Do you love your own country?
August 23rd, 2010
I love my country much more then myself. Seriously, no country, no family, no family, no me for talking this to you! 101% love my country!!!!
Does the Eurail run trains over night? Do you have to book a spot on the train? Thanks for any help!?
August 23rd, 2010
I’m heading to Europe this summer for 45 days, through 9 different countries. I’m just trying to figure out exactly how the Eurail works–any help would be great (sites, advice, opinions) ^_^
yes they run at night if you get the rail pass it is cheaper and you can travel on the days you want with out having to get a ticket that day. it is not the best to travel at night because most places you will go are not far away from each other on the train so you will not be able to sleep i also found it hard to understand the announcements of where we were. I also got a youth rail pass and i am 25, so look into that. The train schedules are really easy to read so don’t worry about that also the people that work there speak English. you can reserve seats for 3 euro totally worth it. There are hotels in the train stations but i bet you are staying in hostels lots of great places make sure to start making reservations now because the get booked up over the summer i went in late October and some were full. most hostels if not all have Internet and bars. Have fun
Reaction about the movie I.T.A.L.Y.?
August 23rd, 2010
Love is a journey. This is the tagline of GMA Films’ I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust And Love You) which deals with finding true love across three continents, five countries, and 13 cities.
The story begins with Destiny (Jolina Magdangal), who decided to try her luck as a cabin girl in a luxury liner, Costa Magica, to help her family where she is the breadwinner. She has three brothers (Aljur Abrenica, Edgar Allan Guzman, and Paolo Valdez), her father (Pen Medina) is confined to a wheelchair; while her mother is already dead.
A hopeless romantic, Destiny consulted a fake fortuneteller, Charing (Chariz Solomon), who told her that the man of her dreams possesses the following signs: always wears white, has an initial of P.I.G., and has a birth mark on his buttocks.
Aboard Costa Magica, Destiny meets other characters that will make her stay there more colorful, and each one of them has also their own stories to tell: Lovely (Eugene Domingo), an old maid who seemed to have lost her chance in love after missing her own wedding; Paolo (Dennis Trillo), a mysterious guest who is living in the past; Nathan (Mark Herras), a young cabin boy who wants to find direction in his life; Phoebe (Rhian Ramos), a guest on the ship who feels neglected by her mother (Ida Henares); and Stella (Rufa Mae Quinto), the lounge singer who is unlucky in love.
Destiny thinks that she has found the man of her dreams in Paolo since he possesses the signs–except for one. But it turns out that Stella has also her eyes set on Paolo. So a tug-of-war of sort ensues between Destiny and Stella for the attention and love of Paolo.
Paolo, on the other hand, most of the time ignores the two since he is really madly, deeply in love with his Italian girlfriend, Sofia (Andrea de Lugo).
Nathan and Phoebe also have a rich girl-poor boy love story aboard the ship. Lovely, on the other hand, develops a romance with no less than the captain of the ship.
Some of them found true love aboard the ship while others did not but discovered it somewhere else.
We also fell in love with the breathtaking tourist spots that were shown in the movie. The movie tags us along as the characters visit the most romantic places in the world, like Venice, Napoli, Barcelona, Tunisia, Palma de Mallorca, Genoa, Rome, among others.
But more than the love stories and postcard-like locations, the movie’s strength is its comedy scenes. All of the characters have their comedic moments, but Eugene and Rufa Mae delivered most of the best punch lines in the movie.
Unlike other movies about Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), which focuses more on the hardships and trials they experience while working abroad, I.T.A.L.Y. takes on a different route by showing the lighter side of being an OFW.
But this is not to say that the movie lacks touching moments. But they were presented in a manner that the viewer will still feel okay afterwards, since director Mark Reyes injected humor to these scenes. We particularly liked Destiny’s phone conversation with her father, where they were already crying but still managed to crack jokes in the end. The scene was made even funnier when Lovely silently listens to their conversation and ended up crying herself.
The movie’s main purpose really is to entertain and the movie delivered on this aspect.
If there’s one complaint we have about the movie is that there could have been more scenes showing the characters actually doing their jobs inside the cruise ship and interacting with other crew members, so we can get a better feel how it is working in a luxury liner. But since the main focus of the movie is the love story of each character, this aspect might have been sacrificed.
Also, there were some shots that are so dark that you cannot see the facial reactions of the characters. The camera also tends to focus more on close-up shots of the stars that we find a little bit distracting.
Not much is required of the cast since their roles have no major conflict, except for Dennis’s character. But all of them delivered and contributed to make the movie worth watching.
Jolina is very comfortable with her role that she goes through it with utmost ease. Rufa Mae shows her usual flair in comedy, quoting verses from songs as her dialogue and her one-of-a-kind-song number. Dennis had his dramatic highlights that showcased his sensibility as an actor. Mark and Rhian proved that they are competent young actors as well and their team-up is surprisingly cute.
