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2011-04-03T17:06:00.004+02:00

¿Qué nos pasa?

19 de octubre de 2008 La Vanguardia

"Dice una rigurosa encuesta que el 75% de los
españoles juzga de ”poca o ninguna calidad” la
tele que vemos.
Así, sólo al 25% de los telespectadores se nos
antoja de satisfactoria calidad lo que
nos echa la tele. El restante 75% de nosotros
lo vemos fatal, fatal….  El 75% de
nosotros consideramos que la tele nos emplata
una bazofia que no nos queda más remedio
que ver. Y que vemos. Somos unos desgraciados
 –alguien tiene que decirlo-, porque lo
que vemos lo vemos contra nuestro gusto y
voluntad (¡Dios mío, dame fuerzas para no
ver esto…! ¡Oh, no puedo, no puedo…! ¿Será
que no hay Dios? ¿O será la televisión la
prueba última de que Dios nos ha dejado solos
ante nosotros mismos, si es que alguna
vez se preocupó de nosotros?  Pero lo vemos.
Vemos la tele pese a que nos disgusta:
así somos de débiles de voluntad, así de
quebradiza, tornadiza y vulnerable la tenemos
. ¡Es que la tele va y te entra por los ojos,
la muy…! Por esto ese diabólico invento
de Gran Hermano lleva no tres, ni ocho, sino
¡diez ediciones!: porque lo vimos,
lo vemos y seguimos viéndolo. Y así todo. ¡Oh,
descarnada y despiadada democracia del
telemando -¿acaso hay otra?-, que tantos
programas fulminas y sólo algunos salvas!
Entonces, ¿qué nos pasa cuando nos preguntan
sobre la tele? Pues que queremos
proyectar una imagen de nosotros mejor que la
que de nosotros tenemos. Elegimos cada
mañana qué ropa ponernos para proyectar la
mejor imagen posible en la calle.
Y también al salir a la calle queremos
calzarnos una tele que nos mejore, como un
zapato bueno: al tropezar con el encuestador,
ansiamos mostrarle un atuendo
televisivo a nuestra altura, que colme
nuestras aspiraciones acerca de nosotros
mismos. Y hete aquí que la tele nunca será
lo bastante buena para ti (lógico: ¿cómo
va a ser la masa mayoritaria mejor que tu?).
Pero como la tele se ve en casa, en la
intimidad, sin escrutinio de vecinitos, amigos,
 jefes o encuestadores, puedes
enfundarte esa cómoda camiseta vieja, raída y
agujereada, con la que tan a gusto
estás por casa y con la que ¡jamás! saldrías
a la calle: es la tele de estar por
casa, la tele que ves. Y si llama el
encuestador, te quitas la camiseta, te pones
la
bata de seda y le sueltas que la tele –buf- es
 tan mala…  Por si no me he explicado:
creyendo que la tele no nos merece, tenemos la
 tele que merecemos. Excepto en tu
único, aislado y excepcional caso, lector: sólo
 tú eres mejor que la tele que ves,
pero sólo tú y nadie más, ¿eh?".   

Víctor-M. Amela

This wednesday, trip back to Gent :D

2008-04-07T18:09:00.001+02:00

Fent proves (sth else)

Eleccions Estat espanyol març 08

2008-03-10T14:17:00.007+01:00

És una llàstima que tants optessin pel bipartidime. Això no ens fa cap bé, ni pels blaus (que ja sabem que no) però tampoc pels vermells.

Molt bon article, de Marí Estruch, que aquí us reprodueixo. Salut!

Article extret de vilaweb:

Martí Estruch: 'Les eleccions al país veí, des del sofà de casa'

Des de fa anys, és tradició que els espanyols ens convidin a participar a les seves eleccions. Els ciutadans de la colònia, en general educats de mena, acostumem a respondre agraïts i participatius a la convocatòria. Aquest cop no ha estat una excepció. Per veure de quin mal patirem els propers quatre anys, m'instal·lo al sofà amb una Moritz a la mà i la mateixa passió que em desperten els partits de futbol de l'estil Betis-Saragossa que TV3 ens ofereix sovint els caps de setmana. Com diu el tòpic, que guanyi el millor. O el menys dolent, que en teoria vol dir el mateix.

Després d'explicar-li per enèssima vegada al meu fill de quatre anys que Jordi Hereu, el seu heroi polític des que un dia de campanya ja fa mesos li va donar la mà pel carrer, no pot guanyar aquestes eleccions, reclamo silenci per escoltar el sondatge de les vuit. La forquilla que TV3 atorga al PSOE és de 172-176, fregant la majoria absoluta. Comencem malament. Que guanyi qui vulgui, però per majoria absoluta no, sisplau, que les majories absolutes són molt avorrides i dures de passar. A Catalunya, el PSC sembla que pujarà, CiU aguantarà i ERC caurà en picat.

En la primera ronda de reaccions, la d'escalfament, Miquel Iceta diu la primera mentida de la nit: hem d'estar contents perquè tothom ha pogut exercir lliurement el seu vot. D'ell, no me n'esperava una proclama a favor dels milers de bascos que s'han quedat sense referent a les urnes per la prohibició d'ANB, però algunes coses fan de mal sentir i més en boca d'algú que es considera progressista. Sorprenentment, la popular Carina Mejías parla d'Estat espanyol i no d'Espanya, Felip Puig fa una proclama a favor de les forces que no són d'obediència espanyola i Marina Llansana explica que si CiU fa uns bons resultats, se n'alegraran.

A partir de les nou comencen a aparèixer xifres de l'escrutini. El PSOE continua a la vora de la majoria absoluta i alguns apunten que quan es coneguin els resultats de les Canàries hi arribarà de sobres. Però no acaba de quedar clar com es distribuiran els quinze diputats canaris. A TV3, Mònica Terribas i Xavier Coral condueixen el programa amb professionalitat. L'equip de polítics-analistes és de nivell: Joaquim Nadal, Pere Macias, Joan Puigcercós, Xavier Garcia-Albiol i Francesc Baltasar. Macias es mostra satisfet d'haver aguantat el resultat, conscient que és molt més important saber la xifra final del PSOE que la pròpia. Nadal està molt mesurat i de tant en tant mira de donar un cop de mà a Puigcercós. Aquest diu que la bipolarització els ha fet mal i sospita que alguns dels seus s'han quedat a casa, conscients que això d'anar a Madrid a donar-se cops de cap no serveix de gran cosa. Ja se sap: qui té el poder, té el ribot.

Quan a TV3 passen a la publicitat, a quarts de deu, faig un tomb per les altres cadenes. A TVE hi fan resums de futbol, a La2 hi corren motos i el C33 fa esports de neu. A Tele5 ja han incorporat els vots dels canaris i frueixen repetint que Esquerra és la gran perdedora de la nit. Els números canten: ERC no aconsegueix pujar del 3. L'altre perdedor és Llamazares, que decideix dimitir en calent, senyal que en devia tenir ganes. La Chacón, emocionada i eufòrica, s'adreça a les catalanes i els catalans, que és una cosa que em carrega força, i parla de convivència i de concòrdia. Després de la campanya de la por, torna el llenguatge hipòcrita de l'amor. A Madrid, l'ambient davant les seus del PSOE i el PP és de victòria a tots dos llocs: si al final es perd, que no es digui que és perquè no animaven prou. A les Illes i al País Valencià, els meritoris esforços del catalanisme per treure el cap no tenen èxit: el bipartidisme ho aixafa tot.

