Memorable songs part 3 " Deeper underground"

This song by Jamiroquai reminds me of my student times in Germany! by the way i also love the original video!

Sharing memorable songs part 2: "Nothing is gonna stop us" by Starship

Does any of you remember this beautiful song belonging to the soundtrack of the 80ies movie " Mannequin"? yes? then sing along with me! karaoke version below:



original movie video:

¿ Qué echo más de menos de España al vivir en el extranjero?

El otro día por casualidad un pequeño debate comenzó en facebook sobre los alimentos que echamos de menos, mis amigos españoles repartidos por el mundo y una andaluza emigrante , oseáse : yo. La gente me pregunta muchas veces que echo de menos de mi amada Andalucía pues bien , en este orden: Mi familia, la comida (incluido salir de tapeo), el sol, el excelente sistema sanitario español, la red de trenes (renfe), la semana Santa, la Feria de Córdoba y escuchar flamenquito en los bares (ahora hasta me gusta escuchar a los choris que tienen a camarón a todo volumén en el coche!!). Que pena que me haya tenido que ir fuera para apreciar cosas como: Una simple bolsa de gusanitos, de pipas o de quicos churruca, un chupón de coyac (siempre me traigo!),un buen tazón de colacao (esto parece como el anuncio ..jaja),jamoncito, un buen queso manchego, un buen cocido,aceitunitas, croquetas,el atún en aceite de oliva, los picos y como no, muchos platos cordobeses como el flamenquín o buen salmorejito! Que pena que en Dublín no haya ningún restaurante español bueno, de verdad , ni ninguna tienda especializada . También me encantaría tener un sitio al que pudiera ir a ver el sol, echarme unas sevillanas y tomarme un varguitas con hielo por 1,50 aunque sólo fuera por unas horas. Sólo espero que algún día la situación en España mejore para poder regresar y tener mi propia finquita en Andalucía. De momento me tengo que conformar con hablar con mi familia de vez en cuando por skype, con viajes a lo loco para España y ver fotografias de como van creciendo mis sobrinos. Eso sí, le estoy muy agradecida a Irlanda que nos ha dado mucho y sus gentes nos han acogido muy bien desde el principio y nunca nos hemos sentido discriminados. Incluso diría que el baile irlandés es parecido al flamenco pero sin mover las manos! Sin llegar a ninguna conclusión específica y limitándome a escribir lo que me va viniendo a la cabeza en una tarde de Sábado, me despido hasta el próximo post. Familia y amigos, os echamos de menos!

Movie Review: A single man (2010)

I´m not surprised the male protagonist of " a single man", Colin Firth has been awarded with a British Bafta, he made me feel from the beginning to end: i felt his pain, his love for his partner and his dead dog (I thought of my beloved cat), his love to youth, to the precious and short moments in life. It´s not a conventional movie at all, I have to agree with the critics in that I Saw some touches from Almodovar´s style on the movie, you can really see that Tom Ford was inspired by him among others. The movie based on the novel with the same name by Christopher Isherwood set in the 60ies with their gorgeous hair styles,dresses,stylish men suits, nice cars and houses, i loved every bit of it. I was told before watching the movie that it was "weird", of course this made me going to see it even more. I have to say that I dont agree, i didnt find it weird, it´s just not conventional, it goes back and forward in time, it is full of symbology with colours and the feelings transmitted by our looks and even touching a photograph of somebody you love that brings you flashbacks of the past. If after watching the movie you dont find it beautiful , please dont tell me, it is one of the best movies I have seen lately (I´m not going to mention the hot Spanish model in one of the scenes..wow! this also helped lol). MY husband also found the movie beautiful but he didnt enjoy it as much as I did, he felt more with the movie precious, also a very touching movie but i did like more this one. I´m going to end with one of the sentences I remember " you have to live the present and value the short moments that make you feel" "if you dont like the present, the future may not be better because the future is death"

Songs that bring back good memories - Hoy " Es por ti" Complices

He decidido que voy a recordar con vosotros canciones que han sido importantes en mi vida , como escribí hace un par de artículos, en youtube se pueden encontrar canciones con letras y se puede hacer uno su karaoke personal, esta canción es parte del mio " es por ti", recordáis al grupo Complices? uno de mis favoritos.., por cierto que siempre me llamaron la atención las cejas del cantante a parte de su bella voz,claro!

Viva los Carnavales de Cádiz! mi chirigota favorita de este 2010

Ayer disfruté al máximo cuando tuve le placer de ver el resumen de los carnavales de cádiz en canal sur y me entretuve con mi chirigota favorita de este año: Los Jartibles (van de mosquitos!), no tiene desperdicio,ni los disfraces que llevan ni sus letras tan divertidas! te harán reir, eso si entiendes el acento de Cádiz, claro! Espero poder estar con los chirigoteros el año próximo, qué arte que hay en mi tierra! Tampoco estuvo nada mal la chirigota de los famosos entre ellos con uno de los componentes de los Morancos y Jose Manuel Soto ,se llaman "los preparaos", os he puesto un trocito de su actuación en su segundo video.

karaoke on youtube to be entertained at home!

Some of you may already know the phenomenon of free karaoke homemade videos on you tube, this post is dedicated to the ones who are still thiking of buying a karaoke machine or even going to a bar! you can just look for any song you like adding "lyrics" or "karaoke" after the title, the most famous ones are in there. It´s a great entertainment for the evenings, specially when the weather is crap outside! You can also create your own karaoke playlist, i have my own now with 62 songs and im adding more everyday so when we invited friends over we can all choose any song we like.

By the way, i can´t sing, i´d be suitable for any talent show but i have so much fun trying to sing lol im only sorry for my neighbours!

