"The Birth of Venus" by Sandro Botticelli

One of the most important artworks of the Renaissance is "The Birth of Venus", painted  by Sandro Botticelli (1444-1510). He painted it in 1485, in the moment called "Quattrocento".

This artwork was painted using the technique of tempera, and the support material is the fabric. You can find it in Florence, specifically in Ufizzi's Gallery.

The theme of that painting is the birth of Venus, who is arriving at Cyprus, which is devoted to her cult. Venus is the goddess of beauty, love and laughing.

We can see Venus in the middle. She is naked, but she is covering herself with her long, blonde, wavy hair. She is standing up in a shell on the seashore.

On the left side you can see Zephyr, the west wind, who has got golden winggs, long, brown hair; and he is covered by a grey layer. He is flying with Cloris, his wife and Mrs of flowers. She has got long, blonde, long hair. Zephyr is blowing Venus to approach her to the land.

On the right side you can see the land with some trees behind. Also you can see the Spring, who has got long, blonde hair, and she is wearing a flowered dress. She is waiting for Venus with a pink and flowered layer.

"The Birth of  Venus" wants to explain the mystery of how the beauty was given to the world. I want to describe and talk about this artwork becasue I think that it is one of the most beautiful paintings of that period. Also because I like Greek and Latin mithology a lot, so I like this artwork a little bit more. I would like to go to Florence to see and admire it. It is one of my favourite paintings.

Final Four Berlin 2009

Hello! Today I'm going to talk about the Final Four of Berlin 2009.
In this final there were four teams concerning to be champions of Europe. At first there were two semifinals: the frist one was CSKA Moscow - F.C.Barcelona, and the second one was Olympiakos - Panathinaikos.
In the first semifinal, Barça was wining all the match. But CSKA was more intelligent and finally they won for 7 or 8 points (I don't remember exactly).
The second semifinal was like a final, two Greek teams who know each other a lot. It was a very spectacular match because Greek teams are of the best. Finally Panathinaikos won by a few points.

The final was Panathinaikos Athens - CSKA Moscow. The first one was wining by 20 points at the break time. But CSKA is also spectacular and they retrieved the 20 points! After a very intensive and impressive part, Panathinaikos won the match by ONE POINT! And they coach, Seljko Obradovic won his 5th Final Four.
I put a picture of Dimitris Diamantidis because I think he is one of the best players in Europe. And also he won

The legend of Sant Jordi

Hello everybodyy !
Today it's Sant Jordi and the World-Wide Day of the Book.
Because of that, now I'm going to talk about the legend of Sant Jordi.
Some time ago, there was a castle with a king and a princess. Very near, there was a dragon who can took out fire from the mouth. This dragon requered every week a gril for lunch. And one day, they wanted to eat the daugther of the king.
When the dragon went to his cave with the princess, in their way appears a knight ridden in a white horse. When the knight, whose name was Jordi, saw that, he got closer to the dragon, took his sword and killed the monster.
From the blood of the dragon, red roses bloomed. After that, the knight go out from the castle and the king and his daughter were always gratefull.
And that's the story about Sant Jordi, and this day, the 23th of April, all the boys have to give a flower to the grils; and the girls have to give a book to the boys.
I wanted to talk about this iusse because I consider this day very important for all the world, but especially for Catalonia. It's a national holliday here.

I think that the picture shows very well what I've told you, because we can see a rose and a book.
It's the day of LOVE. (L)

Why young people use Internet?

Why young people use Internet?
Nowadays young people only use Internet for the messenger(msn), the fotolog or the blog or something like this and the facebook.
For example, the messenger(msn) that young people use to talk to their friends, the friends who meet in the school. It permits you making a conversation and send images and archives. It also use a webcam which you can see the other person immediately.
The fotolog or the blog is a programme which permites you making an entry about something you like and put a photo with the text.
The facebook is a really new and recent programme, and really famous too. It permits you talking to your friends, playing games, making really different tests, put all your photos and put the videos which you like the most. I think that it's the most complete.
We only use Internet to do classwork if it's necessary. And even we use for that we also are talking with some friends by messenger or facebook.

