Very realistic 3D projection in a building in Ucrania!!!
Wednesday 5 January 2011
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Tuesday 4 January 2011
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Letty
2010 Retrospective by Youtube
Youtube did a video of the top 10 videos most watched in 2010... Have you seen any of them? I had wahtched #1 and #4, and probably some friend showed me #8... :)
Saturday 1 January 2011
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Letty
Happy New Year!!!
Welcome 2011!!!
Bye bye 2010, thank you for everything, you were a nice year, but I'm betting 2011 will be much much better!!! (At least, that's always what we hope for, right? :P)!!! May we all have a delightful and joyful 2011!
Saturday 25 December 2010
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Letty
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas!!!
I just love Christmas... It is such a happy time of the year... :) I do hope you have all enjoyed your Chirstmas' Eve and that you have a very lovely Christmas day!!!
For some Christmas music, visit the Music page of my blog...
Saturday 20 November 2010
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Beautiful animation video
Today a friend posted this video on Facebook, OMG, it's SO beautiful!!! I loved it and had to share it with you!!!
That reminded me of two other animation videos I watched that I really liked, the first one is really funny, the other is a game-retro clip really well done, both are amazing!
Friday 12 November 2010
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Letty
Outback
Me and a couple of friends are TAing Molecular Biology to an undergraduate class... To celebrate that classes are almost over (they finished all pratical lessons, now they only need to hand in the final project and do the final exam) we went out to drink at Outback! LOLIt was really fun 'cause several other friends joined in the celebration, it was good to laugh!
Check out the photos (click on them to see them full size):
Monday 8 November 2010
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Letty
Ana Lucia's Birthday & Brahma Bar
The "Bar Brahma" is a tradicional bar located in the historic center of Sao Paulo, preciselly in the corner of Sao Joao Avenue and Ipiranga Avenue, a very poetic place as it was already sang by Caetano Veloso, a well-known singer from the northeast of Brazil, upon his arrival in Sao Paulo in a song dedicated to the city: "Alguma coisa acontece no meu coração, que só quando cruza a Ipiranga e a avenida São João" ("Something happens inside my heart when I cross Ipiranda and Sao Joao avenue" - lousy unrhymed free translation).
Inside the bar there is always people playing samba and there are presentations at night, it can be music or stand-up comedy. The food is rich, we ate something that might resemble as jerkies and manioc... So good! It is always good to know about different interesting places to go! We had a really good time!
Check out the photos (click on them to see them full size):
And of course, Caetano Veloso's "Sampa" (tender nickname of Sao Paulo):
Wednesday 3 November 2010
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Letty
Halloween
The only reason I didn't make this post sooner is that I was recruting all photos before I put this up...
We here in Brazil don't have the habit of celebrating Halloween, or as we here call it "Witches' Day", but this year we've tried something different...
Since last year's halloween we've been trying to throw a costume party, but we haven't been able to. This year it was finally possible! We managed to gather people who got excited with the idea and we did it! Actually Tati this year decided she was gonna organize it, and being the perfect host that she is, she made it flawlessly!
Me and a friend decided to go as Zombies, I think we were the only girls that weren't dressed in "cute" clothes... But it was funny, we made flesh wounds using latex and when we were going to the party some people were staring... LOL
Check out the photos (click on them to see them full size)!
Sunday 17 October 2010
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Letty
One exemple of why German is hard to learn
A friend of mine just posted this video on Facebook, and I loved it... It is of a german comedian called Kaya Yanar, showing one reason of why German is so God damm hard! And this is just one exemple of a "problem" you'll have to face from your first German lesson until pretty much the rest of your life... So, as Yanar himself say in this video, you either grow up with the German language or forget it! I don't think it is like that, but we shouldn't be so hard on ourselves when we think we are never gonna learn how to speak German perfectly... Even German people know German is hard! So let's keep trying and accept that we are always gonna make mistakes, and then take this opportunity to learn from them and improve...
* The second video is subtitled in English, but the video quality is poorer...
Monday 4 October 2010
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Brazil's Elections 2010
I've been meaning to gather up the courage to write this post for a while now... But since after yesterday's elections and the results for a runoff election in four weeks, I felt a bit more confident and decided to write about it.
First thing you need to know is that voting in Brazil is compulsory. That itself can explain a lot of the electoral situation we have here nowadays. I don't think that in a democratic country, voting should be compulsory, it should be a matter of choice, there are lots and lots of people that vote only because they have to, and therefore doesn't really mind in who they are voting for, or aren't interested in politics enough to be able to judge who would better represent them in the government.
We should also have in mind that Brazil is an emerging country, and for that it has really developed regions and quite poor regions co-existing in the same country. Have you ever heard that the south of Brazil is richer (in terms of economy) then the north, being São Paulo (SP) the biggest and richest of all? Now take a look at the election results map of this years presidential elections and tell me what you think about it:
First thing you need to know is that voting in Brazil is compulsory. That itself can explain a lot of the electoral situation we have here nowadays. I don't think that in a democratic country, voting should be compulsory, it should be a matter of choice, there are lots and lots of people that vote only because they have to, and therefore doesn't really mind in who they are voting for, or aren't interested in politics enough to be able to judge who would better represent them in the government.
