He took our breath away!

Thank you Sir Elton John for an enchanting, exciting, and emotional night. You took our breath away indeed.

To see excerpts of the evening click on this link to the YNET news website. It is in hebrew, but the pictures say it all.

http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3906877,00.html

Photo by Yaron Berner, Ynet.

Welcome to Israel, Sir Elton John

I can't wait. Tonight is the night. Elton John is landing in Israel in a couple of hours and will be performing tonight in the Ramat Gan Stadium. Thousands of fans, among them my family and myself, will be pouring down the streets and making their way on foot, bike, taxis, buses and motorbikes to the stadium. Cellphones and maybe candles in hand, we will illuminate the warm night and show him how much we love him and his songs.

I'm rooting for you, Steve Jobs

A day after the CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, launched the new and apparently sexy and upgraded iPhone 4, I would like to bring to your attention an inspiring speech he made in June 2005, at Stanford University. I saw and heard his speech recently online through the website Ted.com. This is the link. You should definitely have a look.  http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html

The speech is amazing because Steve Jobs is, obviously, a very special person. But it is also a special speech for me, because Steve Jobs was adopted as a baby. I didn't know that until I heard his speech.

So Mr Jobs. Thank you for your Apple Macs and your iPhones. And thank you for being a person adopted children and their families can look to for inspiration and hope. I hope for you what I hope for my adopted little girl, MG. That you managed to keep your back upright when the adoption bag tried to pull you down. And that along with your success you are also a happy person.

Picture caption: Apple CEO Steve Jobs holding the iPhone 4 at Worldwide Developers Conference 2010.
Picture credit: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Steve_Jobs_Headshot_2010-CROP.jpg

Tortelloni alla Meneghina

Yesterday night, five years ago exactly, my father passed away. On a Monday night at 8.30 pm.

He passed away in a rehabilitation center. My mother and sister MSH were with him. I had just walked out of his room to say goodbye to one of my Aunts. The doctors had warned us his time was up, but of course one is never ready for death.