Una hora més tard, Carod-Rovira parla a la seu d'Esquerra. Obro parèntesi. Tant CiU com Esquerra tenen l'hàbit de sortir molta colla quan compareixen i no sé si tenen poc espai a la tarima o tots volen sortir per la televisió, però la sensació que em transmeten és una mica angoixant, de manca d'oxígen per als més baixets. Tanco parèntesi. Carod, molt lúcid, traspassa tota la responsabilitat del fututr finançament de Catalunya al PSOE, assumeix que han fet uns mals resultats i diu que reflexionaran. A diferència d'Obama, que compensa la pèrdua de votants negres radicals que el troben tou amb el vot de molts blancs moderats, tinc la sensació que Esquerra va perdent vots pel seu flanc independentista que no compensa per enlloc.

En un altre tomb catòdic descobreixo que a BTV parlen de Comunitat Valenciana, potser per no ferir la sensibilitat de Zaplana, i que a Tele5 un personatge defensa un govern d'entesa entre PSOE i PP per resoldre definitivament la cohesió estatal. No oblidem que si algun dia CiU, Esquerra o el PNB són decisius de veritat, d'aquests en sortiran molts. Poc abans de les onze, mentre a La2 emeten imatges d'un Nodo sobre Zarra, amb aquests textos ridículs que avui fan riure tant, surt Zapatero a celebrar la victòria. Amb el 87% del vot escrutat, és clar que ha guanyat i és clar que no arriba a l'absoluta. Fa un discurs populista, curt i ben triat, que emeten deu dels divuit canals que puc veure a casa. Tot seguit apareix Montilla a la seu de Nicaragua i em fixo que Josep Maria Sala hi és més a la vora que Montserrat Tura, que envia un sms. Més eufòria i crits de no passaran. Convivència i concòrdia.

Són quarts de dotze i això s'acaba. El peix ja és venut, tot i que encara hi ha algun escó que balla. Un d'aquests escons dansaires li fa una mala passada a Joan Saura, que felicita a la seva segona teòrica diputada just en el moment que TV3 informa que han perdut l'escó a mans del PP. La informació circula entre els qui acompanyen Saura, també bastant atapeïts, i es pot presenciar en directe com es van gelant els somriures. Al plató, Puigcercós nega per segona vegada davant de Mònica Terribas que aquest resultat hagi de tenir conseqüències en la política catalana. Pere Macias comença a oferir els seus deu diputats, però Joaquim Nadal aposta per fer acords puntuals i no un acord de govern estable. Ara comença l'intercanvi de cromos, aquest cop sense estatut pel mig, o sigui que hi tenim menys a perdre. El Betis-Saragossa acaba 169 a 154. Deuen jugar a bàsquet avui. A Catalunya, els socialistes fan els millors resultats imaginables. Les mentides sobre l'estatut i els papers que ens guarden a Salamanca, el caos ferroviari i l'ocultació de les balances fiscals surten gratis a les eleccions. Realment, el PP els ho posa molt fàcil.

Martí Estruch Axmacher

The smile of Africa!

2008-02-01T15:51:00.000+01:00

Unes fotos :-) // some pictures!

The internet connection is quite bad, so I can not offer more by now.

We are enjoying it very much!!

To Gàmbia!

2008-01-29T11:03:00.000+01:00

That's it, my friends, I'm going to Gàmbia (a small country inside Senegal) this afternoon. I explained this here one month ago or sth like that and now, today, finally, is the day :D.

As Stefano said, this is the wonderful experience after erasmus, but a very different one. But I'm sure it will be great as well.

I will try to write in my blog from there, but the internet connection is quite poor. Will see!

Escriviu-me, amics!!

Petons and kisses (which is actually the same xD),

Quim.

I come back the 29th (yes!) of february!

Freak-nostàlgia

2007-12-25T00:13:00.000+01:00

Dia consolera (però de les de veritat) a ca els perez-riera. Super nintendos (sí sí, dos, doncs la primera es va mig espatllar i el meu germà en va aconseguir una de nova, i això va ser l'espurna que va il·luminar el dia xDD) i master system van sortir de l'armari i ens van amanitzar la tarda. Aquí un vídeo i una foto de l'efemèride. S'accepten molt gratament propostes de campionats, consoles-timbes, etc.. a qualsevol joc de SNES/supernintendo. Qui no s'havia viciat el mario world, al mario kart o als del mickey mouse? Per no dir les partides a l'street fighter, l'interminable (i repetitiu, doncs 3 vides no donen per gaire) alex kidd de la master o les partides de 4 jugadors amb només dos mandos del micromachines de la super. Aix.....
Ja posats diré que es busca el joc del bomberman per Super Nintendo. Aviam si algú el pots aconseguir!!!

Salut!

Dues de calentes..

2007-12-18T20:55:00.001+01:00

I no ho dic pas per les bessones sueques que van caure ahir la nit xDD (xtttt, això de fantasma només m'ho puc dir jo mateix)

Ho dic per dues coses de les que estic molt content! (ja sabeu allò de "una de freda i una de calenta")

Una és aquesta:

Helloween - Gambling with the Devil (2007) és increïble, una delicia pels amans del power metal més pur (a que no coneixíeu aquesta faceta meva?). Qui s'ho podia esperar d'una banda tan veterana com aquesta? Els creadors del power metal semblava que anessin a la baixa, però no!
Amb pràcticament totes les cançons mereixent-se un notable com a mínim, les primeres 6 són un festival. Així no fa tan mal els 38€ pagats per l'entrada del concert amb Gamma-ray, banda molt semblant a Helloween, que he seguit més però que ha afluixat amb l'últim disc, Land of the Free II.
En fi, si voleu conèixer què és el Power Metal, aquest és el vostre disc.
Si esteu espantats amb aquest post, no patiu, no sóc el típic que va vestit de negre concert de heavy. Sóc el típic que va de colors, com pugui anar un dia qualsevol, als concerts de heavy. En som dos o tres d'aquests a cada concert xDD.

La segona és la millor, és l'experiència de l'any, del 2008, i té un nom: Àfrica. Més concretament, projecte de cooperació d'un mes a Gàmbia.

Ja tinc els bitllets en paper. I m'hi acompanya en Dani, un noi que vaig conèixer a Gent (Bèlgica) d'erasmus. I sort que li vaig dir que sempre havia volgut fer un projecte de cooperació, especialment a l'Àfrica, pq gràcies a aquesta conversa va pensar en mi quan els hi va fallar l'altre membre del projecte.
En fi, estic feliç i il·lusionat, tot i que sé que també serà dur. Però aprendre taaaaaaaantes coses. Serà l'experiència de l'any :D. Tan de bo en pogués haver una com aquesta cada any. Però llavors ja no seria el mateix, no?

Salut i no us deixeu endur pel consumisme aquestes festes, sisplau.

Gent one week ago

2007-12-02T13:58:00.000+01:00

Thanks Alodia for this nice video :).

[Added: November 29, 2007

A special video for all the people that made the erasmus experience in Ghent,...a wonderful city where i spend six unforgettables months of my life.]

Alodia, a catalan girl who was also there with us during this wonderful experience called erasmus, was in Gent one week ago and she made this video. Maybe we could go to Gent soon too...

Who would like to go in Easter more or less??? Come on!!

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By the way... Expedition to Turkey is coming closer! Michael, Elger, Stefano and Quim :D!! And there we will meet Ece, Sevcan, Bati,... maybe more? Or maybe someone else wants to come? Fuck, Barcelona is full of advertisements of Turkey! It's in my mind all the time! Again a great new year's eve abroad! Cool!!!!!!!!! I love you people :)

Ik ben 21 jaar oud

2007-11-13T23:55:00.000+01:00

Divendres 16Novembre, festa de celebració Bernat+Quim's birthday (com cada any [ves per on] fem anys el mateix dia).

Després d'uns quants anys sense fer res especial, aquest any toca, doncs ja arribem als 43 anys (entre els dos!! no ens alarméssim)

A les 22h (em sembla una mica d'hora, però en fi, veniu quan vulgueu), al local del costat del d'Aliança Rebel (per dir-ho d'alguna manera).

c/Riera Blanca 115 bis 4t pis

PORTAR BEGUDA (i amics si voleu tb, però aquest tampoc s'escaquegen de portar priba :P xDD)

Salut i fins divendres!

