Today is a special day, at least for all american people. Today they are going to celebrate THANKS GIVING DAY. All families together to celebrate this important date.
Today is the day where more movements there are between cities, states ... to have dinner in family or with friends.
But tomorrow... tomorrow .. is the hangover day, after thanksgiving day. It is named: Black Friday. Another important date exported to the rest of the world.
Today, I read an article based on 27th November, named: RAK DAY. (Random act of Kindness). No other agenda. Acts like:
Smiling at 10 strangers,
Surprising a retail cashier with a lottery ticket
Bring reusable bags
.....I don't know if this initiative is right or not... But I am sure that some american friend, let us know something about it.
Happy Thanksgiving day.
2015-11-26
2015-11-25
I Am Not Asking You ...
(poem and song)
I am not asking you to bring me down a blue star,
I am only asking you to fill my space with your light,
I am not asking you to sign 10 grey papers to love,
I am only asking you to love the pigeons that I watch usually.
As to the past, I am not going to deny,
the future will come some day,
and as to the present,
what do I care the people,
they are always going to gossip.
Continue filling of reasons for breathing in this minute,
do not please me, do not refuse, do not talk for talk.
I am not asking you to bring me down a blue star,
I am only asking you to fill my space with your light,
I am not asking you to sign 10 grey papers to love,
I am only asking you to love the pigeons that I watch usually.
As to the past, I am not going to deny,
the future will come some day,
and as to the present,
what do I care the people,
they are always going to gossip.
Continue filling of reasons for breathing in this minute,
do not please me, do not refuse, do not talk for talk.
2015-11-06
Oportunidades
Esta mañana tuve la oportunidad de caminar a mi trabajo, no desde mi casa sino desde un taller donde había dejado mi coche. No puedo explicarlo, pero hay algo sobre caminar con una destinación que me encanta. Me gustan el aire fresco, el ejercicio y las vistas a lo largo del camino. Me gusta también no estar dependiente de un vehículo y todo lo que conlleva — gasolina, mantenimiento, seguro etc. Desafortunadamente mi casa dista de todo, así que caminar a un lugar es una circunstancia rara.
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En mi trabajo tengo una nueva asignación para trabajar en un proyecto en México. Normalmente no trabajo directamente en proyectos, pero hoy en día tenemos tantos que aceptaríamos a cualquier persona que tuviera un corazón palpitante. Es carambola que se llevará a cabo el proyecto en México. Aunque no espero viajar allí, quizá tendré unas oportunidades de hablar en español. Sería una prueba de mi vocabulario técnico, que no es tan bueno.
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En mi trabajo tengo una nueva asignación para trabajar en un proyecto en México. Normalmente no trabajo directamente en proyectos, pero hoy en día tenemos tantos que aceptaríamos a cualquier persona que tuviera un corazón palpitante. Es carambola que se llevará a cabo el proyecto en México. Aunque no espero viajar allí, quizá tendré unas oportunidades de hablar en español. Sería una prueba de mi vocabulario técnico, que no es tan bueno.
2015-11-04
Modismos
Llevando 50 años hablando inglés, he aprendido hoy un nuevo modismo (nuevo para mí): to put the cat among the pigeons (colocar el gato entre las palomas). Un colega irlandés lo usó en un correo electrónico para describir el efecto de una pregunta mía. No he escuchado este modismo antes, pero pude adivinar el signficado intentado — mi pregunta había causado mucho pertubación. Wikipedia me dice que "alborotar a todo el palomar" es un equivalente en español, aunque le falta el gato :-).
Otra expresión inglés es "a bull in a china shop". Es una vívida imagen no muy diferente de la del gato y de las palomas. Se aplica a una persona desenfrenada en una circunstancia que incluye objetos frágiles. Me acuerdo de un anuncio televisivo en el que un toro deambuló entre exhibidores de porcelana fina. Creo que trató del seguro o algo similar.
Otra expresión inglés es "a bull in a china shop". Es una vívida imagen no muy diferente de la del gato y de las palomas. Se aplica a una persona desenfrenada en una circunstancia que incluye objetos frágiles. Me acuerdo de un anuncio televisivo en el que un toro deambuló entre exhibidores de porcelana fina. Creo que trató del seguro o algo similar.
