okay, am happy that i was behind selecting one of them.. take care ======= S1000+ =======
--- On Thu, 2/19/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Shakira opens up about difficult childhood To: "World-thread" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 12:57 PM I have many heroes. :) Here are just some of them, and just for 2008. Most friends are heroes too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssbTHpeoqnQ :) Peace and best wishes. Xi On Feb 19, 9:13 pm, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow .. to that extent.. ? believe me there are many hero here and there, but difficult to know about.. I was just watching a documentary about a Chinese disabled man who lives by playing accordion in the streets of Shanghai.. along with another woman who works as housemaid and she sings with him at nights, and hiding this from her son or daughter who is studying, etc.. etc.. life.. is not easy, but we need to take it with ease. > > Yes I like Shakira, there is a lot of humanity in here. > > love and regards > > ======= > S1000+ > ======= > > --- On Thu, 2/19/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Shakira opens up about difficult childhood > To: "World-thread" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 11:59 AM > > Good ! Since now on she will be one of my heroes. > > :) > > Thank you very much for that story. > > Peace and best wishes. > > Xi > > On Feb 19, 6:14 pm, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> > wrote:> Singer opens > > up about difficult childhood October 12,2008 > > > > by lisa hodge > > > picture: Getty Images > > > > > > > Date of Birth: 2nd February 1977 > > > Pop > > superstar SHAKIRA went from spoiled rich kid to hardship when her > > father's jewellery business went bankrupt - and the change in fortunes > > gave the singer a first-hand view of a life she'd never have known if > > her family hadn't failed. > > > In a telling essay Shakira has written for the upcoming issue of > > Newsweek magazine, the star recalls the family upheaval, which helped to turn > her into a champion for the poor in her native Colombia. > > > > > > > She writes, "When I was seven-years-old, my hardworking father's > > jewelry business went bankrupt. I didn't know what the word > 'bankrupt' > > meant, and when my parents sent me to stay with family friends in Los > > Angeles, while they addressed the situation, I assumed that I would > > return home to my normal routine. > > > "But, when I returned, it > > seemed everything had changed. Our two cars that I had ridden in to > > school or to play with my friends were gone. The air conditioner that > > cooled us during the brutally hot Colombian summers had been sold. Our > > color television had been traded in for a smaller, black-and-white > > version. Foods that I loved were replaced with the bland staples a > > mother buys when food becomes sustenance instead of something to be > > enjoyed. > > > "We had gone from being middle class to poor almost > > overnight, and from my 7-year-old child's perspective it was hard to > > imagine anything worse. I can still viscerally remember the seeming > > desperation of that moment." > > > But the hardship made Shakira stronger and she quickly realised she had > > taken so much for granted. > > > > > > > She adds, "My parents found ways to put our situation in perspective > > and to show me how fortunate we still were, especially given that, > > previously unbeknownst to me, so many families and children had so much > > less. > > > "Most vividly, I remember my father walking me by a park > > and watching the street children who lived there. They were my age and > > their faces didn't look all that different from mine or my friends, > yet > > these children truly had nothing. They lived in the dirt, in tattered > > clothes and with bare feet, scrounging through garbage for anything to > > eat. Many sniffed glue to dull the pain of their existence. > > > "At that moment, I promised myself that if I was ever able to > help, I would." > > > Since finding fame and fortune, Shakira has set up her own successful > > charitable foundation in Colombia, Pies Descalzos, to help the > nation's > > poorest children. Earlier this month she announced plans to take her > > charity global.http://www.ahlanlive.com/celebs/739-shakira > > ======= > > S1000+ > > =======- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
