Lake a dit que le probleme des frontieres est une des choses dont elle se chargera vite. Elle finira le travail de Trump et je dis oui elle a raison. C'est tres important! On parle ici de securite Nationale bon sang! J'espere que mes potes regrettent leur haine et leur ignorance envers un individu sans raisons fondees. Il ya des gens qui vont avaler tout ce que les media leur disent comme si ils n'avaient meme plus la capacite de reflechir d'eux memes. Aujourdhui Le monde se moque de l'Amerique. Pourquoi? Parce que le leadership est en bas en ce moment. Les gens font des comedies sur ces deux. Ha! 45 tu es ou? Il aurait deja dit haut ce qu'il pense et les media allaient encore parler mal de lui et se lacher sur lui. Olala! 45 ne vous manque pas les gars? Lol! Heureusement que 45 se fichait pas mal de tout ca. Ha! Ha! ha! Avec toutes les insultes et les critiques qu'il recevait ca ne l'empechait pas de travailler pour son pays. mais le 46 eme la....hum! No comment. C'est incroyable ce a quoi nous assistons dans le monde en ce moment. Des presidents comme des marionnettes incapables de se deplacer ou de penser d'eux memes. A croire qu'ils sont eux memes diriges par un groupe qui leur disent quoi faire. D'autres qui n'arrivent meme plus a se tenir debout ou meme a faire des speech ou avoir des conversations rationelles. Il y en a maintenant beaucoup mais que cela se passe en Amerique, une des premieres puissances au monde. Wow! ca donne un choc. Ca donne meme froid au dos.
Quand SNL (Saturday Night Live un TV show Americain) je dirai si meme SNL se moque de toi ou te prend en chaud c'est que ton cas est grave hein. Non c'est grave En fait si les Republicains te prennent en chaud dans les news ok! c'est normal on peut le comprendre mais de la a ce que les Liberaux s'y mettent aussi c'est que ton cas est deja ...pas la peine quoi! Ton cas est chaotic. Lol!!!
He! Papa Biden c'est comment? Ca ne va pas. Non, ca ne va meme plus. On fait comment? Lol! On fait comment? Et puis les gars il a toujours l'air perdu hein. C'est fort. Non seulement ca il est genre endormi. Eish!!Le leadership de l'Amerique est a terre. Po! po! po! Po! c'est bad!
Non ca ne va plus dans ce monde. En fait ces gens la nous ont nous montre que le choix de President de la Republique n'est pas celui du peuple en realite mais de certaines personnes et leur interets...bref! Je ferme ma bouche je n'ai rien dis*****
Je veux dire par la que vous et moi pouvons aussi rever acceder a la magistrature supreme c'est possible. N'est ce pas? C'est juste une affaire de reseaux et de social network et de contacts. c'est tout! Demain peut etre dans un pAYS du monde, un chien pourra devenir president de la Republique. Qui sait? Je vous dis, on va vers un monde qui n'a plus de sens. Je ne serai pas surprise un jour de voir un chien assis sur un bureau de president de la Republique d'un pays du monde et Le chien signera les documents importants qui concernent les humains. Mama Mia!!! Madre de Dios! Ce sera fort. Ce sera la fin du monde la verdad!
a l allure ou ce monde dans lequel nous vivons va, je ne serai plus choquee par quelque chose. Ou mieux ils mettront un chat ou un pingouin pour diriger un peuple. Ce sera un Corgi avec une cravate que les humains appeleront Mr le President. Po! Po! Po! Po! Blaspheme de ca! mais ce monde est devenu sens dessus sens dessous ils accepteront Tout et n importe quoi juste pour garder le pouvoir. C'est peut etre meme deja a cote. Qu'en sais je? Bref! revenons a la politique et mon Humble analyse.
Si vous observez les Etats Americains en bleu (c'est a dire les Etats Democrats) les gars vous verrez le niveau de crime et l'instabilite mais aussi la pauvrete compare aux Etats en Rouge (Republicain). faites vos recherches comparez vous me direz! Je vous dis allez deja en Floride. C'est du bon! Il fait bon vivre labas Ils ont un gouverneur qui fait du bon boulot. Le gouverneur de la Floride et sa femme sont un power couple qui font de leur mieux pour l'Etat. Je vous dis! J'admire le boulot qu'ils font. Deja ils ont eu un serieux hurricane (ouragan Ian je pense) recemment c'etait dur pour la Floride mais Dieu est Grand. Je regarde un peu les news depuis mon petit pays mais la Floride oulala! A cause d'eux seulement je veux y aller. j'ai envie d'aller vivre labas. Je n'ai plus peur des crocodiles qui rentrent dans les piscines. Aya! Moi je ne pouvais pas penser Floride. J'admirais cet Etat de loin a travers la serie TV, CSI ou NCIS. Tu vois la mer bleu de la Floride la beaute mais je n etais pas interessee d'y aller. Mais la j'ai change d'avis O! Parce que le power couple m'a montre qu'ils sont dans la verite. vraiment Bravo au gouverneur DeSantis et sa femme. Je leur tire mon chapeau. Et je tire la langue a tous les vilains mechants qui veulent toujours denigrer leur boulot. Les haters! O les haters ne sont jamais contents. Ils critiquent tout ce qu'ils font mais ces memes haters ne font rien pour arranger ou ameliorer les choses. Mama! Le gouverneur de la Floride est un hero. Boom! j'ai dit ca voila! Fachez vous! On s'en fout. C'est leur team qui gagne. Lol!
