wasting my time...

Internet, laptops, computers, chating programs, websides, youtube, facebook, gmail ++++++++++++++ and more and more...the list is huge! i think you already realize why i am going to talk in here....Internet is taking our lives!!!!

Yes, it is indeed. I can believe how many hours i spend on internet. My average of hrs spending on internet is about 16h/day!!!!!!! Which means 112h/week, including Sundays; which means 5840h/year

That's a lot of my time, that’s a lot of my life! Thats time that i should spend in something else. Perhaps right now, I should be doing something else (having sex, doing yoga, reading a book, listening to music, or painting) but instead I am here writing on my blog.
A summary of a normal day for me: I get up in the morning around 8 00 am; if i am not too sleepy. I go to the bathroom, then, to the kitchen, I make coffee. I TURN ON my laptop to check my emails, facebook, log in on skype and I check the weather for that day. Finally I get ready, and as soon I get to work, I set up my laptop and there you go INTERNET again. So, I do a second checking of my emails, which is a total waste of time! I don’t really need to do this twice. Anyway, the day goes by, I try to do some lab work, I probably will have a meeting or a lecture during the morning or in the afternoon but not matter what I do, I always find time again to check INTERNET!!! It is actually driving me crazy and is def addicted! At some point that I DON’T leave my laptop alone, I always carry it with me.

I think that a lot of people is having the same problem and are dealing with this same issue. We must stop it! This new way of living is killing relationships, friendships, communication skills and so on. I even communicate with both my boyfriend and flatmates on internet all the time and we leave in the same place! We use either facebook to send messages or skype to organized stuffs. We don’t use a cellphone anymore; we don’t talk too much anymore! Do I really need internet that much? I don’t think so.

I know internet as its advantages, I do not have doubts about it. Especially when you leave so far away from your hometown…internet is my contact point with them. My point here is that our life has changed without even realize it! We are victims of this new era of internet which has slowly taken our life as we were used to have it! Life is not private anymore, anyone could know about you, where you live, how your house looks like or you pets, whether your status is at the moment know were your exactly at that moment! or even see pictures of your family !!!! Anyways, this is my reflexion of the day. From now on (and hopefully I will manage to do this), less internet hours a day, perhaps I ll try to reduce them at least to 10.

Look at the winddow and see how beatiful is out there: Bergen from the top of Fløyen

The cat in the bus

I just could not leave this behind today. This post is just something; I wanna share with all of you. It may be a bit funny, but it can also show how different reality can be from one place to another one. I read the news everyday. It’s not because I want to be smart or something like that. I basically read it to check the weather report for next day :P Anyways, every time I do it, I also check other stuffs. I sometimes notice that Bergens news are estrange, unusual, funny and naïve. Maybe it’s nothing going on in this city. That may be the case. I usually check two websites: bt.no and ba.no. Last Saturday, I found two examples of what I call stupid news. Please, my Norwegian friends correct me whether I am misunderstanding the content of the news. They may probably be important. I just needed to show you an example of what I mean. BA newspaper posted the news about a cat "The cat in the bus" This cat likes to get in buses. They reported that the cat did not pay the ticket http://www.ba.no/nyheter/article3909394.ece

Come on!!!!!! I swear!!!!! this was news front page in BA.no last Saturday. Can you believe this? You do not need to read Norwegian to understand it; I guess you are getting my point right? The same day, I checked my country’s news, and then finally bbc news. The perspective is totally different from one website to the other one. It seems to me that people in Venezuela are living another world. This world is an unknown dimension in this country. It is just me or Norwegians are too naïve. Again, I have nothing against Norwegians (my friends can tell you this) I do love Norway and its culture but sometimes, they must need to see a bit of what reality is, outside their amazing country.

The chaotic city

In this post, I am not pretending to complain. I don’t even want to offend anyone. I just need to express my disappointment and frustration with what i call: “the chaotic city”
Caracas, my hometown, is the capital of Venezuela.
Place where I was born. Place which keeps my family and people I love.
Caracas has a population of around 5 millions. Caracas is contained entirely within a valley, and separated from the Caribbean coast by a roughly 15 km expanse of El Ávila National Park and its beautiful pick Pico El Ávila, which rises to 2,159 meters. The valley is relatively small and quite irregular. The main body of water in Caracas is the Guaire river. The climate of Caracas is wonderful and described as intertropical, with precipitation that varies between 900 and 1,300 millimeters (35–51 in) (annual) Actually, it can rain the same amount in one month in Bergen. The annual average temperature is approximately of 25 °C , with the average of the coldest month (January) 22 °C and the average of the warmest month (May) 24 °C
So, it sounds perfect! so far you may think, this is a beautiful place to live...
Sorry for disappointing you, but it is not.
I swear, I do not want to complain. But I am totally pissed off….
What is happening? This place and city is totally fucked up.
As an example; the other day, i was coming back home from my dentist. I wanted so badly to walk. I am tired of being sitting in a car; expending hours stocked in traffic. Believe me! you can expend 2 hours in traffic in just 3 km! I am not exaggerating this! So i told my mom today: Do not pick me up, I'd love to walk because I just like it and I am very used to do that in Bergen. So i did it, i walked back home but i got so disappointing again! As i walk, i noticed how messy the city is. Garbage everywhere blocking the sidewalk so it seems that you're crossing thorough some sort of obstacle race. Then, you get a nasty smell all the time, garbage, decomposed stuffs, drained water, cars oil etc etc etc...Besides that, it is an adventure to cross a street. You gotta be careful because a car can crash you! In addition to this, you must watch out people in cars. Actually, a guy in a car stooped beside me while i walk. This guy stooped his car in the middle of the street. Then, he started talking to me. He told me a lot of dirty things. I got scared and though! this guy will kidnap me. Maybe i am just paranoid! Am i?
I could make a huge list of thing that are totally fucked up in this city...
I am just tired of seeing people living in this mess. They are not doing anything about it. Everybody seems to just be conformed and that's it! Come on!!!
I am just wondering, when did that happen? What happen to Caracas? Caracas was a beautiful place. Caracas was an inspiration for musicians (like the famous Billo's song "Caracas, Caracas, como me gusta esta ciudad" in the 50's), poets, painters.
Can please somebody do something? Can please someone help me to understand?