João Gilberto - Aguarela do Brasil

“Good music is good no matter what kind of music it is.” - Miles Davis

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"Aquarela do Brasil" written by Ary Barroso in 1939 and known in the English-speaking world simply as "Water Colour of Brazil", is one of the most famous Brazilian songs. It is about the said country many qualities, praising their natural resources and riches of their land, celebrating their beauties, their traditions and their people. Brasil on another note, is a 1981 album by Brazilian artist João Gilberto, featuring Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and Maria Bethânia who sang this subtle and wonderful piece in accordance and in unison.

Also, "Historia de un Amor" (Spanish for "A Love Story") is a song about a man's old love written by Panamanian songwriter Carlos Eleta Almarán. It holds the world record to be the most popular song to be translated and sung across the world in various languages by various singers from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. For example, French Latino group mixes the Latin and Eastern cultural universes by creating the first mix of Mediterranean Latin music. Between the Algerian roots of Jean Paul, his life in Spain, and the Parisian life of his daughter Michelle. A journey of life became a path of artistic inspiration.

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ILO

In Brief The International Labor Organization was founded in 1919 and incorporated into the United Nation (UN) as a specialized agency in 1945. It emphasizes the need for workers to enjoy conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity through their employment. The ILO promotes international labor standard through its field offices in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia. The ILO has 187 state members. 186 of the 193 member states of the UN plus the Cook Islands are members of the ILO. The UN member states which are not members of the ILO are Andorra, Bhutan, Liechtenstein, Micronesia, Monaco, Naura and North Korea. My current stint with the ILO Asia and Pacific Region office located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as its freelance translator and interpreter has provided me with an insight of the informal economy that accounts for jobs that are neither taxed nor monitored by the authorities, and that make up a...

To the stars and back

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Masala Dosa

MTR Vegetarian Restaurant nestles in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur serves marvelous authentic Bangalore India food such as Masala Dosa or commonly known here as Masala Tosei. It goes with lentil bean as the inner gravy and olive oil poured on the dosa. My favourite drink is its special filter Arabica coffee bean with fresh goat milk. A clean and fast serving food restaurant, MTR has been here since 1924. Must try cause I enjoyed every minute of it! Friday 18/2/2022.

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