tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706922517733725722024-03-14T06:25:01.557+00:00Random RamblingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-16060770899193183342011-01-20T15:12:00.001+00:002011-01-20T15:13:00.124+00:00Can't make it to the carnival in Rio? Don't worry, we know about a better one!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://news.canary-travels.com/2011/01/carnival-celebrations-in-canary-islands.html" target="_blank" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TTgWtt4CRTI/AAAAAAAABvM/HUHr_TCA1Fc/s1600/carnaval-cabalgata.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
February and March is carnivaltime on the Canary Islands, a large festival where both young and old participate. Hundreds of thousands of residents and thousands of tourists are joining in to celebrate the great festival, which for many is seen as one of the most vivid after the Carnival in Rio de Janerio.<br />
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Carnival is held on all islands and in many different cities, but the largest are in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.<br />
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One of the best things about carnival in the Canary Islands is that everyone can participate. One do not need to buy expensive costumes or make extravagant outfits. People of all ages and sizes are out in the streets celebrating, because here the most important thing is to have fun.<br />
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Hubby is always speaking about "The Power of Imagination". If you believe enough in something, you will end up achieving it. For him this always comes through, and he really believes in the things that he want in life. But in my family it seems that we end up getting the things that we fear the most...<br />
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Maybe its time to get rid of all the fear and negative thinking, so we can concentrate on positive thoughts and the things that we really want in life?<br />
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When hubby was a child he used to spend his holidays and weekends in a friends apartment located in a holiday village. His biggest dream was to one day have his own apartment in that area.<br />
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Years later we took a lastminute trip and we ended up in that same city. We saw a small apartment for sale and was dreaming about one day being able to live there.<br />
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After a few years we were looking for a new place to live. We looked at hundred of houses in hundred of places. All of a sudden we got a great deal on a house with a garden and a great view in the exact same place that hubby had been dreaming about having a small apartment his whole life. Power of imagination or coincidence?<br />
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After that he got a new dream; a projector. After looking in every store and all over internet he found the one he wanted, but it costed a fortune! For three years he was looking for that projector, and suddenly one day he found it for less than third of the original price. And the quality was better than he could ever imagine! Power of imagination or coincidence?<br />
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With the projector in box came a new dream; a Playstation 3. But again way out of our budget. For months he was looking all over internet. He even used Google translate to search through japanese websites selling secondhand electronics. <br />
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One day his friend decided to buy himself a 3D TV. When he went to the store for make the deal, they told him they had a special Christmas offer; the TV came with a free Playstation 3! The man already had a PS3 so he decided to give the second one to his friend; my hubby, as a Christmas present. How many stores give out free PS3's? And how many friends give a friend a PS3 for Christmas? But once again hubby got more than he could ask for. Power of imagination or coincidence?<br />
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Hubby is a dreamer who always thinks the best of everyone, and always have positive thoughts. Maybe thats why he always gets what he want? <br />
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Because in my family it seems to be the opposite. My grandfather hated candles. He never had any bad experience with them, he just did not like the flames. Unfortunately he spent his last minutes on earth running around his house with a water bucket trying to put out a fire. Not caused by candles, but still. Power of imagination or coincidence?<br />
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Of course the fire affected the family a lot. Almost everything got lost in the fire, but the worst of all was of course the loss of my beloved grandfather. As the years have gone by, everyone have learned to deal with it as best as they can. But every year all the memories come rushing back around the date of the fire.<br />
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Yesterday a fire started in the office of my uncle. One would think the man had learned something after the big fire, but he did exactly the same thing his father had done; run around with a water bucket to put out the fire. Luckily it all ended well! But the date? The day before the big fire a few years earlier... Power of imagination or coincidence?<br />
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There are so many other stories that could be told. Did the things happened as a coincidence, or because we thought so much about it that it ended up coming true? I for one know that I'm not going to take any more risks! <br />
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From now I will try to put away all my negative thoughts, and especially my fears! And instead concentrate on the positive thoughts. About the things I want; like a long, happy and healthy life surrounded by loving friends and family.<br />
