My Peace Crane

Here´s the Peace Crane I did. :)

Ex-Surgeon General Says White House Hushed Him (in Washington Post)

Here is a very interesting article that shows what I already thought was happening.

Here are some quotations from the article:

"Former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona yesterday accused the Bush administration of muzzling him on sensitive public health issues (...)"

"Anything that doesn't fit into the political appointees' ideological, theological or political agenda is often ignored, marginalized or simply buried," he said."

For the full article and a more accurate view here's the link for the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com

Peace Crane

A very worthwhile initiative:

Please read, and join:

"Every year by August 15th, neatly folded paper cranes are grouped into strands of 1,000 and sent to Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park as a symbol and a wish for world peace. They hang proudly outside in the Children's Peace Monument, mere feet away from the epicenter of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Japan.
Myspace from every corner of the globe has joined forces in hopes of sending virtual paper cranes to the already 10 million due to arrive this year. Post a picture of a crane you have made or just a crane found here on this page to send your wishes for a world living in peace.
Please add THE PEACE CRANE as your friend and leave a crane in the comments to form, what we hope, to be the world’s biggest wish for peace."

The text wasn't written by me, but it's very self-explanatory.

To join the myspace community and send a virtual crane:

For more information on this event go here.

The address to send your own peace crane to the Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park is on the previous link.

To learn how to fold a paper crane go here.

Chapter 5 - COMPLETED and SENDED!!!

The only chapter that remains to be written is the conclusions...

Almost... almost finished... :)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - READ!!!

I've just finished reading the 7th book... :)

Today I exploded…

Today, everything that I have been avoiding surfaced. All my frustrations, all the pain that I’m feeling, the disappointment, everything… I’ve become a master in hiding from myself, in not looking in side of me, so I can avoid the discomfort of this entire situation.

The name of this blog has a reason, I really am lost. A lost track of me somewhere, somehow... I don’t know what I want and to where I’m heading. All this feelings bring me great discomfort and pain. When I close my eyes in searching of myself, I only find emptiness… I feel empty, has if I haven’t accomplished anything. Even though I’m almost finishing my thesis I do not feel accomplished. I should, it has been a very arduous journey. Maybe that is the reason I feel like this…

How can I have let myself come into this situation?!

I lost track of my dreams! How do I find them?!

You are trampled, or plucked,
You can blossom again, just keep on believing in it.
Even if it isn't raining or there is no sun.
Look calm, like you don't care.
If you lost your way, just ask somebody.
If you lost your dream, just close your eyes again.
And some day you will blossom, with your hands wide spread.

咲き誇る華の様に-Neo Visualizm- by 雅-Miyavi-

(Sakihokoru Hana No You Ni -Neo Visualizm- or
As the flower blooming proudly -Neo Visualizm-)

The first time I read this lyrics I felt like crying, it was the message that I needed to hear. But closing my eyes and looking in side of me is painful… It makes all my feelings surface, I’m forced to deal with them. However, if I rationalize it, in order to find myself again I have to solve my “problems” and my frustrations. I have to look myself in the eyes I face the “monster” inside. What if I don’t like what I see?! I can only become the person that I want to be if I identify and face my own imperfections (ohhh, this is difficult to admit since I am a perfectionist…).

I really needed to express how I’m feeling today.

Here’s the preview for the song 咲き誇る華の様に-Neo Visualizm- by 雅-Miyavi-:
(I would like to acknowledge Chikara31 for the post, the translation and subtitles)

P.S. – I usually don’t expose myself like this, but I feel I have to be honest and to start to face the real me.

Moles 'good indicator to ageing' (in BBC news)

An interesting article!!

Scientists have found a relation between the number and the presence / absence of moles and the ability to "fight" aging. It seems that people with more moles are less prone to suffer from aging effects, since their telomeres are longer than those of someone with less moles.

And I learned new thing, moles disappear with aging!! I didn't knew that!! I'm still in the phase that they are appearing.

So happy news for those who have "some" moles (like me :P). But keep in mind that people with moles are more prone to develop melanoma, so keep out of the sun!!

Here's the link to article in the BBC news website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6285610.stm

P.S. - If you click on the telomeres word in the text you will find a explanation for what a telomere is. :)

Chapter 3 - COMPLETED!! :D

In less than a week a completed a Chapter!!! Yurraiii for me!! :D

If it wasn't for the f*****g blockages it would have been written in 3/4 days... Well, that's life I've already decided not to struggle against it...

I'm a chapter closer to ending this Thesis!!

P.S. - I didn't wrote a word the all weekend, so...

Thesis part n+1 :P

So, today I finally wrote. :)

I really must stop planning my work, because when I say: "Tomorrow I'll write!!" it's when not even a word comes out from these fingers.
Today wasn't a perfect day... If it had been, I had written the complete Introduction for my 3rd Chapter. I only wrote about half of it. On the good side, I already know what I want to say next, and I took note of the topics on the page... (So I don't forget it tomorrow when I sit in front of this computer again.)

It's terrible the way my brain works, it won't allow me to push him. I think I really pushed it to much over the years, and now it just won't work when it doesn't want to... I remember that I was able to start working at 9 in the morning until 1 in the evening, with just a 1h stop to lunch. I really over did it... There's nothing I can do about it now, unless let it have his way (I like to have my brain healthy, thank you!! :P)

On a side note, I listened to a lot of Japanese Music today!! :D

S.K.I.N.

This is one of the best videos, in terms of sound and image quality, I've come across. Enjoy:

Here's the link (the box was too big...):
http://www.veoh.com/videos/v713200xPRfwd77

UK bomb attacks!!

What can one say?!

There are better ways to pass the one's messages!! Killing innocent people is never a good way to make your case!! (Even though there were no victims this time, there have been to many over the years!!)

And this is for attacks in Europe or in any other country/region in the World!!!

At least this is what I think!!

(I know this post is a bit late, but I couldn't let it pass.)

Life...

I've been completely absent from this blog... Well, between my new found world of Japanese Rock and the Thesis I heaven't had time to do much more on the PC. Besides, there's nothing really new to report in my life.

Today was a good day when it comes to my Thesis, I've reread all the articles I need to write the third chapter. :) Yurraiii for me!! :D
That's a new thing that I haven't mention yet, I yesterday I finished making the Introduction modifications that my supervisor asked, and started working on the 3rd the chapter. :)
Tomorrow, if everything goes has expected, I'll write!! (Don't know how much, hopefully more than a sentence...). I'd like to have this chapter completed by the end of the week.

Concerning everything else...

I just discovered that my favourite band ever (LAMB) made a collaboration SUGIZO (one of the members of S.K.I.N.) in 1997. I already knew this song and loved it, but I didn't know who was the author of the song.

SUGIZO – Kanon