A little example:

Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie

It´s the first movie I have seen from the British director Guy Ritchie (Madonna´s exhusband) and I have to say that I have become her biggest fan. I Want to start with one of his quotations in case anyone didnt like his last movie (specially Cris friend from Sevilla that found it boring..OMG!!) and to the rotten tomatoes critics that gave it only a score of 53% (in comparison with a 87 % rate given by the rotten tomatoes community): "I am relatively familiar with getting a good old rumping from the critics. In some cases, the critics just didn't like the film - fair cop. Others, I think, didn't understand it."
A friend asked me one day after i saw Sherlock Holmes: " was it long? " and then I said " I didnt even think of the time, i actually didnt want it to end" I think we you dont look at your watch when watching a movie is a good sign! I´m also a big fan of the main protagonist: Robert Downey Junior. He played Sherlock Holmes abilities to investigate others with a unique style that´s why he also got a golden globe award yesterday. Even the no so brilliant Jude Law played a good role! Some people complained that the film is a bit violent , well i found the violent scenes presented in a very aesthetic way by Guy Ritchie, you can even feel the punchs! The London surroundings are also very well portraited like the London tower bridge that was under construction at that time or the timeless Big Ben. To put it in a nutshell, it is an entertaining movie for people that want to see a movie directed in a different way, you will have a laugh and also try to find a logical explanation to the resurrection of the bad guy! Sherlock Holmes was able to find an explanation even for that and many more hints! The movie has a kind of open ending so i guess there will be a second part.. we will have to wait..

Mini , 16 años de vida a nuestro lado (Tribute to my cat)

English version below

Algunas personas no entienden como se puede querer a un animal de compañia como a uno más de la familia. A mí me ha tocado entenderlo personalmente hoy mismo, ya que mi gata, Mini, no está más entre nosotros. Mini era una gata chiquitita, siamesa, muy canijilla que recogimos de la calle. Mi padre se fue haciendo amiga de ella poco a poco, dándole de comer y beber en el garaje de mi casa. Con el tiempo Mini fue cogiendo confianza y se encariñó con mi padre quién acabó presentándola a la familia donde todas la acogimos como una más. Tenía mucha vitalidad, jugaba con todos nosotros/as, era traviesilla, se restregaba en los zapatos de las visitas masculinas para buscar afecto y cuando no le quedaba otra pues se conformaba con nosotras. Hoy por la tarde después de 16 años haciéndonos compañia y viviendo todas nuestras experiencias, Mini Ha dejado de maullar a la vera de mi hermana pequeña, la cual era como una madre para Mini siempre siguiendo sus pasos. Demasiados momentos vividos junto a Mini: las bodas de mis hermanas, cumpleaños, pérdidas de seres queridos,nacimientos de sobrinos, bautizos, navidades etc. Nuestra gata no era una gata cualquiera, tenía unos ojos preciosos y una gran personalidad, a mi siempre me reconocía a pesar de que llevo muchos años viviendo en el extranjero.Con Mini siento que se ha ido una parte de mi padre que permanecía viva ,ya que hay muchos recuerdos asociados a a momentos vividos con los dos. Mini, con tristeza y llanto te quería dedicar estas líneas en nombre mio y de mi familia en homenaje a tí, una gata fiel y agradecida hasta el último suspiro. Te queremos y te echaremos mucho de menos.

English version:

Some people can´t grasp how can you love a pet like a family member. Well, I had to understand this personally this afternoon since our cat , Mini, is no longer among us. Mini was a tiny, skinny and homeless cat that we adopted. My father started to build up a relationship with Mini little by little by feeding her and giving her some water and affection in our garage. With time, Mini started to trust and love my father whom in the end, introduced her to our family and we gave her shelter like one of us. She was very lively, playful and always looking for some affection on the shoes of any male visit and if there wasnt any she had to be conteted with our female shoes. This afternoon, after 16 years of being a great companion, she stopped mewoing by my sisters lap, whom was like a mother to her always following her anywhere she went. Plenty of shared moments with Mini: weddings, births of my nephews, loss of beloved relatives, Christenings, Xmas celebrations etc Our cat was a peculiar one, full of personality and with a pair of penetrating beautiful eyes, she always recognized me even though i have been living abroad for more than 8 years now. With my cats death, i feel like a part of my dad that was still alive is also gone, many moments associated to both of them. Mini, with my sadness and tears, I wanted to dedicated you in my name and in the name of my family, these lines in tribute to a truthful companion until your last breath. We love you and we will miss you

German Romantic Movie I recommend: Keinohrhasen

German comedy and romantic movie from 2007 directed and casted by Til Schweiger one of the hottest German actors on earth!!! This movie really made me laugh and I was entertained all the way through! It has been one of the best German romantic movies I have seen. The main line of the story is about a tabloid womanizer paparazzi : Ludo (Til Schweiger) that is sentenced to do 300 hours in a public Kindergarten. At the Kindergarten he meets Ana (Nora Tschirner) who used to be the nerdy from his school and he used to teased her, of course Ana remembers him well.. lol I truly recommend it even if you dont speak German (of course if you are into romantic movies,if not dont watch it!)

Os quería recomendar una serie andaluza en la red: La niña Repelente

Una serie de una familia sevillana que tienen una hija repelente un tanto peculiar.., con un padre parado y una madre depresiva.. No veas que bicho es la niña jaja..! los capítulos son muy cortitos y se pueden ver todos de maneras gratuita sólo en internet. Por el momento hay tan sólo 5 capítulos y los fans estamos a la espera de los siguientes! os dejo con el capítulo 3 que a mi personalmente me hace mucha gracia.. jaja



no os perdáis el resto de los capitúlos, sobretodo si queréis conocer a la abuela de la niña que es otro personaje!