tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-326875232011-04-21T17:04:23.561-04:00Dianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08509100619405116126noreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32687523.post-54924894712719280082008-02-01T21:42:00.000-04:002008-02-01T21:45:48.512-04:00

Estamos construyendo esta revista de jóvenes universitarios de Puerto Rico con el propósito de pensar y hacer algo en esta vida que nos tocó. No estamos conformes con casi nada. Pero tampoco vamos a quedarnos cruzados de brazo. Si el mundo sigue un rumbo caótico, pues virémoslo al revés. Con ganas, amor, sentido, solidaridad, imaginación, inteligencia y gusto... ¿Qué más?... Ya veremos. Pensamos

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Un aeropuerto. Un arrestro. Escuadrones de policías y hasta un encubierto. Alerta naranja, es el terrorismo que nos acecha!!…bueno, no precisamente. Se trata más bien de los hábitos parcialmente nebulosos de un cierto senador republicano. Si ha estas alturas no ha escuchado sobre Larry Craig y su arresto por conducta indecente al aparentemente solicitar servicios sexuales en un aeropuerto, créame

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hace un fin de semana, una amiga (Sofia k'es la ke!!!) vino a new york y hanguamos un rato. me quede con ella en manhattan, en la casa de unos amigos de su madre, quien pario a mi amiga, no que fueran malos ni mucho menos. y todo este cuento para decirles que fue muy curioso porque desde que llegaron a nueva york en los setenta han vivido en el mismo sitio, calle 92 en el este - entiendase upper

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hey, aqui para decirles que abri otro blog: lacoctelera.com/anttics. esta dedicado especificamente al baile, y pues, si bien sigo siendo yo quien escribe y tendra sus momentos anormales/comicos/etc. es un intento por formalizar un poco la mis habitos de escrituras; trabajar un tema desde diferentes angulos de forma mas estructurada. de todas formas, este blog sigue con su politica editorial de

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Bueno pues a semana y media de empacar maletas de nuevo siento que finalmente le he cogido el paso a esta vaina. Todavia me joroba el mucho tiempo que pierdo en transportacion publica pero bueno, asi es la vida, por lo que ando con el libro de Carlos Pabon, La nacion postmortem, p'arriba y p'abajo. Ah... no les dije...como muchos saben el semestre que viene empiezo a trabajar en mi tesina: "imagi

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bueno pues siguiendo los consejos nos dejamos de pendejadas y les hago un reencuento de las cosas interesantes que han pasado. En primer lugar, fui a ver un musical llamado In the Heights (si, anita soto, lo logre!!!). Y vaya, fue toda una experiencia, primero, porque lo logre ver justo antes de que lo movieran de off-broadway ha broadway debido al gran exito que ha tenido asi que me salio

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wow esto.. ha sido impresionante... todos sus mensajes.. simplemente, me he reido a carcajadas y se me han salido las lagrimas a la misma vez.. la verdad es que uno necesitra voces que le anadan a su eco... gracias... en serio.. gracias. aprecio en cantidad sus comentarios, su inteleigencia y tenacidad, por no hablar del carino, y su disposicion de exponerse tambien aqui conmigo. Gracias.

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hoy se cumple una semana de vivir en new jersey para viajar a nueva york a probar camino para un sueno: a pisar de puntitas la ciudad para ver si tengo las agallas de supender escuela graduadua y lo que es mi camino seguro a una carrera exitosa y estable como profesora por asumir una vida poetica en que uno se dedica a las artes y hace eso que nunca iba ser segun el camino que aparenetemente se

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bueno gente, mala mia por la desaparicion, el internet de la casa se dano el miercoles y aparentemente to el mundo en nyc es rico porquelos hot spots pa laptops estan choretos pero no fui capaz de encontrar un internet cafe hasta ayer, casi una semana despues. Y justo hoy se arreglo el internet de la casa asi que pues... asi es la vida... increiblementeironica. Sobretodo porque la semana pasada

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HOY UNO DE LOS MAESTROS ME SACO DE LA MASA PA BAILAR EN LA TARIMA... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH! jeje, pues si, como acabo de escribir en el primer post de hoy, no es una competencia, pero bueno, si el maestro quiere puede poner a los que mas le guste en la tarima a bailar y es tan emocionante... sobretodo porque era un musical... Hairspray. admito que en verdad no es de los que mas me interese y