But Eugene almost stole the movie with her effortless comic timing. It’s hard to mention one particular scene where she stood out since her presence is greatly felt in every scene that she is in–with or without dialogue–and all of them are hilarious. Her facial expressions alone can make anyone laugh to death. This comedienne is simply genius and her performance in I.T.A.L.Y. is another proof of that.
I.T.A.L.Y. is a simple movie without any pretensions and that’s what makes it
Catchy name. In the Philippines, teens know " ITALY as I Trust And Love You" so they will identify with it. Shooting it in all those places allow them to travel for free., viryaully. The plot is not unpredictable, but even US movies have plots that can be run-of-the-mill, but can be blockbusters when executed well and merchandised properly.
Are there any free geography games that test your knowledge of various countries all over the world?
August 23rd, 2010
I know that there probably are free downloadable games that test your geography knowledge. However, I haven’t been able to find any. A few years ago, I came across this Europe map game. Since, I have tried to find it, but all of the download links are dead. I’ll give 10 points to the first person who provides me a link to a working download (of any geography map game).
My idiotic teacher thinks these games help us, so he makes us go to www.sheppardsoftware.com. You will find some there, go to world geography.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/European_Geography.htm
The War On Democracy by John Pilger “If you love your own country, you will want to view this”.
August 23rd, 2010
‘The War on Democracy’, directed by John Pilger & Chris Martin, has won Best Documentary at the prestigious One World Media Awards in London 2008.
‘The War on Democracy’ was John Pilger’s first major film for the cinema. Set in Latin America and the US, it explores the historic and current relationship of Washington with countries such as Venezuela, Bolivia and Chile.
View entire video on google videos at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3739500579629840148&ei=I5irSePZII3QwgPmqsE1&q=the+war+on+democracy&hl=en
Duration : 0:10:1
Sueli Shamsa – Moments of my life
August 23rd, 2010
Sueli Shamsa was born in Brazil, in 1975. Since her grandfather was Arabian she soon developed a passionate interest for the Art of Bellydance.
At ten she attended a School of Dance, in Salvador, where she learned Ballet, Jazz, Contemporany and Modern Dance.
At thirteen she began to learn African rhythms and Percurssion.
At fourteen she taught already.
Later she learned „Capoeira”, art to which she dedicated herself for six years.
She travelled to different countries such as Egypt, Spain, France and Portugal, where she improved the Art of Bellydance.
Among her teachers one can find:
Lulu Sabongi – one of the pionners of Bellydance in Brazil;
Serena Ramzy – master in Egiptian Folklore and Baladi;
Renata Lobo specialist in Classic Belly dance;
Cláudia Censi – belly dancer and choreographer for the Brazilian soap opera „Clone”;
Matha Franco specialist in Tribal Belly dance;
Prisca Diedrich teacher of personal development, creativity and comunication;
Aziza — winner of the Belly Dancer of the Universe in 2002;
Suhaila Salimpour – founder of the American Tribal Style;
Amira Mor — teacher of celebrities such as Britney Spears;
Farida Fahmi — considered to be the Queen of Baladi and Egyptian Folklore;
Yousry Sherif — Egyptian Master of Belly dance.
Shamsa has been performing in several shows since 1993, as bellydancer and choreographer, in Spain, Belgium, France, Austria, the former Czechoslovakia and Germany, among other countries.
She has taught both in Europe and Brazil. She currently teaches in Portugal and she has created her own Bellydance group (Shamsa Bellydance Group) that performs either in Portugal and abroad.
Duration : 0:2:57
Tourist Attractions in Europe (Part I)
August 23rd, 2010
If any pictures appears the same, it is actually to determine the cities of various countries.
Switzerland 0-1 Czech Republic
Portugal 2-0 Turkey
Czech Republic 1-3 Portugal
Switzerland 1-2 Turkey
Switzerland 2-0 Portugal
Turkey 3-2 Czech Republic
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Portugal 2-3 Germany
Croatia 0-0 Turkey [1-1 aet]
(1-3 on penalty)
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Germany 3-2 Turkey
Duration : 0:7:49
156 Countries Sing Together for the Starbucks
August 23rd, 2010
On December 7th, 2009 at 1:30pm GMT Starbucks invited musicians from all over the world to sing together at the same time to raise awareness for AIDS in Africa. In that one breathtaking moment, musicians from 156 countries played “All You Need is Love” together. Watch now, as musicians from all around the world come together and share a song.
Join in by lending your own voice to http://StarbucksLoveProject.com Watch streaming video from countries around the world and then join in by singing All You Need is Love yourself. For each video submitted, Starbucks will make a contribution to the Global Fund to help fight against AIDS in Africa. You can also help increase the Starbucks contribution to the Global Fund by submitting a drawing to the Love Gallery.
The global sing-along is part of our continuing efforts to help fight AIDS in Africa. In just one year in partnership with (RED)™, Starbucks has generated money equivalent to more than 7 million days of medicine to help those living with HIV in Africa.
*yay Philippines at 1:17-1:19*
Duration : 0:4:4
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