you too. :)
Peace and best wishes. Xi On Feb 19, 10:01 pm, "Sumerian.." <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. 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