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It's time to stop worrying about the rain that might come, and start enjoying the sun that is shining!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-75248936138091428942011-01-12T11:34:00.002+00:002011-01-12T11:34:44.247+00:00Photo of the Day: Did David Beckham play too much Red Dead Redemption?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SGZL2W?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001SGZL2W" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TS2O7DiAs4I/AAAAAAAABrs/BhH5-pbQBjE/s1600/beckhamredemption.jpg" width="400"/></a></div><br />
Have David Beckham been playing too much <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SGZL2W?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001SGZL2W" target="_blank">Red Dead Redemption</a> lately, or is it just me that is starting to get a bit obsessed with this game?<br />
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I think the new style of Becks looks exactly like John Marston in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SGZL2W?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001SGZL2W" target="_blank">RDR</a>, and I'm not quite sure I like it on him.<br />
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It fits the shabby cowboy with his rough voice and bad ass manners, but not the manicured/pedicured British with the thin voice. Maybe his stay in the US is starting to turn him into a cowboy from the Wild West? Or maybe he hopes it will?<br />
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Anyway, I guess it's just a few weeks before he changes his style again. What will it be next time? Sackboy from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D18%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D18%26field-keywords%3DLittle%2520Big%2520Planet%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank">Little Big Planet</a>...? Now, THAT could be interesting! ;)<br />
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The funniest song I have heard in a long time! ;)<br />
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"For centuries the pope was italian. <br />
There have been spanish, polish and german popes. <br />
But they have always been european. <br />
That's why the next pope should be... <br />
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An american pope<br />
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The mass could be in rock'n'roll. <br />
If there was an american pope<br />
cheerleaders would dance during the sermon<br />
and the choir would sing "Only you".<br />
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An american pope<br />
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Bread, fish and rock'n'roll"<br />
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<i>"Durante siglos, el Papa ha sido italiano.<br />
Ha habido papas españoles, polacos y alemanes<br />
pero siempre, siempre europeos.<br />
Por esa razón, el proximo Papa tendrá que ser...<br />
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Un Papa americano<br />
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Podría decir misa en rock'n'roll.<br />
Si fuese un Papa americano<br />
bailarían animadoras durante la homilia<br />
y el coro cantaría "Only you".<br />
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Un Papa americano<br />
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Panes, peces y rock'n'roll."<br />
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Sketch by Jose Motá in a New Year Special on RTVE in Spain.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-51265480773634678222011-01-10T19:49:00.002+00:002011-01-10T19:57:11.703+00:00The Tourist with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TStcR072QXI/AAAAAAAABqg/AXsCt-cyXRo/s400/the-tourist.jpg" width="400" /></div><br />
My two all-time favorite actors; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3DJohnny%2520Depp%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank">Johnny Depp</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3DAngelina%2520Jolie%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank">Angelina Jolie</a> - together - in the same movie. Life is just too good to be true sometimes! Or is it...?<br />
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Two of the best and most sexy actors in the whole world sharing the screen. It should be magical, dynamite, sensual. People should be flabbergasted by talent and movie theaters should explode of all the hotness. But something is not quite right.<br />
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"The Tourist" has gotten lousy reviews, and I can understand why. I liked the movie, but maybe it was because I read the reviews and thought it would be even worse than it actually was. Though that may be hard to imagine for some people.<br />
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Or maybe its that I like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3DJohnny%2520Depp%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank">Johnny Depp</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3DAngelina%2520Jolie%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank">Angelina Jolie</a> so much that I would like any kind of movie they are in. Hard to tell.<br />
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But I think the biggest problem is that most people have waaay too high expectations; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3DJohnny%2520Depp%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank">Johnny Depp</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3DAngelina%2520Jolie%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank">Angelina Jolie</a> - the names says it all. The expectations are skyhigh, and it can not be easy living up to that.<br />
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I am sure the same movie, with two less popular actors would have gotten much better reviews. But with those names you just expect it to be a bit more... I don't know. More of everything. In a class of its own, and its not.<br />
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The movie is also categorised as a thriller. A thriller?!? Are you kidding me??? Take it like a comedy, and you will like it. Expect a thriller and you will hate it.<br />
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And Angelina Jolie with a british accent? Another thing you can put under comedy...<br />