I think that Internet is like a drug. Most of my friends are in the messenger all the day, or playing games in facebook. They have to study but they prefer spend all their time in Internet. I think we are very hooked to these temporary fashions like fotolog or facebook. Also the teachers have an account in these programmes.
But it's ture that sometimes, if you are stressed it can help you a little bit.

Prison Break

Today I'll talk about Prison Break.
This is an american serie which talks about two brothers: Micheal Scoffiel and Lincoln Barrows. The first one goes to the prison to save his brother, who was unfairly sentenced. After two months or something they could escape with others recluses: Fernando Sucre, Brad Bellick, Theodor Bagwell and others.
After the escape they broke away. The brothers went to Panamá because they think that there they would be out of danger. But something happened in Panamá, because they go to the prison. It was terrible, hot... There the brothers knew a woman who's called Gretchen Morgan. She hepled they to escape, and they return to United States. Here, a member of Secret Service, Paul Kellerman, contacted with the protagonists. Now Michael, Lincoln, Sucre, Malone, Bellick and Sarah have to stole "Scila", the target of The Company, the organitzation they wanted to destroy.
After a lot of adventures, sacrifaces and sufferings they got "Scila". But Kellerman betrayed them, and he escape with the target. Befor his escape, Michael, who is so much intelligent, took off a part of the target, and when Kellerman went to a buyer, he couldn't buy it.
Now, in the serie, Michael and Lincoln have to recove the target. But Michael has sequestrated by The Company.

What will happen??

Mercè Rodoreda

Hello! Today I will talk to you about a catalan writer, Mercè Rodoreda.
I wanto to talk about her, because I've read one of her best books: Mirall Trencat.
At first, Merce Rodoreda was born in Barcelona 1908, and she died in Girona 1983. She won "Premi d'Honor de les Lletres Catalanes" 1980.
She wrote some novels and stories. Also she wrote poetry, theatre and painting.
She lived "la Segona República Espanyola" and "La Guerra Civil Espanyola". This war marked her a lot, and we can see it in her litrature. She was from the republican side, so and the end of the war she had to exile.
From 1939 until 1972 she was exiled. When she crossed the border, she went to Perpinyà. Later, she moved to Tolose and afterwards, to Paris. Because of the nazis she had to moved from Paris to Geneva where she lived a few years.
Now, I will talk about the book I've read: Mirall Trencat.
She wrote it in 1974. The story of this book occurs in Barcelona before "la Guerra Civil".
It's a very nice book, and I recommend you.
Kisses*

Mossos against students!

Hello everybody!!
Today I'm going to explian you what's happening in Barcelona.
All of you know that next year we began university with "el pla de Bolonya" and there are a lot of students that don't accept it. Because of that, most students want to explian that by a manifestation in the streets of Barcelona.
There there are students of all Catalonia because all of them want to show that they don't accept "el pla de Bolonya".
But there is a repression to the students. When they stay in the streets, the "mossos d'esquadra" arrive there with their nigthsticks to smack the students. They only express that they don't accept that.
I can't understand why the "mossos" have to smack to the students, because they are in inferiority, they only use books and pensils to defend them.
When I see videos like that I get goose pimples, because I can't do anything, only I can see, and I want to go there.
"Mossos" think that they are someone with authority to smack the others, and they don't. There are lots of persons under arrest.
I have a lot of friends that study in Barcelona, and they tell me that they want to go to this manifestation. They tell me that they'll hit to the "mossos" jaja.
If you see this video you can see that it's terrible, it's inexplicable.
Everybody against to "pla de Bolonya"!!!

BarÇa and TAU in quarters of Euroleague

Today we begun the 3th term and today I will talk to you about Barcelona and TAU.
They passed quarters yesterday of Euroleague. Barcelona won Maccabbi from Tel Aviv. I have to say some things about this match because it was spectacular. When Maccabbi went to play in Barcelona some people jumped to the track with Palestinas flags. The players of Maccabbi are israelians so they didnt like that. And yesterday BarÇa went to Tel Aviv ant the players from Maccabbi spread Israel flag in the track. So I think it was very nice. But Im happy because BarÇa won the match.
The other match was TAU Vitoria vs. Olympiakos from Greece. TAU lost so they have to play vs. BarÇa in the quarters. And Olympiakos have to play vs. Real Madrid that has been the second of it group.
Euroleague is a really fantastic league. All the spanish teams have to win. But, maybe, it could be better is pass another team from Europe, like Olympiakos, CSKA etc. Euroleague will be great I think so.