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Bueno, pense que quizas ya deberia comenzar a chismosear de lo que vine ha hacer aqui...baile! Por esta primera semana estoy metida hasta home en una convencion a la que le pusieron por nombre Summer Dance Fest, lo que parece mucho show promocional pero tiene su punto. Explico. El mundo del baile comercial, entiendase todos esos anuncios de gap donde la gente brinca y salta feliz, los videos por

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jlo.latinos.negros.crimen.drogas. quien dijo que el bronx no es un destino turistico?? jeje, admito no fui ahi por iniciativa propia, una de mis cuarentamil clases de baile es justo en el medio de este esquisito outer boureau y es simplemente surreal el cambio tan radical de atmosfera entre la 42 en Times Square donde me monto hasta llegar a la 170 en el medio del bronz donde la estacion

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No era la primera vez que lo hacía. Ya lo había hecho con un amigo. Ir allí, el Centro de Jóvenes el Nuevo Puerto Rico, alias “la CONCRA”, la casa azul y amarillo de Río Piedras donde dan servicios para pacientes de VIH y de paso, también te hacen la ‘pruebita’ de gratis.Tuve que pasar por al lado del cuartel para llegar y admito me sentí medio criminal. Al acercarme a la casa sólo se oía el

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Lo conocí hace poco. La verdad es que siempre ha estado por ahí, pero igual yo siempre me creí tan increíblemente genial y privilegiada que nunca lo vi realmente. Nunca lo necesité. Y hoy aquí, la pregunta inescapable es ¿llegará? ¿vendrá por mí? Con él nunca se sabe. Un día es un sí, tal y como esperado, tal y como soñado en el mundo fantástico de mis delirios, él aparece. Pero precisamente,

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Hmm, finalmente saque una licencia nueva, mi wallet nunca aparecio pero las tarjetas de credito si so aunque ya las habia cancelado al menos se que nadie tiene esa info. Me tuve que sacar una nueva tarjeta de estudiante tambien pero como que eso ya estaba en orden anyway, lo unico que me hubiera gustado guardar la otra en que tenia el pelo cortito, total este verano creo que me lo tumbo. Vale, si

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Martin Scorsese's Next Film To Be Three Hours Of Begging For Oscar.onion_embed {background: rgb(256, 256, 256) !important;border: 4px solid rgb(65, 160, 65);border-width: 4px 0 1px 0;margin: 10px 30px !important;padding: 5px;overflow: hidden !important;zoom: 1;}.onion_embed img {border: 0 !important;}.onion_embed a {display: inline;}.onion_embed a.img {float: left !important;margin: 0 5px 0 0 !

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el commienzo ha clases ha sido particularmente interesante, como era de esperar, si, no lo pude evitar, me añadi otra clase mas y ahora tengo seis, me sentia culpable con 5 na mas y sin trabajo. ademas con to este revolu de volver a hacer el proceso de convalidacion parece como si estuviera comiendo mierda y no me gusta. no se si te dije pero estoy solicitando para internados con cornell,

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Two weeks ao i arrived to porto rico, back to the reality of those simple but powerful words of 'home' 'family' and 'friends'. Its not that i'm havin trouble with any of them, overall they are as good as ever, or even better, maybe because now i'm better. But they are questionable because i did make happen 'home' 'family' and 'friends' on the ship and its weird how this core words and worlds are

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I had never thought much of rays. I knew they were cartilaginous fish, and surprisingly, closely related to the much feared sharks; but apart from that, since they never stirred much controversy, never got the star attention of their fearsome cousins. However, to this day I still remember a close encounter with one in the battlefield that had been the waters around Cayo la Yayí, one of many keys

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I didn’t expect to go to a cemetery. It’s rarely an item on the tourist’s agenda, because I was definitely a tourist and not a traveler. In a land plagued by beach connoisseurs and suntan devotees the off-season is more than anything that time of the year when the locals get to be just them and not postcard filler. The churches become sacred, the sand untreaded and walking through the streets is

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Hi again, it turns out that for my writing class we are going to make a book out of the different things we have written and they have asked us to submit our three best pieces so I’ interested in knowing which three pieces stood out for you? Which were your favorite three entries? This would be a great moment to let me know that you are out there since I’ve been told a lot of people have being

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create your own visited country map or check our Venice travel guide

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Hi everybody, I may not be able to write a lot in the upcoming days (finals are slowly approaching with an evil grin on their faces) so I might as well write some now that I have time. I have just replied to an email from the girl I stayed with in India and realized how crazy it is that I can write to her and that her mom aka my Indian mom, misses us dearly. I can’t help but get the feeling that

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Si!!! Nada les queria dar las gracias a las chicas del baile y Kesia por sus respectivbas cartas. No tienen idea de lo feliz que me hicieron, yo trabajo con el grupo de estudiantes que voluntariamente recogemos y repartimos las cartas ( quien pensaria que iba a terminar siendo cartera??) y fue super emocionante recibir no una sino dos cartas en un mismo puerto y tan llenas de memoprias y

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Tengo clases, wupi!!!! Cuatrocientas cincuentamil camellos pagados como agradecimiento a Quique, Mami y Leticia por copnseguirme mis clases. Gracias gracias gracias. Gente, si los ven delen un abrasote de mi parte, si?

