Bollywood
Everyone I know kind of freak out when I say I am getting into Bollywood, and that I like it. But It is not so unlike me. All the indian mvies I have seen end happily or are meant to be funny. And the dancing makes me want to learn instead of scaring me away XD.

I know I already recommended Belly Delhi, so, watch it. But add to the count this fantastic Zindagi na Milegi Dobara, even though the kilometric title might not be very appealing, the entire movie is set in Spain, with spanish actors also. And please, compare the fidelity of the representation of the country as opposed to, for example "Vantage point", which was done in Mexico and somewhere that reminds me of Morocco, countries that I love, but are not in Spain.
You may think that Bollywood is crappy done and low cost, but at least they do their homework and do research about the country in which the movie is supposed to happen. Hollywood will simply and shamelessy show its wrong conceptions to the world without even think they may be in a complete error.

And the worst part is that we will believe it all, because it is a film from the States.

PS. Just because, a superb song from Delhi Belly http://grooveshark.com/s/Bhaag+D+k+Bose+Aandhi+Aayi+Www+songs+pk/45DQ3H?src=5

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILBO AND FRODO! (You can start greeting me too while you are at it)

And while I am talking about food, I might say there is something australian that I somehow skipped, it is called Vegemite.
This paste is made of god knows what, but I tend to compare it with Bovril. The flavour is horrible and too salty, yet somehow people here enjoy having a sandwich with this thing inside.

If you come to Australia be warned against it. However, if you still want to try, go to the supermarket, it is usually beside Nutella, peanut butter and other thigs that actually taste good.

And I completely fell for this when I saw a half price offer... because this just tastes different to any other, and I am a bit special with these things.

Seems like the posts are not from last month anymore, which is kind of bad since it means I have not posts scheduled for long. And that is why I am here. And also to talk about the food in Australia.

This country seems to rely in its neighbours for cooking their food, since most of what you can find is thai, malasian and chinese food. And of course italian, because the amount of italian people in here is incredibly high. The only typical australian food I can think of is meat pie, which is really good, but also reminds me a bit of the british, which is obviously the ones that brought the idea from overseas. That leaves us with kangaroo and emu that are actually kinds of meat and not dishes, being the last conclusion: There is no food from Australia.

However, you should try one of the nice burguer restaurants in Freemantle, the "just burguers" in Perth, and the meat pies in York. For a complete inmersion in the culture, go to Hungry Jacks and make a picture of the place, nobody will believe it relly is Burguer King if there is not visual proof.


Note the Whopper advertisement in the door, for those who are still dubious

Other imported concept, one I am very pleased with, even though my bank account thinks otherwise is this.



Does it ring a bell?, I bet it does not if you have not been to China on your own (those pesky tour operators just seem to enjoy you not being able to taste a bit of the local produce or real life in the place you go to), this, my friends is Pearl Tea (or as called in Australia: Bubble tea), one of the things I missed most after my trip to China. I love milk tea the way they prepare it, and if you add jelly spheres to the combination it just becomes the most awesome cold beverage in the universe. And I can have it here. For a ridiculosly high price and not quite the same taste, but I can. And I am very happy for that.

Tourism in Perth. Towns and stuff near Perth (In no particular order)

Mandurah.
Beautiful marina, packed with little shops and perfect restaurants to have a cake and tea (5.90 dollars in winter) and enjoy the sunshine while looking at the expensive boats. The streets and parks look like they were finished yesterday and it is so cute you want to spend the whole day wandering around.
Very small though, and I am pretty sure it will be packed in summer.

Freemantle.
Small town with a lot of beaches, the main street is always lively and the town hall is very nice even though is completely fake. Just wandering around is worth it, together with a visit to the markets.

York.
This town consists in one street that could have been taken from the Far West part of Port Aventura, cute, but do not know if worth the two hours drive.

Cotlestoe Beach.
In Perth, with awesome expensive looking houses in one side, kilometers of beach at the other, and fancy restaurants and cafes in between. Good place to walk in winter. I have yet to try it in summer.

New Norcia
Again one hour and a half away from Perth, this town consists in 3 builndings done by the spanish Benedictin monks when they came to Australia. Interesting from a historical point of view, but not espectacular.

Caversham.
My life is complete, I have feed a kangaroo. And made zillions of pictures of it. This is something everyone must do if they come to WA. It might be a huge big piece of nothing, but they have some ideas.
I have no idea of the price or how to get there as I was taken from the uni. Sadly the orientation week is over and I am not going to have more easy trips.