Jusque la les headlines ont frappe fort lol! Voila un autre headlines qui a attire aussi mon attention. Celui de Candace et de Kanye West. Oui o! On est la! Les free thinkers
Une fois de plus les aigries et les Haters ont encore craque. Lol! les haters se sont mis en colere pour un tee shirt. Ils ont failli suffoquer. Lol!!!! Non mais la! Je ne sais plus quoi dire. Alors comme ca des gens se sont fache parce que Kanye West et Candace Owens ont porte un tee shirt ecrit dessus "White Lives Matter" Attendez ..c'est vrai ou c'est faux? Leur vie ne matter pas? Mais C'est quoi cette haine en fait? La vie de TOut le monde matter voila! J ai dit ca! je dis ca encore: la vie des Noirs, la vie des Blancs, la vie des Asiatiques, la vie de TOUT le Monde matter! Point! Force a Kanye. J'aime bien ce mec. Tu peux ne pas l'aimer mais tu dois admettre que le gars est un genie. Han! han! Il n'est pas comme vous et moi mais il a ce quelque chose qui fait qu'il est ce qu'il est. On l'accepte tel qu'il est. Il n'est pas un mouton c'est un free thinker. Les gens ont le droit de penser que All Lives Matter (et je le disais dans mes anciens posts ici) Les media ont toujours accuse Ye d'etre ci , Ye est ca. Ils le qualifient toujours de crazy. Je vais vous dire un truc quand les gens ne te comprennent pas ils t'appellent crazy. Et ensuite ils couperont tes conversations pour attirer la colere du peuple sur toi. La Manipulation des masses on connait ca. Mais quand tu ecoutes bien l'homme tu te rendras compte qu'il n'est pas fou. (Je le croyais avant a force d'ecouter ces media qui coupent toujours le contexte et la conversation entiere d'une personne) Kanye n'est pas fou il est juste incompris. (Il est mal compris. Il est libre dans sa tete. Il a peut etre certains autres problemes. Mais il n'est pas fou.) qu'on arrete de le traiter de tous les noms. Il est toujours accuse de tout et a la fin tu demandes quel est l'objectif de ces gens? Bref!
Attendez! Je n'ai pas fini hein! Je continue les Headlines. Ce n'est pas fini. La je m'addresse a tous mes gens qui ont porte fierement le BLM tee shirt le George Floyd etc. Ha! Vous n'avez pas encore bien compris. Avez vous vu le Boom que Candace Owens a depose sur BLM recemment? Voila! Quand on dit d'arreter d'etre des moutons mais plutot de reflechir de vous memes. Je vous invite a voir ce documentaire. Il faut voir ce documentaire. BLM le mensonge de ca! L'escrocerie du siecle. Mama! C'est dehors ooo! Ha! Ha! Ha! Les gens qui se sont enrichis sur la "fameuse" cause de la communaute Noire. Il est temps d'ouvrir les yeux. Dieu ne descendra pas du ciel pour vous parler . Les gens vous apportent les verites sur un plat. Degustez et reflechissez un peu! et a vous les moutons des media arretez de faire le suivisme. reflechissez par vous memes. les moutons les canards qui suivent tout et portent tout. Il est temps de vous asseoir un peu et faire vos recherches un temps soit peu. J'ai dit ca. Des adultes qui sont des followers c'est comme ca qu'on se retrouvent a croire des nonsense. La Race n'est pas un sujet de debat ou de discussion. Nous sommes une Race Humaine un point c'est tout. L'histoire de parler de Blanc ou de Noir ou de dire que tel ou tel est oppresse. Et ben dis donc! Ca alors! Ce genre de personne je les enleve de mes contacts en meme temps. Des gens toxiques. Des eternel victimes. Meme si Dieu descend les prendre ils diront a Dieu qu'ils etaient victimes et toute leur vie hein sera a l'eau pour croire en des theories diaboliques comme ca. Tu te vois oppresse meme dans le sommeil. Serieux la? La personne qui viendra encore me le dire je lui dirai deux mots. La vie est un choix! On fait des choix! Soit on est passif et on accepte d'etre matte ou frappe par la vie. Soit on fait le choix de se lever et de se battre au quotidien pour un meilleur lendemain. Au moins on aura essayer de faire quelque chose. Les gens qui pensent que les autres ou qu'ils sont des eternel victimes ca sont des racistes camoufles ou masques. Grattez bien vous verrez ce que je dis. Mais ils vont pointer les autres. Alors, Je vous disais donc que je sentais que ce mouvement de BLM etait du n'importe quoi. Les fruits et leur actions parlent d'eux memes Voila! C'est sorti. C'est dehors! C'est la. On attend ce qu'ils auront a dire parce que c'est tres grave. Mama! Tout cet argent est alle ou?? Candace Owens est d'un courage special, elle a tout mis a nu! c'est labas sur la TV! Je suis Africaine et J'admire Candace. Elle m'a permis d'ouvrir les yeux sur beaucoup de choses et de mensonges. BLM le documentaire qui fait mal en ce moment. Attachez et serrez vos ceintures parce que ca va aller dans tous les sens. Il y a toujours des moutons ou ceux qui ont le syndrome de Stockholm qui n'aiment pas la verite. Ou bien? Vous qui dans le monde francophone aviez porte avec fierte ce tee shirt de BLM j'espere que vous en etes encore fieres. Honte a vous qui ne faites JAMAIS VOS RECHERCHES. Toujours dans les mouvements du moment et Mouvement de tendance et du suivisme. c'est comme ca que des gens se retrouvent dans le mauvais cote de l'histoire a cause de ne pas reflechir par eux memes. Arretez un peu!! Moi j'ai toujours dit, il peut avoir un groupe de personnes debout entrain de crier ou de manifester si je ne COMPRENDS PAS le pourquoi de leur action je ne me leverai pas pour les suivre. Je ne suis pas un mouton. Dieu nous a cree avec la tete et le cerveau. Les media peuvent crier tout ce qu'ils veulent je ne les croiraient jamais a 100% si je n'ai pas de preuves. Et bien Voila votre BLM. BLM s'est fait 80 Millions de Dollars environ avec tout l argent recu pour defendre la cause des Noirs. L'argent est parti ou? Suivez seulement. Ha!!!
