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Helen

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

I live in the Middle East with John (Uillean piper extraordinaire) and our 3 children. I speak French and Spanish and am learning to speak Arabic. I also speak English. I work freelance in the Medical profession. I am nuts about music and singing, I also love horse-riding. Neneh Cherry and Youssou Ndour
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My Interests

My Harley Davidson (I wish),Singing, guitar,my drum kit (the one in Virgin), my kids, travelling to foreign countries, speaking French, Spanish and Arabic, aromatherapy and Reikki, restaurants in Qatar, camping in the desert, windsurfing, snorkelling,tennis, Aspire fitness classes, horse-riding,

I'd like to meet:

Noa Bursie, Youssou NDour, Shawn Colvin, Tom Hamlyn, Toykult Will Jimeno & John Mclaughlin, Susan Sarandon, Tir Na Nog

Music:

Metallica, Prodigy, System of a Down, Velvet Revolver (courtesy of my 12 year old son). Wot I really like.....Noa Bursie, Youssou NDour, John on Uillean pipes,my sister Doro (solo), The Undertow (Doro/Brian Duffy) "Ferryman", featuring John Cooke on Uillean Pipes...awesome. The late, great Peter McCann senior - seriously hot on jazz piano, Ellie McCann, Tir Na Nog, Norah Jones, Katie Mellua, Eva Cassidy, Nina Simone, Moby, Nancy Griffith, Sheryl Crowe, Chemical Brothers, Tori Amos, Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vegas,Miles Davis,Davy Spillane, David Gray, Good Charlotte, Khaled, Green Day, Red Hot Chillis,Perry Common (sooooooooooo cooooooooooooool!), The Music Lovers (FAB),Madeleine Peyroux,Mica Paris,Dominic Crane,Bjork, Sinead O'Connor, Ruby Turner,Gorillaz "El Manana",Massive Attack,The Roaches,

Movies:

40-year old virgin, Falling Down,Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Dodgeball, Airplane I & II, Johnny English, Da Vinci Code,Dead Man Walking, Unbearable lightness of being, Billy Elliot,Final Destination (scary),The Birds, War of the Worlds, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Out of Africa,Single white female, The Truman Show, Year of living Dangerously, Paris Texas,World Trade Centre,The Beach,Misery (so funny),

Television:

American Chopper, I really hate Cartoon Network,

Books:

La Peste (awesome), La Bete Humaine, Da Vinci Code, autobiography Edith Piaf,L'Immoraliste, El Camino, La Faluche, On Becoming a Person, The Road Less Travelled, The Cinderella Complex,Woman in your own right,"Liberated Parenting" by Stephanie McCann,Enid Blyton Mallory Towers - whole set - fantastic!, How to Talk so Kids will listen, and listen so Kids will talk,Windows on the World,

Heroes:

Danny "Kurt" Cooke, Ruby Marie, Willy Wonka, Shawn Colvin,