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The temple pıctures are from Mamallapuram the rest ıs my ındıan famıly plus roomate ın ındıa.

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los barquıtos de los nınos son como cubetas que usan en el lago donde vıven, es un lago enorme con un pueblo flotante y todos los dıas los nınos sse montan en estas palanfganas para acercarse a los botes llenos de turıstas y pedırles chavos. Son mendıgos, a muchos les falta alguna extremıdad por la cantıdad de mınas en cambodıa a partır de sus guerras. Las fotos se ven medıa adorables y etnıcas

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Kids wearing thanaka (Local make up and sunscreen); Schwedagon Paya(Pagoda with 7 hairs of Buddha); women washing clothes and Street life in Hpa-an, capital of Kayin state.

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Angkor ThomAngkor WatLife in Siem Riep

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I remember the first time I took public transportation in Japan. I was amazed by the beauty and pure stylishness of people’s shoes: curvaceous pumps, lacey flats and presumptuous boots bejeweled the floors cleaned to the point of sterilization. Then came China and the shoes became more down to earth, as if drawn to the center of civilization. Bows would still show their playful faces over summery

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Everyone wants to be my friend...They are all men.-Thus far i have had four marriage proposals and three gifts in my honor; for the girl that looks like an Egyptian but speaks spanish.

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A mosque.An anonymous man on its doorsteps.A bundle of pink lacy bras being sold for a dollar.

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Since I ended up babbling pseudo philosophical proclamations I’ll compensate with some short ship adventures. So far we have lost seven passengers. Three of them left voluntary: one in Japan who had problems with drugs and couldn’t handle the withdrawal effects while on the ship, and two in India because of family reasons. Now to the other four which are far more interesting gossip wise. They

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October is almost finished and it’s surreal how we are almost in Halloween. Here on the ship every single opportunity to make a day special is taken, since its extremely monotonous living in such a limited space. Thus, yesterday all the little kids aboard (most sons and daughters of teachers) dressed up and went around the ship asking for candy. My favorite was Lucas, a five year old blond thingy

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estos son fragmentos de emails que me parecieron interesantes.Vietnamuna pequena historia de mis profesores de cine. Ellos fueron a la universidad y se sentaron en un café a ver si simplemente alguien se les acercaba y los conocian. Efectivamente, terminaron hablando con un profesor de alli y uno de mis profesores les hablo de la discrepancia entre cuanto los estadounidense buscan y hasta cierto

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Hi y’all, its midnight somewhere in the bay of bengal and the slip is heading for Egypt. I’m sitting on my bed eating an Indian desert called gulabjamun, which is basically condensed milk coated with caramel and maybe some coconut cachipas thrown in. Its delicious and like chocolate it kinda makes me feel better. I wasn’t joking about the title so this is your last chance to leave. My roommates

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“Where do you want to go to?” – The question seemed absolutely unapproachable. The world map laying on the floor in front of me harvested too many wonders to just go and pick one. It was one of my typical National Geographic nights with my dad. We would wait for mom to come back from her night watches as a doctor while watching lions in African savannas, discovering kung fu in China`s monasteries

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Marker near the Ming Tombs--Forbidden what?-- Communist chic in the Forbidden City Me and the Wally----Hi! I'm a chinese american maniquee----Acrobat Show

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Tokyo Pagoda in Tokyo -----Japanese public toilet--Tsukiji fish market Wednesday night in Shibuya-Capsule hotel: my capsule --Grabbing customers attentionKobe and Kyoto Guy welcoming us to Kobe City's Port---Riverside in Kyoto---------Toriis in Shinto temple(local animist religion)-- Shrines in same Shinto Temple (called Fushimi Inari - dedicated to fox deities, which are convenient for good

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Arriving to Oahu, Hawaii -------Diamonfd Head (volcano)Hanauma Bay----------------Guess who? ----------Waikiki Beach

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Rose and Desert gardens, Balboa ParkSan Diego Bay

