Don't have time to go and explore this website now because I need to study
but I just wanted to leave this link here because it sounds SO interesting and worth taking a look.
I will definitely explore this baby later this week!
THE OWL Online Writing Lab offers FREE resources including:
* Writing and Teaching Writing
* Research
* Grammar and Mechanics
* Style Guides
* ESL (English as a Second Language)
* Job Search and Professional Writing
29 November, 2009
blaaaaaaa frustrated today; but...
chocolates... 0 today
chips...0 today
pretzels: 40-60
tea: 1 liter
coffee: 1 mug
fresh orange juice: 1 cup
homemade banana milkshake: 3 cups
walnuts: 15-30
peach iced tea: 1 cup
marzipan: a few spoons
spekulatius cookies: 2
Dates: 6-8
this is what I eat while I am trying to study
it's not going very well though.
I am tempted to either go to bed early or drink a coke.
started thinking I need to do something in order to increase my level of concentration because it is imperative that I study to pass this exam this week.
As you can see... I am not very focused today.
So I took a look here and realized these are things that will not directly help me much.
I can't take walk, I feel a bit ill and tired.
I can't change the study subject - it is all the same boring sh**
so.. nothing left to say or do but to study anyway. Even if I cannot concentrate enough for longer than 10 minutes.
The gooood news are:
+this week is exam week.
so... NO CLASSES after tomorrow!!!!
+So this week, after my exams, I will have time so I'll write about Roland Barthes and his wrestling theory - veryyyy funny, I promise!
+I already feel a tingling feeling in my belly because of christmas =) And I'm flying home, and I'll do christmas shopping with my sister who is pregnant!
Ho HO Hoooo!
+I bought tons of stuff on ebay (everything really really cheap- thank god!) because I was feeling a little down regarding my image and wardrobe.
(I have very little clothes here in Vienna and some of them are soooo old, like over 6 years!!! Yes I still wear the same size!!!! it's CRAZY!)
I changed my opinion on clothes. I am now officially an AFA : an Anonymous Fashion Addict.
But I did not tell anyone: it's anonymous!!!!
so the stuff is coming this week in the mail and I am totally excited!!!! can't waiiiit
It's like opening presents on christmas night/morning.
Don't you feel like that when you order books from Amazon, or old vintage stuff bought on ebay?
I do :D
it sure puts a BIG SMILE ON MY FACE
have a great day!
27 November, 2009
klima freundlich essen!
"Wer pflanzliche Lebensmittel dem Fleisch vorzieht, kann mit einer vollwertigen, biologischen Ernährung bis zu 61% CO2-Emissionen einsparen."
"Vegetarier sind signifikant weniger von den häufigsten ernährungsbedingten Erkrankungen (...) betroffen."
Quelle: "Act" Magazine von greenpeace Nr.3 Sept-Nov. 2009 S.26
Klimaschutz-Taten:
-(saisonalen) Obst und Gemüse aus der Region kaufen!
-Mit eigener Tasche einkaufen gehen
-Wenn man Töpfe beim kochen benutzt, dann immer mit dem Deckel
-Nachfüllen statt wegwerfen
-auf Online Rechnungen umsteigen
-das Auto stehen lassen
-RECYCLING, müll trennen
20 November, 2009
17 November, 2009
creativity boost:
Dr. Google has about every tool you can think of.
I am a fan of dr. Google
Now I am even more happy and fulfilled knowing that poets and songwriters will never have a writer's block ever again.
The gadget consists of generating random units of text which should serve as an inspiration for depressed writers.
Do not click refresh though... If you do, you may never come across that genius paragraph you read this morning.
Get the Google Gadget here
I am a fan of dr. Google
Now I am even more happy and fulfilled knowing that poets and songwriters will never have a writer's block ever again.
The gadget consists of generating random units of text which should serve as an inspiration for depressed writers.
Do not click refresh though... If you do, you may never come across that genius paragraph you read this morning.
Get the Google Gadget here
16 November, 2009
what is poetic realism????
In literature and in cinema there is the so called réalisme poétique - in french cinema also "l'ecole francaise des annees 30"
This paradox: poetic realism is hard for me to understand and describe. I am still trying to grasp what it means exactly.
Until January I will have to decide myself upon a definition and work on it for an essay.
poetic realism are opposites combined.
How can something be realistic, yet poetic at the same time???
The expression "poetic realism" was coined by Jean Paulhan, editor of "La Nouvelle Revue française" in 1929.