Donc les gens s'enrichissent sur la peine et la douleur des autres? Han! Ou bien? Allez y encore.
Ecoutez bien ce que ce monsieur dit a Candace. Ecoutez TRES Bien comment on utilise la colere d'une communaute et la haine pour se faire du MONEY. Donc faites encore le suivisme! Vous ne comprenez toujours pas? Ecoutons et cherchons les faits mais pas les emotions. BLM dites nous quel est votre role exactement? Dites nous! L'argent est ou? Le monde veut savoir. Ou est passe le fric? Rooooo?? Donc tout ce bruit la dans les media c'etait pour de l'argent? La honte.
Bon! Je pense que c'est tout pour moi. Mama! J'ai tourne ma tasse de the cette semaine comme je ne l'avais plus fait depuis longtemps. J'ai bu mon the jusqu a la derniere goutte. J'etais contente de voir des personnes vaillantes qui donnent encore de l'espoir. Les headlines etaient fortes . Maintenant je vais conclure avec cette video en dessous. J'ai deja dit. J'ai deja parle. Moi c'est la Floride maintenant! Aya! CEST LABAS LE BONHEUR O! Nous tous nous irons en Floride maintenant. Let's go to Florida! Let's go there next year lol! les amis allons nous installer en Floride. Je vous dis leur gouverneur de la Floride et sa femme sont formidables. je le suis sur les reseaux sociaux. J'avoue que je suis impressionnee par le personnage. Il n'a pas peur de dire ce qu'il pense. La derniere fois il a ferme la bouche a tous les gueulards et les propagandistes en envoyant a Martha's Vineyard un bus d'immigres illegaux. Mama! Les vrais visages etaient mis a decouvert. Ceux qui pretendent tant se preoccuper des immigres illegaux ont vite demande a les faire partir de leur zone. Po! Po! Po! Po! j'ai pas arrete de rire! C'est comme ca qu'on demasque les beaux parleurs. Hum! Le gouverneur de la Floride ne blague pas hein! Il est tres vocal. Il n'a pas peur. Venez chercher les clash il va vous montrer le corrige de ca. Lol! Bref! dans une autre note, J'ai vraiment aime cet advertisement que sa femme a fait recemment en soutien a son epoux pour la campagne ( de gouverneur) ha! Le power couple comme ils sont beaux. Je vous la partage ici en bas.
En effet sa femme est un breast cancer survivor. Je me rappelle avoir suivi ca. Que du bonheur de savoir qu'elle a vaincu par la Grace de Dieu cette maladie grave.
Raise your hand if you need or want a governor like De Santis. Si j'etais de la Floride j'aurai vote pour lui sans hesitation. Ha! Peuple de Floride votez pour gouverneur De Santis . Nous autres on vous envie hein!
Bon! c'etait tout pour aujourdhui. La politique ce n'est pas mon truc. J'observe juste. Je reflechis et j essaye de comprendre . J essaye d'analyser je peux avoir tort. Mais j'aime les personnes courageuses qui disent haut ce qu'ils pensent. J'aime les personnes braves parce qu'elles donnent encore de l'espoir dans un monde aussi sombre. Ok! encore Merci de m'avoir lu. C'etait juste un post entre parenthese. Je n'aime pas parler politique. J'essaye de m'evader de ce sujet dans mon blog mais bon je devais le faire cette fois avec ces headlines qui ne m'ont pas laisse indifferente.
Pour conclure,
J'ai aime cet interview de YE. Suivez le si vous avez du temps et A la prochaine
Saturday, October 1, 2022
Just Living My Life🌞 ...
Another day in my hometown. Just living my life in my little town. How is your life so far dear readers?