MESSAGE FROM KASIA: "czes'c kurwa mac' "

2007-10-21T23:24:00.000+02:00

Kasia writeeeeeeeee the intruductiooooooooon!!! Come on, it's your oportunity! From Quim's blog to fame, money, and glory. It's now or never! Pleeeeeeeease, I feel lazy... and now that I have someone that can write for me....

KKKKKAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAA (KASZKA, KATARZYNA, KASIUSIU)

Ok Quim...readdy freddy...

First of all Quim didn't pick me up from the airport :(...then I only slept 4 hour because of his great plan with bus at 7 o'clock in the morning...and then too short visit in Valencia...

In Barcelona...all the time catalan...uuuuuu I can't understand anything....and more...I have to cook as a guest in his place... for his parents and grandma....He asked me to hold his grandma as well, whatever it means.

And now Quim do you want me to write more....

better start studying...

Erasmus group from Valencia...:) This time Norwegians, Germans, Catalan, Polish and Spanish...and Nines but not on this pictures...

Who quess which foot is it??
New nails style...new trend for the winter season...

Who invites us will have nice weather...!!!
Nines thx for comfortable place to stay and guide tour through the city...the last coffee at the bus station, valencian coffee ;]
My catalan sweet girls :) (only anna is missing!)
As always, Kasia flirting with italians... no redemption for her xDD
Hello Kasia :D. Cooking mushrooms from the catalan mountains. Well, in fact you can also find them in Kasia's garden!!! :|

Kasia is now member of the human castles group "Castellers del Poble-Sec" !! thanks for your strength!

Some eramus memories... (and some less nostalgic ones!)

2007-09-19T23:09:00.000+02:00

It's a little bit stupid to find it now, just after my sweet belgian neighbours left.. so I decided to put it here, as some kind of a "thanking" present. I don't have pictures of these days, so I'm waiting for them!! (Even if you only took a couple of them jejejej. "Let's take a picture!" / "Were is the camera?" / "Mmmm... again at home" / xDDDD ).
The video was a very interesting "cream fight", with a great audience, always ready to make it funnier ;)

The other erasmus memory is this nice picture, taken at home, but it's a picture of something which was hanging in my Gent's room, and that evoluted during the erasmus, as a good report of "Income/outcome statement". The statement of the nightmare of every erasmus!!!

And the good moments with Bernat (and some others! Marta Salat :), 4 or 5 years later!)
in his cosy village close to Lleida, Arbeca.

Some other nice memories from Gent :) (I'm trying not to cry!) Thanks Marina for some of these great pictures!!

From the street, Shagadelic's rehearsal room, with the national drink in the way to our stomachs (and belly's jeje) I miss you all, beers! jejeje And I miss you more, shagadelic crew!!!

Res més? Anything else?

From my part... mmmm...yes, I have a subject in english!!! :D. So I can practice a little.
and from your part ?

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Kasia is coming the 18th of october!!! :DDDDDDDDD

:)

2007-08-12T00:52:00.001+02:00

Happy birthday, Michi!

27 maybe? jejeje. It was very nice to talk to you!

His birthday was the 10th!

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I know it's been a while, but I promise a good and complete update soon, with pictures from the gentse feesten, the shagadelic tour in bcn, Zuzka and Stefano II(not the one most of you know) in bcn, my new look....

Tomorrow to Arbeca falta gent! Just for two days. The rest of the week I must work!

Tot ziens! :*************

It was also nice to see Joan again! What about that lunch with Nina?

CORBERA ROCK - NO HI FALTEU!

2007-07-24T13:22:00.000+02:00

(aquesta tarda rebreu un e-mail informatiu. Si no el rebeu, dieu-m'ho!!)

Bon dia!

2007-06-27T14:25:00.000+02:00

Bon dia, però no perquè faci bon dia, perquè porta setmanes fent un temps de merda, canviant tota l'estona de una mica de sol a ruixats, altre cop sol, altre cop super tapat,....

But holidays started! :D. It's strange, cause after just two exams (even if working hard), the sensation of holidays is not so big, and specially if everybody (erasmus people) are leaving this week :(. But also means big parties! THe last ones, but the biggest ones as well ;). Tonight party in the erasmus pub (the last one there), with Delirium Tremens for 1,5€ (Mmmm... I will miss belgian beer soooooo much). So, I can not promise to go home on my own jejejej.

But fuck the weather, we are not going to stay home. This afternoon guitars+jambé+saxo in the Graslei :D (graslei=next to the river, in the center of Gent). Coooool! Let's hope it doesn't rain....

Bon dia! I got with a very good feeling, with Enric's (the "saxophonist", half catalan) visit, having nice conversation and planning the musical-hippie afternoon. And we bought Gambas for a having a nice lunch tomorrow :DD.

And next week Madness is playing......will see If I can go, but I hope so!!

I also got nice news from Barcelona. It's nice to see that the people home still remembers you, and very important in order to overcome the post-erasmus sympton. Be prepared my friends, from 11 till 18 of july I will be there, with desire for partyingggg!

But now I have to think with these last days here, because I have to enjoy them! To begin with, Stefano is moving to my place (he doesn't have room anymore) the 3rd of july, and then the 3th or the 4th we are probably going by bike to Terneuzen, in Holland, where there is the first coffeshop (the closest one to belgium, in fact). Almost 40km. Can be fun! Specially when coming back xDD.

And just some pictures. One it's from the day I had to go home while it was pouring down (since last "Festes De Gràcia", when I was coming home by bike and there was a summer-storm, I didn't got a "real-shower" like that!). But rain is healthy, isn't it? jejeje.

Bufff, sorry for this caotisch post. I will be waiting for your comments :).

Petons,

Quim.

PS: Special greatings to Nines, alias la Cordovesa jejej, who left yesterday! We will miss your party-energy (entre otras cosas ;) ). She is the one in the picture with me, with the eyes very open, like surprised xDD.

Next time ---> Info. about Gentse Feesten and Shagadelic Barcelona-tour!!!

studying, but also

2007-06-10T20:45:00.000+02:00

Poker nights
Someone got a vibrator for her birthday... jijijiji
Going to the laundary is still a pleasure... (well, only if you do it together with three nice girls ;-) )
And, of course, more visits!! Well, the last one, Júlia! Merci x la teva visita! estic esperant les fotos ehhh (encara que siguin en paper, escanejades, o com sigui, xo les vull!) que jo casi no en vaig fer! un petonàs guapíssima! (As you can see, she didn't expect the picture in that moment jejejej)

I les meves nenes catalanes!!! (why haven't I taken any picture with my camera?? fuck!) They are still here, till tomorrow (monday). Anna and Mercè! Agnès is missing. SHe already came back some months ago. Next time: Gentse feesten? vaaaaaaaa, que síiiii, come onnnnnnnnn!;)
Well, I have one, this picture (at least you can see Anna! Mercè is hidden behind Liesbet):

And conversations through skype for hours, preparation for Shagadelic Tour in Barcelona (does anyone know a concert were to play between 25 july - 1 august?), reading, dinners with friends, some party from time to time, nervous for someone coming back,...

Ala, salut! xDD

The beggining of the end...

2007-05-21T17:18:00.001+02:00

The beggining of the end, cause the last two months of erasmus just started! Not long ago I was thinking: "fuck, it's already 8 months that you've been in Gent". And in 5 days it will already 9 months!! Bufff.. It seems so long and at the same time it's been so quick...
And tomorrow Chicca and Nicolò are living.. it also makes me realize about the fact that the end is coming. I want to make it happier, but exams are coming closer, so there is nothing nice about it!!