Day 1 - How did you find Fire Emblem?
I was actually just looking at some gorgeous art we found in the Internets, and realized that all the good epic fantasy characters that were well drawn came from the same series. Also, there was Pent. I do not even know how did we came across them, but I am proud to say that Smash Bros was not the cause, the GC game came later than the artworks to our life

Day 2 - Favorite Pairing
... eh... ah..... No, my pairings have nothing to do with reality whatsoever, and if I say Pent/Lucius you will make fun of me saying they do not even have support conversations (which is sadly true). So... well, I would have to say Clarine/Rugter, because they are so funny together I love them. And Tibarn/Reyson because it is CANON and if someone wants to argue that I would recomend them to hear the conversation Tibarn and Ike have in certain bridge full of traps in game 10.

Day 3 - What incarnation of the Fire Emblem is your favorite, and what would you do with it?
Prf, I do not think I would like to have the Fire Emblem on me, given the disasters they lead to. Also, most of the time the Fire Emblem does nothing at all, I prefer it as it is, an intangible legend.

Day 4 - Favorite Character
That is a very unfair question. Should I say Lucius, Pent, Reyson, L'Arachel and Rugter? In no particular order...

Day 5 - Favorite Lord
Hector and Lyn. I do not like lords, they are always a pain in the ass, but these two are pretty cool and their fighting style so different from the rest of the lords

Day 6 - How many FE’s do you have / have you played?
Let me count. 6, 7, 8, 10. However, I have started 4 and I could count 9 as if I went trhough it even though it was done between quite a lot of people

Day 7 - Favorite Game in the Series
SEVEN. 7. VII. Blazing Sword.

Day 8 - Hardest Last Boss Battle
I.. cannot remember properly, but I am sure it had to be the 6th, the whole game was pretty difficult to me.

Day 9 - Least Favorite Level
The dessert level in the Sared Stones (8th) game was A PAIN, you got two groups of people, one of them composed of 3 people you have never seen before. That is just annoying, even though the level was not so difficult.
And, in the 6th game, when you get Klein in the bottom, and the pegasus up, and you have to get Echidna and avoid losing villages while leveling Ellen is one of the most difficult things I have ever done.

Day 10 - Something you want to change in any of the games
Yes, the free experience in 9 and 10 takes half of the strategy of the game (same with the freaking towers in 8th, but then again, 8th is the easiest game.

Day 11 - Favorite Level
Mh, Not quite sure of this, but I kinda liked the boat fights in the 8th, even with the fog.

Day 12 - Favorite Class
Sage/Bishop. And Heros, and Swordmasters... and Generals. Lets just say I like most of them

Day 13 - Which character do you relate with the most, and why?
Eh??. I do not... THE TACTICIAN, (you did not see that coming, I am sure)

Day 14 - Best designed character or artwork
PENT PENT PENT PENT. (and Reyson)

Day 15 - Favorite Villain
Black Knight I suppose?, even though that story is completely wrong and full of "why would you do that"s

Day 16 - Least Favorite Character
Probably Ninian, but the kids duo come very close, Ephraim and Eirika are both completely horrible characters (Ephraim even a bit more than his sister)

Day 17 - Which stat is your favorite?
Luck, Def and Res

Day 18 - Best Storyline
6&7, no doubt.

Day 19 - Favorite Weapon
AIRCALIBUR. You se dragons fall to the ground in a hit from this, and still powerful to ground units

Day 20 - Prettiest Cutscene
The fight in 10, Tibarn turning into an eagle made me drool all over the controller

Day 21 - Which Country would You Live In?
I would like Ostia.

Day 22 - Something Silly
Keep missing when having a 96% hit. Happens to me far more often than it should

Day 23 - Something Epic
killing edges givin a higher percentage of critical than normal hit? (wait, should not that be in "silly" instead of "epic"?)

Day 24 - Favorite Sacred Weapon
Aureola, I suppose, if we take in account ALL of the sacred/divine/special/supercool weapons

Day 25 - Favorite archetype. (Jeigan, Nabarl, Ougma, Cain/Abel…)
NABARL, why would you even ask that. No wait, Jeigan is too funny to miss.

Day 26 - Scene/Moment that made you go ‘awww’
Remember the one in the bridge with Ike and Tibarn?, that one XDD

Day 27 - Scene/Moment that made you go ‘RAEGQUIT’
This did not happen to me, but we lost a whole hour of gameplay because Mist was in level 1 when suddenly she had to be present in certain fight (We did not like her.. and I still don't). Someone reseted the console in that moment even though we tried to prevent it. It was frustrating, but not enough to restart the battle!.

Day 28 - What should the next FE be like, if you designed it?
I would come again to the 6&7 world and make children and parents fight together. Because that is what epicness is made of.

Day 29 - Favorite OST/Song/Remix
Serenes forest song will never ever end giving me chills up the spine, Reyson voice is too awesome for words.

Day 30 - Why Do YOU Love Fire Emblem
Eh.. everything? well designed characters, beutiful artwork, women being awesome units (we are talking about Japan here, thankyou), also female armor finally gotten RIGHT, original gameplay system, interesting battles with heavy thinking involved XD

I think I should start with some travel advice, or tourist guide to Perth.

