ps.- "don't look back into the sun, now u know the time is come and they said it would never come for u, oh-oh-oh-ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
viernes, 14 de marzo de 2008
Another rainy day in Linköping
Despite the lovely sun which woke us up this morning, another cloudy afternoon... and it looks as if it's going to be like this for a while...
viernes, 7 de marzo de 2008
jueves, 6 de marzo de 2008
9-M and others
I should have tittled this post "Spain still goes on" but I didn't want to make the blog look like a review about the different EU countries since in my last post I talked about Italy...
but nevertheless, this post will go over the highlights of the current situation of Spain. Even if I am here, I like to be updated about what's going on in Spain.
Firstly, the elections coming up this Sunday. I have to say that I am very angry with the Spanish embassy in Stockholm for not having sent me the papers which would allow me to vote even if I am in Sweden. Unanswered calls, no reply to my e-mails,... anyway. I am quite aware that it is important to vote, specially at decisive moments like this. The one good thing that has happened during this electoral period has been the fact that the candidates from the two major parties (PP- conservatives, PSOE- socialists) have finally accepted to participate in a public debate. Actually there have been two. I was able to watch them the day after in youtube and in the websites of Spanish newspapers. (Please take a look at the video in the Youtube link) Aparent conclusions from these debates: the socialists have a stronger candidate and they are, according to polls, said to be the most voted party next Sunday.
My personal opinion according to what I've seen... I am not going to analyse the concrete arguments of either Zapatero (socialists) or Rajoy (conservatives) but what I am going to point out is the attitude of both them during the debate: it is certainly not acceptable to giggle about certain aspects or to just come back over and over to the same arguments whenever they do not belong to the discussion. The conservatives will still be unable to reach the government as long as they keep with this candidate and with their political untolerant attitude...
The best thing about these debates on TV has been that they have proved that Spanish people are interested politics (still!): over 12million people watched the debates. I must admit I feel proud about this, we DO care about what politicians do! :)
More things... well, what actually pushed me to write this post was the finding of this extract from my favourite radio programme, "La Ventana", presented by Gemma Nierga. The interview is about an investigation called "In the mind of the torturing" which has ended as a documentary/book. Baltasar Garzón, a well-knowned Spanish judge responsible for trials about terrorism and international genocide (specially about the Argentinian dictartorship), and Vicente Romero have condutec it. In this link you will get to the interview... It's really shocking to think about their inner feelings during this investigations as they dealed both with those who were torturing and those who were tortured...
The question which has arised to me after hearing about the investigation process is: up to where should the legitimacy of foreign countries and what's more international organisms to take to trial those who are acused of having commited crimes in their home States?
The case that I am concretely thinking about is the jugding of the Argentinian militars by Spanish courts... the trial for these crimes started earlier in Spain than in Argentina due to the inmunity laws that were aproved after the dictatorship...
but nevertheless, this post will go over the highlights of the current situation of Spain. Even if I am here, I like to be updated about what's going on in Spain.
Firstly, the elections coming up this Sunday. I have to say that I am very angry with the Spanish embassy in Stockholm for not having sent me the papers which would allow me to vote even if I am in Sweden. Unanswered calls, no reply to my e-mails,... anyway. I am quite aware that it is important to vote, specially at decisive moments like this. The one good thing that has happened during this electoral period has been the fact that the candidates from the two major parties (PP- conservatives, PSOE- socialists) have finally accepted to participate in a public debate. Actually there have been two. I was able to watch them the day after in youtube and in the websites of Spanish newspapers. (Please take a look at the video in the Youtube link) Aparent conclusions from these debates: the socialists have a stronger candidate and they are, according to polls, said to be the most voted party next Sunday.
My personal opinion according to what I've seen... I am not going to analyse the concrete arguments of either Zapatero (socialists) or Rajoy (conservatives) but what I am going to point out is the attitude of both them during the debate: it is certainly not acceptable to giggle about certain aspects or to just come back over and over to the same arguments whenever they do not belong to the discussion. The conservatives will still be unable to reach the government as long as they keep with this candidate and with their political untolerant attitude...
The best thing about these debates on TV has been that they have proved that Spanish people are interested politics (still!): over 12million people watched the debates. I must admit I feel proud about this, we DO care about what politicians do! :)
More things... well, what actually pushed me to write this post was the finding of this extract from my favourite radio programme, "La Ventana", presented by Gemma Nierga. The interview is about an investigation called "In the mind of the torturing" which has ended as a documentary/book. Baltasar Garzón, a well-knowned Spanish judge responsible for trials about terrorism and international genocide (specially about the Argentinian dictartorship), and Vicente Romero have condutec it. In this link you will get to the interview... It's really shocking to think about their inner feelings during this investigations as they dealed both with those who were torturing and those who were tortured...