Steve Martin - The Pink Panther

Today I will explain to you about the film I watched a few days before. It was: The Pink Panther 2. I have seen The Pink Panther 1 and I laughed a lot, and with this film I laughed a lot too. It is really funny and I hope you like it.

I wanted to see it because I love Steve Martin. I think that it is a very very good actor. I saw many films about Steve Martin and I liked all of them. Some of his films are comedy films, and everbody laugh a lot with them.

Now I will talk to you some things about this great actor: he was born in Waco, Texas, in USA; in 1945. He is an actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, composer and musician. In the 1980s he became a succesfull actor, palywright and juggler, and eventually earned Emmy, Grammy and American Comedy awards.

I have to say that Steve Martin had done a lot of films and he was nominated some times in some films to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

Many people tell me that they didn't like The Pink Panther, but if you are depressed, you have to go to see it.

'cause I have a bad day*

NBA and ACB

And today I will talk to you about NBA and ACB.

What's the NBA?

Some people think that it is the best league in the world, where now are playing the best basketball players in the world. But I do completely not agree with that.

Yes, I also think that it's one of the most important league, but there are others, like ACB.

In the NBA there are playing a lot of fantastic players: Pau Gasol, Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Andrés Noccioni etc. All the players of all world want to go to this league because they think it's the best. But when they can't sign for an american team they go here, in Spain, to play in ACB.

Some peolpe think that ACB it's the second best league around the world. In Spain there are players from around the world too. For example: Basile(Italy), Andersen(Ausrtralia), Massey(USA) etc.

I think that these leagues are the best leagues. Maybe NBA it's a little bit more important than ACB. I think that NBA its spectacle and ACB its more basketball, I don't know...

But I all these leagues :D

In the picture we can see Gasol's brothers: Marc Gasol playing with Akasvayu Girona and Pau Gasol playing with L.A.Lakers.

Basketball is life*

Euroleague!

Today I will talk about basketball ! oh yeeah ! :D:D

but not american basketball, I'll talk about european basketball, precisely about the Euroleague!

Nowadays, there are some spanish teams that are competing in this league: TAU from Vitoria, Real Madrid, and F.C.Barcelona.

Euroleague is a league for all Europe. Here are competiving teams like CSKA from Moscou, Maccabbi from Tel Aviv, Panathinaikos or Olympiakos from Greece, also there are teams from Italy like Montepasqui Siena etc.

Barça and Madrid are in the same group, so they have to competing many times this year.(I hope Barça will win all of them)

Finally, the teams that win all or most of their matches will pass to the Final Four. As says the name, in the final will play four teams, and the team that will all matches, will get the cup. This year, the final will be in Berlín.

This is the most important european league, but also there are another: FIBA Eurocup. Also there are spanish teams there, and I think they can win it.

Only, I have to say that I LOVE THIS GAME :D

I love London*

Hello everybody! :D:D
Today I'm going to explain the trip in London. It was fantastic, really really good. We went to a lot of famous places and I loved all of them.
At first, I have to say that we stay in Tavistok Hotel. It was good, and the majorit of workers of the hotel were Pakistanis. In London there are people from around the world, and it was great.
Now I have to explain all the places I stayed:
- British Museum: I had many deisres to go to this museum, because I like art a lot, and there there are Egyptian art, Greek and Roman art, paintings and drawings etc.
- National Gallery: also this museum it was fantastic. We saw there a lot of paintngs we have seen before in the high school, like:"el matrimoni Arnolfini","Venus and Mart" etc.
- Big Ben: we also saw the Big Ben, it's really big and very very nice. I like it a lot.
- London Eye: I go here with Veselina. At first I was frigthened because it's really big, but when I went inside, it was very nice.
- Tower Bridge: it's very big. I also like it. It's really nice, and from here, you can see London, jeje.
- Victoria and Albert Museum: It's really nice, and I like it because here Ben Stiller recorded the film "Noche en el museo" xDD.
- Natural History Museum: It was one of the most nicest museum I've seen since today. The dinaosaurs was...pff.. I don't have words, I LOVE it! jajaja
- Westminster Abbey: We studied it in "Art", but the real one is much better than the photography from Wikipedia jaja.
And, Oxford Street, Picadilly Circus, Rusell Square, Trafalgar Street etc.
I konw that I forget many places but I can't say all because there are a lot.
I have and other thing to say: I want to return to London, early please!! jajaj

