martes, 28 de abril de 2009

Romantic films


The other day , in class we were talking about love movies. I would like to recommend you a love movie that I saw a long time ago: Untamed Heart (Corazón Indomable) It was directet by Tony Bill on 1993 and the main actors are Marisa Tomei and Christian Slater. It tells the story of a man and a woman that work in the same restaurant. She, unfortunate in love and he with healthy problems ( heart problems) and secretly in love with her. His heart is very weak and needs to be transplanted. But he doesn't want it to be transplanted because he is afraid not to love her the same way.They live a very nice and tender love story. I'm not going to tell you more about the film You will have to watch the film to know what happens... I hope you will enjoy it.

viernes, 24 de abril de 2009

Did you know?


This week a friend sent me this youtube video and I'd like to share it with you. This is an interesting reflection about how fast is evolving the world we live in. The video is a little bit long but I think it gives us some very interesting statistics and data. It made me think about how we must be prepared for change, especially at work because the idea of having the same job for all life is becoming a utopia .
Internet and computers are the main exponents of the speed that everything changes. The use of internet in our world began 17 years ago. Now for many people, it would be impossible to understand life without mobiles or internet. Actually, all teenagers we know were born with cellulars and internet in the world , then they couldn't see the change it meant in our lives.
It seems to be yesterday in the Olimpic Games in Barcelona.Journalists had to send their chronicles with fax or phone (not cellular yet)because the Internet did not exist yet.
The world changes fast and we have to change with it, we can not be blocked.

domingo, 19 de abril de 2009

About puzzles


During the Easter vacation I found a very relaxing and entertaining activity: making puzzles.
Three weeks ago, I was walking around Barcelona,  down the street  Diputació I saw a puzzles shop called Puzzlemania . The store is small but well used,it is full of puzzles of all shapes and sizes. You can find three-dimensional puzzles, spherical, miniature puzzles with tiny pieces, puzzles with 20 pieces  or puzzles up to 12000 pieces!They have another interesting service, you can bring them a picture and they  create a puzzle with it.
The fact is that I decided  to buy a 3000 piece puzzle of New York. The puzzle is a photo of the  New York skyline by night. I must admit that when you open the puzzle box and you see a bag with the 3000 pieces all together  you feel a little afraid.  Making a puzzle requires a  detailed methodology. The first step is to find all the pieces that make up the outline of the puzzle. The second step is to find the  pieces that correspond to the buildings of the sky line. And finally, the most difficult step , you have to make up the sky. This is the most difficult part because you need to know to separate the pieces in groups of  color tones and all the pieces seem to be the same color.
I encourage you to make a puzzle,  it is relaxing and it makes you forget everything  when you are working on it. You will live the magic experience of setting a beautiful image from a lot of pieces that at first  seem to have no sense.