Bumps
On this happy friday morning, let’s take a glance at the program of the week-end :
Saturday evening : in the Cultural Center of China in Paris, celebration of the 1st anniversary of the YP Paris web of Armenian young professionals of Paris (as it exists in much AGBU around the world). In normal time I would have had laziness crisis for such things, but I get convinced that I had to go since I prepared an article about this innovative concept (yes amongst Armenians it’s still possible !). The present responsibles of YP Paris managed in a very professional and interesting way, to federate Armenians who usually don’t attend commonly known Armenian gatherings, around their professional career developments considerations and toward the only thing they have in common : being Armenian. Beginning from nearly nothing last year, it now reunites 400 members, and now “recruits” by simple word of mouth, which means it had enough convinced its members of its potentials…
For more informations : http://ypparis.agbueurope.org/
And here’s a nice clip made during their launching event last year
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4q752_ugab-yp-paris-jeunes-professionnels_news
Sunday at noon : at the Château Dampierre (in the south west suburb of Paris), dansing lunch for celebrating the 25th birthday of the club franco-arménien d’Antony, a town of Paris’s south suburb. Again, i wasn’t supposed to go, but as i had good relationships with some singers of their little choir, i get strongly invited to go… which is not so bad, cause this club is so close to my living place and i didn’t even know it existed, and since such time. Do you see what i mean ? I’ll have to write something about them of course ! But it’s alright cause the subject is also worthy: Antony is a town which long had Patrick Devedjian as mayor, and since he’s now in the Government (in charge of the Plan de Relance, that is to say Reflation plan for our plundged in crise economy), his wife took it over. Of course it explains why the club exists, giving Armenian lessons, singing and dansing lessons with its little means (amongst which a house freely rented by the town hall). And well, it contributes to maintain an Armenian official presence in a town where Armenians are important, a visible presence for local public authorities, and that should be more visible for Armenians also ! We all know that those 2 aspects are never to be neglected !
Ok, now you might have understood by now my suspicions of any kind of obsession, extreme, absolutism & etcaeteras, particularly with those Armenian points of view that i bump into so often. So i want to balance this post with nothing-to-do-with-armenian-points…
Just heard this morning on the radio, Seether’s cover of Georges Michael’s “Careless Whisper”. At first i was like “wait, it reminds me sthg… Uh ?!” and then, it wasn’t so bad, actually its energy was even making the song better ! YESSSS !
And, which ended my trip to the office this morning : the neverending feeling of love for Paris… thanks to city tours i had to do a lot this month (because of Armenian friends coming from abroad, oops!) i often rediscovered new secret beauties of the city, aaaaah sights of happiness while reading my Balzac’s “Lost illusions” in the metro, enjoying his living & merciless views about the huge human comedy, remembering his Parisian house i’ve visited last week end for the 1st time (so cute and quiet place… a muse-um),
and while watching outside the wagon passing on one of the south-east bridge’s upon the Seine (on one side is the classic and historical Paris, on the other one you see the newly renovated quarters which are also impressive). Bah, you’ll say it’s cliché & easy, and you’ll be right, but even obvious things need to be repeated … and cliché’s are born from real exceptional moments, so ecco !
Have a nice week end , in advance ! ;o)
Saturday evening : in the Cultural Center of China in Paris, celebration of the 1st anniversary of the YP Paris web of Armenian young professionals of Paris (as it exists in much AGBU around the world). In normal time I would have had laziness crisis for such things, but I get convinced that I had to go since I prepared an article about this innovative concept (yes amongst Armenians it’s still possible !). The present responsibles of YP Paris managed in a very professional and interesting way, to federate Armenians who usually don’t attend commonly known Armenian gatherings, around their professional career developments considerations and toward the only thing they have in common : being Armenian. Beginning from nearly nothing last year, it now reunites 400 members, and now “recruits” by simple word of mouth, which means it had enough convinced its members of its potentials…
For more informations : http://ypparis.agbueurope.org/
And here’s a nice clip made during their launching event last year
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4q752_ugab-yp-paris-jeunes-professionnels_news
Sunday at noon : at the Château Dampierre (in the south west suburb of Paris), dansing lunch for celebrating the 25th birthday of the club franco-arménien d’Antony, a town of Paris’s south suburb. Again, i wasn’t supposed to go, but as i had good relationships with some singers of their little choir, i get strongly invited to go… which is not so bad, cause this club is so close to my living place and i didn’t even know it existed, and since such time. Do you see what i mean ? I’ll have to write something about them of course ! But it’s alright cause the subject is also worthy: Antony is a town which long had Patrick Devedjian as mayor, and since he’s now in the Government (in charge of the Plan de Relance, that is to say Reflation plan for our plundged in crise economy), his wife took it over. Of course it explains why the club exists, giving Armenian lessons, singing and dansing lessons with its little means (amongst which a house freely rented by the town hall). And well, it contributes to maintain an Armenian official presence in a town where Armenians are important, a visible presence for local public authorities, and that should be more visible for Armenians also ! We all know that those 2 aspects are never to be neglected !
Ok, now you might have understood by now my suspicions of any kind of obsession, extreme, absolutism & etcaeteras, particularly with those Armenian points of view that i bump into so often. So i want to balance this post with nothing-to-do-with-armenian-points…
Just heard this morning on the radio, Seether’s cover of Georges Michael’s “Careless Whisper”. At first i was like “wait, it reminds me sthg… Uh ?!” and then, it wasn’t so bad, actually its energy was even making the song better ! YESSSS !
And, which ended my trip to the office this morning : the neverending feeling of love for Paris… thanks to city tours i had to do a lot this month (because of Armenian friends coming from abroad, oops!) i often rediscovered new secret beauties of the city, aaaaah sights of happiness while reading my Balzac’s “Lost illusions” in the metro, enjoying his living & merciless views about the huge human comedy, remembering his Parisian house i’ve visited last week end for the 1st time (so cute and quiet place… a muse-um),
and while watching outside the wagon passing on one of the south-east bridge’s upon the Seine (on one side is the classic and historical Paris, on the other one you see the newly renovated quarters which are also impressive). Bah, you’ll say it’s cliché & easy, and you’ll be right, but even obvious things need to be repeated … and cliché’s are born from real exceptional moments, so ecco !Have a nice week end , in advance ! ;o)
posted by Jilda at 1:24 PM
1 Comments:
wold b nice if we had our own cultural center instead of thos ehorrible agoumps...every nation/group seems to build huge beautiful museums etc, all we do is donate for roads and stupid churches in Armenia..let dodi gago and company build their own country...basta pasta. the diaspora exists as well!
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