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Take Johnny Depp serious and it looks like he sleepwalks his way through the film. Take his words and actions with a funny undertone, and don't expect to see a hot and sexy Depp, cause you will only find a fat and bloated Depp instead. But a few times you will see the little sparkle in his eyes. Don't blink, because you might miss it.<br />
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Not quite sure who decided to strip Depp of all his sexiness, and put Angelina in all those ridiculous, supposedly sexy outfits, but that person should be fired. And all the heads turning to look at her the whole time makes it seem more like a commercial for a perfume, or rather a parody of a commercial. <br />
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But forget all that, and don't expect too much. Just sit back, relax and enjoy. There are far worse ways to spend two hours.<br />
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<img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fbpg-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> <img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fbpg-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-18495775957823077412011-01-10T18:11:00.002+00:002011-01-11T21:22:03.941+00:00Question of the day - Knocking and entering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TMXgjvhr-SI/AAAAAAAAArQ/3NxjO1kNEwo/s1600/quotation-mark.jpg" /></div>Is it normal to enter a house if you knock on the door and noone answers? Do you really have to lock your door with a key to keep neighbors from entering? <br />
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It's great that neighbors feel so comfortable that they enter your house whenever they want to, but it's not always you want to have visits. <br />
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If you have a big glassdoor facing the front garden, that you sit right next to the whole day, should it be necessary to lock it with a key everytime you go to the kitchen or the toilet, just to keep the neighbors from coming in and surprising you in the toilet?<br />
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And the funniest part of all is when they ask you why you did not lock the door. Does that mean you have the right to enter any door that is unlocked?!?<br />
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Just wondering...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-20443392656415836742011-01-10T17:54:00.004+00:002011-01-12T11:22:36.856+00:00Red Dead Redemption on PS3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SGZL2W?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001SGZL2W" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TSs-Qeno-1I/AAAAAAAABqY/16RRRvIaaTU/s400/red_dead_redemption.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
I have to admit I was quite sceptical to testing out the game <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SGZL2W?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001SGZL2W" target="_blank">Red Dead Redemption</a> on our new <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VUO6H4?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003VUO6H4" target="_blank">PS3</a> in the beginning. I hate shooting games, and I hate movies and games about the Wild West, so a shooting game from the Wild West was really not tempting at all. Oh boy, was I wrong!!!<br />
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After almost driving hubby crazy with hours of playing <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002G5JXMS?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002G5JXMS" target="_blank">Buzz</a>; both alone, with friends and online, I realised it was time to let him decide a game also. To my horror he decided to test out the shabby-looking cowboy from the Wild West. I started planning which excuses I could use to get away from the game, and do something else. Clean the house, iron clothes, anything would be better than a shooting game from the Wild West, I thought... But that was before we started playing!<br />
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I don't know when it happened, but I guess it started already during the opening sequence where John Marston sits on a train. The graphics were amazing, and I decided to stick around a bit longer to see what this was. Then we got off the train and started walking around a little village. We had no idea of what to do or where to go, but the game gave us good instructions. We could follow them if we wanted, or just go around and explore. We did both.<br />
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Afterwards we got on a horse and started riding out in the desert. Then I was hooked! The graphics... The landscape... The freedom to do whatever you want, or follow the missions if you prefer. If every game was like this, I would never have time for work or sleep!<br />
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Guess who is most crazy for play this game now? Hypocritical me... ;) It's not often I admit I am wrong, but never have I misjudged a game by it's cover more than I did with <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SGZL2W?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001SGZL2W" target="_blank">Red Dead Redemption</a>!<br />
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I still don't handle the shooting so good, even thought its really not so difficult, but I am practicing. Yesterday I managed to shoot some wolves, coyotes, armadillos and even a deer. A bit more practicing and I can start taking on the bad guys. So far that's the job of hubby. I ride around, explore, pick flowers, search for treasures and missions, while he does all the butt-kicking and shooting. <br />
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If it was up to me, I could just ride around and look at the amazing landscapes all day long. Never in my life have I seen anything like it!<br />
