[realidades] Yes you can...

Yes, you can.

Obama’s election was a refreshing piece of news coming from the USA. For a change.

I think that, besides the inspiring attitude of Barack Obama, most of the people in the rest of the world were relieved to get reed of a Republican Administration in the USA, after 8 years of a nightmare called Bush & Co.

I’m not sure if he was the most powerful man in the world, because I think we was not a free will person. But even though, he demonstrated that the USA President can harm hugely the world as a whole, from the smallest village on a remote location to the entire planet. In some cases for what he intentionally did, in other cases for what he intentionally did not do. Not to mention the times he just screwed up.

Now it is time for Obama to prove to the world that he can live up to the expectations and deliver some good to his country, the rest of the world and the planet.

Huge burden, especially when we consider the mess that the Bush/Republican Administration left behind. I deeply fear that he will have to dedicate himself to tidying up over the coming the 4 years, consequently falling short to the expectations, to see the Republicans taking over in 4 years.

I don’t know if he can make it, but I surely hope so. And this is what Obama has been great at, giving people hope.

And I also hope that the USA could become a different country after this. Again, I’m skeptic. 48% of the US Americans voted for McCain. 48% !!! It was not such a big Obama We Can Wave as the media try to show. Half of the US American population still believe in a Republican Administration. After all they did!!!

And they voted for a “not so liberal after all” conservative McCain. In an irrationally conservative Pallin. Forgive me for not head-diving into this hope wave but the USA as a long way to go in order to regain my confidence and respect -not that they are very relevant for them J

And I really get angry when I hear that the USA gave a lesson of democracy to the world. As some say, it is not only about electing a black (actually a mestee, as he is as white as he is black) President, but also for electing a President coming from a humble background. If the US Americans were not so full of themselves, they would understand that this is no lesson to most of the developed world.

Finally, their great democracy translated a vote of 52% to Obama and 46% to McCain into a 67% to 30% representation at the electoral college. This same system as also allowed Bush to win with a lower number of votes. How can they teach the world a lesson of democracy when they use a highly distorted electoral system, dated from the 18^th century?

Not to mention the length of the campaign and the billions of dollars spent.

I do hope that Obama can lead the change. And have the USA to become more aware of their situation, looking into their problems and the serious social problems affecting big parts of the population. And if they acknowledge the real USA, I wouldn’t be surprised that they would be more humble…

That is the change I can believe in…

[sesnsibilidades] Saudade...

Erupting Forces, 2001 - Jean Paul Avisse

Saudade, I can't explain
with simple, plain words
It's sweeter than any pain
Sharper than deadly swords

Saudade, scintillating memory
Of you, of us, of your presence
One gracious melancholic story
Anguishing sence of your absence

Saudade, your image glittering
That slowly shadowed and rove
To find again the fire burning
Sparkled by the flame of love

[sensibilidades] whisper...

Photo: Enkemann, 2005 - Susanna Majuri

I sense you around
Though we're apart
Feeling this sound
A whispering heart

A whisper, a windblow
I'm there, never far
A love stream, I flow
I'm there, so Vardar

[sensibilidades] Defining darkness...

Ea Vasko - City / Order VII
from series Defining Darkness, 2008
Rose Boréal
Photographies de l’Ecole d’Art et de Design d’Helsinki
Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille

[sensibilidades] Constant

You may be distant

Or closer than ever
My love is a constant
Infinite as forever

[trivialidades] Crise...

"Sir, we intercepted a raft full of americans trying to enter the island ilegally"

[genialidades] Barely Political...

At Barely Political you can find several nice videos joking about politics in the US, namely the upcoming Presidential elections. The video below is just a great example of it. Simply hilarious...

Cheers mate ;-)

[musicalidades] Lilit vs Amon Mra

I saw a concert of these guys in Skopje and loved it. They have great songs and great performers. Imagine then if they got a better lead singer than this Amon Mra...

Check their MySpace

[vaidades] Artes maternais IV

Lany, Agosto 2008

[vaidades] Artes maternais III

Lany, Maio 2008

[vaidades] Artes maternais II

Lany, Dezembro 2007

[vaidades] Artes maternais I

Lany, Dezembro 2007

Celebrity Collage by MyHeritage

MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Minha arvore genealogica - Uma arvore genealogica

[proximidades] A Galiza mail'o Minho

«Vendo-os assim tão pertinho
A Galiza mail'o Minho
são como dois namorados
Que o rio traz separados
Quase desde o nascimento!
Deixal-os, pois, namorar,
Já que os paes para casar
Lhes não dão consentimento».

João Verde

«Si Dios os fixo de cote
Un pra outro e tenem dote
En terras emparexadas
Pol'a mesma auga regadas
Com ou sin consentimento
D' os pais o tempo ha chegar
En que tenãm que pensar
En facer o casamento».

Amador Saavedra

[musicalidades] Eu sei que vou te amar

[localidades] Bienvenus à Bruxelles II

During the Russia-Spain match, a Catalan addressing a Portuguese:
- "How do we say Xavi in Spanish?"

[localidades] Bienvenus à Bruxelles

A: Buongiorno! Comment ça va?
B: Fine, thanks!