Canadian SME International Trade and Marketing - writings upon readings and continued curiousity in the realms of cross cultural business. Some of my opinions are not my own, but I would fancy to say nearly all of them should be credited to the various authors. Deming disciple. I stubbornly persist.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Song of the Candle
SONG OF THE CANDLE (1972) - Stan Rogers
capo second fret
G C
I took up my pen tonight, I couldn't seem to write
G Em C
It's like I got religion, and then I lost the light
G Em C A
An old woman once told me, she'd always felt that way
C G C D
She said "Taken from the mold, while it still can run
Em Bm
a candle might not keep you from the cold.
C Bm
But buy another candle son, it's not too much to pay."
C G C G C
For one more try, and I had to smile before I walked away
CHORUS 1
Em Bm
Tonight in a room full of candles
C G
Another cup of ashes drains away
Em D
And at times it gets so hard to handle
C Bm
Knowing one more simple song has swiftly taken wing
C G C G C
And I'm left alone to hear the song a lonely candle sings
Coffee houses bother me, I cannot tell you why
But it never seems hello sounds as sweet as goodbye
And the waitresses in passing, remeber all your names...
They say "Look around and try to meet a single eye."
And "Empty cups will mock me if I stay, but
buy another coffee Stan, it's not too much to pay
and we will try to raise your smile
before you walk away."
TO CHORUS 1
The priest I found was nervous. He cleared his throat a lot
But framed in staned glass windows, his eyes were lost in thought
And I said "Father can you tell me, is some happiness my right?"
He said "Rather seek you joy, in the blessing of your God
and happiness from worship in His sight."
And "Buy another candle son, before you start to pray,
and don't forget to cross your breast before you walk away."
TO CHORUS 1
One too many cigarettes, slowly burning down
And the final cup of coffee was cold and full of grounds
And maybe one last pipeful might send the words around
Still underneath my hand, this night has slipped away
And leaves me as empty as this page
One more candle flickers out, the night is turning grey
And I just can't watch the dying flame
I have to walk away
CHORUS 2
Tonight I have burned all my candles
Leaving only ashes in their wake...
And at times I get so hard to handle
'Cause simple songs leave me behind, they all have taken wing
And I'm left alone to hear the song a lonely candle sings
The Rose and the Amaranth
The Rose and the Amaranth"Greatness carries its own penalties."Aesop's Fables 6th Century B.C.Sunday, April 24, 2011
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Redemption Song
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the 'and of the Almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfil de book.
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
[Guitar break]
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy,
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it:
We've got to fulfil de book.
Won't you help to sing
Dese songs of freedom? -
'Cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Blackfield - Glass House
We'll meet again someday
Life is running out
I guess I had enough, I need to go now
I used to live in a house of glass
Where no one comes or goes
Watching life outside
I used to stand behind the door
And hope the wind won't blow
And mess my fears around
It took me so long to find out where they're hiding
Music like rain
Over my deepest feelings
And you're faking that?
Music like rain
Over my deepest feelings
And you're faking that?
Faking that?
Goodbye, old friend, my paranoid
We'll meet again someday
Life is running out
I guess I had enough, I need to go now
Guster - Either Way
You were almost kind, you were almost true
Don't let me see that other side of you
You have learned in time that you must be cruel
I'll have to wait to get the best of you
Poison in everything you say
Don't you, don't you?
Wonder what difference does it make......Either way
You were almost kind, you were almost true
Why give away that other side of you
Happens every time, so it must be true
Poison in everything you say
Don't you, don't you
Wonder what difference does it make....Either way
Were you ever kind, were you always cruel?
Who's ever seen that other side of you?
Happened every time, so it must be true?
Where did you learn it's either him or you?
You were almost kind, you were almost true
Don't let me see that other side of you
You have learned in time that you must be cruel
I'll have to wait to get the best of you
Poison in everything you say
Don't you, don't you?
Wonder what difference does it make......Either way [2x]
Welcome Lamb
He take the lightning from the sky
He bring the strong man to his bended knee
He make the young girls mama cry
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
He got the voices speakin' riddles
He got the eye as black as coal
He got a suitcase covered with rattlesnake hide
And he stand right in the road
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run away
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
He make the river call your lover
He make the barking of the hound
Put the shadow across the window
When the old man comes around
You got to hidey-hide
You got to jump and run again
You got to hidey hidey-hide
The old man's down the road
The old man is down the road
The old man is down the road
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
"Ruby Falls" by Guster
Tonight
Where do we go from here?
The road to Ruby Falls has reached the end
And now we're digging in the sand
They're promising that help is on the way
Love, confession number one
Impossible and sorry
And judge, can you look the other way?