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“Japan, land of samurais, Mt Fuji, geishas, sumo and sake. Am I missing any cliché Japanese thing here? Oh yeah, Jesus Christ! SUSHI! Right, land of sushi too. Well land of sushi, without the “too” cause it makes it sound weird, kinda like jujitsu, and… oh crap that too. Why do they have to be so well known and yet still manage to be so exotic. Stupid Japanese, well incredibly great Japanese,

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“Apple: a firm round fruit with a central core, red, green, or yellow skin, and white or yellow flesh.”Encarta DictionaryI’m not sure I could call it round. It’s definitely not a sphere, and neither does it fit the Standard heart-shaped apple style. In reality, I would say that it’s the equivalent of a crooked nose in the fruit world. From one side it vainly attempts to simulate a heart shape,

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As I walked from the boat to Waikiki so I could get to a bus that would get me to Hanauma Bay, I didn’t have many expectations. Well, at least not the “I can’t wait for Hawaii” types; I did have the “I can’t wait to be out of the ship” or “I can’t wait to taste some non-weird water” but then again that’s probably a general SAS ship syndrome, so I didn’t feel anything special about it. In a way, I

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It has been a while, but don’t worry I’m okay, just having lots of fun and not sleeping much. I have three writing projects for you from my creative non-fiction class. The first one is the revised creative version of hawaiii and movies. The second one is called Crooked Apple and it’s the result of an exercise in class in which I struggled to describe and write about an apple in a creative and

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Para la paz mental de mi madre: ESTOY VIVA. El tifón Quen Quen (se pronuncia Chen Chen – ven, hasta clases de mandarín tienen conmigo) que se dirigía a Japón llegaba el día después de que nos tocara irnos así que lo que se hizo fue dos cosas:1) nos fuimos lo más antes posible del puerto- 2 horas antes de lo previsto2) se cambió la ruta del viaje y ya no vamos a ir a la costa de China sino

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As I walked from the ship to Waikiki so I could get to a bus that would get me to Hanauma Bay, I didn’t have much expectations that may have derived from the movies seen in class. In part, I think this had to do with the fact that I already knew in a pretty detailed way what I wanted to do in Hawaii, so my expectations were more or less set. I imagined the posh high buildings and the aquamarine

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Well, from now on you are going to be seeing a series of entries which will be titled "x country and movies" and maybe be acommpanied by some kind of subtitle. This entry are a requirement for my World Cinema class in which for each port I have to write what she has called a reaction paper, this being that we see some movies fom that country in class and then after we actually see the country we

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Tomorrow we arrive at hawaii, which is pretty much the "buy all the stuff you forgot to bring" country in my case it's just suncscreen and tons of cookies... hot chocolate is about $2 the glass so its quite expensive to buy snacks, but then again they feed us quite well so I can't complain... much. In a couple of minutes i'll have my Global Studies class, which is required for any SAS student, so

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One big part of this experience is the meet-new-people-all-the-time ritual, you go to an orientation meeting, a class or to dinner and is more or less expected that you look out for new people and immediately introduce yourself to a total stranger just like that, or just out of the common bond of being SASers, as we are called around here. Incredible as it may seem I have participated in this

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Since I still have a lot of stuff to do around the ship and continue to struggle with nausea and my so-called “sea legs”, I’ll be succinct.About the ship…It’s the fastest passenger ship in the world, but most of the time we’ll go much slower than it can so that we can actually take some classes.It’s about half the size of a cruise, but still pretty big.It has seven floors, each named after a

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Bush had warned me, the news had warned me, even my mom had warned me… we are in dark and terrorist filled times, you most arrive early to the airport. So early I arrived and the so feared lines of thorough checking finished in less than 20 minutes… it seems orange code has a different meaning in Puerto Rico. Not that I’m complaining about not experiencing the pride of having my baggage open up

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So this is my itinerary for the next couple of months. I'll be leaving Puerto Rico 08/25/06 and returning somewhere around 12/10/06. In the meantime these are the countries that I'll be visiting during the program. As you can see in most of them I have a couple of days to spend so I'm still deciding what places I want to visit. Once I've figured it out I'll let you know. Okie dokie??Destination

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Slowly its tiny antennae start quivering in excitement. The goal isn't far away and only the barrier of time stops it from reaching it. Patience my friend. Patience. For thou voyage awaits.Heck, I have waited for two years already, what more is it 13 days? Allow me to explain. About two years ago I found out about this exchange program where basically you go to study in a university that is based

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