My favourite piece of technology

Today's assignament consist of writing about the piece of technology I value the most, and this is my own personal computer.

Personal computers are -if not the greatest of all- one of the greatest invention of all human history. In my case, my computer, although is not the greatest computer with lots of hard disk space or stunning graphics, has been loyal to me and very useful for all the things I like to do.

I have my computer for at least six years, and throughout this years, it had been repaired and upgraded lots of time. Currently, I use it for playing games (actually I consider myself a gamer) such as Skyrim, Unreal Tournament, among others, and of course to listen to music, watch movies and series, and .. why not, do home works. I think this multiuse usage is what I like the most of my computer, and that many technologically advanced gadgets like smartphones for example, are still unable to do.

I just hope to last for a long long time more, because I don't have any idea what I would do if I don't have it.

I don't have anhy picture of my personal computer, so I will upload a picture of a random PC.

See you later

Clearest sky of the world

Well, today's assignament consists of writing about one's favourite picture, but I don't really have  specific favourite picture. I do however have lots of favourites picture, all of the different in content and reasons to like, so I will upload one of them which is quite beautiful for me. This is a picture of the Milky Way, taken here in Chile in 2010 near Paranal Observatory, being this one of the most beautiful pictures of our galaxy.

To be honest, I don't have idea who took this picture, though I have to say he or she made a remarkable job by doing so =) This view is simply amazing, and we Chileans should consider ourselves lucky for having such view from our skies. Actually, Chile has the clearest skies of the world, making our country the most apropiate for the study of our universe.

I really like this picture not only for its beauty but also 'cause I'm really apasionated about anything related to the space =) I think if I have the chance of becoming an astronaut or anything like that, I would take it without hesitate. Anyway, another reason I like this picture is because I'm damn proud of our country for having such marvels as views like this one =)

Éire

I think the country I would like to visit the most is Ireland. I don't why, but it has something that attracts from a long time. There are of course some other countries I would like to visit, for example England, Germany, Finnland, Norway and a lot of other European countries.

But with Ireland the thing is different. I must say I'm a big fan of Celtic culture, and Ireland is one of the most representative countries of the Celtic world. Lots of things have happened through its lands; its lands still keep in the wind stories of anciente cultures arising from its meadow and forests, and after thousands of years, and all kind of intrusions and struggles, the Irish Celtic culture has endure over the time.

Its green meadow is unique, only comparable to the landscapes from Scotland (which are not that similar), and the Irish identity is also unique and different from other countries, even from Scotland or England.

If I could go there, I'm not sure what I would like to do. Maybe I would like to travel through all the country in order to know all its landscapes, cities and ruins. I would also like to learn about its historic places, or to have a drink in a traditional Irish pub hehe :P I think is not necessary to say I would like to work and study there a lot, and if I have a chance to go there, I would take it without any question.

The music of the Ainur

I must say I'm really interested in mythological stories or tales, because I'm a big fan of stories with elves, dwarves, fairies or things like that. Especially stories written by J.R.R. Tolkien.

There is a particular story written by him which is very interesting to me, and that is the creation of the world. In the beginning, there was nothing except Eru Ilúvatar (a.k.a "The One"), who is the one true mighty God of all Tolkien's mythology. Then he created from his thoughts the Ainur (the "Holy Ones") , who are spirits very close to christian Angels, and he asked them to sing a great song known as "The Song of the Ainur". The song produced a vision of how the Universe could look if it would exist, and the Ainur were so amazed by this vision that they wanted to make this vision true. Eru then created the Universe (called Eä) for them by using the Secret Fire, creating Arda (our world), and he asked them to help shaping our world and all the living things. But there was one Ainur named Melkor, who at the moment of singing the Song, he sang in a disrespectful  way. Melkor then tried to rule the newly formed Arda and he arose as the absolut Evil Lord.

The Ainur took material form, and they became in the Valar and the Maiar, who fought against Melkor and defeated him. They imprisioned Melkor for thousands of years while Eru directly created what are called "the first sons of Eru", the Elves and after lots of wars and other importan facts (such as the arise of the Sun and the Moon), the second sons of Eru, the Men, were created.

I find that Tolkin had truly a great imagination, and his tales are so rich and full of details. It is simple amazing! He even created full languages, which I think it must be extremely complicated at least. Anyway, if you want to find out more about this story or other stories of Tolkien's world, I invite you to read The Silmarillion, a book in which Tolkien explain a lot of things, truly necessary and recommendable if you want to know more about The Lord of the Rings story.

Living the life like a loaded gun

About four years ago I went to a concert of an English band called The Business. To be honest, I’m not a big fan of the band, but they do have some real good songs.
I remember me and two other friends, we didn’t have the enough money to buy tickets for the concert, but the people who brought them were friends of one of us, and they offered us a choice: if we deliver some fliers over the city, we would enter for free! So, guess what we did? We worked so hard during a whole day, that we practically filled the entire city with the fliers.

The Business is an English band who plays Oi!, a music style which is very similar to Punk but it was made for Skinheads in the U.K. The band itself doesn’t consider themselves as Skinheads or anything like that though, they just sing about having some beers and hanging out with friends.

Anyway, the D Day came. We bought some beers and we were expecting to enter as soon as possible. But they didn’t want to allow us to pass! Bloody old c*nts! I swear I was so pissed off I feel I could kill anyone who crossed in front of me. Thanks Thor, Odin, Ra and Charlie Mopps –the lord of Beer- the friend of my friend arrive and he solved all the misunderstood.

We entered to the gym were the concert was, and there was a lot of skinheads, with their shaved heads, boots and braces, thinking who looks tougher, but I knew they were just a bunch of freaking kids trying to look tough. I was a Skinhead since 2002, I didn’t get impressed by anyone on the scene.

There were some Chilean bands, but to be honest I didn’t pay them much attention. Then, the band played and it was awesome! Despite I don’t like too much the band; they sing all the songs I wanted. It was really astonishing! I took my t-shirt away, just with my boots, jeans and braces, with a bottle of beer, thinking moments like that one are so much difficult to experience again, that you have to feel every moment as if it was the last moment of your life. Living the life like a loaded gun hehe.

This is the same flier that allowed us to enter the concert.