This is me with now some purple braids🤭😊! I try everything now! (Laugh) Hello back in my little world that I share with you. Every short videos I make for myself and for you to discover my little town Libreville.
I can't get enough of my view and the sea. I love it! I live for it!
I started my guitar lessons and I enjoy it. My son sometimes wants to play it too but he can't yet ( smile) He just too little for it now. I just want him to know that music can be played with instruments. As a matter of fact, I want him to learn about any musical instrument when he will grow up.
My guitar time is really important to me and as the saying goes music soothes the soul
When I live my life in my little town, I do what I enjoy doing in my free times and eating what i like. Sometimes I think it is good to please yourself with some good pastries like these good French eclairs. You know how delicious it can be when you eat them with a French song in your ears (smile)
I also go visit places and go shopping when I can. Like I saw in this big commercial place, these nice paints. I am thinking about changing the apartment's decoration soon.I want to bring a different touch with an African spirit. Something from my country Something cultural. Imagine something like that with the view of the sea and the ships. The wind blowing inside the place. The wind blowing on your face. The breeze of the sea. Humm!! I love it! I live it! I like it and I live for it!(laugh) At night you can only see far away the lights of Pointe Denis🌴. I like to stand at my window at night and enjoy the view and the sun going down. Pointe Denis in the very old days when Libreville was not founded yet, was the place of a king with his people. Some people across the sea on the coast would go there too to talk about important issues.
So back to my little life in my hometown, I mean in short, you don't need much to be happy. Happiness comes within first right? So these are some pictures. And of course some of my short videos that I like to make these past few months. Because yes, I am lazy to make full videos these days lol! It takes too much time to shoot and edit them.
I guess I feel at peace with myself😊. I feel peace inside of me.
some short videos and pictures from my place❤😊
You can see the sea and my view at night. It is just heaven.
would you try eating something from Gabon? Do you remember I shared on a older post something called atanga that we eat in my country. This is how it looks when cooked It is really good! People cook it differently too. If you find the atangas, try them. But you won't easily find them overseas.
I share with you stuffs that I like to use and stuffs that I do sometimes
Sorry my videos sometimes can be posted twice accidentally and I have hard time editing my post these days because of this new system they put here. O well...
Thank you for reading and to pass by my blog. Hope to see you again. You can also visit my other blog website:
www.poshenvogue.com
Saturday, September 10, 2022
Libreville🌴🇬🇦, Petite Ville/2
Hello dear readers,
These days I have been in a peaceful state of mind. Really I truly mean it because I went through some ups and downs. There is always a good time flowing like a river in your life and some rocky ones too. Watching the sea through my windows everyday relieves me a lot. Stress free. It reminds me that life is more important than anything else.
I like nature and I miss going to my village lately. (you read my posts on my village) I hope to be going there soon. The road is not easy and sometimes it can discourages you to go there. It is a shame that "They" don't do what is neccessary to make these roads better.But hey! What can we do?
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Libreville is my petite ville. Please! Always remember these sweet words.It is not perfect like the big cities in the world but it is the place where I was born and partly grew up. So yes, there is a strong attachment here.
Sometimes I get upset to see some stuffs that "They" can work on and make better. "They" have enough financial resources to do it but "they" choose not to do it but instead they use that money for something else... well, no comment.
Anyway, I will not keep talking about it in this post. This is not the purpose here. Unfortunately that's the not interesting part to discuss about my country especially my hometown. It is just...How can I explain it? It is just FRUSTRATING. It sometimes makes you want to...Scream! But I can't. Are we even allowed to? If you complain and if you talk...hum! No comment. o Well, C'est la vie!
Let me just share with you some short videos of my life in my hometown. I like to call Libreville, petite ville because it is a small town and it is my way to show you how I care about my place and my city. I told you the history of how Libreville started. How Libreville were founded. My cousin who wrote a book about it, got me captivated by the story as a matter of fact I do not live far from the area called Glass in town. And that area was once belonging to the British. There are many restaurants there (Talking about the U.K, I read the sad news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. She was a part of History, a special figure to the British people and she was one of the longest monarch in power. Her passing marks the end of an era I guess and frankly I don't know what's going to happen next) Well, who am I to even think and ask such question?
Back to my post. I make some shorts (videos) often now because it is easy for me and I have an inspiration at the exact moment
This is a blog of my life. A life diary...that I share with the readers.
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Talking about something else, the weather is changing in Gabon. Rains are coming little by little and it is not easy at all. The sky is getting grey and really grey and rainy. Yes, we are crossed by the equator. This is also the time for school! My little boy is about to go back to school very soon. Hum! Thats going to be a busy year again. When the rainy season starts it is crazy in town. The tropical rain! We are going to wake up early like we used to do last academic year. The city gets inundated and it is not funny at all. My little man is growing up, I can't believe it. I guess I already want another child now. (laughing) I mean...yes, why not?
Two days ago I saw that ship from my bedroom. It was just there not moving. Just there in the middle of the sea area. I found it quite thrilling but I took a view and a video of it. It only left this afternoon. Maybe the people inside were fishing
Some ships coming from other countries often come to Gabon fishing because we have so many fishes and varieties of them here.