2015-10-28
Trick or Treat
As in each year at this date, an american tradition invades our lives.
Children dresses up like monsters, wichtes, deaths .... are in all streets singing the same : Trick or Treat.
Schools are required to ensure the celebration of Halloween.
All schools prepare little parties for children. They enjoy a lot in these parties. But after the school, the party carries in the streets and of course, like in The States in their neighbourghoods. In the place where I live, there is a neighbbourhood, where there ares some houses decorated with lights, and pumpkins. All children go there to achieve sweets, and of course they want to scare to the owners of the houses with: TRICK OR TREAT.
Apart from this anecdote, what it is obvious is that The States are the best sellers or exporters of their traditions to the rest of the world. Everybody looks to America when Halloween is coming. They want to copy the American tendency and spread it in their country, city or neighbourhood.
Pumkins are in all villages. Every year, when I go to visit a cementery I see pumkins in the path to the cementery. But theses punkins are for the tradition of the village where I go to visit my grandparents in the cementery.
Children dresses up like monsters, wichtes, deaths .... are in all streets singing the same : Trick or Treat.
All schools prepare little parties for children. They enjoy a lot in these parties. But after the school, the party carries in the streets and of course, like in The States in their neighbourghoods. In the place where I live, there is a neighbbourhood, where there ares some houses decorated with lights, and pumpkins. All children go there to achieve sweets, and of course they want to scare to the owners of the houses with: TRICK OR TREAT.
Apart from this anecdote, what it is obvious is that The States are the best sellers or exporters of their traditions to the rest of the world. Everybody looks to America when Halloween is coming. They want to copy the American tendency and spread it in their country, city or neighbourhood.
Pumkins are in all villages. Every year, when I go to visit a cementery I see pumkins in the path to the cementery. But theses punkins are for the tradition of the village where I go to visit my grandparents in the cementery.
2015-10-25
Autum!
One of the things that I love of Autum is the colour of our forests. Orange, Green. The leaves on the come tumbling down, making a paht of green, yellow and orange colours.
Walking across this kind ok paths, is one of the best experiences of the Autum. Feelling the peace, feeling the silence ... It is magic. Your footstep is the only sound that you can heart. The silence, the river, the water ..... The peace around you , it's one the best things of this moment.
The fog on the forest, mixed with the colours is frankly, wonderful.
In this period of the year, one of the most popular activities that people do is : Collecting mushrooms.
People usually go to the forest with the aim of enjoying a day in the forest, walking and collecting mushrooms. People go in groups of friends, families .....
While they are enjoying of the landscape, the paths.... they look for behing their foots to find : a mushroom.
Baskets, little knives are the instruments used to find and collect the mushrooms.
After the walk, everybody enjoys showing their collect and cooking it to taste the flavour of the forest's products.
But, one thing that everybody should know before collecting mushrooms and cooking them is that not every mushrooms are good to taste them. Sometimes, nice mushrooms, hide serious dangers for our health. There are healthy and dangerous mushrooms. If we taste a danger mushroom we can die.
Each time there are more people interested in this kind of activity and the mushroom's culture is growing up. In the area where I live, there are workdays, where people are taught in the culture of mushrooms. Ther can learn who to differentiate betwen a good and bad mushroom, etc... after the working days, they usually go to the forest to collect all kind of mushroms. After that, all mushrooms are clasificated with their name, and the most important thing: They show which ones are bad or dangerous for our health. These kind of activities repeated in a lot of villages is very important to enjoy and taste of one of the most important things of Autum.
The fog on the forest, mixed with the colours is frankly, wonderful.
In this period of the year, one of the most popular activities that people do is : Collecting mushrooms.
People usually go to the forest with the aim of enjoying a day in the forest, walking and collecting mushrooms. People go in groups of friends, families .....
While they are enjoying of the landscape, the paths.... they look for behing their foots to find : a mushroom.
Baskets, little knives are the instruments used to find and collect the mushrooms.