But ok, parties are still going on, also dinners (more dinners than parties, as exams are closer and closer), tennis with Phillip, maybe barbeques if the weather becomes nicer again...

And last visitor in a row left... Robert and Anna, was nice to have you here. You know I enjoyed very much with you here, as with the rest of the visitors! Each one has his/her characteristics and makes me enjoy (sorry, my vocabulary in verbs is very little today) in a different way. Júlia, you are the next (and last) one! :-).

Nothing else to say, just some pictures!

Petons,

Quim.

PS: Marina and Robert, I'm waiting for the pictures! Is someone waiting for pictures from me?? just tell me!
PSS: thanks Anna for these excellent pictures! (they were taken by her)

Visitors,visitors,visitors,visitors,... and good bye Kat

2007-05-07T23:00:00.000+02:00

Everybody, needs somebody!

And I needed somebody from Barcelona, some news from my land, because I was missing a little bit the people from there. And I got what I wanted, but 5 times!!jajajaja.

You (friend in belgium) don't know who is who.

Typical erasmus friend of Quim: "Your name was Ione, right?"
Marina: "No no, that was the previous visitor. I'm Marina" xDD.

Ok, ok, it's not a real situation. It didn't happen, but it can happen within some weeks, cause after Ione and Marina, Anna Alba (x si sempre tindràs un nom compost, i ben maku que és :) ) and Robert are coming!! So, 4 weekends in a row with 4 different people (Flipa colega!). But I love to have all of you here, really :)))))))))). And also Júlia, two weeks later!

So, these last weeks have been a little bit chaotic, because while having visitors I tried to continue doing the activities I normally do (or I was planning to do):

·Federer vs Nadal, or what is the same, Phillip versus Quim (tickets for the big final will be available soon)

·Nice Barbecue in the park (and another one in the Blaarmersen, which was gonna be wonderful, but finally they fucked us up [I don't want to remember it])

·A little bit of turism. That's the positive thing of having visitors. If you convince them to go somewhere you haven't been either, then you are also in holidays ;). With Marina we visited Lille!! And went there hitchhiking! Well, finally we had to take a bus, what it was a nice adventure :). Marina, I'm waiting for the pictures, and I know that my lovely audience (YOU, READER) too!

·Studying. So, mmm...yes, ..a little, you know.....

· ?? what else? Do I forget anything, erasmus-mates?

There was just one sad thing in this two weeks, and it was the independence of America. Yes, my friends, it's not 4 july but the USA decided to become independent. At least independent from her friends from Gent. What is the same: Kat, my God-bless-America friend left. The person seeming the most erasmus and being not at all erasmus. An special case, for what I've just said and also because she didn't have an american flag in her room. Can you believe that???? My god!!!!!!!! xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. I will miss you, your kindness, your cooking abilites, your cake, your way of laughing, your funny stories and your appartement in the red-light district. And remember I will come to the land of the oportunities! Just to tease you a little bit :P.

I think it's quite enough for now... could you please post a little bit? Just to know you read this. I feel stupid thinking that maybe no one reads this xDDD. Well, I know some people do it. These are the ones who will go to heaven. I'm sure about it.

Whatever you want, you know where I am!

Geniet ervan,

Quim.

PS: per cert, em trec el barret pels 70.000 manifestants a València en motiu del 300è aniversari de la batalla d'Almansa. Amunt, companys del sud!!

Now I realize that I forgot to say that we went to Knokke, to the beach!! It was a little bit windy, but was nice anyway!

Lekker kookje!

2007-04-23T12:00:00.000+02:00

I came back to Belgium... and the sun was still there! Nevertheless I missed the week of almost 30 degrees! But nothing happens, cause this week is gonna be 25 degrees :DDDDDDDDDD. Summer is here!

The trip to Norway was quite a heavy trip. "Heavy" not in a negative way, but meaning that was with a lot of (somehow) new experiences: Travelling alone (more than other times), sleeping in the place of someone that I met for first time (live) in that moment (thanks very much Anne-Sofie :D. You were very kind and discovering the erasmus atmosphere in Oslo was also great!), talking about relationships and feelings in a really honest way with one of the most important persons in my life, enjoying a kind of nature I had never seen bofore...

Back in Belgium, is time for visitors again (atenció al trident Ione-Marina-Anna A. (? confirma pliiis!) en tres caps de setmanes consecutius!), Barbecues, Coffe+Cookies in the sun in front of my building, Dinners in Vermeylen residence, and Belgian beers :DDD jo jo jo. Maybe I should stop a little bit with that.. I'm starting to have beer-belly xDDDDDD. But also studyingggggggg! Cause I have exam of dutch next wednesday and also a lot of practices of one of the subjects, and it requires to know the theory beforehand grrrrrrrrrr. But I can't complain ;). Oh, and I almost forgot!, Also more Shagadelic concerts!!! Take a look to our "myspace" (-->"Enllaços/links")

Take care my friends, and see you soon!

Petonets,

Jo aqui mmm...

Ik ben in Noorwegen

2007-04-12T20:11:00.000+02:00

(more later, we go to the supermarkt now! Who can guess the price of a beer here?? hiihihi)

La setmana més estressant en molt de temps!

2007-03-30T18:29:00.001+02:00

Bones amics!

The title is about the stressing week I had (from friday to friday). Starting with a project we have to do for one subject, the two practical sessions I had of the other subject, the fact that these sessions needed some preparation, the preparations required to know a previous theory that I hadn't read, I have dutch every day (3 hours), I had a dutch exam on thursday, I had to study for it, I had rehearsals with the band (and very importants due to our concert next week),.... So, NON STOP!

But now is over, easter holidays are here and new visits and trips too :D.

31st march morning --> My brother and my sister arrives!

4th april --> My sibilings leave but my parents come!

8th april --> My parents leave

10th april --> I go to Norway!

So, two weeks of family and holiday, nice! :-). And afterwards studying a looooooot! But also more concerts of Shagadelic (the funky band!) , parties, visits...jejejeje. I will keep informing!

Les fotos (que deu ni do el que ha costat que m'arribessin xDD), són obra de la senyora Nish, de quan va estar per aquí. A que és maco? Doncs és la ciutat on visc :-).

In the belgian tv

2007-03-20T19:08:00.000+01:00

When the whole think it's a fake
Last tuesday (a week ago, then) first Jordi calls me: "Quim, I know you internet is broken. There is an e-mail for the erasmus asking for a catalan person in order to appear in a tv program and talk about the promotion of catalan in spain and europe. I don't feel for doing it, but maybe you would like to".
My thoughts "Mmm.. sounds quite interesting, why not. But now I'm playing tennis (finally!!) and afterwards I'm meeting a professor. I will decide later"
Anna Isabela (finally also in the sketch) also calls me, but she just speak with the "mailbox". Again the same message.

Finally when I'm with the professor, the channel tv itself (chanel "één") calls me. And they explain me what gonna be the sketch about: "The sketch is about soft porno in catalan. They will ask some questions about the promotion of catalan by soft porno. And after that you will the others participating in the sketch and you will together dub some porno"
N'hi ha per llogar-hi cadires!
the conclusion where we (the others participating and me) arrived is: They MISunderstood that catalan goverment is going to invest in the dubbing of soft porno movies into catalan, and then these movies will be spread (in catalan, of course) all over Europe! Incredible! jajajaja. Who the hell would pay for catalan porno if not is catalan? Anyway, we enjoyed very much doing this sketch (specially the dubbing seccion ["Mmm..no t'aturis, que aquí no cal pagar peatges xDD" o "Vine, que descobrirem les contrades catalanes. Anirem a Tavartet" jajajaja. això no s'havia vist (o sentit) ni en les millors èpokes de "Les exxcursionistes Calentes"] even if knowing that is was all a huge lie. Ai quin fart de riure!).