I love London (L)

Israel vs. Palestina

Today, I'm going to talk about the war between Israel and Palestina.
I did my "Treball de recerca" about the Jewish culture, and I defend them. I think that they have a very solid arguments.
At first, I have to say that every people are religious, and they would die because of their religion.
Jewish people say that they have to stay in this place because their holy book says it. Torah says that God gave the land of Canaan (Israel) to Jewish. And because of that I think that palestinians have to respect this religion. Palestininas are Muslim and they have a lot of other countries to go. But I understand that if they have been living there, they want to continue living there.
Jewish always have been mistreating and after 2nd World - Wide War they have no place to go. More of them went to United States, and the others returned to their promissed land, Israel.
I don't find well that they have pu out the palestinans with a war. But in a religious conflict there isn't a solution.
In a religious war, there is not solution. This is what I think. And also I think that two different religious can't live together in the same place it's impossible. This is my conclusion.


I find my paradise when you look me in the eyes*

Jim Sturgess

Now, I'm going to talk about an actor that I like a lot, Jim Sturgess.
Jim Sturgess was born in London, England.
He begans to become famous with the film called Across the Universe, directed by Julie Taymor in which he interprets Jude, a young boy who travell to EUA and fall in love with a girl, Lucy, interpreted by Evan Rachel Wood, at the end of the sixties.
Also he appears in a very famous film, The Other Boleyn Girl, in which he interpreted George Boleyn, in 2008.
And the most recent film is 21 Black Jack in which he embodies to the leader, Ben Campbell. I saw this film and it is fantastic! I really like it! you have to see it!! :):):)

Also I will talk to you about an american director, Julie Taymor.

She directed a very famous film, Titus, an adaptation of the play Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare. I saw this film and it's fantastic too. I don't like really much, because I don't like horror films, but it is great!

And... that's all!:)

you are wasting my time*

Fundació Joan Miró

The last Tuesday we went to Barcelona, with Cendrassos high school, of Figueres. This was a excursion with the subject "Història de l'Art".
At frist, on the morning, we went to visit Fundació Miró in Montjuïc. Here, we visited an exposition about the americans painters. And later, we saw the works of the catalan painter Joan Miró. I really like this visit, I don't know why, but the paintings are really expressive. He uses the paint to show us his feelings and emotions. There was a a painting that we liked a lot, to me and to Alma. The fist one was Autorretrat, the second one was Personatge amb paraigües, and the last was Pintura(the painting of the photography).
Alma and me interpreted the painting in our way, and we invented a really funny story. Up, in the middle you can see a women and a man, these are the parents. Up, on the right, there are the weels of the car. In the middle of the photography there is the son. They were in a car, and they had an accident. On the right you can see the marks of the weels when the car stopped. On the left, you can see the bunk of the ambulance. And finally, on the left, on the middle, the are three dots, that means: to be continued...
And this is the interpretation of Alma and me... jajaja

At the afternoon, we visited MNAC(Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya). Here we made an itinerary for the works that we have to study to go to selectivity. We strolled for the Romanic art, Gothic art and modern art. I liked it too, but it was very tired. We had to be straight all the time, but most of the people, sat down on the floor. We finished this visit at 6p.m. more or less. And we arrived at the bus station of Figureres at 9p.m.!! jajaj

But, I really like this excursion. And I think we'll made more!:):)
And the phrase of today is:
I'll be waiting...*
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17*

Today it's Sunday and I'm really really tired.
Yesterday I played with Esplais in Sant Esteve d'en Bas and we was only five! On the first minute of the match, one of the best players we had, was injured. And we had to play four. On the third period of the match, another one had to send off. And we had to play three. At the end of this match, I was really tired. And, we lost the match 3o points, of course.
And today I've played in Mataró, vs. Valldemia. We played good, but the referee has been horrible. Finally we've lost the match... uf...