But, one thing that everybody should know before collecting mushrooms and cooking them is that not every mushrooms are good to taste them. Sometimes, nice mushrooms, hide serious dangers for our health. There are healthy and dangerous mushrooms. If we taste a danger mushroom we can die.
Each time there are more people interested in this kind of activity and the mushroom's culture is growing up. In the area where I live, there are workdays, where people are taught in the culture of mushrooms. Ther can learn who to differentiate betwen a good and bad mushroom, etc... after the working days, they usually go to the forest to collect all kind of mushroms. After that, all mushrooms are clasificated with their name, and the most important thing: They show which ones are bad or dangerous for our health. These kind of activities repeated in a lot of villages is very important to enjoy and taste of one of the most important things of Autum.
2015-10-13
Let's Celebrate an important day
Yesterday, we lived an important day.
523 years ago, America was discovered by Cristobal Colon.
In my opinion, we must celebrate this date because the current world wouldn't be understand it without America and Europe.
The American's development wouldn't be whait it is with the help of Eurpe. At the same time, the devolopment of Europe wouldn't be understand without America. Both continents are importants to understand our lifes.
I would say that Europe, the old continent, means the tradition, the rules, .. whereas America represents modernity, action, new ways of thinking.
There are theories against the discovery but I think that the history of that fact, is the most important thing for everybody!
The pity is that all traditions or ancient groups of people have become extint and with them a huge part of the history of America ( North and South). With them, now we could understand better the history of that continent
523 years ago, America was discovered by Cristobal Colon.
In my opinion, we must celebrate this date because the current world wouldn't be understand it without America and Europe.
The American's development wouldn't be whait it is with the help of Eurpe. At the same time, the devolopment of Europe wouldn't be understand without America. Both continents are importants to understand our lifes.
I would say that Europe, the old continent, means the tradition, the rules, .. whereas America represents modernity, action, new ways of thinking.
There are theories against the discovery but I think that the history of that fact, is the most important thing for everybody!
The pity is that all traditions or ancient groups of people have become extint and with them a huge part of the history of America ( North and South). With them, now we could understand better the history of that continent
2015-09-18
The end of a dream II
It's very sad to talk about what it's happening in Europe and mainly, about syrian refugees.
The problem is that they want to achieve Europe, as a the door of freedom. In my opinion, I think that all countries member of the Eurpean Community want to help to all the syrian refugees. But, they are too much people, and the situation is getting overdramatic ( I don't know if "is getting overdramatic is used well.).
Every country has its own infrastucture and now with the massive entrace of syrian people, the situation is getting dramatic, not only for the european countries but also for the main victims, syrian refugees.
Everybody must have the best conditions to live, but this is an unexpecting situation. They mustn't suffer discrimination and the have to live in the best conditions.
Time runs quickly, at the same time that the situation. I wish we could listen news with the aim of supporting and helping them.
It's a sad situation. But we mustn't forget that it is part of ouw history.
The problem is that they want to achieve Europe, as a the door of freedom. In my opinion, I think that all countries member of the Eurpean Community want to help to all the syrian refugees. But, they are too much people, and the situation is getting overdramatic ( I don't know if "is getting overdramatic is used well.).
Every country has its own infrastucture and now with the massive entrace of syrian people, the situation is getting dramatic, not only for the european countries but also for the main victims, syrian refugees.
Everybody must have the best conditions to live, but this is an unexpecting situation. They mustn't suffer discrimination and the have to live in the best conditions.
Time runs quickly, at the same time that the situation. I wish we could listen news with the aim of supporting and helping them.
It's a sad situation. But we mustn't forget that it is part of ouw history.
2015-09-17
Jabberwocky
En su libro "Through the Looking-Glass" (espejo) Lewis Carroll incluyó un poema titulado "Jabberwocky" que, al parecer, cuenta de una batalla entre un joven y una bestia, el Jabberwock. Dije "al parecer" porque el poema usa varias palabras inventadas, dando mucha ambigüedad a la historia. Aunque no se ven las palabras en el diccionario, no les falta significado en absoluto, porque su sonido y redacción comunican algo al lector, evocando los sentidos de otras palabras.