When the sun is shining on the sea, it is just like a mirror that you see. Something like some lights dancing on the water. It is so wonderful and powerful all at once. the Creation is amazing and yes, I deeply believe in God. An Almighty God who is also close to the little human creature that I am. I feel blessed to see it everyday.
I am simply grateful...
I have been going out again and I enjoyed it even though I am busy too. Like I went to this nice cafe in town that you see in the pictures. I just needed to spend a little bit of time out of home. I am still working on renovating the family's house and it is A LOT OF WORK and Money! I guess building a new house is cheaper than renovating one seriously.
Prices in my country are rising up and up these past few months. I don't know but there is a serious inflation and people are complaining. It worries me how prices are rising up so fast these days. Some families have difficulties meeting their needs and even sending their children at school. Even paying medical bills. I don't know where this situation will lead us really. May God be our strength. I hope something will be done otherwise...It can be very bad for the population and our country.
Well, I bought this nice paint at the artisanal market in town. I like the woman on the painting, she looks free. I wish I could be like her. I will eventually (Still working on it ) smile.
By the way! I will be starting some guitar lessons at home. I always wanted to do it. I tried it before but...it was difficult for me. (Laugh) so i gave up. but This time I will put all my effort in it. I will also get back to my flowers world really. I want to work on making a little garden. I am dreaming of a nice pergola covered with flowers. I come from a family where women like flowers and like to plant. They all have green hands like we say in French. You know how I love flowers too. My Mom and her sisters. But my Mom is kind of flexible when you think about it because my aunts are very strict if you even try to touch their flowers anyhow they are not happy. You can't play with their flowers, you can't mistreat their flowers. When her garden is not looking good then you know my aunt is not feeling well or she is upset about something happening in her life.
Flowers are so beautiful. A house without a garden of flowers...is boring. I must seriously work on that. It will be something that will get me busy as well. Planting flowers...I love it! I hope to write another post on flowers but those planted and grown by me. A complete album of flowers why not?
Well dear readers,
I think I am done with this short post. I had a wonderful week and I invite you to visit my other blog
www.poshenvogue.com
I know I must update it. (laugh) I have been lazy to write some articles but please bare with me. I will be back with a new post there soon.
I later on decided to put my beautiful lady on the wall of my bedroom. Do you like it? I like ! because the blue color remind me of the water theme and the sun when it goes down the lights through the windows and shine on the lady.
In the following short video, I was impressed to see how the sky was turning reddish as th sun was going to sleep. It was amazing! If you could just see it but the camera does not show it enough. Ok!
Again, thank you for reading and see you in a next post.
(My son was excited to see what was inside the bag) Laugh...
Sunday, September 4, 2022
She Was the People's Princess
(Source: google.com)
My Mom called me from France few days ago and she told me try to catch up on the new TV documentaries about Lady Diana. "It is sad Laetitia" she said. It is sad indeed...
Yes, it was the 31rst of August and we all remember the tragic death of the Princess of Wales in Paris. Where was I? How old was I? I was 16 years old when it happened and yes I remember the head lines on the news. It was all over the newspapers and on TV. What a brutal death. What a sad end. Nobody was prepared for that. I was at home. I watched the France TV news at home that night. Pretty shocking...It could not be a joke. It was true. It really happened.
She was the people's princess. Unfortunately her daughter in law in America doesn't understand it...The American actress probably thinks she can be compared to her and get all the world's attention the same way. But...No. She cannot. They have two different type of hearts. Sorry you can never be Lady Diana. There was and there will always be one Lady Diana.
It is maybe difficult to understand certain things when you have not the royal culture. It is another way of life.
Simplicity, affection, compassion that was what we knew about Princess Diana. She was class and elegant an inspiration to many women.
It is unfortunate Lady Diana had to leave so early this life.
I made that video some years ago. I was just inspired to do it one night at home, as I was sitting and saw that beautiful picture of her again. What a beautiful soul she was. She looked like a fragile flower but surprisingly a very strong person inside. She was a beautiful woman. She had this strong desire to live, to break barriers and she did it in her own way. Her aura her personality drew attention to her without even searching for it.
(Source: US weekly)
One of my favorite pictures of her. Sitting gently outside on the stairs. She looked so down to earth. One would forget at that moment that she was a princess. She was royal. She seemed like a person that anybody could go talk to and say hi. We were also sad for her two sons that she left behind so early. It was nice to see them growing, becoming men eventhough she was not there anymore.
I tried to gather some of my meaningful pictures of her found on the internet. The beauty, the good, the sadness...
I added a song of a well known singer from Ivory Coast Nst Cophies (rest in peace great artist). He released that song after she passed away. The title was Lady Diana.
This is my way to pay a tribute to Lady Di
Good Old Memories
"Nostalgia when you hold me..."
A friend recently posted and shared that video song of the old days. Jean Jacques Goldman.I must admit it suddenly took me back in times. It is always good to have friends. Thank you for sharing the old goodie. When I listen to it, it is so special. It reminds me of the good days. Nothing to say just thank you. Thank you also to some of my friends that I unfortunately lost along the way. The way of life. I miss them. I miss my two friends who left this world so early. I wish we could have spent the good old days we had together again...Dear friends rest in peace. I miss you.
