JOIN CHESS NUTS! GROUP. If you like to have fun, really are NUTS about chess... want to be part of a very social group who has won 90% of vote chess games, speed or standard, then apply to join Chess Nuts! If I like your profile and haven't heard any bad rumours about you, I just might let you in! :P

http://www.chess.com/groups/view/chess-nuts

About me - The avatar piccie is me... sorry no smile, photographer's orders. Make me laugh a lot and you won't be able to get rid of me! I promise to reciprocate :D. Am a bit of a music freak, ok a lot...CRAAAAAZY about Dire Straits. Love also Eva Cassidy, rock, pop, classical, some rap and hip hop, some soft metal.. Any genre really which has a great score/lyrics. LOVE arabic music.. especially Amr Diab. WORK: I own and run a busy graphic design business. It's creative, it's fun, and I love being my own boss, mainly for the creative licence. Though the deadlines never seem to end, and taking holidays is not so easy :(. I have a home-based business, so working from home and working a lot you will find me online a lot, though it doesn't always mean I am here... but usually just a hoi away!

My dream is to visit both Lebanon and France. Lebanon because my heritage is Lebanese and France because I have learnt french (bit rusty now) and have always been infatuated with Paris - its music, its alfresco way of life, its fashion, its language, everything! I am married and have a beautiful 13 year old son who dreams of becoming the next Tiger Woods and is doing all he can to pursue his dream. You can see his piccies in my photo album below.. he's a real cutie! Not a biased mother at all !

Oh, and I love chess! I'm not crash hot at it but will be one day! Mainly because I do both believe in miracles and do have a sense of humour!

WHAT I LOVE LISTENING TO:

Matt Nathanson - Come On Get Higher. A soundtrack song from the movie "The Sleeping Dictionary"...

Eva Cassidy - Songbird. I listen and sing this song often...

Please click on this link if the video below does not work for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFFo1pu4q7Q

Nigel Kennedy - Riders on the Storm... I could watch Nigel Kennedy play the violin for hours and hours... he is amazing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vIxwAV35dc&feature=related

Pink Floyd - Marooned. Who doesn't love Pink Floyd, and who wouldn't like to be marooned on an island.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OMFiqNA6Ag

DIRE STRAITS - Romeo and Juliet. I have loved this song since the first day I heard it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmCs9k_rZY

DIRE STRAITS - Skateaway. My 2nd fav Dire Strait's song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn3HKRnR2Cw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSHazjrWg

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