Here you have the article from a spanish newspaper. The real news that inspirated this tv channel from the little but cosy Belgium -->Article in the newspaper

My friends, till the next show!

Joachim (belgian style!)

(( I don't have any picture from when I was dubbing :(. Only videos jijijiji ))

Tonight!

2007-03-16T10:27:00.000+01:00

A lot of news right now. Like Quim and some other catalans in the main belgian channel TV, new dutch course,.. But This will come later. Now the flyer of the party tonight :DDD. I hope that, for the one that are coming, you will enjoy it!

i el sol sortí...

2007-03-02T15:44:00.000+01:00

Doncs sí, pk avui, 2 de març del 2007, el sol ha decidit brillar a Gent. D'acord, ahir ja va brillar per primer cop després d'una setmana terrible de pluges, però ho va fer tímidament. Avui ha sortit valent i fort Això sí, mai arribant al nivell del sol mediterrani --> Has someone ever seen a belgian sky without ANY cloud? A completely blue sky? Me definitely not.

But Quim was happy sutdying a little bit of dutch in a banch, feeling the effect of sun. I must refresh my dutch if I want to follow the level 3!

And this is my face while enjoying the sun. First time in months! The other times that the sun shined, it wasn't that "powerful".

AND FINALLY, SOME PICTURES OF THE VAN TRIP!! YUHUUUUUU :D xDDD

Remember the route we did:

·Belgium --(plane)--> Venice

·Venice --(train)--> Ljubljana (Slovenia)

·Ljubljana --> Pula --> Rijeka --> Zadar --> Dubrovnik --> Mostar --> Sarajevo --> Zagreb --> Ljubljana (all by van, 2070km!!)

·Ljubljana --(train)--> Venice

·Venice --(train)--> Belgium

Map of the trip (Well, my map of the trip. Everyday I was marking the route we were doing with the van, with the stops and the days). We also had a huge road map. We decided we're going to do 6 parts of this big map, one for each of the expedition :)

"Krk National Park", in the way to Dubrovnik. Sooooo beautiful, full of water falls everywhere, special green colors, clean water..

Part of the wall surrounding dubrovnik, with the sea and the coast/islands at the horizon :). How nice...

What a dream to be able to use one "pedalo", for free (it was from a people living there), in the croatian sea, between the islands and the coast..mmm...

Maybe the sky wasn't that nice in that moment, but before was better and the water wasn't that cold

The coliseum of Pula! The 4th oldest or biggest or most important, I don't remember xDD. But the 4th! After Roma,.. (Stefano, help?). Stefano is my italian helper xDD

Too many pictures this time! What do you think of them ;) ? So, I leave the pictures of the second part of the trip (these pictures are until before entering Bosnia) for the next time!

Tonight reggae party!! Dub, dancehall, jungle, ragga...

Last goodbyes, last visitors till april, last carnaval parties..

2007-02-26T15:20:00.000+01:00

Yeaaaaaaaaaah man!

Here I am again!
Goodbye parties are arriving to their end. This week a lot of people are leaving. Maybe not my best friends, but yes very interessant people who I would like to know more. But what can I do? Just hope that I will meet them again one day, in the future. Who knows! World is so small!

So, Nish was here from 13 till 18 of february. I already talked about that. Now just a picture. In fact the only one I have!! Nish, estic esperant les fotos ehh carinyu!! xDD
Peu de foto: La imatge de la dolçor i la innocència... oi ke sí?

Then 5 days for more goodbyes, dinners and meetings with the old erasmus. Very nice conversations till 5.30 in the morning :), and more that we will have! And also 5 days for starting a new subject, relax a little and plan the new semester. I also incrived myself for the 3rd level of dutch, but the group is full :(. SO, let's hope some people will drop out and I will be able to join it. The one in april-may is in the mornings, and afterwards is too close to the exams!! Let's cross our fingers, Michael! (We want to do it together).

And then, the weekend of 24-25 a new visitor, Adrià (In the photo with a guy from Cadiz, this saturday, in Jordi's party. yes yes, again. the third one xDD). Just a weekend, but he works during the week, so... But is very nice that someone who can only come for two days comes anyway! It makes me really happy. Gràcies Adrià! Ha sigut un cap de setmana, curt però intens, amb molta conversa interessant i profunda. Molta sort amb els propers mesos d'independència! He is already living on his own! Working and studying.

And now the last week with erasmus of the first semester. Next week will be definitely 2nd semester (in terms of erasmus people talking). For me a new period, making more close relations with the old ones staying and meeting new people.

And I almost forget! Sunday 18th night, carnaval in Aalst. With Jaume (crazy guy doing a project in Oudenaarde), a friend of him, and Agnès (last night with her. sniff..). Imagine streets full of dressed up people, with 80% of the guys dressed up like women!(it's a tradition there) jajajaj amazing! And very funny! We went by jaume's car so, was great to be able to come back when we wanted. We met a lot of people there. Just see the pictures!! xDDD

That's all for now! Let me know you have read this ;)

Petons i abraçades,

Quim.

Peu de foto: "Llama al 11888!! xDD"

En Jaume lligant amb un ratolinet xDDDDD

Arrivederci! (italians, correct me!)

2007-02-16T19:12:00.000+01:00

Is not a goodbye, is a "see you soon" (or a "arrivederci" or a "a reveure"). Not only for a few ones. The list is quite long. We don't need the names. We know all of them. It's really a pity, but we all knew when we dediced to do an erasmus.

I will miss all of you and I hope you visit us soon. There isn't much more to say. Just thank you for the experiences we had together during these months. Greating to your friends in your country, to your family, to your pets, and to your female friends that would like to know a Catalan guy jejej (Be sure I will visit you!! jejejej).

At the same time of the goodbye parties, I have a visitor, Nish, with me. Till sunday.

Que tremoli Gent!! La nish ha arribat per fer de les seves xDDD. No no, que ha vingut una mica reformada jejeje. Més detalls quan ja s'hagi acabat akest periple (diumenge), que llavors ja no em podrà fotre clatellots! xDD.

Bona sort amics! Good luck my friends!!

+ more people whose pictures I don't have!

In Sarajevo!!

2007-02-09T11:07:00.000+01:00

Yes people!!!

The van expedition is in Bosnia! After Slovenia and Croatia, now Bosnia. This night again in Croatia (in zagreb) and then back to Slovenia and back to Venice. bufffffffffffffff

But it's being amazing!!!!!!!! :DDDDDDDDDD

We don't have the internet for much time, so, I will finish now. I hope you will enjoy the pictures, video, and stories about the trip with us when we come back. Tambe pels colegues que em vingueu a veure ;)!!

Stefano, Sevcan, Lisbet, Anna, Michael and Quim
---> International west-balcans and more expedition <---

Pagar el preu de la paciència

2007-01-30T00:35:00.000+01:00

Amb aquesta nova frase feta sortida de la boca d'en Vernel (Bernat en el documento nazional de identidad), començava una setmana de festa, bogeria, red light district gent i molta birra.

Bernat is one my best friends, also from Barcelona. He arrived on Sunday, which was a typical catalonian day. First we went to the cinema to see Salvador, a catalan movie (which was half catalan half spanish spoken, with dutch subtitles) and then we went to the pub Celtic Towers to see the Barça match agains Celta (3-1 :D). After that the catalan day was over and belgian beers arrived. mmmmmmm!
At night, while going back home: Glass district, or red light district Gent. Only two streets, only with people who really want to pay for sex, only Bernat and me. And he was really feeling cool there xDD. Or at least, natural. And I was the shy one.. you know.... jeje.

