guylainem123 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 *pretends she isnt up either* *wishes she wasnt 3 hours ahead of californians* why is that? cuz mika is in LA? lol go to bed!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babspanky Posted October 4, 2008 Author Share Posted October 4, 2008 kidding!!! it's friday night! i'm playing scramble on facebookhehe... i have about 4 screens opened on my computer You'll be tired tomorrow, mark my words....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guylainem123 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 You'll be tired tomorrow, mark my words....... it is tomorrow already! and you are probably right! it's only 1:08 a.m. well i don't have little kiddies that i have to get up for anymore ... they are all grown up sniff sniff what time do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika4Life13 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 why is that? cuz mika is in LA?lol go to bed!!! all my fwends are in california and i stay up until the wee hours of the morning waiting for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guylainem123 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 all my fwends are in california and i stay up until the wee hours of the morning waiting for them well here is what you should really do... get their phone number, then go to bed. when you wake up, start calling them & texting them, so that they are up at the same time as you. just a thought. you may lose a few friends though... beware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika4Life13 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 well here is what you should really do... get their phone number, then go to bed. when you wake up, start calling them & texting them, so that they are up at the same time as you. just a thought. you may lose a few friends though... beware They'd have to get up at 3am on a weekday and 7 on a weekend. So .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guylainem123 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 They'd have to get up at 3am on a weekday and 7 on a weekend. So .. small price to pay for friendship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babspanky Posted October 4, 2008 Author Share Posted October 4, 2008 it is tomorrow already! and you are probably right! it's only 1:08 a.m. well i don't have little kiddies that i have to get up for anymore ... they are all grown up sniff sniff what time do you have? It's 6.24 am here, but I was up earlier, can't sleep, might go back to bed later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guylainem123 Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 It's 6.24 am here, but I was up earlier, can't sleep, might go back to bed later. well ... i'm going to bed now see you tomorrow! i'm freezing! i need heat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sienna Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 It's 6.24 am here, but I was up earlier, can't sleep, might go back to bed later. Now you've made me use the online lexicon two times this morning by using so difficult words! No, just kidding, you know I love the challenge! It's fantastic to read this old interview in perspective and I think and hope our boy got some help and guidance to be that careful with what he would reveal about himself. That’s where a good and perceptive family comes in handy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Since the audio file has expired, here's a new link to listen and download the interview: https://clyp.it/t2j2qjpc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thanks a lot Marina !!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/outlook/news/story/2007/04/070420_mika_uk.shtml Mika: still pining for Lebanon He's been described as 'the breakout superstar of the next few years' but Mika took time out to talk to Outlook about his continuing attachment to the land of his birth: Lebanon. "My mother is Lebanese," he told presenter Fred Dove, "Anyone who is partly Lebanese will know that even if it's only a half - or even a quarter - that quarter will most certainly take up the entire cultural background of your family life." Mika was born in Lebanon in 1983 but, with the Civil War becoming increasingly violent, was evacuated by the US Navy to Cyprus in 1984. From there he went with his family to Paris where he was to spend 8 years - but his family life was again disrupted when his father found himself in Kuwait when Saddam Hussein invaded the country in 1991. I like the prospect of going back to Lebanon to play live - maybe at one of those amazing places like Balbec "He had four hours to get out," recalled Mika, "Some friends actually tried to get some Bedouin to sneak him out through the desert but it was too risky - so he ended up seeking refuge at the American embassy." His father ended up being stuck at the embassy for about seven months. When he was eventually released, Mika remembers being shocked that his father had lost a lot of weight and had grown "a hideous beard". "He was so skinny," he said, "I think he was living off fruit juice and tuna fish." Once reunited, the family set off for London and Mika was sent to London's French Lycee where he remembers that he had difficulty settling in: difficulties that were compounded by his dyslexia. "I started to have particular problems with one teacher that got completely out of control," he said, "I stopped talking for a while and was asked to leave the school. "I left and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I started doing music." In fact, however, Mika had been "doing music" for sometime before that. He'd been making cassette tapes for his own enjoyment. "The tapes were not categorised by the type of music or by who did it," he said, "They were categorised by melody: happy melodies, angry melodies, different types of melody. "It sounds banal but when you actually sit down to write your own, you realise it's a lot more complicated than you think." Mika's hit Grace Kelly went to number one in the UK singles charts in January of this year. He appeared on Outlook to promote his new album Life in Cartoon Motion. He said that he would love to return to Lebanon to sing. "I want to spend more time there," he said, "I like the prospect of going back there to play live - maybe at one of those amazing places like Balbec." At the end of the interview Fred Dove announced that there was a CD of Life in Cartoon Motion to give away - to the person who comes up with the best suggestion as to what Mika and he might be saying to each other in the following photograph. The funniest or cleverest caption gets the CD. Listeners' captions Here are some of the captions sent in by listeners. John Burleigh from Scotland Fred:up sat Fred, 'have a cuppa tea mate',a little jingle? Mika: are you ready freddy, steady freddy, are we on air? Ca va? Strawberry from Bangkok Fred: I'm thrilled to have a mention in your song!Mika: Oh yeah. I was a little stuck. Y'know, I like to be like Grace Kelly, but her looks were too sad. So I thought of you and added a little Freddie...and voila we have a hit!Fred: Brilliant! Another version: Fred: Has you hair always been like that?Mika: Oh yes. It's an overflowing of brilliant, natural creative genius. See Einstein has the same kind of hair too.Fred: Amazing! Kelly Rae MacDonald from Canada So Fred, can't we be freinds? Do we need these three little landmines between us? Why don't you have a tea? Sajju Shrestha from Nepal FRED: Dude your hair looks like tentacles. GRACE: What’s your problem mate? My life is in cartoon motion.It's my hair and it's better then yours. Your head looks like this cup fortunately, it has some germinating tentacles Norma Spark from London I think Mika is saying 'I keep entering Outlook competitions, but I never win that wind-up radio!' Harry Barrowclough from The Netherlands Fred: I see you are giving you the BBC celebrity treatment: a cup and saucer; all I get is a plastic beaker! E&C Gabbadon Mika : so ah...how much longer is this gonna take...because i have to go pick up my dry cleaning Julian Leung from Hong Kong Fred Dove: "Grace Kelly? Didn't Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco ever occur to you?" Mika: "Yeah it did, but it was hard to encapsulate High Society (hint, hint) into the lyrics." High Society was one of Grace Kelly's musical films, she starred with Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. And the winner of the CD: Jeff Buchanan from Fiji "Yes Habibi, all the way from Beirut for a nice cuppa tea..." Mika said that he'd love to go back to perform live in Lebanon Mika with a couple of happy melodies What are they saying to each other? The best caption wins a CD of Life in Cartoon Motion In pictures: behind the scenes at Outlook - BBC23 May, 2007 - Published 13:37 GMT 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thanks a lot Marina !!! Thank YOU and Deb for pointing it out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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