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Hubby got a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003VUO6H4?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003VUO6H4" target="_blank">PlayStation 3 160 GB</a> for Christmas, so little blogging lately... ;) Connected it to our <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NA3UQ2?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001NA3UQ2" target="_blank">Epson Home Cinema HD Projector</a>, and life will never be the same again!!! Too bad we can't get paid to play games... ;) So far our favorite game is without a doubt <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001SGZL2W?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001SGZL2W" target="_blank">Red Dead Redemption</a>. <br />
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Other favorite games are <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001JKTC9A?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001JKTC9A" target="_blank">Uncharted 2: Among Thieves</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FQ2DTA?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000FQ2DTA" target="_blank">Final Fantasy XIII</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002G5JXMS?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B002G5JXMS" target="_blank">Buzz</a>. But we still have more games that we haven't had time to try yet, like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ZK9QCS?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000ZK9QCS" target="_blank">God of War III</a>. There's just not enough hours in the day! ;)<br />
<img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fbpg-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003VUO6H4" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fbpg-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001NA3UQ2" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fbpg-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001SGZL2W" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fbpg-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B002G5JXMS" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fbpg-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B001JKTC9A" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fbpg-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000FQ2DTA" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fbpg-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000ZK9QCS" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-22841617660146793202010-12-11T13:50:00.000+00:002010-12-11T13:50:17.647+00:00Quote of the day - Wikileaks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TMXgjvhr-SI/AAAAAAAAArQ/3NxjO1kNEwo/s1600/quotation-mark.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TMXgjvhr-SI/AAAAAAAAArQ/3NxjO1kNEwo/s1600/quotation-mark.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"When the wise points at the moon, </i><br />
<i>the stupid looks at the finger"</i><br />
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Chinese proverb used about the accusations against Julian Assange, <br />
the man behind Wikileaks, currently arrested for alleged rape.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://news.canary-travels.com/2010/12/canary-islands-in-wikileaks.html" target="_blank">Canary Island News</a></div><br />
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.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-43850013015573307042010-11-12T20:53:00.001+00:002010-11-12T20:58:18.779+00:00Fun quotes and facts about Bear Grylls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3DBear%2520Grylls%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TN2jrKKMvPI/AAAAAAAABC4/FmL5p_h3Hps/s1600/BearGryllsMordor-1.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br />
Zapping through the channels and suddenly finding Bear Grylls is like driving on a road and seeing a traffic accident. You don't want to look because you are afraid of the horrible things you might see, but somehow it mesmerizes you and you just can't take your eyes away. No matter how disgusting it is.<br />
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He always have to go the most dangerous place, with the most dangerous animals and do the most dangerous things that would kill a normal person for sure. And everytime he says; "But I am going to do something even more dangerous than that!" Argh...<br />
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But I have to admit that he have some great quotes sometimes.<br />
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- Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well presented body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting, “WOW….what a ride!” <br />
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- The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word - extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me… and the more of these words I heard the smaller I always felt! But the truth is often very different… and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and I really clung to it…<br />
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<b>Funny quotes and facts about Bear Grylls:</b><br />
- Bear Grylls climbs Mount Everest every day as a warm up routine. If he ever sees other mountaineers on the mountain he skins a polar bear and wears its skin and pretends to be the yeti screaming and cursing at those he cross his path.<br />
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- There are 7 uses for bear grylls pee that we have discovered so far<br />
1. peeing<br />
2. putting out fires<br />
3. MAN marking his territory against WILD animals<br />
4. drinking<br />
5. cooling brains in desert<br />
6. disinfectant<br />
7. unsticking skin from frozen surfaces<br />
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- Bear Grylls was once so hungry he actually did eat a horse. The only thing he spat out was the jockey’s helmet<br />
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- Bear Grylls was actually on the flight that crashed in LOST, but he found his way out<br />
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- If Bear Grylls falls in the forest and nobody is around does it make a sound? No, because Bear doesn’t fall.<br />
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- Bear Grylls aligned the Earth with the North Star so he could find his way around.<br />
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- Bear Grylls has died twice but managed to survive and escape heaven each time.<br />