The question which has arised to me after hearing about the investigation process is: up to where should the legitimacy of foreign countries and what's more international organisms to take to trial those who are acused of having commited crimes in their home States?
The case that I am concretely thinking about is the jugding of the Argentinian militars by Spanish courts... the trial for these crimes started earlier in Spain than in Argentina due to the inmunity laws that were aproved after the dictatorship...
sábado, 1 de marzo de 2008
what about Italy?
that's the question I've been trying to answer to myself.
I first visited Italy in August 2003, I think moved by the faxt of having met my good friend Niccolò in Nice the previous Summer. I was in vacation (+ Italian language course) in Florence for the whole month. Despite the unbearable heat, Uljana, the views from Forte Belvedere, living in the same street as "Davide" from Michellangelo (yes, I lived on the same strees in which Galleria dall'Academia is), the Duomo and the Gellateria close the Galleria dall'Academia made me enjoy one of my best lifetime experiences :))))
after that I kept Italy forever in my mind (and my heart) but never had the chance of going back until last April [about the IW Milano 2007... certainly couldn't define those wonderful 7 days but say that they certainly helpd me to broaden my view about life (thx Luigi, Riccardo, Andrea and Ale)].
In the meanwhile, I got to know Italian cinema, not only the classics but also the "teenager" latest films: Manuale d'Amore, L'ultimo bacio,... I have to confess: I like them! even if I'm not the kind of falling-in-love-everyday girl, from time to time you need to see this kind of sugar coat movies :P
I just love to see how much love means to Italians, no need to hide it! I love this scene from "che ne sarà di noi" (right now downloading). Maybe we should take notice of Italian girls... :P
coming back to the question... I really don't know what's inside that makes me always come to Italy... maybe I was Italian in another life? At the moment I certainly am, I am part of the Parmigiana Reggiana Family :D
Future Plans: Alghero with the girls!
I first visited Italy in August 2003, I think moved by the faxt of having met my good friend Niccolò in Nice the previous Summer. I was in vacation (+ Italian language course) in Florence for the whole month. Despite the unbearable heat, Uljana, the views from Forte Belvedere, living in the same street as "Davide" from Michellangelo (yes, I lived on the same strees in which Galleria dall'Academia is), the Duomo and the Gellateria close the Galleria dall'Academia made me enjoy one of my best lifetime experiences :))))
after that I kept Italy forever in my mind (and my heart) but never had the chance of going back until last April [about the IW Milano 2007... certainly couldn't define those wonderful 7 days but say that they certainly helpd me to broaden my view about life (thx Luigi, Riccardo, Andrea and Ale)].
In the meanwhile, I got to know Italian cinema, not only the classics but also the "teenager" latest films: Manuale d'Amore, L'ultimo bacio,... I have to confess: I like them! even if I'm not the kind of falling-in-love-everyday girl, from time to time you need to see this kind of sugar coat movies :P
I just love to see how much love means to Italians, no need to hide it! I love this scene from "che ne sarà di noi" (right now downloading). Maybe we should take notice of Italian girls... :P
coming back to the question... I really don't know what's inside that makes me always come to Italy... maybe I was Italian in another life? At the moment I certainly am, I am part of the Parmigiana Reggiana Family :D
Future Plans: Alghero with the girls!
domingo, 17 de febrero de 2008
Sex And The City
This post is dedicated to the best TV show ever: SEX AND THE CITY.
Ever since I got to know the show Sex And The City (don't remember when it was exactly) I became addicted to it. I remember those afternoons with Jose and Diana when I just couldn't stop referring to the show! hahaha (thx for standing me guys). To those who may not know about the show (if the possibility still exists), u might just get a lil puzzled about it because of its title, "does it only refer to sex?".
Well the answer is NO. It's not about a group of 4 desperate-horny-single women in their 30's who live in NYC. To me it's about the glam life, being a gorgeous single and the importance of having your friends close to you. The most outstanding thing from the show: "sex from a female's point of view and turn it into a weekly event" ( Chris North who plays Mr. Big in the show).
I really like how Michael Patrick King (one of the show's producers) defines SATC:
"ppl find it's only about sex or it's just about fashion and it's slowly over the years ppl start to see it's really about love and relationships and sex and basically the battlefield of trying to be in love, whether to be with another person or be with yourself"
Wednesday 27th February... I'm editing this post, way too long! just leaving my fav' vid... enjoy!
viernes, 15 de febrero de 2008
From Beauvais with love
hej hej everyone around... it's been quite a long time ever since I last wrote the latest blog post here...
the last 15 days I have been studying "seriously" for my exams back in Spain. By seriously I mean not partying 4 times a week here in Linköping but whenever everybody went to HG, Plata, etc I went home in order to be rested for the next studying day... So that has been my routine here the last 2-3 weeks.
