Tuesday 30 September 2008

Victory City


I was visit the site and this didn't like me totally. I say the site it's fine, it's easy to use this and the information is clear, the graphic is boring but is acceptable, however the proposal didnt't like me.

The city that they propose it's too structured to me, I would like at future the cities will be more organics, I say that the people organize their houses in a natural form.

I believe that the citys would be more heterogeneous and free, because the peolpe it's free and heterogeneous, VC it's homogeneous and seems a jail to me.

Represents a utopic form of life, it remains me the city in the book "Brave New World" from Aldous Huxley, where humanity lives in a carefree, healthy, and technologically advanced society; however, art, science, religion, and all other forms of human expression, as we know, have been replaced to create the "Brave New World".

I think that the utopies repress the form of the people living their lifes.

The Best Designer


The best designer there I know is Charles Eames (June 17, 1907 - August 21, 1978) , he was arquitect and designer and he worked with his whife Ray (December 15, 1912 - August 21, 1988)

I like because I think that his objects of design are perfect and also because he always recogniced Ray`s work.

He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, where he studied architecture at Washington University and later opened an architectural practice.

He proyected many of the objects that are a referent to the designers even today, he is responsible for many classic, iconic designs of the 20th century like the famous Lounge Chair and Ottoman, The Playwood Elefant, The DCW Chair, and the many Plastic arm Chair between others.

At the end of the decade of the 40` Ray and Charles designed their house, know like "Eames House" located at the top of a hill overlooking the ocean, the hause was build with pieces of steel. Today is considered as a masterpiece of modern architecture.

The Eamses pioneered innovative technologies, such as the fiberglass and plastic resin chairs.

They was one of the first designers who worked whith the folded wood and print of intention each material that they worked, the curves and all in his furniture are perfect to me.

One example of their work in wood is The Playwood Elefant, one object proyected to the kids.

The Lounge and Ottoman are my favourite object of design, the mix of material, leather and wood, the curves, the colours and who the body fits in the chair in set whith the ottoman is amazing.

Wednesday 10 September 2008

MP3


My favourite piece of tecnology is my mp3. I always wanted one, but i didn't have the money when it arrived in Chile. I had to wait one year approximately to buy one, in october of the last year.

At first I was really happy because this was pink and minimal, but soon after it didn't work. I had to take it and use the guarantee. The salesman said to me that he could change it for one the same or I could pay the diference and take a better one.

The second doesn't like much as the first because it was black, and my favourite color is the pink, but is better and works perfect. This play music, record voices, recognize text, etc. Is very complete. Now I love it!!!

I always use them, every day. When I go to the university, in the bus, in the subway, when I walk, when I read, all the time.

Also I use them when I go in academic visit to factories and I need to remember all that the man in the charge say, I record all what they say and I can respond every question of the questionnaire. It means that this serves to academic purposes too.

I don't know what i do if I lose my mp3, my travels would very boring and I feel lonely!!!

Sunday 7 September 2008

My favourite song


Really I love a lot of songs, its difficult to my choose only one, I feel that I'm betraying to the other groups, in figuratively.

I like too much kind of music. I like the rock, indie, pop, jazz even some classical music, etc. I am a mélomane!!!

I have a lot of favourite groups, included Black Kids, CSS, The Do, Depeche Mode, Coldplay, Madonna, The Desemberist, Los Bunkers, Francisca Valenzuela, only for appoint some of them.

I'm insecure between At Last from The Do and Music is my hot, hot sex from CSS.

I choose this song because always encourage me when I am sad. Also when I want to dance and it make me remember good times. I listening for the first time the last summer.

This group like's me because they are brazilian but they sing in inglish, I think that the were americans until I read this in internet, in this song there is a part in portuguese.

I hope that you like this song and maybe some day we can dance this together.

See you!!!

Music is my Hot, Hot Sex

From all the drugs the one I like more is music
From all the junks the one I need more is music
From all the boys the one I take home is music
From all the ladies the one I kiss is music (muah!)

Music is my boyfriend
Music is my girlfriend
Music is my dead end
Music is my imaginary friend
Music is my brother
Music is my great-grand-daughter
Music is my sister
Music is my favorite mistress

From all the shit the one I gotta buy is music
From all the jobs the one I choose is music
From all the drinks, I get drunk off music
From all the bitches the one I wanna be is music

Music is my beach house
Music is my hometown
Music is my king-size bed
Music's where I make my friends
Music is my hot hot bath
Music is my hot hot sex
Music is my back rub
My music is where I'd like you to touch

Claro-que-sim
Fui escoteira-mirim
Direto da escola, não
Não ia cheirar cola
Nem basquete, pebolim
O que eu gosto não é de graça
O que gosto não é farsa
Tem guitarra, bateria, computador saindo som
Alguns dizem que mais alto que um furacão (rhéum)
Perto dele eu podia sentir
Saía de seu olho e chegava em mim
Sentada do seu lado
Eu queria encostar
Faria o tigela até o sol raiar
Debaixo do lençol
Ele gemia em ré bemol
Fiquei tensa
Mas tava tudo bem
Ele é fodão, mas eu sei que eu sou também

BBC Learning


I visit the site after my classemates inforsme that, this confused me at the start, too much information at the same place apparently.

But then I start to explore this and I think it is really frendly and didactic. The first experiences always deceive.

They post stories, music and picture, this make the site interesting because I take new information from other places and his culture.

Explains bout the words in the news, this helps to understand the way that the announce the important things in a specific form.

I never visit a site like this, help with the vocabulary and the grammar, they have quizzes and exams to practice without evaluations!!!

Helps with thw pronunciation and connect with people from other countries, this is good because I can share experiences and know new people.

I think interesting that this kind of companies regard about this items, always are worried about news and stuffs of business, is nice they demostrated concern for other things.

In conclusion I appreciated this kind of iniciative and I like to know much other like this.