I believe it was used to express the idea of a film showing horrible, sad and tragic stories without ever loosing the poetry in them.
Among the directors of poetic realism are: René Clair, Julien Duvivier, Marcel Carné, Jean Renoir, Jacques Feyder, Marcel Pagnol.
Here is the magnificent beginning of La Bête Humaine, by Jean Renoir
the most important director in poetic realism
standing up!
I have a lot of back problems like many people out there.
Some days are better and some are worse.
I spend most of my day sitting down:
I go to school I sit down in the tram
I am at school I sit down to write things down
I eat while sitting down
I come home and sit in front of my laptop
And today I stumbled across a very interesting interview (watch part 1 in german here) (and part 2 here)to a physiotherapist, and the man gave this important advice:
leave your chair alone when you get home - a chair is our worst enemy
that is not how we were meant to sit - it is everything but natural
sit on the floor on a soft mat to read, listen to music, watch tv, talking with your partner etc.
the first 2 weeks are tough but then you will see this will do wonders for you =)
also try to change your routine, do things differently
do not repeat everything in your life the exact same way... start in the simple things
but do it today!
Some days are better and some are worse.
I spend most of my day sitting down:
I go to school I sit down in the tram
I am at school I sit down to write things down
I eat while sitting down
I come home and sit in front of my laptop
And today I stumbled across a very interesting interview (watch part 1 in german here) (and part 2 here)to a physiotherapist, and the man gave this important advice:
leave your chair alone when you get home - a chair is our worst enemy
that is not how we were meant to sit - it is everything but natural
sit on the floor on a soft mat to read, listen to music, watch tv, talking with your partner etc.
the first 2 weeks are tough but then you will see this will do wonders for you =)
also try to change your routine, do things differently
do not repeat everything in your life the exact same way... start in the simple things
but do it today!
I like this quote
"I try to keep the things that are important to me close to me... and everything else
I just leave very simple so it doesn't have to occupy too much of my already jam-packed brain"
I just leave very simple so it doesn't have to occupy too much of my already jam-packed brain"
13 November, 2009
old man, a call to the truth
I saw a man a few days ago. He was sitting in front of me in the tram.
I was going home and wondered where we was going to.
His shoes were old and had holes in them. He had lots of sheets of paper in his hand and a tiny old yellow plastic bag. He hadn't shaved for a few days and he had no teeth.
He did not smell and he wasn't loud.
He just sat there and looked as normal as anybody else.
He took a bottle of a fruit smoothie out of his pocket.
It's a brand I already bought once.
I looked at the bottle as the man tried to open it. I noticed the color of the smoothie. It was brown. Almost like chocolate.
I knew the brand. The brand makes fruit smoothies: banana, mango, strawberry, the usual flavors. They don't make chocolate smoothies.
He must have been drinking something really old that had been thrown away. Something he must have found in the garbage of a supermarket. All big supermarkets throw away the food they did not sell.
I felt sad.
Just about everyday in my life, I complain to myself how little money I have in comparison to others, how people buy themselves nice things and expensive things.
And how I don't.
I wish I'd remember the man on the tram every time I complain about money.
Source of this image: morguefile
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destaque: blog
pt)lindíssimos desenhos inspiradores que nos enviam para mundos distantes
check this blog out:
en)beautiful inspirational illustrations that take us to distant worlds
Delphine Labedan's Blog
de)Und hier eine Buchempfehlung:
Von Herbert Rosendorfer
"Briefe an die chinesische Vergangenheit"
ein lustiges empfehlenswertes Buch
preis: ca. 8,90€
08 November, 2009
vinho quente de natal e ponche de amoras e framboesas
Ponche de frutos silvestres
250 gr. de frutos silvestres ultra-congelados
1 cravinho de cabecinha
100 gr. açúcar
(1 colher de sopa de chá de flores de hibisco)
500 ml. de vinho tinto
150 ml. de água
1 pau de canela
Aquecer o vinho, chá, água e canela e cravinho com o acucar. Deixar que por 3 minutos o líquido ferva ligeiramente. Adicionar os frutos silvestres, esperar 5 minutos e servir.
Receita de Glühwein, ou vinho quente
Adicionar numa panela 1L de vinho tinto, 6 cabecinhas de cravinho, canela (3 paus de canela ou 3 colheres de sopa de canela em pó) e raspas de laranja e de limão. Tapar a panela e deixar cozer a lume brando por aproximadamente uma hora.
É importante não deixar o vinho ferver para que o alcool nao evapore!