Por ejemplo, la primera linea es "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves". Ni "brillig" ni "slithy" ni "toves" son palabras reales, pero todavía tiene la linea un tono de mal agüero. Una pregunta fascinante es — ¿Cómo se traduciría este poema a otro idioma? ¿Cuál es el equivalente de una palabra sin significado claro? Bueno, déjame centrarme en la palabra "slithy".
¿Qué expresa? Primeramente suena como "slimy", que quiere decir viscoso, legamoso, fangoso. También suena como "lithe" (ágil) y "sly" (listo, mañoso). Además, "slithy" parece como un pariente de "to slither" que es como se mueve un serpiente. Por lo tanto, puedo tratar de combinar algunas de aquellas palabras españoles, y produzco "culegañoso". Los tovos culegañosos. ¿Qué te expresa esto? ¿Podría ser una palabra en español?
Por cierto, encontré en Wikipedia varias traducciones del poema. Por "slithy" usan "viscovivos", "agiliscosos", "flexicosos", "pegájiles" y "agilimosas". ¿Cuál es la mejor?
Por ejemplo, la primera linea es "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves". Ni "brillig" ni "slithy" ni "toves" son palabras reales, pero todavía tiene la linea un tono de mal agüero. Una pregunta fascinante es — ¿Cómo se traduciría este poema a otro idioma? ¿Cuál es el equivalente de una palabra sin significado claro? Bueno, déjame centrarme en la palabra "slithy".
¿Qué expresa? Primeramente suena como "slimy", que quiere decir viscoso, legamoso, fangoso. También suena como "lithe" (ágil) y "sly" (listo, mañoso). Además, "slithy" parece como un pariente de "to slither" que es como se mueve un serpiente. Por lo tanto, puedo tratar de combinar algunas de aquellas palabras españoles, y produzco "culegañoso". Los tovos culegañosos. ¿Qué te expresa esto? ¿Podría ser una palabra en español?
Por cierto, encontré en Wikipedia varias traducciones del poema. Por "slithy" usan "viscovivos", "agiliscosos", "flexicosos", "pegájiles" y "agilimosas". ¿Cuál es la mejor?
2015-09-04
The end of a dream
These days are very specially distressing.
People are running away from their birh-countries because the situation that they are living is simply unfair.
Their buildings have been destroyed, their living conditions have been eliminated.... They don't have anything and their life expectancy is lacking. They considered themselves like a broken toys. The exit from their country is the obvious solution to achieve the wellbeing that they have lost. But, when they decide to run away from the country, an old movement is waiting for them. Mafia (behind a new face, more calm and friendly), promises them a new life in a better world. They pay it their savings of all their life with the aim of finding a better world for them and for all their family.
In most of the cases, the tragedy is wainting for them, when they least expect it. When their dream of arriving to the new world .... they are the main actors of the tragedy, and with this act all their life and dreams are closed.
In my mind, the image of that child of 3 years lying on the beach.
Sometimes, we should think about our fortune of living in a safe country with our family, friends ... They don't have anything and surely they will not have anything, any life expectancy .... And if they find something to full their lifes, they will find a lot of problems. Not at the beginning, but after some days, months after their arrival.
People are running away from their birh-countries because the situation that they are living is simply unfair.
Their buildings have been destroyed, their living conditions have been eliminated.... They don't have anything and their life expectancy is lacking. They considered themselves like a broken toys. The exit from their country is the obvious solution to achieve the wellbeing that they have lost. But, when they decide to run away from the country, an old movement is waiting for them. Mafia (behind a new face, more calm and friendly), promises them a new life in a better world. They pay it their savings of all their life with the aim of finding a better world for them and for all their family.
In most of the cases, the tragedy is wainting for them, when they least expect it. When their dream of arriving to the new world .... they are the main actors of the tragedy, and with this act all their life and dreams are closed.
In my mind, the image of that child of 3 years lying on the beach.
Sometimes, we should think about our fortune of living in a safe country with our family, friends ... They don't have anything and surely they will not have anything, any life expectancy .... And if they find something to full their lifes, they will find a lot of problems. Not at the beginning, but after some days, months after their arrival.
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