Thank you dear one for sharing that old masterpiece. That forever one of the best songs of JJ Goldman that I like. Whenever I listen to it, my heart is moved. My heart melt A song of Love. A song of friendship...
He is such a talent. And what about you, dear readers. Who took your heart forever? When you look back in time...who took your heart? Or should I say who stole it? (smile) Do you also have special friends. I do not have many. Maybe three only now. I have never been into many friends anyway. It is not me. I am mostly on my own and that's ok. Be alone is not bad sometimes. I am only looking for a forever best friend (smile)
This is the song
Jean Jacques Goldman "Pas Toi"
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Look people, life is really a mystery...We do not know the tomorrow. Today you are close to someone and tomorrow for no reasons you are like ennemies. But still life worth living.
I miss my friend Elsa. I miss you Elsa...It is sad we have to go in our separate ways. You were my best friend. my confident. We could speak on the phone for hours. We could be sitting outside eating our snacks and laugh for hours together. You saw my good and bad side. My best and my weakest moments. The day, the afternoon, the night you were my best friend. I remember when I first started learning how to cook, you were there lol! I put too much salt but you still ate my food and you said "Hummm! Yummy!!"
We cut magazines to take fashion pictures and saved them in our portfolio or copybooks. The first time I tried a body scrub on my skin it was you. We did it together Lol! the bath beads. Ha! My friend, my dear friend. Climbing the trees and singing there in the air. The Good Life seemed to never end. We went from being little girls to young women. We did trips together and I was so excited. We argued sometimes but we always passed on these bad moments. We fought but we never kept anger (I mean....that's what I thought...) and we were back again in our stupid and fun life together. What went wrong dear friend? What really happened? I don't know when exactly I lost our strong friendship.
Until today I do not have a friend like you. It is sad we do not communicate anymore. It is sad we are now strangers today. Forgiveness is so important. True forgiveness...Nobody is Perfect. It is sad we do not talk anymore. I miss that wonderful and amazing friendship. I tried to reach at you again...but it is just not working anymore. So..I gave up...We stay respectful to each other and that's it.
In my previous post, You remember dear readers, I was talking about how we (the kids) liked to play under the sun, the palm trees in my hometown...yes that's what we did. We (friend and I) grew up together and we stopped being friends at the age of 36. No I didn't want it to hapen but it just happened. how sad is it! I always remember how everything fell apart. Something I didn't understand...and I still don't. How sad is it! We only live once people. Why keeping misunderstandings and anger? Why holding on the past when the future can be bright? Why being Not real with people who trust you?
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Talking about my friend Elsa, I introduced her to one of my favorite singers when we were young. Her name was Elsa Lunghini.
She is one my favorite French artists and this song was one of my best.
Elsa "A La Meme Heure dans Deux Ans" (In my mind when listening to this song it was like we will do the same fun things together every summer. That we should keep our friendship special) She was that kind of friend who knew how I felt and what I thought without me talking. And she would always have a word to make me burst in laugh when I was mad at her or at something. When I was in a bad mood she knew how to make me smile. One day we argued and we were angry. I wrote some sweet words to say sorry and I slided it on my little puppy's collar and my puppy walked to her and she saw it. She picked it up an opened the paper and she laughed. Yep! That's me! (wink) I do things like that sometimes...
back to my best friend: I remember with my friend Elsa that we were writing tons of letters to each other. (emails did not exist in the time) We would be writing our lives, the gossip in our town, about love and funny stories on our pieces of paper and we sent the letters through postmail. A flower with my name on it was my favorite signature on the letters. (laugh) I was always excited to open her letters when I received them and read again and again. I kept them safe in a box where I got all my mails. (I don't like emails, I feel like it is empty of emotion...Something is different when someone writes you on a piece of paper or on a postal card. This writting is so beautiful. You can read that person's mind and feeling through his writings. There is life in these old mails we used to write a lot)
When I was bored at school, I would have one of her letters with me. and read it again under the trees or in my classrom during the break. Her stories were so funny and interesting. And that was my little world. I could feel her spirit next to me. She was like with me eventhough she was living in another town.
I loved it so much. Back home it was the same thing: I was Smiling and laughing while reading her stories, love story and her life then I would rush to the phone and call her. You know it was not portable phones back in the days. So you stayed up or you sat while you talk on the phone. Me I was on my feet for hours seriously and laughing. I didn't care. I was just happy to talk to my best friend. I didn't have boyfriends (My parents were not ok that a high school girl like me would think about going out with guys) so my books and her stories were my window to escape. Sometimes my Mom would come and say: " can you hang up the phone now Laetitia? People maybe are calling too."
We would be shopping together, try perfumes together...She would help me how to dress and later on, as we became young ladies, if I was going on a date she would help me pick the right clothes, the make up and the hairstyle. She was a special friend. Watch movies together but it is no longer the same today. Distance. Just distance when we speak today. There is a wall a big wall between us that she has built. And I am a mother now...So life is different. I simply gave up.