And today (monday) we visited Gent (walking and walking!) and not much more. We have already done Belgian timetables (lunch at 12h, dinner at 19h) [bernat was amazed with it, telling to everybody he found in the msn that we had had dinner at 19h xDDD]. And for the erasmus ones here is so nooooooooormal... or not? ;-). Eating when we are hungry, this is the rule when you are somehow independent ("emancipat").

Tomorrow Antwerpen, and the following days dinners, parties, reggae... :D.

See u people!

Vernel & Quim (do we repeat red light tonight? jejej)

Tribut al títol del blog...

De Mursia solo ay! una

Marina d'or, que és Guay!

última foto de barbuts

El Bernat és el del primer plano

Perilla que vuela, perilla a la cazuela!

Nova etapa..

2007-01-24T16:08:00.000+01:00

[listening to Fermin Muguruza eta Dut]

February has a lot of meanings. Is the month without tail (28 days), the month of holidays for many students (fibers cabrooonns, que teniu 4 setmanes!) and a month between two erasmus periods.
There are three kinds of erasmus periods: the 1st semester, the 2nd semester, or going both (which is my case). And february is the month in the middle, when the first group leaves and the second arrives. Is it hard for those who leave, because they want to stay longer, but is also hard for those staying here, because we see how more than half of our friends leave and, although a lot of new people arrive, is not the same (come on!), they are in the situation we were almost 6 month ago, is like starting again the erasmus, but with them, with this new group of people, called the "2nd semester ones".
But is not that sad :). We (the ones staying the whole year) know that the best experiences for us still have to come. We will have time to know each other more and the "whole year" group will be the one with deeper relationships. Sure :).
But it will be a new stage within the big stage called "erasmus year", without Laura, without Kasia, without my catalan girls jiji (Anna[belgian-chocolate.blogspot.com], Agnès, Mercè), without more people that already left (Gabri) and much more others; without that atmosphere/feeling of knowing almost everyone in most of the parties, without...
Good trip back home for those leaving! We will miss you!!
But with warmer weather (yes, I believe in that xDD. Maybe not in february, but in may...), with trips (I will explain later on), more parties, new experiencies, new people,... And a lot of friends coming to visit me!! :D. Next one, Bernat (Vernel per les senyores de fer feines)! On sunday!

So, this was the "deep" part of the post xDD. Now more normal things!

Trips trips trips!!

In two sundays (the 4th) an erasmus caravan is going to Venice, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. FLipa colega! And "caravan" because we are seven, "tenim molta cara" and we will travel by van (cara+van=caravan ju ju ju). We fly to Venice, and at night we go to Ljubljana, where we rent the van. And then 6 days through all these countries, back to Ljubljana, train back to Venice, one night of carnaval there :D, and back to Belgium! I'm looking forward to it :DDDDDDDDDD. And with already some arrangements of meetings with local people in every country. Nice nice nice nice!

And in April, Norway (of course!). Oslo and Bergen are the next destinations. Wooooww! I didn't imagine my wish of visiting a lot of countries while being on erasmus would become real. More ideas :D? My thirst for travelling never ends! But maybe the money will... :S.. But I don't mind spending my money in discovering places, cultures, people...

And the question of the week!!!!!!!

Previous explanation: We are going to that trip by van. And Bosnia, for me, is maybe the most interessant country. It sounds really different, with war not many years ago, with a log of conflicts.. And I have the sentence "there is war in Bosnia" in my mind from when I was a child, so it sounds very interessant for me. And I had a comic about Srebrenica, an ong's project, but I don't remember wel...

------ Can someone explain here what happened in Srebrenica some years ago?-------

It's not a nice thing, and it's related to the war in Bosnia. All general info. about that war and specially about what happened in Srebrenica is a good answer. I don't know exactly so, if you can help me :).

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This is all for now my friends! Keep on writing your comments!

Petons i abraçades,

Quim.

PS: Oh yes, I almost forget it! I'm in holidays already!! I've finished my exams! And at least the second one was good! So, I feel better after a terribly difficult exam that I'm going to fail.. :( (that was the first subject. I'm following two. It seems not much, i know, what these have each one more than 300 pages of theory!! in english!!). Good luck for you too!

English 100% // we start with the question of the week!

2007-01-12T19:40:00.000+01:00

Yes, this stupid title because now that I've done an exam in english, I can say it. If a subject is fucking difficult, more related to another career (telecommunications in this case) than the one you're doing, all the material in english, without any kind of old exams to have a reference how the exam style will be, and you even, of course (faltaria més!) have to do the exam in english (yes ok, you have studied it in english, but anyway!), then if you pass you are god! At least my god, because after this experience I'm probably going to fail my first subject. Yes, this is a confession, and, as it is my nickname in msn, if u haven't been fucked up in the FIB (faculty of computer engeneering in barcelona), don't worry, in Belgium they will do it with pleasure.

jajajaja, after this "victimism" paragraph, which tries to cheer me up for failing (mmm.. maybe...yes.. there is a chance.. who knows...sometime it happens.., and i can pass, but is difficult).

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So, after a funny newyear's eve in the center of Gent eating grapes (catalan&spanish style, you know) and then to a kot-party (like the one I did. --> see old post). It was nice, with free drinks, not many people in the party,.. And we were a nice group with belgians, polsks (polish people. how do you say that, Kasia?), hongarian,Slovaka (from Slovakia, right?).. In fact we were only seven, but in that party we met other people from the ESN (erasmus students network). So, really nice, but nothing really special (as every newsyear's eve, for me). Well, yes. Special this time because it was abroad, not in Barcelona :-). And that was a new experience!

And after that, studying and studying, with a beer from time to time (jejeje, something impossible to avoid!) and lunchs with Kasia or dinner with the catalonian comunity (every day smaller, snif.... Mercè and Joan left, Agnes and Anna will leave within a month... snif..) or with Laura.

I m'he comprat uns auriculars-micro!! :D. Ara toca en català carai, pk és amb vosaltres amb qui ho vull fer servir. I com ja em vaig comprar la web-cam a barna, ara ja ho tinc tot per fer videotrucada xl msn o x l'skype, i tb trucades només de veu amb "VoIPbuster". Baixeu-vos-el de la plana oficial i agregue-me (el meu nom d'usuari: Meant), que a més es poden fer unes quantes trucades gratis a numeros fixos! :D. I amb la merda pc que tinc, akest programa em va millor que l'skype, que xupa molta RAM.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!

Previous explanation: This last week i've seen the movie "Braveheart", a wellknown movie for most of you, but which I hadn't seen. I really liked it (except for the end..., But I supposed that was going to be the end), but I have a little doubt (maybe easy to solve through internet, but I want to show myself that friends can provide also a lot of information.

Question: Is Braveheart based somehow in real facts?? What do you think?? Està basada d'alguna manera en fets reals?? QUè penseu?

And, of course, some extra pictures!

Chicken in Christmas :D

Back to back!

2006-12-31T16:48:00.000+01:00

Yes, because I'm to Gent. If in Christmas I was back to Barcelona, now I'm back to back, what means being in Gent :D.

I'm studying hard these days... ok,ok, I know I only have two subjects, but what a difficult ones!! Specially the one about mobile communications, which in my opinion is more Telecommunication Engeneering than Computer Engeneering. I hate that!! But I want to finish this stupid carreer, so, I will do my best.

Some photos from Barcelona! My friends from there! Us trobo molt a faltar! COm diria la Marina, no us trobo a faltar encara (pk ser hipòcrites) però això no vol dir que no tingui ganes d'anar a fer unes birres amb vosaltres, de tenir converses guapes, de fer-vos companyia mentre fumeu (xo vigileu amb el fum ehhhhh, que em molesta molt xDDDD), de fer-vos petons.... en fi, que qualsevol diria que us trobo a falta, però noooooooo :PP. A posar-s'hi fulles! ;)

New years eve plan: Big dinner (10 people more or less) in my kitchen and then partying all arround Gent! yuhuuuuuuu With a lot of beers and polish vodka! jo jo jo jo. What is your plan? Quin plan teniu?