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- It’s a well known fact that in the event of nuclear holocaust two things would TRUELY survive; cockroaches and Bear Grylls, afterwards Bear would simply eat the cockroaches for protein.<br />
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Incoming airplanes approach the island of <a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1763651-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FTourism-g147346-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.1763651-m13092-St_Maarten_St_Martin-Vacations.html" target="_blank">Sint Maarten/St Martin</a> on short final for Runway 10, following a 3° glide slope flying low over the famous <a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1763651-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FAttraction_Review-g147346-d539433-Reviews-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.1763651-m13092-Maho_Beach-St_Maarten_St_Martin.html" target="_blank">Maho Beach</a>. Pictures of low flying aircraft were published in several news magazines worldwide in early 2000. The thrilling approaches and ease of access for shooting spectacular images, made the airport one of the world's favorite places among planespotters.<br />
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Despite the reputed difficulties in approach, there have been no records of major incidents at the airport, though ALM Flight 980 crashed 30 miles from St. Croix on 2 May 1970, after several unsuccessful landing attempts at Sint Maarten-Juliana Airport (SXM - TNCM).<br />
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Princess Juliana International Airport is the airport featured in the free demo version of Microsoft Flight Simulator X. In the full version of the program, it is the destination on the mission called "Caribbean Landing". Princess Juliana International Airport is well known in the aviation world due to its popularity with aviation enthusiasts. Spectators are able to stand directly under the approach path to runway 9 as aircraft come into land. There are also many You Tube videos of aircraft approaching the airport.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-57984423600124020552010-11-11T17:28:00.001+00:002010-11-11T17:28:50.776+00:00Twitter joke trial ends in conviction for Paul Chambers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TNwntYxHBxI/AAAAAAAABCo/kK6l4KbqGkc/s1600/twitter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TNwntYxHBxI/AAAAAAAABCo/kK6l4KbqGkc/s1600/twitter.jpg" width="380"/></a></div><br />
A 26-year-old man has been fined £1,000 after being found guilty of threatening to blow up Robin Hood airport on <a href="http://twitter.com/" target="_blank">Twitter</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://twitter.com/pauljchambers" target="_blank">Paul Chambers</a> held the unfortunate distinction of becoming the first person to be prosecuted in connection with remarks made on the social networking site when he expressed his frustration at heavy snowfall in January this year.<br />
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He wrote, with reference to his snow-threatened flight to Ireland, on January 6th: "Robin Hood airport is closed. You've got a week and a bit to get your shit together, otherwise I'm blowing the airport sky high!!"<br />
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Mr Chambers, an accountant from Balby, Doncaster, was later arrested and charged with sending a message that was grossly offensive or of indecent, obscene or menacing character.<br />
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At Doncaster magistrates court on Monday he was convicted and handed a £385 fine, a £15 victims surcharge and ordered to pay £600 in costs.<br />
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Responding to the conviction on Twitter, Mr Chambers tweeted: "I'd like to thank the [crown prosecution service] for their level-best efforts in fucking up the life of an ordinary citizen. I love Britain."<br />
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He later added: "Currently considering an appeal. Half of me just wants it to be over, the other half is indignant."<br />
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Shortly after the conviction, a Twitter hashtag raising awareness of the incident - <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/search/%23twitterjoketrial" target="_blank">#twitterjoketrial</a> - was trending highly, with high-profile users such as Dara O'Briain and hip-hop artist Scroobius Pip adding their voices to the campaign.<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/twitter-joke-trial-ends-in-conviction-for-paul-chambers-$21377095.htm" target="_blank">inthenews.co.uk</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-47138543349271914842010-11-11T13:12:00.003+00:002010-11-11T13:17:52.514+00:00Windows Phone 7<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3DWindows%2520Phone%25207%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TNvpHky3bhI/AAAAAAAABCM/ByB_vyPBKsk/s1600/windows-phone-7.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br />
Windows Phone 7 is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft, and is the successor to their Windows Mobile platform. It launched in Europe, Singapore and Australasia on October 21, 2010, and in the US & Canada on November 8, 2010, with Asia to follow in 2011. With Windows Phone 7, Microsoft offers a new Metro user interface, integrates the operating system with Microsoft's other services, and plans to strictly control which hardware it runs on.<br />
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What if all of your visitors gathered in one place? Would they fill a local pub or would you need a stadium with 100,000 seats?<br />
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All these questions are answered by <a href="http://www.sharenator.com/empires" target="_blank">Sharenator Webempires</a>. A fun way of visualizing the size of websites.<br />
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My blog is smaller than the Vatican City, so I guess its time to go out and concure the world!<br />
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<i>If Randomising.blogspot.com were a country, it would smaller than the Vatican City.<br />