Sigh! She was my best friend. Today...we are like two strangers. I miss our best years of friendship. There is no possibility to go back in times we are so old now. And things Have changed a lot. What was done is done. That is why I am no longer looking to have friends. I have only have three maybe but one of them is the closest I have left and that's enough for me. I sometimes look people at the restaurants, laughing together like if they were the best friends ever. I like it a lot but to me I do not have it anymore and I do not want to be deceived again. I am Ok like that. I sometimes see the three friends I have but really one is the closest to me.
Dear readers have you ever had a friend that you liked so much and you do not talk together anymore? You look to each other like two perfect strangers.
This is another song that I like. I used to listen to it a lot. I like the lyrics
Elsa (with Laurent Voulzy) "Jamais Nous"
That should Never be Us (It will never be us. The lies that eat you up. the memories that hurt. The hatred. It will never be us, fake smiles...hypocrisy. The tears in the eyes falling on your face, farewell words that hurt. It will never be us. Disappointment, treason and knife on the back. It will never be us. The lies will never be us. the crazy stories. the Jalousy and so on. It will never be us. Stories of fools, it will never be us. It is told to never say I love you. Never say I love you...)
O my God, on a more funny note, when I am listening to that song of Elsa Lunghini, I always laugh because I was so addictive to it when I was at the primary school. I would sing it and sing it again and again to the point where I put the lyrics on a piece of paper and I stuck it on the wall of my bedroom. One of my two brothers who had enough to hear me singing it, came to me asked me to stop (Laetitia Enough with that song!) but I didn't. I kept singing it right away. Then one day my brother took my teddy bear and threw it on me and he took a pillow and did the same. I laughed. But I stood up again and I sang that song loudly. He left frustrated because I did not listen to him and he covered his ears.
And that was not all, I went on to save my pocket money and bought the audio tape album that I played loud that same song in my bedroom the following days. Things we do when we are young
Thank you for reading and I say see you next post. You can also visit : www.poshenvogue.com
I really wanted to end this post on a different way. I found the translation online of that wonderful beautiful philosophical song of my youth memories. A masterpiece of Jean Jacques Goldman
If you take time to listen and to read the lyrics I am sure it will talk to you too. Do not be sad because life is a journey. We fall and we learn and we move on. We get mature with time and we understand life differently. We learn how Not to judge people based on what we assume but on what We Know. The appearance is not everything. We made mistakes in the past that we cannot clean the mess up but it is ok because it is a part of us. It is good to understand that we are not perfect. People who really love you or like you will remain on your side no matter what.
When I listen to this song, I sit and I think and see the time I wasted sometimes for doing...what? For caring about what people would think or say about me. Wow! I wasted my life and my time to care about what people might think and say about me. I wasted time of my life because being afraid to try. Wasted time of my life being scared to be judged for my mistakes. Afraid to fail on an attempt. Afraid to say how I feel, afraid to say things the way they meant to me... O! Dear God! I forgive myself today. Now I need to move on. No looking back. At the end of the day it is not about them (these people). It is between you and God. Your decisions, your mistakes, your sadness, your happiness....hum! O Life!
Please if you do not know me, do not judge me. (that is what we should always remind people of) It is never too late to be the best at what you dream to be . to do...
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This is the song:
To Our Faulty Acts (Jean Jacques Goldman)
To my screw-ups, my mess-ups, my real suns
All the paths that went past by me,
To all my missed boats, my bad sleeping
To all the ones that I wasn't
To the misunderstandings, to the lies, to our silences
To all theses moments I thought I shared
To the things we say too fast without meaning them
To the things I didn't dare to do
To our faulty acts
To the years, wasted trying to look like...
To all the walls I couldn't break
To all things I didn't see, so near, right next to me
All that I better had ignored
To the world, its pains that don't touch me anymore
To the tunes, the solos I did not invent
All these words that others made rhymes with and that kill me
Like as much kids that were never born
To our faulty acts
To failed loves for having loved too much
Faces and crossed laces, just brushed
To bretrayals I did not really regret
To the living that should have been killed
To all that is finally happening to us, but too late
To all the masks we had to wear
To our weaknesses, our defaults, our despairs
To fears impossible to hide
To our faulty acts
Jean Jacques Goldman
Friday, September 2, 2022
Just A Little bit of Me🌞 in Libreville🌴
Hello Everyone
I have not much to say in this post just sharing a little bit of me in Libreville my little hometown.
As you will see I did my best to start again some full videos. It takes time to do it and I am kind of lazy these past few years. Lol! I am glad I am doing an effort again and it seems like I am at a better place in my head.
Of course I have here some short videos too. (laugh) because it is so easy to make them and when I make them, I catch the moment and the feeling at the moment. I recently did some braids but these ones are the longest I never did before (smile)
because I like to try new things.
How is life in my town so far? Nothing much. Just the sunny weather. The same routine and I didn't do much these days. Kids are starting school soon here in my country. My son will go back to his school. Vacations are over! The weather will soon change too. A lot of tropical heavy rains will be coming but for now I enjoy the sun, the beach and the flowers.