And now, I'm really tired, and I have to study, because tomorrow I have an exam about Història de Catalunya. bfff... xdd

But I'm happy because I'm thinking in Tuesday, because all the students of Història de l'Art, will go to Barcelona with an other high school, Cendrassos from Figueres. We'll go toghether to see "La fundació Miró" and at the afternoon we'll se "Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya".!! jajaja:)

I put a photo from my shorts of Roses, with number 17.

I'll fly with you*

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Pride and Prejudice

Hi !!! :):):)
Today it's Sunday, and finally I passed this week. I did all the exams, and I think I will pass all of them with a good mark. Now I am looking Pride and Prejudice in Youtube, for the exam of tomorrow. It's a very good book, I really like it. I feel like watching the film! xddd

About basketball, I played yesterday with Roses vs. Malgrat, one of the leaders of the League. We thought that we will lost the match, but... we won for 20 points!!!
jaajja it was incredible!
And, with Esplais, we don't play this week, because of the other team, Sant Hilari. I think we will play this match on December.

And, yesterday, I went to Barrques Girona o8! It was a beautiful, incredible, top night! There, played the group Els Pets, but the singer was ill, and they didn't play... I went back at four o'clock, approximately. I didn't eat anything for dinner but even so it was really great. I met a lot of people fom Girona, Salt, Castelló, Figueres, Roses etc...
It was a really weekend!
And tomorrow, at school, doing the exam of Pride and Prejudice. And I put a photo of the film Pride and Prejudice!

make me crazy*
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exams, exams, exams

Today it is Saturday night and I am at home. This morning I have benn studing "Història d'Espanya" and English of course!!
The next weekend I have an exam every day. O Monday, English. On Tuesday, Catalan Literature. On Wednesday, "Història d'Espanya". On Thursday, Catalan.
buuf I will be studind every afternoon of the week, but at Friday and Saturday "Barraques Girona" !!! yeah ! I need a party!jajaj

About basketball, I played this afternoon in Quart, with Roses. It was a very competitive match. I have known a girl of Quart and this increased the competition of the match. We payed really hard and good, and we have been wining all the match, but at the end we lost for three points. oohh! It was horrible! It really drive me !
And later the players went to "Barraques Girona" but I didn't go because I have to study, because of the exams.

Now I'm at home and I'm really tired about the match the studing etc. And I put a video of a very nice song. The name is This is me - Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas. It's a really nice song. I hope you like it!

be yourself**
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...a little break...

Today it's Sunday, the end of the weekend because tomorrow I have to go at the school... buuuff jajja

In basketball, I played with Roses here vs. Santa Perpètua and.. we lost. Until these matches we have win all of that, and now, we lost the frist match. But only for 11 points. We played really horrible...
Also I played in Castello and we lost again jajjaa and... for a lot of points...
I wouldn't remember this match, it was horrible.
Next week I wown't play with Esplais, but I'll play with Rosese in Quart... I think we can win this match.

About school, next week I only have an exam, on Friday of Latin. Wednesday we'll be strike for "Nova llei d'educació". And on Thurday, the literature class we'll go to Barcelona... ooh yeahh jajaj

And about love... I knew a boy. He's very good-looking and very kind! jaja
and... nothing else.

you are the one thing on my mind*

...smiling...

Hello!!!!
Oh,today I'm really happy, because I did my exam of Phlosophy!! At last! I was very nervous for this exam and I studied a lot, and the exam.... I don't know, maybe I'll have a five, maybe I have an eight... but I'm sure I'll pass it!
And tomorrow it's Friday and the weekend!!! and the next week, I only have an exam on Friday aout Latin, and on Thursday I'll go to Barcelona, with the literature class!!!ohh yeahh ! xddd

About basketball, this weekend I'll play with Roses in Roses xd, vs. Santa Perpetua. I think we'll win this match, because we haven't lost any match yet, and this won't be the first (H)jaja ! And with Castelló, I'll play in Castello, vs. L'Escala... and... I don't know...I think we'll lost, but I'll play really hard to win it. Because.... all of you know that I love basketball, I love this game!(L) jaja

And, I'm happy because tomorrow I'll see Cristal and Chaima, and we'll make a lot of photos because we don't have photos together!!:O
and...that's all, I think!


I put a song of Jonas Brothers of course !!! jajaja
Its Burnin'up!!1 it's a really nice soong! I hope you like it!!

always there's a reason to smile*
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