Depois de cozido deve-se deixar repousar por mais meia hora e só depois passar o líquido por um escoador.
Pode ser necessário reaquecer antes de servir, pois bebe-se bem quente!
Recomenda-se um bom vinho tinto, pois diz-se que está aí o segredo para se obter um bom vinho quente.
pode adicionar-se açúcar a gosto.
Receita rápida de vinho quente para pessoas gulosas ou cheias de pressa
juntar numa panela o vinho tinto e sumo de laranja de pacote e canela em pó.
deve-se adicionar mais vinho do que sumo de laranja, senão fica demasiado diluído.
deixar aquecer, mas não deixar ferver.
e está pronto!
Estas bebidas são bebidas tradicionalmente pela altura do Natal na europa central.
vintage, paris, arts & crafts & cupcakes.
This post is not about anything special, is just a mini listing of lovely websites/shops I found that I thought were worthy being looked at.
recycled old stuff turned into vintage fashionable items at Dust Design co
paris in black and white at Old Paris in Photos
my new favourite dwelling place:
Crafster.org
where hopefully i'll learn some good stuff
also I bit of funky jewelry (kitsch-alert): shinecharms
and another recipe for my blog! a cupcake recipe originally for halloween, but I would eat them all year: ghost of cupcakes past
and from the same blog the cupcake world in: cupcake tour
recycled old stuff turned into vintage fashionable items at Dust Design co
paris in black and white at Old Paris in Photos
my new favourite dwelling place:
Crafster.org
where hopefully i'll learn some good stuff
also I bit of funky jewelry (kitsch-alert): shinecharms
and another recipe for my blog! a cupcake recipe originally for halloween, but I would eat them all year: ghost of cupcakes past
and from the same blog the cupcake world in: cupcake tour
05 November, 2009
04 November, 2009
collages and expression: new finding
Found an interesting website
polyvore.com
it is atually supposed to be a totally superfluous place where fashion junkies exchange their tastes
by creating images and collages with their favourite products and designer items.
But like in every more or less creative kind of activity
there are people who use the tools to make nice manipulations
The great thing about this website is that you can do your collages as well online without having to pay anything.
polyvore.com
it is atually supposed to be a totally superfluous place where fashion junkies exchange their tastes
by creating images and collages with their favourite products and designer items.
But like in every more or less creative kind of activity
there are people who use the tools to make nice manipulations
The great thing about this website is that you can do your collages as well online without having to pay anything.
02 November, 2009
Protestos em estudantis em Viena, Austria
Como falta informação em Português sobre o assunto, achei que era uma boa ideia escrever um pouco sobre o que se está a passar em Viena nas Universidades aqui no blog.
As fotografias que fiz da manifestação em Viena no passado dia 28 de Outubro também serão postas aqui.
Entretanto as diferentes organizações estão à procura de voluntários que traduzam e que escrevam diariamente um resumo das acções realizadas aqui na Universidade de Viena.
site oficial dos protestos unibrennt.at
Resumo dos acontecimentos
No dia 20 de Outubro um grupo de estudantes da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Viena fez uma marcha de protesto a propósito de uma nova reforma para os estabelecimentos de ensino superior austríacos.
Na quinta-feira, 22 de Outubro centenas de estudantes organizaram-se e ocuparam o auditório principal da Universidade de Viena (o Auditorium Maximum) com o objectivo de reclamar mudanças no ensino superior, nomeadamente as condições de acesso e propinas. Entretanto mais universidades mostraram o apoio e compreensão com os alunos no Audi Max. Mais salas noutras universidades foram ocupadas entretanto (a dia 2 de Novembro estas são):
- Hörsaal C1 da universidade de viena
- na Academia de Belas Artes
- nas Universidades Técnicas de Viena e Graz
- e nas Universidades de Graz, Salzburg, Linz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt
Na manifestação de dia 28 de Outubro falou-se em 50.000 estudantes nas ruas em protesto, mas os meios de comunicaçao corrigiram o numero para 10.000.
Os alunos pedem:
1) Educação em vez de formação
(melhores planos de estudo)
2) Acesso livre ao ensino superior universitário
(para todos)
3) Democratização das universidades
4) Financiamento completo das universidades
5) A lei de Igualdade de Acesso universitário para Deficientes tem que ser
realizada em todas as universidades austríacas para criar um ensino sem
barreiras
6) Eliminação do emprego precário nas universidades
7) 50% de quota feminina no pessoal em todos os sectores da universidade
A todas as associções de estudantes de outras universidades (portuguesas ou brasileiras) pede-se que se solidarizem com os estudantes de Viena escrevendo uma pequena declaração para a seguinte morada: internationalpress.unsereuni@gmail.com
ou assinando a petição aqui
Nas aulas ocupadas há palestras durante o dia. Pode se acompanhar o que se passa no interior do Audi Max através de ustream canal unsereuni.