We should also have in mind that Brazil is an emerging country, and for that it has really developed regions and quite poor regions co-existing in the same country. Have you ever heard that the south of Brazil is richer (in terms of economy) then the north, being São Paulo (SP) the biggest and richest of all? Now take a look at the election results map of this years presidential elections and tell me what you think about it:
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| Taken from uol.com.br |
But why is the southeast state also for Dilma? Well, she lives in this state's capital. Apart from that, taking everything else into account, it clearly shows a predilection of the better educated states for José Serra (the blue candidate) as the other prefer Dilma Rousseff (the red candidate). The thing is, we here from the biggest city in Brazil, the 3rd biggest city in the world will again be disappointed by the election results. I know international news shows Lula and this new candidate Dilma as Brazil's favourite, but actually for us here, it's completely the other way round... The two biggest newspapers from Sao Paulo decided to publicly support Serra's candidacy (it is important to know that usually, the press doesn't take political sides in Brazil). Nobody likes either of them. It's the northeast region the main responsible for Lula's reelection and for the probable election of Dilma. And I am not talking only about people from São Paulo, because I know lots of people, from several states (even some that Dilma got the majority of votes) like Minas, Rio, RS, etc. and I personally know only one person that voted for Dilma. Of everybody I know from São Paulo or else, only one. So please, don't be deceived, Dilma and Lula are not Brazil's sweethearts! No way. I don't know why people are so mistaken.
At least we got a second round, thank God, because we were getting scared about the possibilites of Dilma winning on the first round. Now we have to try and invert the situation. I know it's hard, but we have to try. I liked Marina very much as well (she got 3rd place), and I truly hope that people who voted for Marina now will vote for Serra.
Serra was already mayor and governor of Sao Paulo city and state, he was ministry of health, where he had brilliant ideas (for brazilians: he created the "medicamentos genéricos" and "vacina de idosos", apart from "nota fiscal paulista", which increased the income of Sao Paulo state and invested in Sao Paulo more than the federal government itself, besides constructing several Km of underground). Dilma was only Lula's cabinet chief, it is widely known that she is gonna be just a puppet of her party and people like her because she killed millitary soldiers and robbed banks during the dictatorship (who likes THAT?), well, Serra was a student leader and was forced to leave the country, and since he got back he's been engaged in political affairs. He has a major in engineering in the best university of south america and a master in economy, Dilma never made it to college and in the debates she can't even complete a sentence that makes sense (and aren't these speeches prepaired?). Wouldn't you trust Sao Paulo, the biggest, richest state of Brazil, where he was already mayor and governor, to know if they wanted him for president? Now tell me, who would you vote for?
All in all, I'm still hoping for a change, for an epiphany, I don't know, for people to realise what's best for Brazil right now. For God's sake, we have the Olympics and the World Cup coming up, and this incoherent lady is going to represent us? COME ON! I can't believe this, I just can't... Another four years of suffering? Let's do our caimpaign and hope for the best on the runoff... :)
At least we got a second round, thank God, because we were getting scared about the possibilites of Dilma winning on the first round. Now we have to try and invert the situation. I know it's hard, but we have to try. I liked Marina very much as well (she got 3rd place), and I truly hope that people who voted for Marina now will vote for Serra.
Serra was already mayor and governor of Sao Paulo city and state, he was ministry of health, where he had brilliant ideas (for brazilians: he created the "medicamentos genéricos" and "vacina de idosos", apart from "nota fiscal paulista", which increased the income of Sao Paulo state and invested in Sao Paulo more than the federal government itself, besides constructing several Km of underground). Dilma was only Lula's cabinet chief, it is widely known that she is gonna be just a puppet of her party and people like her because she killed millitary soldiers and robbed banks during the dictatorship (who likes THAT?), well, Serra was a student leader and was forced to leave the country, and since he got back he's been engaged in political affairs. He has a major in engineering in the best university of south america and a master in economy, Dilma never made it to college and in the debates she can't even complete a sentence that makes sense (and aren't these speeches prepaired?). Wouldn't you trust Sao Paulo, the biggest, richest state of Brazil, where he was already mayor and governor, to know if they wanted him for president? Now tell me, who would you vote for?
- A murderer or an exiled (during dictatorship)?
- An engineer or somebody that can't even say a complete sentence?
- A guy with brilliant ideas or a puppet?
- An ex-mayor of the 3rd biggest city in the world and ex-governor of the biggest, richest state of Brazil or an ex-cabinet chief?
SUPPORT JOSE SERRA!!!
All in all, I'm still hoping for a change, for an epiphany, I don't know, for people to realise what's best for Brazil right now. For God's sake, we have the Olympics and the World Cup coming up, and this incoherent lady is going to represent us? COME ON! I can't believe this, I just can't... Another four years of suffering? Let's do our caimpaign and hope for the best on the runoff... :)
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