I flew to Madrid last Saturday from Skavsta to Beauvais and then to Madrid. The price of the ticket and the nearness of Skavsta (only 1h30) by direct bus from Linköping were the reasons to choose this route but know I have "sufferer" the "auto-transfer" experience I am seriously questioning the posibility of repeating it... On my way to Madrid I would have to wait in Beauvais 6 hours but that was something I was already prepared for so it was boring boring booooooooooring but at least I knew about. But coming back to Sweden has been an exhausting travel! After having slept for 4 hours in the last 48h in Madrid (an exam, meeting friends, going out for dinner) I was really looking foward to sleep on the planes (Madrid- Beauvais, Beauvais-Skavsta) and getting early in the afternoon to Linköping and then sleep for the rest of the afternoon to be ready for the Plata reentré night (also known as the Long Island Iced tea night). I landed in Beauvais on time (8am) but the flight to Skavsta at 9.30 am as well as all of the flights departuring from Beauvais were cancelled because of the densed fog. We were told we would be rearrenged in the flight at 12.30pm but that flight didn't take place either... I was terribly tired, unable to find a place where to take a nap, having to carry around my hand luggage which was now incredibly
heavy due to the 4bottles (2gin, 1tequila,1rum) I had just bought in the dutty-free...
I had already tested all of the creams, stared at all of the Paris souvenirs, gone to the toilet, read magasins,... Beauvais is too small for more than 2h!!!!!! and more over, the boarding hall is toooooooo small to hold all of the passangers from 5 cancelled flights (Pisa, Rome, Oslo, Varsovia, Skavsta)... and still more ppl coming in! :S
They finally decided to "evacuate" the boarding hall and we were all in the checking area which is still too small for the amount of ppl we were... I finally got a new boarding pass for the flight to Skavsta which was departuring at 3.30pm... that means a delay of 6h!!!! I managed to sleep during the second period in the boarding hall and then again on the flight...
but the best was still to come: we arrived at Skavsta at 5.40pm whenever the shuttle to Linköping had left 10min ago, W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L having to wait 2h for the bus to come was just what I needed...
the best part of the day: having lovely friends who cook and are capable of saving a warm dish for you whenever you're hungry, too tired to prepare anything to cook :)))) and the best, the comforting chat u have after a couple of days away, I LOVE PARMIGIANO REGGIANO CORRIDOR!
ps.- please don't leave...
heavy due to the 4bottles (2gin, 1tequila,1rum) I had just bought in the dutty-free...I had already tested all of the creams, stared at all of the Paris souvenirs, gone to the toilet, read magasins,... Beauvais is too small for more than 2h!!!!!! and more over, the boarding hall is toooooooo small to hold all of the passangers from 5 cancelled flights (Pisa, Rome, Oslo, Varsovia, Skavsta)... and still more ppl coming in! :S
They finally decided to "evacuate" the boarding hall and we were all in the checking area which is still too small for the amount of ppl we were... I finally got a new boarding pass for the flight to Skavsta which was departuring at 3.30pm... that means a delay of 6h!!!! I managed to sleep during the second period in the boarding hall and then again on the flight...
but the best was still to come: we arrived at Skavsta at 5.40pm whenever the shuttle to Linköping had left 10min ago, W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L having to wait 2h for the bus to come was just what I needed...
the best part of the day: having lovely friends who cook and are capable of saving a warm dish for you whenever you're hungry, too tired to prepare anything to cook :)))) and the best, the comforting chat u have after a couple of days away, I LOVE PARMIGIANO REGGIANO CORRIDOR!
viernes, 1 de febrero de 2008
Routinary day in Linköping
"early" in the morning: wake up in my lovely bedroom
further in the "early" morning: relaxed breakfast in the kitchen where I'll probably chat with at least one of my very sociable corridor-mates
after the breakfast: check e-mail and Spanish newspapers
once the e-mail has been checked: going to the University's library...
I'll be back home at around 7pm or so!
Have a nice day!
Leyre ;)
further in the "early" morning: relaxed breakfast in the kitchen where I'll probably chat with at least one of my very sociable corridor-mates
after the breakfast: check e-mail and Spanish newspapers
once the e-mail has been checked: going to the University's library...
I'll be back home at around 7pm or so!
Have a nice day!
Leyre ;)
Luck is a chance happening, or that which happens beyond a person's control. Luck can be good or bad.
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