Some things are best unsaid
And now where can we go from here
When all the morning birds have gone away
Two wrongs won't navigate tonight
The afterlife is all in the end
The afterlife is ours in the end
Love, don't look me in the eye
Just wash it all down
And judge, can you let me know the way
We're outta here, straight outta here
Somewhere down buried in the sand
Two birds give out a song
And all of Ruby Falls is singing along
Sing along...
(...gone and turned away (?))
(...gonna make you pay (?))
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Control Emotions To Negotiate Successfully
My students completed a case study on emotions and their impact on negotiation today and included this video in their presentation. I enjoyed the impact of Mr. Murray's excellent visuals.
Sykurmolarnir from Iceland = Niceland can seduce me anytime!
Gudrun has shared her latest marketing campaign slogan, "Iceland = Niceland" and a taste of its world famous nightlife culture.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Now and Then There's A Fool Such As I
Pardon me, if I'm sentimental
When we say goodbye
Don't be angry with me should I cry
When you're gone, yet I'll dream
A little dream as years go by
Now and then there's a fool such as I
Now and then there's a fool such as I am over you
You taught me how to love
And now you say that we are through
I'm a fool, but I'll love you dear
Until the day I die
Now and then there's a fool such as I
Now and then there's a fool such as I am over you
You taught me how to love
And now you say that we are through
I'm a fool, but I'll love you dear
Until the day I die
Now and then there's a fool such as I
Now and then there's a fool such as I
Now and then there's a fool such as I
Sunday, April 17, 2011
And finally The Blue Train...
Carlotta sent me a wonderful slideshow of the First Class Blue Train of South Africa and it got me thinking about my life's train journeys. The longest train trip I ever took was from Kerala to Bombay and was something like 36 hours but I really can't remember. I was in a bunk for most of the trip with two wooden carved and authentic Hindu temple stanchions and a 16 kilogram rosewood carving of a male and female elephant kind of trunks reaching and touching each other.
The most amazing train trip I ever took was with Lynn on the Nilgiri Mountain Railroad from Ooty to Mettupalayam in Tamil Nadu. I found an interesting video which was apparently filmed on the roof of that train called Chaiyya Chaiyya. It should give you a sense of its majestic passage. Wikipedia describes it as, "The 'Nilagiri Passenger' train covers a distance of 26 mi (41.8 km),travels through 208 curves, 16 tunnels, and 250 bridges.The uphill journey takes around 290 minutes (4.8 hours), and the downhill journey takes 215 minutes (3.6 hours) It has the steepest track in Asia with a maximum gradient of 8.33%" The song itself has quite a message as well with English subtitles by clicking on CC.
Canada Trip Summer 2011 Homeward Leg
Take the Blue Train...
ARTIST: James Keelaghan TITLE: Cold Missouri Waters Lyrics and Chords
My name is Dodge, but then you know that
It's written on the chart there at the foot end of the bed
They think I'm blind, I can't read it I've read it every word, and every word it says is death
So, Confession - is that the reason that you came
Get it off my chest before I check out of the game
Since you mention it, well there's thirteen things I'll name
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters
/ D - Bm - / G - D A / : / Bm - G D / Bm - G A / / Bm - G D / Em G A Bm /
August 'Forty-Nine, north Montana
The hottest day on record, the forest tinder dry
Lightning strikes in the mountains
I was crew chief at the jump base, I prepared the boys to fly
Pick the drop zone, C-47 comes in low
Feel the tap upon your leg that tells you go
See the circle of the fire down below
Fifteen of us dropped above the cold Missouri waters
Gauged the fire, I'd seen bigger
So I ordered them to sidehill and we'd fight it from below
We'd have our backs to the river
We'd have it licked by morning even if we took it slow
But the fire crowned, jumped the valley just ahead
There was no way down, headed for the ridge instead
Too big to fight it, we'd have to fight that slope instead
Flames one step behind above the cold Missouri waters
Sky had turned red, smoke was boiling
Two hundred yards to safety, death was fifty yards behind
I don't know why I just thought it
I struck a match to waist high grass running out of time
Tried to tell them, Step into this fire I set
We can't make it, this is the only chance you'll get
But they cursed me, ran for the rocks above instead
I lay face down and prayed above the cold Missouri waters
And when I rose, like the phoenix
In that world reduced to ashes there were none but two survived
I stayed that night and one day after
Carried bodies to the river, wonder how I stayed alive
Thirteen stations of the cross to mark to their fall
I've had my say, I'll confess to nothing more
I'll join them now, those that left me long before
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri shore