This song takes me back in the old days. I was maybe 9 years old when I first listen to it in my hometown here. It was a beautiful song and the best years of my life. It is an ode to Black woman. Guilou Lafages was singing for the beauty of Black woman. Where he is in the video looks like my hometown but it is not. He is in Guadeloupe ( a French island where he is originally from) I love this song. The nature, the palm trees ( we liked to play under palm trees), the wind,the sun and the Love above everything. He is very romantic in his songs. The title is "Fille du Soleil" meaning Daughter of the Sun. "Daughter of the Sun, with your beautiful black hair on your tanned skin (golden skin) Daughter of the Sun your picture follows me and meets me everywhere (Like he can't get over her. Like he can't forget her)...The song was released in 1988. Wow! Imagine how old it is but still one of his best till today. You can't understand that kind of music if/unless you are not African or from the islands. We understand each others lol! And yes, Guilou was sexy. Ha! ha! ha! that made him special when he was singing. His voice was also special.
I also share some of my favorite things to do: haul, spending time on my own etc
I hope you will like it too...
Thank you for reading
My other blog
www.poshenvogue.com
The Mystery of Gabon
This is a new short post for you!
Something I wanted to share with you. The mystery I want to discuss here is the traditional belief of my country. I recently wrote three posts about my country when it comes to culture, Art and tradition. I hope you like it. I am not practicing some of the traditional beliefs but I respect my culture a lot. I respect the way people see things. That's their opinion and I am not here to judge. I am just trying to understand. It can be sometimes difficult but it s the tradition period. The knowledge of the Good and Bad (the evil) is in us. Nobody can never say I do not know what is good or what is wrong (bad). As you can see here in this old video song of the early 90's, the artist try to explain something interesting. He tried to share to the world the mystery of Gabon, a part of our traditional belief when it comes to the spiritual realm. People in our traditional beliefs know it. People who are intiated understand it. So not everyone is supposed to do it and not everyone should try it. Just remember one thing:Fight the evil, fight the bad. Be good. Be in good terms with God. The Almighty. Usually people who believe in tradition will tell you that they are guided by the spirits and the ancestors. Like I said earlier, I do not practice it at all. It cannot work for me and with me...
The story is this one:
In a little village away from life in the city, away from town, people (the villagers) are going about their daily activities. They don't care about anything else. Just their lives. Some of them know the mystery some of them do not. In that life in the village, they are going to work in the farm, others taking care of their place, some are going fishing and so on. But in this little world, in this movement, there is a small group of four young men with their spiritual traditional teacher sitting in the forest away from the people. They are young men who recently got initiated into the traditional belief (the reason why they have some leaves in their mouth) They must discover now the spiritual realm, the spiritual tradition. Their eyes will be now opened to things they were not aware of. They will discover the mystery of Gabon. Maybe they have already heard about it from the elders but they have never experienced it on their own. This is the day. The very day they will see things that their eyes have never seen before.
The traditional teacher lead them in the deep forest for that encounter and the experience. to Learn how to fight the evil and to connect with the good spirits.
On their way to their spiritual encounter, they are stopped by a surprising fire burning the grass. That fire was made by two evil spirits (you will see them in the video song) They didn't show up on the first stage. They only saw some strange animals looking like monkeys on the trees agitating the trees to scare them. But as they are moving forward those two evil creatures physically appear to them. Does it happen in the real life? yes. Do people know that experience? yes, but they do not talk about it. And that's why the singer is sharing it in his song. The first encounter with the bad spirits in the woods the young initiated men run away because they were afraid. The spiritual teacher was left alone facing them. But when the fire happened, those evil spirits threat to hurt them but all of the sudden a woman with a white face and white clothes appears and chase them away. She obviously has some super power and she keeps a wild animal's tail in her mouth to symbolize it (some people describe her as the mother of twins. In some tradition, woman who carried more than one child at a time in her womb. it has to be something or someone special even more. Others would say they have super power because every women do not carry more than one child at a time. Anyway that's the traditional belief)
They thank her and they keep moving and they are going further in their spiritual experience in the forest but again the evil spirits are back and this time they want to stop them and hurt them but unfortunately for them ( the evil spirits), the group of young men are now stronger than when they first started the spiritual journey. They know now how to dominate them and make them submissive to them. The evil spirits give up because they know they no longer have this power so they join them at the end. People have been doing that generation after generation. It is passed on the new ones.
Sorry the video clip is old (from early 90's meaning not high thechnology) but just look and observe the story and what to understand from it. I think we are not all called to do such spiritual experiences but it is quite interesting to see that humankind understand the same meaning of life: Fight the evil. This troop is very talented and as you can see the traditional dances are very athletic. The lead singer's name is Vickoss Ekondo. A well known artist in Gabon but he has retired now from music industry. People have always been amazed by his live performances with his troop. They have been invited to perform in many countries in the world to represent culture and tradition of Gabon.They are very talented and people have never been disappointed by their live performances. That was one of the mysteries of Gabon. That was the traditional belief.
Thank you for reading. I end here with old memories of my country. Culture and everything. As I explained in my previous posts there are many ethnic groups in Gabon with many traditional dances. You can visit my other blog. www.poshenvogue.com
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