Korina Bliss Blog

Here’s some photos from my gig in Beirut, Lebanon. I had an amazing time overall.. learned a LOT & experienced new things..so many new things.

Highlights of the trip:

- dropping my beats in a new country (obviously) what a rush!

- meeting some killer dj’s.. dj Pablo from Lebanon, and dj Avid from Jordan they both tore it up!

- checking out the many clubs and non-stop nightlife

- $1 beers!!! ^_^ (the whole exchange rate is pretty awesome I did mad shopping!)

- afterpartying in a man-made cave in the mountains

- all the beautiful sites:the Mediteranean Sea, mountains, hillsides..its all just breathtaking.

- meeting lots of new people to party with.. Laura & Ingrid <3 you girls! everywhere, even our waiter at Roadsters Cafe lol

Not so great:

- losing my luggage. for 2 days!! ..but thankfully I got it back intact

- my serato wouldn’t hook up at the club, so I had to leave, burn my set to cd’s at a friends house and rush back to spin my set on CDjs (always gonna be bringing a backup set on cdjs now)

- a lot of the food made me feel sick (even though it was delicious, so not fair)

- when they say don’t drink the water, DONT DO IT! I thought my Dunk ‘N’ donuts coffee was safe. I was wrong.

- the internet was so slow it should be in a new category. Updates during the trip were not an option, not even twitter.. my phone abandoned me.

- I got a migraine on the 15 hour flight home, and the tylenol I took made me nauseous, not to mention the 2 hours of turbulence, I was a wreck! I couldn’t even look at my in flight meal lol

Beirut @ night

boobs & my airplane reading material ;P

Breakfast 2 Breakfast menue full of yummy food

Rainbowww

The tix for Playful Dream

scenery driving out of Beirut

The airport

waiting to leave for Playful Dream

mah outfit

my outfit and my wristband matched

Dj LIKKER

party, party

watching dj Avid play his beats

=D

dj Likker all up in my picture urgh.

Dj Pablo and me

wooooo Happy New Year!

Kristy is hot

hehe

gorgeous view in the countryside

so many hills

*fap*fap*fap* this made me giggle lol..

Trippy cola

more partying

I forget the name of this club

Kristy & moi

posing with christmas decorations at Le Mall < it was called Le Mall

hittin’ the Shisha

another night of clubbing

Ingrid (right) and her adorable friend

Dj Pablo. His tech house killed it!

@ BO18.. so packed but what a vibe!

this club is litererally underground. luvd it

my darling Laura and I

Happy Lush mmmm vodka

Best. Crepe. Ever.

the end haha

<3 Koko Bliss

I’m a lil bit disgusted buy the consumer greed that runs rampant through the crowds on boxing day, but I can’t say much about it this year as I myself had to dive into the throng headfirst. Usually I sleep through most of the day following Christmas, so maybe I’m just not desensitized to it? I had a good excuse though; leaving the country for two weeks starting tomorrow left me no choice but to brave the mall-chaos and plead with sales girls to let me do a couple exchanges while I picked up last minute essentials like batteries, foundation …and a couple skirts and tops that were such a good deal I’d be crazy not to pass them up. *blush*

They call it Boxingday Madness for a reason, the crush of my fellow bargain hunters was so thick I could barely move at times! My girlfriend and I expertly weaved our way in and out of the congestion like the seasoned shoppers we both are, but even still this was not a place to be if you were in a hurry (which I was) and we had to take frequent breaks outside to cool off and regain our composure. The day was hot and intense, I think we both walked off our Christmas dinner and then some, but we survived with noone getting too agressive and the general atmosphere was rushed but pleasant. Overall a surprisingly enjoyable experience, but the icing on the cake was my last stop. A big name electronics store that was so suffocating with shoppers you couldnt move unless you took ‘side roads’ meaning random deserted isles and circled around til you closed in on what you wanted. I almost lost my mind trying to find a Middle East compatible power adapter for my hair iron.. but finally a nice sales guy not only helped me but rang me up at one of those little stations, and in doing so let me cut in front of a good 20 people in line. (I didn’t realize there was a line when I asked him for help it was too crowded) Big thanks to my gf and the angel sales guy if you’re reading this you saved my day and my sanity!!! xx

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It’s 10pm, I leave for Beirut, Lebanon at 2pm tomorrow and as usual I’m rushing around doing last minute things. I’m about 75% packed but I still have a whole list of things to do before I take off. My boy and I are playing at Citrus nightclub in downtown Beirut this New Years Eve, its going to be magical!!. My first overseas gig! =)

I will of course take many photos to share with all of you, but I may be a little out of touch for the next two weeks, I have no idea what kind of internet access I’ll have out there.

Here’s the flyer…

xoxo <3 Koko Bliss