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1 in every 33,333,333 internet users visit Randomising.blogspot.com daily<br />
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How about breaking the surfing world record?<br />
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South African surfers broke the Guinness World Record for the most surfers riding one wave simultaneously at Muizenberg Corner, Cape Town, South Africa, 04 October 2009. The new world record - 105 people surfing one wave simultaneously.<br />
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If all of randomising.blogspot.com visitors gathered in one place, you could try and break this record.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-2593463740086714102010-11-10T13:39:00.002+00:002010-11-10T13:40:43.261+00:00Free Download: From Liam Gallagher's new band Beady Eye "Bring the Light"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D24%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D12%26field-keywords%3DBeady%2520Eye%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TNqgaGqTBDI/AAAAAAAABB8/QkMwiV5D1so/s400/Beady-Eye.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<img src="https://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=fbpg-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-21289326181222921662010-11-10T12:50:00.005+00:002010-11-10T13:31:04.570+00:00Boring Movies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb_sb_noss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dmovies%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TNqU1q5oaUI/AAAAAAAABB0/skq25WbsTA0/s400/dvdcoll.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><ul><li>Good Yawning, Vietnam</li>
<li>Snakes on a Rock</li>
<li>Apocalypse Whenever</li>
<li>The Regular Case of a Button</li>
<li>Normal Activity</li>
<li>Charlie and the White Chocolate Factory</li>
<li>Breakfast at the Kitchen Table</li>
<li>Down and out in Almere</li>
<li>The Road Worrier</li>
<li>The Lion the Witch and the Bathrobe</li>
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<ul><li>Rosemary's Abortion</li>
<li>Back To Next Week</li>
<li>V for Vanilla</li>
<li>Teacher Training Day</li>
<li>Bus Driver</li>
<li>Scott of the Attic</li>
<li>Lawrence Of Suburbia</li>
<li>Shaving Private Ryan</li>
<li>The green inch</li>
<li>Lawrence of Armenia</li>
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<ul><li>Ferris Bueller's Day At School </li>
<li>Ace Ventura: Vet</li>
<li>The Devil Wears Polyester</li>
<li>Mildly Attractive Woman</li>
<li>Peggy Sue Got Divorced</li>
<li>The Restler</li>
<li>One flew over the Crow's Nest</li>
<li>The Dot Matrix Revaluations</li>
<li>The Undergraduate</li>
<li>The Moped Diaries</li>
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<ul><li>No sex in the city</li>
<li>The Second Last Samurai</li>
<li>Anti-social Network</li>
<li>Honey I didn't shrink the kids</li>
<li>Sweet dreams on Elm steet</li>
<li>Slumdog Hundredaire</li>
<li>A Country For Old Men</li>
<li>From Amstelveen with love</li>
<li>Five Dollar Baby</li>
<li>Gone with the AC Draft</li>
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<ul><li>Honey, I shrunk the laundry</li>
<li>Rambo: First Kiss</li>
<li>Very Brief Encounter</li>
<li>Apocalypse Nah</li>
<li>The Blair Stitch</li>
<li>Cakes on a Plane</li>
<li>Schindler's Grocery List</li>
<li>Rambo XlV - The Care Home Years</li>
<li>Buffy the checkout girl</li>
<li>Cranespotting</li>
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Google launches Instant Previews which show you a visual preview of your search results.<br />
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Click once on the magnifying glass in the search result to instantly see a preview of the web page.<br />
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After activating Instant Previews with that one click, you can hover over any other search result to see a preview of the web page. <br />
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<b>Quickly Compare Results</b><br />
A visual comparison of search results helps you pick which result is right for you.<br />
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<b>Pinpoint Relevant Content</b><br />
Text call outs highlight where your search term appears on the web page so you can evaluate if it’s what you're looking for.<br />
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<b>Interact with the Results Page</b><br />
Page previews let you see the layout of a web page before clicking the search result. <br />
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<a href="http://www.google.com/webhp?esrch=instantpreviews" target="_blank">» Try it now</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-83294899154474299332010-11-09T22:17:00.002+00:002010-11-10T11:08:39.012+00:00Poem of the Day: Jose Rizal - Mi último adiós<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Mi_Ultimo_Adios_stanza_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="145" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Mi_Ultimo_Adios_stanza_1.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br />
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"Mi último adiós" (Spanish for "My Last Farewell") is a poem written by Philippine national hero José Rizal on the eve of his execution on December 30, 1896. Although the poem was untitled, this title served as an artifice useful as a quick reference. <br />
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This poem was one of the last notes he wrote before his execution. Another that he had written before his death was found in his shoe but because the text could not be read it remains a mystery.<br />
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<i>Adiós, Patria adorada, región del sol querida,<br />
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perla del Mar de Oriente, nuestro perdido edén,<br />
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a darte voy, alegre, la triste, mustia vida;<br />
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y fuera más brillante, más fresca, más florida,<br />
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también por ti la diera, la diera por tu bien.<br />
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En campos de batalla, luchando con delirio,<br />