Osti, trobaré a faltar (això sí xDD) els turrons i el cava (només me n'he portat una unitat de cada..snif..). Almenys tindré una ampolla x obrir després del compte enrera! :D. QUe aquí no mengen raïm! Bé de fet sí, pk una que va estar x les espanyes d'erasmus ja va proposar fer-ho, i vam dir que sí! Que divertit fer-ho en ambient internacional!

NO em volia enrollar i ja tornem a ser-hi... en fi...

Petons, abraçades i etc.

BON ANY NOU! GELUKKIG NIEUW JAAR! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Quim!

PS: va cabrons postegeu.. ja que no escriviu mails almenys.. 8-)

And of course, a photo with Dani, in Gent. I almost forget to say that he was visiting here the week before going home, and it was really funny! You must meet this guy ;-)! Dani, ets un fiera!!

Roda el món i torna a camprodon! What means to go back home! xDD

2006-12-21T01:02:00.000+01:00

Yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaah people!

Back to Barcelona! Life here is not as different as it was before.. friends that aren't anymore with their boy/girlfriends, friends that now have a boy/girlfriend, family that continues the same, eating with the friends, going out with them, discovering Barcelona from a new point of view, horrible explanations in the blog!

Nothing else to say, just that I miss Gent! And some of its erasmus (and local people), of course! ;-).

Take care (and write [que vol dir escriure ehhh] xDD),

Quim

PS: normal arm again!

One arm guy for 9 days...

2006-12-05T12:55:00.000+01:00

Hi everybody!

After the party in Boudwijn (how do you write that? is a difficult word!), I don't know why jejej, I fell and i was injured in my arm. But luckily is not broken!

9 days and it will be over! And then Dani is coming! And he is a dangerous one! ;-)

Nothing else to say (writing with one hand is difficult, come on!), just that tonight Michael against Quim xDD. Or what is the same, Barça - Werder Bremen. Will see...

And of course, some fotos!

Petons - kisses - kussen,

Quim.

PS: Força Barça!!

This picture is from the 'demo' of the funky band recording. I will put more soon, when Cas (the bass player, at the background, gives me the pictures he took. I'm waiting! jjejeje).

Back to normal life!

2006-11-26T16:14:00.000+01:00

After the celebrations, the presents, the euphoria, the begs for more parties... jejeje, I had to start studying. Yes my friends, my few subjects are really hard and have a looooooooooot of theory, so I better start taking it seriously. At least a little! So starting this last week, I've studied 3 hours per day, normally the range of hours that before I spent for the dutch course: from 13.30 till 16.30, moreless. I can get up late, eat lunch with my neighbours and in the afternoon I still have time for other activities. And of course I can go out :D!

The week has been quite good. With lunch in Lidia's house on tuesday (by the way, nice appartement!), lessons in Monday and Wednesday, relaxed (but with a lot of pintjes!) night in the erasmus party on wednesday with Gabriel, Iñigo (cousin) and Gaika (friend).

On thursday staying at home with Laura, and on Friday very nice party in Gabriel's appartement. He's living in one week!! But first he wanted to give a party ;). Nice people, nice place...

And yesterday night (saturday), as a lot of people were in "De Ardennen" (grrrr I couldn't get a place), I met Agnès and Mercè, and finally we had the "llenties" evening! Mmmmmm... delicious!! We have to repeat that! I attach here some photos of it.

And today, in 12 minuts, starts the recording of the first sample of "Marranes", the funky international band of Gent, with me in the drums, of course (h) xDDD. Uoooooo, I'm nervous!If you would like it a copy when is finish, ask me!

What's up next week??

Salut!

Una foto del senyor que ens deixa. We will miss you, Gabri!

Birthday party review

2006-11-20T18:33:00.000+01:00

Hi people!

The party last saturday was really nice! At least for me! Nice people, nice music (jejeje), nice drinks, good atmosphere and funny kiss game! xDD Thanks to people that took the game seriously, it was real enjoyment!
The english speakers were there, so nothing else to explain in english. Just take a look to the photos and to the video ;-).

EN CATALÀ:

Després del sopar amb les veïnes (dilluns 13), tocava la festa! La vaig fer aquest dissabte passat, dia 18. Vaig decidir fer-la dissabte pk tots els meus veïns piraven a casa els papis (ja sabeu, són belgues) i així no molestava a ningú.
La festa va ser de puta mare :D. I va tenir força èxit! Entre 60-70 persones, moltes begudes (m'ha quedat una ampolla sencera d'absolut...mmmm..jjeje), bona música ( Em vaig currar una selecció de cançons dels 80 i alguna coseta bailongui més. Ja sabeu, al pur estil funky que m'agrada, però tb amb les típiques de Village people o versions punk-ska de les mateixes. Els portaré a barna x fer la famosa i mítica festa funky al lokal!) i amb un joc durant la festa. És que no podia faltar (ehhh Mar). Com en altres festes ja havien fet el joc dels gomets de colors (que si solter, casat o a mitges), i també el de que cadascú té un numaret i llavors et pots enviar missatges, doncs em vaig decidir pel joc dels petons! Cada persona té un gomet. Però n'ha d'aconseguir 10 si vol un premi. I a fer petons als demés per aconseguir els seus gomets!! Però només a la gent amb gomets del teu color!
Hauríeu d'haver vist la penya boja per fer petons, casi forçant-te si no et deixaves xDDD. I com jo tenia els gomets, doncs feia el que volia xDDD.
No sé, simplement un festival!! Fins a les 3 de festa grossa, i després més de xerrameca tranquil·la amb els últims que quedaven. Fins les 5. Bona hora.

PERÒ NO US PERDEU EL MILLOR: AIxò que em llevo pel matí, allò de les 12.30, sentint una aspirador i soroll de gots a la cuina. I penso "merda, algun veï que ha tornat abans d'hora i necessita la cuina. I l'està netejant una mica". I com em sentia culpable, vaig treure el cap a veure qui era. I era la senyora de fer feines!!! Que havia vingut en diumenge aquesta setmana (cada setmana ve un dia diferent, quan li rota). I vaig seguir dormint, dubtant si només netejaria algunes parts. I quan em vaig llevar a les 14.30, TOT, absolutament TOT estava net. Increïble! EL millor regal d'aniversari que mai m'han fet. Amb diferència xDD! Tot net, ordenat... ohhhhh, ni en el millor somni de ressakós post-festa a casa teva. I la Kasia, que m'havia ajudat a preparar la festa, quan va venir a ajudar-me a recollir, va flipar tb, i ens vam posar a saltar i cridar emocionats de que tot estava com una patena. Quina xamba que vam tenir! :DD
Bé, us deixo amb algunes fotos, i també amb el video d'explicació del joc dels petons, que és molt divertit xDD.

Cuideu-vos companys!

Per cert, visites comfirmades:

·12-15 desembre ---> Dani de Tennis (ho sento, mai et trauràs aquest cognom xDD)
·13-18 Febrer ---> Nish
·24-25 Febrer ---> Adrià Rieradevall
·9-11 Març ---> X i Y (X m'ha demanat que no digui res, pk Y encara no ho sap)

Merci als que veniu. Dani, ets el proper, prepara't jejejej

Petons i abraçades!

Quim.

PS: des de la festa estic com més content, no sé... :) (I això que abans ja ho estava, però mira..)mola

Imatge de la festa, a la cuina. Hi havia llum vermella-lila, encara que no es vegi :P. Minda (from Lithuania) in the right side, Maciej's (from Poland) head in the left-bottom corner xDD. He was really drunk :P

Little Mercè. Funny picture! Mercè, don't leave at the end of november!

Anna (from Granollers) and me. I didn't expected the photo... so, you can understand my face xDD. But I like the photo :-).