Today we start with MUSEUMS!

Next to the Perth Underground train station there are two of them, very close one to another, and the zone they are in is also beautiful and worth to take a while to see. (Specially the wetlands next to the art gallery), but lets start with it:
- Western Australia Museum
Not big, and very traditional museum, with a lot of animals and bones, couple of dinosaur models and an aboriginal exhibition that made me sick, but apart from that, the museum is well cared and nice for spending one hour or so.
- Art Museum.
I did not expect a lot from this, given that the farther they go back in history is 1860, and most of the stuff is this new thing they like to call art but is just a line in a paper. That is why it was a pleasant surprise to find two Rodins inside, and beautiful ones too. Also, some etchings from Goya (this was clearly the biggest surprise here), and some very beutiful aboriginal painting mixed up with the horrible modern art that was everywhere. Still it is worth coming and see the nice stuff.

Both museums work in a donations basis, you do not have to pay to enter, exactly the same as the British Museum in London, which is very nice of them.

Oh the AWESOME Campus Race was so cool I am still wondering if I can do something like that back in my Uni. we had to carry water in plastic cups that had holes the size of a chestnut, untie an human rope, did origami, ran all over the place, compose and sing a song, made a pyramid and a play of the Lion King in 2 minutes. (the play, not the whole race)
I have not had such a fun in ages, and we made it first! (well, 3rds, because we got distracted by the food when we were going to win). This Tuesday we will even get a prize!.
Today, however, it has been a little bit more boring, we went to see the AFL in a bar, and that was not as exciting as it might sound, but to make up for that, I lured some more people into going to Uluru, which is my goal after all.

And it is not over just yet, we have a dinner, and some trip to a wildlife park near here. Then it is Open Day and the week after the 4 kms race in which I am going to fail so hard it will hurt the remnants of pride I might have left... but hey, I get a T-shirt.

Pimp my rid... Bike

I finally got a bike. After 2 weeks of buses and spending money in the bus tickets (Kappa) like they were made of gold (/Kappa), I finally got someone who answered my pleas in Gumtree (well, in fact, I was only asking the size of the bikes). Problem came when I saw the bike, B, who was with me, inmediately said "no" to the bike and we left the place. She told me she would take me to some store. The prices were high as the Burj Dubai, so we left to head for the Kmart. Surprisingly enough, there was an already built bike that had been turned back to the shop for unknown reasons and costed 30 dollars less than the original price.
I could not believe my luck, and I still cannot, I like the color, the size is a bit small but good for riding and the gears go up with a button, how cool is that?.

Oh, and this is my bike:

The End.

This damned series have come to an end, and I was so devastated after going to the cinema that began to wonder if it was worth it. Long years have passed since the insistence of a friend made me start reading them. I was 15 years old, the 4th book was new and you could only find it in english yet. I was reluctant because the ubicuous "Wizard and Witch" stuff was all over the place (and I hate witch as a female version of wizard, which is NOT, at least, not nowadays) and the channeling of magic with a wand seemed lame to me.
However, I read them. And they really have defined an era, not because of their quality, but because the fans made it so. We did fanfics, fanarts, disscussed the future of the books and argued about what was going to happen, ended up having better endings for the series than the author and had fun dilucidating who R.A.B. was (well, that was pretty easy, now I come to think of it). We also protected Severus from those who did not get what was happening all along the 3 last books ¬¬.
Because, I will forever think this book is not about the kids, Severus Snape stole it halfway trought the books. And my opinion is NOT biased XD.

This has been fun to read... but it was more fun to ramble about it, and I will miss the discussions and the strenght of the fandom.

CHRISTMAS IN JULY!
This was clearly one of the events I was looking forward with more interest, celebrating two Christmas is clearly one of the best ideas these people have had.
And I even got someone to pick me up at my door, such nice people.
I tried to do crepes for the event, and I actually did not fuck it up. The meeting was okay, the secret santa was horrible, but the food was the best. And I got to meet people and that is what counts, everyone told me to call them if I needed something, giving advice, and i appreciated it a lot. Besides that, much talking and no games, but there is no helping that...

In other news, I am starting to think that the reason because I feel this uneasyness is due to the fact that I know I will never settle, I will never be able to say: "that is it, I do not need help from anybody to do what I want to", because in six months you cannot even think of buying a car, and life seems to be united to some kind of motorized vehicle (that and a GPS or a very good map). Everything is so far apart and public transport is such a mess that it takes hours to get anywhere. You want to go to the cinema?, you go to the shopping mall which is in the middle of nowhere. You want to shop?, same thing, You want to go to somebody's place?, pick the car, you want to have a life?...