À noite há mostras de filmes ou concertos.
Os estudantes têm em frente ao Audi Max uma cantina improvisada chamada "cozinha do povo" (Volksküche) onde se pode entrar e comer sem ter de se pagar nada.
Há um cesto para se deixar dinheiro para contribuir para o funcionamento da cozinha, e também se aceitam alimentos e ajuda por exemplo na limpeza ou na preparaçao de refeições.
A maior parte dos estudantes organizou-se em pequenos grupos de trabalho em que qualquer pessoa interessada se pode dirigir para ajudar.
Há um grupo que lida com a imprensa e outro que lida com as traduções por exemplo.
Há o grupo das mulheres que se concentra em combater o sexismo e que dá abrigo às mulheres que não queiram dormir no Audi Max.
Há grupos no facebook, twitter e myspace que informam sobre possíveis acções.
O ministro das ciencias (na Áustria é o ministro responsável pelas universidades) não tem cedido aos pedidos dos estudantes, mas concedeu 34 milhões de euros extra ao orçamento para as universidades- o que é muito pouco em relação ao necessário, por isso os protestos têm continuado.
O reitor da universidade de Viena mostrou numa entrevista à rádio "Ö1" a sua compreensão com os estudantes, mas sublinhou também, que esta não foi a primeira ocupação do audi max e que houve outras no passado. Infelizmente o ministro das ciências tem cooperado pouco com os estudantes, embora já tenha havido tentativas de diálogo. Na opinião do reitor Winckler apenas o ministro poderá propor soluções para os estudantes em protesto, o que até agora não tem sido o caso.
Stream videos at Ustream
As fotografias que fiz da manifestação em Viena no passado dia 28 de Outubro também serão postas aqui.
Entretanto as diferentes organizações estão à procura de voluntários que traduzam e que escrevam diariamente um resumo das acções realizadas aqui na Universidade de Viena.
site oficial dos protestos unibrennt.at
Resumo dos acontecimentos
No dia 20 de Outubro um grupo de estudantes da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Viena fez uma marcha de protesto a propósito de uma nova reforma para os estabelecimentos de ensino superior austríacos.
Na quinta-feira, 22 de Outubro centenas de estudantes organizaram-se e ocuparam o auditório principal da Universidade de Viena (o Auditorium Maximum) com o objectivo de reclamar mudanças no ensino superior, nomeadamente as condições de acesso e propinas. Entretanto mais universidades mostraram o apoio e compreensão com os alunos no Audi Max. Mais salas noutras universidades foram ocupadas entretanto (a dia 2 de Novembro estas são):
- Hörsaal C1 da universidade de viena
- na Academia de Belas Artes
- nas Universidades Técnicas de Viena e Graz
- e nas Universidades de Graz, Salzburg, Linz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt
Na manifestação de dia 28 de Outubro falou-se em 50.000 estudantes nas ruas em protesto, mas os meios de comunicaçao corrigiram o numero para 10.000.
Os alunos pedem:
1) Educação em vez de formação
(melhores planos de estudo)
2) Acesso livre ao ensino superior universitário
(para todos)
3) Democratização das universidades
4) Financiamento completo das universidades
5) A lei de Igualdade de Acesso universitário para Deficientes tem que ser
realizada em todas as universidades austríacas para criar um ensino sem
barreiras
6) Eliminação do emprego precário nas universidades
7) 50% de quota feminina no pessoal em todos os sectores da universidade
A todas as associções de estudantes de outras universidades (portuguesas ou brasileiras) pede-se que se solidarizem com os estudantes de Viena escrevendo uma pequena declaração para a seguinte morada: internationalpress.unsereuni@gmail.com
ou assinando a petição aqui
Nas aulas ocupadas há palestras durante o dia. Pode se acompanhar o que se passa no interior do Audi Max através de ustream canal unsereuni.
À noite há mostras de filmes ou concertos.
Os estudantes têm em frente ao Audi Max uma cantina improvisada chamada "cozinha do povo" (Volksküche) onde se pode entrar e comer sem ter de se pagar nada.
