Port-au-Prince, Haiti: National Palace
‘Palais National!’ How many memories! Among others, I remember the day when I drank water from a firefighter’s helmet. It was Flag Day, and as usual, all school children had to be present for the festivities and the ever present presidential speech. It was a very hot day, and I made the mistake to enter the front yard. When the President was ready to start speaking, the gates got closed! Here we were, hot and sweating, dying of thirst and hunger. Once again, the firefighters came to the rescue! I never made that mistake again. From that date on, every time we were asked to attend such affairs, we would wait for the accompanying teacher to finsh his roll call, and, we (students of PSCSM: Petit Séminaire Collège Saint Martial) would disappear through the crowd… Continue reading “Port-au-Prince, Haiti: National Palace” »
Today, I want to talk about a very special group of people who have basically shaped me into who I am today. One cannot help loving them, as they seem to project and incite love at the same time. They live to serve, they live to love. Unselfishness is one of the main qualities of this select group of people. Joy is another one. There is an irresitible attraction, a strong magnetic pull on anybody who approaches them. Everything about them feels right.
I also have the deepest love for them. But it’s not that ‘I can’t get you out of my mind’ or I can’t live without you’ kind of love. It’s that pure love that is felt on a much higher level. It encompasses everything that is true and beautiful about us, and about life itself.
Continue reading “Very Special People” »
This is another pet project of ours. We want to create a List of all the Cities, Towns, Villages, Bourgs and other Places in Haiti, with Pictures of all their Landmarks. There are so many beautiful pictures of Monuments, Municipal Buildings, Schools, Churches, Beaches and others, scattered all over the web. This is the place to find the links to all these pictorial references. Continue reading “Haiti Chérie” »
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| Name | Antoine Pierre-Paul (Tatán is my favorite nickname, along with Pepe and Paulo.) |
| Date of Birth | May 23, 1956 |
| Place of Birth | Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Current Location | New York, USA |
| Height | 5′ 11″ |
| Weight | 185 lbs. |
| Ethnicity | Haitian/Black |
| Hair | Black, slowly going gray… |
| Eyes | Black |
| Eyesight | Bad, very bad… from reading the PC screen and the huge collection of Sheet Music I have. |
| Primary Education | Ecole Darius Denis |
| Secondary Education | Petit Séminaire Collège St. Martial |
| Post-Secondary Education | Faculté des Sciences de L’Université d’Etat d’Haiti |
| Occupation | Freelance Graphic Artist |
| Favorite Software Platform | Ubuntu Linux. (I have a copy of Windows Vista for Music and Gaming purposes) |
| Computers | Various Desktop PCs running Windows 3.1, 98, XP, Vista and many flavors of Linux (Ubuntu, Knoppix, Kanotix, Slackware, etc.) |
| Sexual Orientation | Heterosexual |
| Relationship Status | Recently Widowed |
| Kids | Two daughters, Joelle and Amanda Noelle. |
| Siblings | Marie-Joseph (sister), Anthony & Henri-Robert (brothers). |
| Religion | None, I am a Yogi. (I Grew up Catholic!) |
| Religious Views | For me, Yoga is the Way. Period. (BTW Yoga is NOT a Religion, neither it’s an Exercise program. GTFW!) |
| Social Life | What’s that? |
| Drinking | No more. |
| Smoking | I quit 12 years ago. |
| Drugs | I am not retarded! |
| Diet | 75% Raw Vegan and Fruitarian. Plus Rice & Greens and Wheat Bread. |
| Hobbies | Flute playing (Baroque period, Jazz and Latin), Graphic design, Pen & Ink Drawing, Internet technologies, Graphic Software, Reading, reading… |
| Favorite foods | Fruits, Nuts, Raw Vegetables, Rice and Beans, White Rice & Greens, Wheat Bread, Green Juices, Fruit Smoothies. |
| Favorite Music | Everything but Rap, Heavy Metal and their close relatives. |
| Favorite bands | Chamber Ensembles, Mariachis and Small Jazz Combos. |
| Favorite TV Shows | Wait… there’s something good on TV? Now, this is news to me! |
| Favorite Movies | “And justice for all”, “Stand by me”, most Spaghetti Westerns and good Comedies |
| Favorite Books | Do I have to list all five hundreds of them? Only love (Sri Daya Mata), Autobiography of a Yogi (P. Yogananda), The Flute (J.J. Quantz), How to win friends and influence people (Dale Carnegie)… |
| Favorite Activities | Oh, let’s see… daydreaming, watching paint dry, holding the wall, and my all-time favorite laying on the floor in the Corpse Pose! |
| Favorite Quotations | “Tell the children the truth right now!” Robert Nesta Marley (Babylon System) |
| Political Views | All the way to the Left. (In case you did not know, the Left is actually ‘more right’ than the Right!) |
| About Me | Just an average guy who believes we should be doing a lot better on this planet, since we already have the recipe “Do unto others as we would them do unto us”. |
| Personal Goal | To be the kindest person you will ever meet. |
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