Sunday, May 28, 2006

runaway train


can you help me remember how to smile

make it somehow all seem worthwhile

22 comments:

Unknown said...

How can it all be worthwhile before you smile, when a smile is what makes it all worthwhile.

As far as I know there is nothing that makes life seem so worthwhile as people about whom we care, who care about us.

the perpetual refugee said...

I never smiled during my subway rides. The subway years. I found them depressing.

I always smile on the shores of the Mediterranean.

Anonymous said...

I didn't even imagine that this picture would bring out so much inspiration...
;)

Unknown said...

Do you mind if I (or some of your other readers) borrow some of your pictures (with credits of course)?

Laila K said...

ty, go ahead..

Ghassan said...

3andkon metro be montreal?
(ma kel youm berou7 byejeh metro - Z. Rahbani)

rouba said...

helweh hal soura laila
w gus eh fi metro bi montreal bas ma bi da3wsouk metel bi NY

Eve said...

trains remind me of two things, depressing all in all :p
Fairuz and "el-mahatta" play, the station she invented and where she waited for a train that never showed up + an old stupid french song (et j'entends siffler le train)...

Anonymous said...

Montreal metro is still one of the cleanest around. It's very noisy though.

Let's go out for a beer and photography shooting around Montreal. I promise you you will easily remember how to smile...:)

Charles Malik said...

There aren't too many reasons to smile these days. I'm hoping that will change come July.

Hashem said...

smile ya Laila...your face looks so beutiful smiling in the pictures...yalla wloo...smile!

Laila K said...

dating master, yalla in a minute

moussa, sure why not?

hashem, thanks now I'm smiling..

Mar said...

I used to think that 'GoodbyeS' at train steps were so romantic. I got over that one evening on a " Layali Al LA ( no) ounss fi Vienna"

This guy distorted that romantic picture in my head. I wish I stepped down off of that train and kicked him in the face.
See I'm not just smiling now,I'm laughing :)

Mar said...

I used to believe that 'Goodbyes' at train steps were so romantic untill this guy proved me wrong one evening at " Layli al LAAA Ounss fi Vienna"

Man, he distorted that picture in my head.
I wish I stepped down off of that train and kicked him in the head. See now Im not just smiling, I'm laughing inside remembering that. I hope you are too :)

_z. said...

it's true that it is a nice picture (cadrage)...
I am not liking subways these days, I find that I am prefering the bus... a few years ago it was just the opposite...strange... maybe it is my mood...
I miss toronto's streetcars...
TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AS MUCH AS YOU CAN...

(ghassan i think it is "ma fi yom birou7 w byijeh metro... or am I mistaken... ma ba3ref)

Anonymous said...

Z, is indeed correct. It's "ma fi yom birou7 w byijeh metro"

Fouad said...

is this from a song?

Laila K said...

yes fouad it is (Soul Asylum)

FZ said...

lovely picture! have a strange compulsion for subways, esp the dirty ny subways, the litter, the stains, the smells, the odd distances among strangers on platforms, the crazyhumid underground clausterphobia, a bizarre intimacy of public space... maybe somehow it is my personal counterpoint to the sterility of hospitals... who knows? :)

Fouad said...

I knew it! :)

Laila K said...

thanks FZ..yeah thats an interesting (and freaky)theory :)

fouad, i knew you're smart bass didnt know how much! :P

anny, you MUST get that picture for me. please!

Anonymous said...

Looks nice! Awesome content. Good job guys.
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