Há um cesto para se deixar dinheiro para contribuir para o funcionamento da cozinha, e também se aceitam alimentos e ajuda por exemplo na limpeza ou na preparaçao de refeições.
A maior parte dos estudantes organizou-se em pequenos grupos de trabalho em que qualquer pessoa interessada se pode dirigir para ajudar.
Há um grupo que lida com a imprensa e outro que lida com as traduções por exemplo.
Há o grupo das mulheres que se concentra em combater o sexismo e que dá abrigo às mulheres que não queiram dormir no Audi Max.
Há grupos no facebook, twitter e myspace que informam sobre possíveis acções.
O ministro das ciencias (na Áustria é o ministro responsável pelas universidades) não tem cedido aos pedidos dos estudantes, mas concedeu 34 milhões de euros extra ao orçamento para as universidades- o que é muito pouco em relação ao necessário, por isso os protestos têm continuado.
O reitor da universidade de Viena mostrou numa entrevista à rádio "Ö1" a sua compreensão com os estudantes, mas sublinhou também, que esta não foi a primeira ocupação do audi max e que houve outras no passado. Infelizmente o ministro das ciências tem cooperado pouco com os estudantes, embora já tenha havido tentativas de diálogo. Na opinião do reitor Winckler apenas o ministro poderá propor soluções para os estudantes em protesto, o que até agora não tem sido o caso.
Stream videos at Ustream
OMG!!! 3years.. going to year Four!!!!
I was just looking back at old posts and pictures I made from Vienna (which are not that many!!!)
Vienna during Storms
and other images
and I found this short blog entry that shows my attempt at preserving the feeling I had in the first morning in vienna in my second year here!
Oh.. I'm getting all nostalgic now!
well not really, because now I am doing better!
But I remember the excitement! I remember that everything was new again!
I left friends and well known faces behind and moved to another part of town
to live with other people in my current student residency
OH MY... it dates 2007! this is my second year here in this residency now
And I don't have any pictures from parties... Like I had from my other student residency!
it also means it's my third year in Vienna!
I should take more pictures
I MUST
because in a few years I will love to look back at them...
and feel nostalgic and remember the nice things
and the bad things too
=)
TO DO LIST:
MORE PICTURES ON MY BLOG!!!!!
this picture is of a Turkish Restaurant I went to with my boyfriend and my mother (she came to visit me in April 2009! Man it's a while back!)
new gadgets new features & shopping list
I had a prolonged weekend this week but I still did not find the time to write the posts I had in mind (about the protests in Vienna and posting more pictures I took while my best friend was here)
neither did I find the time to write the essays and homework that I have too as well.
My friends and I organized a Secret Santa this year so it will be a lot of fun =)
I have many ideas but so little means!!!
Hopefully this will be a tradition from now on!
Blog news!
my blog seems to be back in action! YEY!
I found a few new gadgets and added them
so now following my blog is just one click away!!!
Mia's crafty news!
I haven't been dedicating enough time to crafting and creating
(no photography, no nothing)
and I sure hope that I will, because I feel like as if the talent is slipping away from my fingers!
the last thing I did was painting a cherry tree for my room
but it doesn't look that good (only had one color), still I will upload a picture
I have lots of ideas though for stuff I want to do!
on the shopping list:
- polaroid film (expensiiiiiive)
- fimo (polymer clay)
- wire
- varnish
- pillow's stuffing material (I want to make pillows)
- fabric for even more pillows!
well that's it for now... I have my spaguetti bolognese waiting for me!
neither did I find the time to write the essays and homework that I have too as well.
My friends and I organized a Secret Santa this year so it will be a lot of fun =)
I have many ideas but so little means!!!
Hopefully this will be a tradition from now on!
Blog news!
my blog seems to be back in action! YEY!
I found a few new gadgets and added them
so now following my blog is just one click away!!!
Mia's crafty news!
I haven't been dedicating enough time to crafting and creating
(no photography, no nothing)
and I sure hope that I will, because I feel like as if the talent is slipping away from my fingers!
the last thing I did was painting a cherry tree for my room
but it doesn't look that good (only had one color), still I will upload a picture
I have lots of ideas though for stuff I want to do!
on the shopping list:
- polaroid film (expensiiiiiive)
- fimo (polymer clay)
- wire
- varnish
- pillow's stuffing material (I want to make pillows)
- fabric for even more pillows!
well that's it for now... I have my spaguetti bolognese waiting for me!
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