I clearly came to Aurora and want to get back to the City. Ah, wait, I did not even come to Aurora, where are my servants?.

[EDITED several weeks later]. I actually.. do not mind that much anymore, I am regarded with high steem when I tell people I go places in a bike, nad you well know I am all about social acceptance

For some reason, the heating in the lab room I work in is STILL not working. Once again, they just pretend there is no winter. However, I managed to buy one of those noisy fan heaters, even with the clear opposition of Elendor, who might be reading this. This fan heater has saved my life, do you read me? (Well, maybe together with the hot water bottle) XD.
In other news I am still waiting for the students to come, since it looks like nothing happens around here till the semester starts, the groups I wanted to join seem to be dead and the Kendo course starts lightyears from now. In the meanwhile, I am visiting Perth, the zoo, the cinemas, and other very interesting choice of places. Like the supermarket, in which I laugh everytime I see the price of the freaking pinneaples or kiwifruits, are not they supposed to actually PRODUCE THIS?, how can this be more expensive than anywhere else in the world?, can anyone please explain to me, because everybody goes like: "yeah, we have to import everything and that is why is so expens..." WROOOONG. YOU DO NOT IMPORT PINNEAPLES, I should know I worked with them some time ago. Oh, and bananas are in sale for 12 dollars a kilo, but that has a very good explanation, and I really should not be making fun of it.

No, there is nothing wrong with the comic.

Belly Delhi

We went to the movies a couple of days ago. The shopping mall had one of those Christmas in July going on, which I do love, because there is always a reason to celebrate stuff and make a party.
But back to the movie itself, I found it great, funny, and well done. It is a pity Bollywood movies stopped being lame, because the ones with people dancing all about were soooo epic and cool I will miss them a lot, even though this one had a bit of dancing too.
About the topic, as Hansi said, and he keeps being right about things for some reason I cannot really grasp, it is like Tarantino made in India. The description is spot on, believe me.. and go and see it because you have to. Well, better download it, I do not think they will air that movie in Spain, or Europe, for that matter.

Winter INDEED is coming.

My first days here have gone smoothly, mostly because I have just spent a weekend here, lets see what happens at lab, people are so centered in their work I am scared to be the slowest worker, or not getting grasp of stuff.
However, I have already had time to visit a couple of towns around here, and discover the intelligence of the local bird species. There was one that knew how to open automatic doors. It stayed inside the refectory building till he bored and then flew around the sensor till the door opened. My eyes almost dropped while watching.

In other news... people celebrate Christmas in July here. HOW COOL IS THAT. I am going to have two Christmas this year, who was laughing at me for having to cope with two winters (specially given how much warm my body produces. hint: 0)

Eh.. I thought I would translate that but... NO FUCKING WAY *yaomingface*

Googletranslate it and post it in comments, I will enjoy a laugh.

Housekeeping

He estado planteándome como llevar una petición que me han hecho. Se trata de empezar a hacer los posts en inglés durante mi estancia fuera del país. No estoy segura de que a mis lectores hispanoparlantes les parezca una buena idea, pero más que menos todos podemos entender inglés, sobre todo el inglés de alguien que no es nativo, como es mi caso.

El caso es que he decidido hacerlo, empezaré a postear en inglés, aunque solo durante una temporada. Si alguien cree que es demasiado, antes de dejar de leerme, que me lo comente y empezaré con una versión bilingüe, al menos hasta donde pueda llevarlo.

Quién sabe, igual en dos semanas estoy diciendo que paso del inglés...

Open Arms...

Bueno, no es por menospreciar el resto del trabajo del maravilloso grupo alemán Elane, pero esta canción es la que pone los pelos como escarpias de verdad. Además si a eso le sumamos que la voz del cantante es... me recuerda de forma brutal a cierto mago pelirrubio de tunica azul y maestría en magia del aire, pues...

No hace falta decir mucho más, salvo los links y que no se por qué no he hehco este post hace meses, que es cuando descubrí el grupo. Tanto Twitter ya solo pongo las novedades acuciantes allí.

http://grooveshark.com/s/Open+Arms+for+The+Unseen+/3eLUb4?src=5

y para los que intentéis sobrevivir a la decadencia del Spotify:

http://open.spotify.com/track/4B1bCJBRBiE62jnsYVxuYG

Hace mucho que no hago un MEME!!!. He de deciir que asumo que hablamos de series con personajes reales, no dibujitos, porque entonces mi lista sería interminable

You can only watch 5 tv shows for the rest of your life, which ones do you choose?

Star Trek: The Original Series
Queer As Folk
Las reglas del juego (Leverage)
Boston Legal
El mundo de Beakman...
El Equipo A
El coche Fantastico
La Bola de Cristal

Apenas se ha notado. Y creo, además, que están en orden de preferencia