A Typical day in Baabda

A typical day in the life of Emile Lahoud

5:00 am wakes up and goes for a jog around the palace
6:00 am is driven up to yarze country club for a swim
7:00 am has a royal breakfast at the palace
8:00 am reads syrias tishreen daily and watches Tele Liban to catch the latest news
9:00 am gets his hair trimmed and is clean shaven
10:00 am he gets a manicure and pedicure done
11:00 am he chooses the daily flowers for his office we see behind him at the 8 oclock news
12:00 am he hits the tanning bed to work on his tan
1:00 pm he has a royal lunch at the palace
2:00 pm he calls bashar assad to see who he should meet today
3:00 pm he confirms with rafik shlela on who is to visit him after confirmation from damascus
4:00 pm he meets with a group of people from the south or affiliated with the opposition
5:00 pm he goes for an evening jog then hits the gym to work on the arms
6:00 pm he meets with some foreign journalist either from kazazkstan, vietnam or iran for an interview
7:00 pm receives a call from wiam wahab, nasser kandeel, or wadih el khazen
8:00 pm has a royal dinner at the palace
9:00 pm watches the news on Tele Liban
10:00 pm calls bashar to fill him in on the days whereabouts and wishes him a good nights sleep
11:00 pm has a long talk with Aoun or Nasrallah and informs them what to do the next day
12:00 pm goes to sleep surprised he survived another day in the palace