[Shah Massoud]

This is for steff to read and for those involved in the new year's eve program....

1st of all: happy new year and ya3tikoun el 3afyeh

2nd: for stef: you were amazing as usual and high-spirited and very 'natural'......while the other lady in batroun (sorry forgot her name - must been due to vodka effect :P )..anyway...she was doing ok...bass not so naturally , anno she went to the Taiga in batroun at 3.00 AM with people fully drunk and she started asking them what they think about 2009.....we barerly were hearing anything....all i could pick from the guy's facial gestures...is something like "....i think...euh i think..i'm gona throw up...."

3rd: for stef also: i think i saw u walking with an OTV microphone...while the batroun girl had a black micro with no label on it.......this would have been safer : imagine this explosive cocktail : a typical LFer ( very known typical attitudes and manners ) + alcohol running to the max + an OTV microphone => u might have endded with some bruise or two.....

4th: for Elie and Mireille in the studio : they did a great job , but the show was a little bit dull : the spinning wheel : one had to win 5 in a raw to win...they could have set it to 3 in a raw to make more people win.......it's was always the same game: they could have put another game or two for diversification....and the studio could have been more vivid , colorful with more music in the background...etc.... it didn't feel like a new year's eve stage

5th: concerning mike feghali : ok all the people listened what he had to say for 2009, that part was very good...but taking calls from people with personal ( rather stupid) one-liner reply from him.....they could have found something better to fill the airtime (a ghassan rahbany program with his band playing new year's mood would have been better)..... mike's feghali face , ma byedhak la rgif el sokhn also added to this not so festive impression on the stage.....

6th: midnight at zero-hour : Very funny fool-up....the studio started count-down 9..8.....2..1..0...haapy new year 2009...we saw batroun pictures...good THEN after shi 1 minute STEFF started coutdown in Monot...Even Elie made a funny comment that there is a time lag between monot and batroun.....
come on guys u could have coordinated it better with 3 pictures windows from batroun , studio and monot at the same time ...u could have coordinated with the night club where u were going live from , when the DJ should start the coutdown so everything comes together at the same time...and again in the studio Elie and Mireille tried to make a fuss as much as they can bass u needed more festivities with more people getting in the stage at that minute and cheering and blowing hornes..etc....with maybe a coutdown timer poping on the screen

Finally: enough nagging...all the team did a great job , i know it's hard to spend the new years eve working instead of really enjoying it with family and friends...ya3tikoun el 3afieh and happy new year 2009