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otros te dan sus vidas, sin dudas, sin pesar.<br />
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El sitio nada importa: ciprés, laurel o lirio,<br />
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cadalso o campo abierto, combate o cruel martirio.<br />
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La mismo es si lo piden la Patria y el hogar.<br />
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Yo muero, cuando veo que el cielo se colora<br />
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y al fin anuncia el día, tras lóbrego capuz;<br />
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si grana necesitas, para teñir tu aurora,<br />
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¡vierte la sangre mia, derrámala en buen hora,<br />
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y dórela un reflejo de su naciente luz!<br />
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Mis sueños, cuando apenas muchacho adolescente,<br />
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mis sueños cuando joven, ya lleno de vigor,<br />
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fueron el verte un día, joya del Mar de Oriente,<br />
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secos los negros ojos, alta la tersa frente,<br />
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sin ceño, sin arrugas, sin manchas de rubor.<br />
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Ensueño de mi vida, mi ardiente vivo anhelo.<br />
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¡Salud! te grita el alma que pronto va a partir;<br />
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¡salud! ¡Ah, que es hermoso caer por darte vuelo,<br />
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morir por darte vida, morir bajo tu cielo,<br />
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y en tu encantada tierra la eternidad dormir!<br />
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Si sobre mi sepulcro vieres brotar, un día,<br />
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entre la espesa yerba, sencilla humilde flor,<br />
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acércala a tus labios y besa el alma mía,<br />
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y sienta yo en mi frente, bajo la tumba fria,<br />
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de tu ternura el soplo, de tu hálito el calor.<br />
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Deja a la luna verme, con luz tranquila y suave;<br />
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deja que el alba envíe su resplandor fugaz;<br />
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deja gemir al viento, con su murmullo grave;<br />
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y si desciende y posa sobre mi cruz un ave,<br />
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deja que el ave entone su cántico de paz.<br />
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Deja que el sol, ardiendo, las lluvias evapore<br />
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y al cielo tornen puras, con mi clamor en pos;<br />
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deja que un ser amigo mi fin temprano llore;<br />
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y en las serenas tardes, cuando por mí alguien ore,<br />
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ora también, oh patria, por mi descanso a Dios.<br />
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Ora por todos cuantos murieron sin ventura;<br />
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por cuantos padecieron tormentos sin igual;<br />
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por nuestras pobres madres, que gimen su amargura;<br />
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por huérfanos y viudas, por presos en tortura,<br />
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y ora por ti, que veas tu redención final.<br />
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Y cuando, en noche oscura, se envuelva el cementerio,<br />
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Y solos sólo muertos queden velando allí,<br />
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no turbes su reproso, no turbes el misterio:<br />
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tal vez acordes oigas de cítara o salterio;<br />
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soy yo, querida Patria, yo que te canto a tí.<br />
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Y cuando ya mi tumba, de todos olvidada,<br />
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no tenga cruz ni piedra que marquen su lugar,<br />
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deja que la are el hombre, la esparza con la azada,<br />
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y mis cenizas, antes que vuelvan a la nada,<br />
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en polvo de tu alfombra que vayan a formar.<br />
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Entonces nada importa me pongas en olvido;<br />
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tu atmósfera, tu espacio, tus valles cruzaré;<br />
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vibrante y limpia nota seré para tu oido:<br />
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aroma, luz, colores, rumor, canto, gemido,<br />
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constante repitiendo la esencia de mi fe.<br />
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Mi patria idolatrada, dolor de mis dolores,<br />
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querida Filipinas, oye el postrer adiós.<br />
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Ahí, te dejo todo: mis padres, mis amores.<br />
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Voy donde no hay esclavos, verdugos ni opresores;<br />
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donde la fe no mata, donde el que reina es Dios.<br />
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Adiós, padres y hermanos, trozos del alma mía,<br />
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amigos de la infancia, en el perdido hogar;<br />