Bati, a turkish guy. You should see how this guy handles with a camera, video-edition... amazing!

--->I should say that the photos and the video were taken by Anna, with my camera<--

Un cop ja complerts....

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Pel pesat del Robet, apa, que és pesat de collons però reament es mereixia que pengés aquesta foto. De quan ell va fer els 20 anys, ara fa un any i 4 mesos!
Viejo, que ets un viejo!!! :PPPPPPPPPP

Already 20 years old, here some photos sent from friends, family, from the dinner with my neighbours and friends yesterday night, others..

Thanks to all the people that remembered it! It's really a special year, being in Belgium. And don't worry if you forgot, cause I'm the first forgeting the birthdays! ;) (Did I forget yours?)

Per tant, faig una crida: POSTEGEU (o envieu-me un mail) dient-me quan és el vostre aniversari, que me n'he adonat que els tenia apuntats en un calendari (no em demaneu memòria, ja ho sabeu), però clar, el calendari està a bcn! I sense actualitzar!

My parents :)

The little dinner... from left to rigth: me, Liesbeth, Sebastian, [crazy] Liesbeth, [groenten] Jinse, Kasia and Katrien. Kasia gave me a "colage", and my neighbours (Liesbeth, Jinse, Ellen and Stefan) a big pot of Nutella (jojojo), Two packets of Pim's chocolate (mmmm) and a pair of nice and thick gloves!! :DDD. And Katrien brought a chocolate cake, a speciality from her (just one of them!)

La Nish!! Merci x la presentació en Power point! Però la foto una mica antiga, no?? jejeje.
She is coming the third week of february!! You will see, the most terrible partying girl xDDD.

Somebody asked me a photo of Laura.. Here a funny one!!

I saw this one and I couldn't avoid putting it! What a nice couple xDD! We miss you here, Pablo!! xDD. ALthough, as you know, his real name is Eudald! You can see that Eudald had already drunk some beers when I took the photo... jejejej That was in the beggining of october! How fast time goes on!

I'm still waiting for your photosss, people! I va sobretot pels amics de casa ehhhhhhh, i va per tothom, ningú se'n salva!

I arribaren les dues desenes... (And number two decided jo join me..)

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In two hours!

:-)

Què us he d'explicar, no?

A previous and nice gift from my family:

Us trobo a faltar!

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FELICITATS BERNAT!! Que sé que ho llegiràs demà (o això espero), així que ja ho poso aquí!

This time, Kasia and Quim's post!

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Hello erasmus and friends and stupid people and others!!

Here we are with Kasia, writing some stupid words (it's the day of the 'stupid') and just having a relaxing but funny night!

Woooooowwww, we have new scarfs! DO you want to see them? (COme on Quim, we will take a photo with them).

One belongs to quim, another to Kasia (: ¬¬ what a stupid sentence) but in differents colors.

Kasia has been in Paris!! With Bianca and Katrien.

What's the story of the scarfs, Kasia? One a day Quim as sitting in the kitchen and then we were discussing with Katrijn (quim's neighbour) that Quim doesn't have a scarf, but wel a new winter jacket. So, Katrijn offered to do a scarf (she makes them. A lot of them, like grandmas).

And Finally, as Quim wasn't able to decide which colors, Katrijn made two. Quim choose one of them and Kasia managed to get the other one (jijijiji). [Kasia had been planning to get that scarf since Quim told her that Katrijn was going to make two. Did you think that Kasia was only that nice, funny, kind girl? NO! She has a dark side.... And finally today Quim has seen it]

Now only Quim and Kasia wear a special and original scarf in Gent. Another scarves don't count here. We are special and our scarves too:).

Ok no more about scarves for today!!!

: But wel about my hat (gorro en català, I don't know the english word for that). I have a tibetan hat! I always wanted one :D. You will see it in the picture.

Anything else Kasia that you want to add? "The only thing is that I'm jealous about your hat. I will go to Amsterdam (QUim: I bought it in Amsterdam!) to buy one.. jejeje"

See you, friends!

Kussen! Kisses!!Petons!Caluski!

Kasia & Quim

PS: the ones in the other picture are Kasia with Katrien (una noia americana, de Nova York)

Back from Amsterdam!

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Hello people! Friday night, after 7 hours of bus (don't ask why :S), the amsterdam expedition arrived to Gent. But not without visiting first some city in Holland and also Antwerpen and Brussels (now you know why 7 hours, including the "traffic jam" in the highway).

After a loooooooot of time without smoking anything, Holland's ganja deserved to be tasted. But I'm not going to explain anything else about this, you are seeing it in the photos ;-). Only comment that Super Skunk, for me, was the best one! :D

The expedition was formed for 11 people. 4 italians (Estefano, Nicolo, Francesca, Emmanuela), 3 belgians (Miriam and Estefanie from Vallonië, and Elger from Vlanderen), 2 turkish girls (Ece and Sevcan), Minda (from Lithuania) and me (question for the erasmus people: where am I from? jejejej).

In a hostel in the middle of the Red light District, amusement was assured jejejeje!

We (at least I) enjoyed it very much and we even recorded a video!(you should see it! xDD)

I strongly recommend the jamaican coffieshop, with a rastafarian guy working there, reggae and dancehall music all the time and good and cheap weed. Perfect!!

Looking forward to coming back there!!

In fact I didn't do much photos (other people did a lot), so I hope in some days I will have more to post here!

En català només afegir que el viatge ha triomfat caxo, pk era amb penya que realment encara no coneixia gaire (alguns gens), i tot i ser 11 ens vam coordinar molt bé i no va ser un problema. Es poden explicar moltes cosetes més del viatge, així que només cal preguntar :P.

Marranes playing! Walibi too!

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I promised photos, here are them. These two are from the first concert of the funky band (called 'Marranes' for that show, but probably going to be the definite name :S xDD).
The concert was in my building, organized by all the neighbours, and was a succes :D. THe police came, and that makes it even more succes xDD.

El concert va ser terrible, amb problemes a la guitarra i amb el plat caient-se tota l'estona. Però vaig riure molt, així que si més no va ser divertit. De moment encara sense cantants, però ja en tenim uns quants de mig fitxats, així que PAY ATTENTION TO THE NEXT SHOW!! (because I've said in catalan that we are going to have singers! Female ones, and beautifuls jejeje)

EL perquè de 'marranes' és molt senzill. A la meva habitació de l'edifici vaig posar un cartell que deia "Backstage. No marranes, abstenir-se" xDD. Hu sentu, ho havia de fer! Per una vegada que tenia alguna mena de backstage! I els hi va molar la paraula marranes als altres del grup (està clar k no ho entenien), i així va quedar :D.

And these one are from 'Walibi', the amusement park (parc d'atraccions) near Brussels.
Very very nice and thrilling, with a lot of nice roller coasters. Short ones but very intense.
THe roller coaster in the picture was, without doubting, the best. And the time we were (Gabriel, in the picture) in the first sits was amazing, hanging and without anything in front of you. Incredible :D.

The other picture is in the same place, with Kasia (we went there Gabriel, Kasia, Jordi, Vittoria, Lidia and me). The 'animal' touched first my 'perilla' (goat hair xDD) and then I decided to
touch his. Funny :-)

In one hour to Amsterdaam!!!!!!!!!!! A collir bolets! xDDDDD

Hello darlings!

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Today is the beggining of this incredible blog. The intention of it is to share the experiences in my erasmus with the other erasmus people in Gent and also with my friends all arround the world (yes, I'm international :D xDD).

Feel free (o més aviat, fes-ho!) to share your experiences, comments,... posting here! Ho estic desitjant (=I'm looking forward to it!).

See you soon!

PS: is the perfect excuse to show you pictures of how great is doing an erasmus. <<>>