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dad gracias, que descanso del fatigoso día;<br />
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adiós, dulce extranjera, mi amiga, mi alegría;<br />
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adiós, queridos seres. Morir es descansar.</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-82377264087442451992010-11-09T22:05:00.001+00:002010-11-10T11:25:44.634+00:00Photo of the Day - Isla de Mouro<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1763651-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FTourism-g187484-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.1763651-m13092-Santander_Cantabria-Vacations.html" target="_blank" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TNnEhNSuYWI/AAAAAAAABBs/bEudUn78QB0/s400/faro_isladelmouro.jpg" width="380" /></a></div><br />
La Isla de Mouro is a Spanish island located off the coast of Peninsula de la Magdalena, at the mouth of the Bay of Santander, in Cantabria. It is very remarkable, even though its territory is only 1.7 hectares. Entirely rocky and fairly flat, with a lighthouse on one of its upper reaches. It is well known by divers for the rich grounds around the island.<br />
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In July 1812 during the War of Independence, the English, Spanish allies, captured the island, where withering fire brought down the coastal defenses of the Magdalena Peninsula, taken by the French, and managed to eject them.<br />
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Took the morning walk in <a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-1763651-10775740?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tripadvisor.com%2FTourism-g230095-a_cja.10775740-a_cjp.1763651-m13092-Maspalomas_Grand_Canary_Canary_Islands-Vacations.html" target="_blank">Maspalomas</a> while the sun was rising today. No wind, no sand, no clouds. A perfect day! <br />
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Back home the wind is starting to pick up again, and you can see the sand in the air. <br />
No no no! I don't want to have more wind and sand!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-64299282768837915632010-11-04T21:08:00.001+00:002010-11-10T11:27:16.116+00:00i-Cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000F5Z2Z8?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000F5Z2Z8" target="_blank" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TNKzCmNArqI/AAAAAAAAA-c/fSrXQW2zHFw/s1600/icat.jpg" width="380"/></a></div><br />
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<strike>Bloody</strike> - uh, sorry - I mean <b>windy</b> hell! Woke up at 5 this morning of the wind trying to take the house for a ride. I thought the windy sandstorm was over yesterday, but I guess it returned for some more. The sand is denser and the visibility lower than yesterday.<br />
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The house is full of sand and its 30 degrees outside. But worst of all is that <a href="http://canaryislandnews.blogspot.com/2010/11/calima-will-last-until-sunday.html">the calima will continue until Sunday</a>!<br />
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On the positive side: It's at these times you can finally use the words "What would Bear Grylls have done?!?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-24932766420587956802010-11-03T20:00:00.004+00:002010-11-10T12:20:38.357+00:00And isn't it ironic...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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We made our own little awning-kind-of-thingy over the balcony a while ago, but it fell down during the windy sandstorm in July. This weekend we finally got it back up again.<br />
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But what happened today? Another windy sandstorm came, and the awning-kind-of-thingy down it fell...<br />
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What goes up - must come down, they say. But it could have lasted a few more days!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-470692251773372572.post-57426117965931305292010-11-02T19:44:00.027+00:002010-11-10T12:26:34.991+00:00All work and no play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003Y5DEI8?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B003Y5DEI8" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EnTYeR1ycoo/TNMPCwy-naI/AAAAAAAAA_8/ziiwXLcO71k/s1600/howtomakeitinamerica.jpg" /></a></div>All work and no play makes the random ramblings incredibly boring. The funny thing is that it seems like the more I work, the less I earn. Maybe I should stop working and become a millionaire?!? Hah, that would be something...<br />
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Lately I've been watching a new tv-show; <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038YX20U?ie=UTF8&tag=fbpg-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0038YX20U" target="_blank">How To Make It In America</a>, and I've got the theme song on my brain. Could have been the theme song of my life anyway...<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><i>"I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need<br />
hey hey<br />
Well I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need<br />
hey hey<br />
And I said I need dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need<br />
And if I share with you my story would you share your dollar with me<br />
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Bad times are comin and I reap what I don't sow<br />
hey hey<br />
Well let me tell you somthin all that glitters ain't gold<br />
hey hey<br />
It's been a long old trouble long old troublesome road<br />
And I'm looking for somebody come and help me carry this load<br />
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Bridge:<br />
I need a dollar dollar, a dollar is what I need<br />
hey hey"</i></div><br />
And so the story goes...<br />
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<i>relying on George W. Bush to save your community after a natural disaster"</i><br />
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Said by <a href="http://twitter.com/#%21/fauxjohnmadden" target="_blank">Faux John Madden</a> on Twitter</div><br />
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