Cover in snow

I got up from bed this morning and looked through my window and wow!!!!
It was snowing a lot!!!!!
It was pretty dark and the entire city was cover in snow.
The colors were special. All kinds of grays were mixed in many different ways. It was truly beautiful!! I guess you could see it in both pictures. If you are wondering how the temperature was (because i did it this morning); it was -1 degrees Celsius. Yes, it was cold. Actually, it's kind of cold for this time of the year.
I got my "proper clothes" because Norwegians always say: there's no bad weather only bad clothes" or something like that. I put on my "proper clothes"and, i will make a list for you so you get an idea: warm wool underpants and shirt, wool socks, a thin sweater and then a thick one, warm pants, a nice warm coat, globes, a hat, warm winter shoes and finally, do not forget your scarf !!! Yeah, you must put on a lot of clothes!!! but it keeps you warm and isolated.
After this complicated part, i was on my way to the door and wondered whether i needed skis to go down the hill, or was it slippery? perhaps icy? So, i opened the door and carefully step on the floor. I stared walking and realized that i did not needed skis. The cars made a trail so you could walk on it. However, it wasn't that easy. I forgot about something, the wind!!! It was bloody windy. The wind could blow me and then, the snow was coming in any direction. I couldn't see. I opened my umbrella but it was hopeless. There's no umbrella which could resist this wind!!!! Never mind, i just had to get to work, right? So i walked under this conditions. I stopped from time to time and took pictures here and there. It took me 30 min to get to the University and i live close to it... Uff!!! I got so tired! You have no idea! What a experience! Walking in a snowing, windy and cold day in Bergen; it is a challenging experience! and I love challenges!!!

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.

A new life in Bergen

I moved back to Bergen. I move back, with a new life. I got back to this lovely town (well, i admit i change my mind when it starts raining a lot) When I got back from Venezuela, I was feeling incredible bad. More like sick and unbalance. I got very sad when i left home.

View from our place at Fjellien


I was feeling confused as well; but, as soon as i got back here i got much better. I do not know why. I guess that it is always hard to say goodbye to family and friends. I do not really know. The fact is that i am feeling better. This week has gone quickly. I got back last thursday. I got straight to my new place. The new place where i live is great. I live by the mountain, it is not too high. I just walk like 10 min from downtown. The street is called Fjellien. The house has a amazing view. You can see the fjord, mountains and the city. It is very calm up here. I share the house with two more people. My flatmates are a girl (Mia) and a guy (David), both from Sweden. They are great people and friends. Both scientists like me and we have a lot of things in common. So far, it's going great with them. When i got here, they were waiting for me to give me a welcome hug :)
I spent most of the last weekend unpacking and decorating my new room. It felt so great because i was moving from place to place for about 3 month and having my stuffs in boxes and bags. So now, i have settleed at last!!!!!!!!
So far so good. I feel very excited about my new life in Bergen and looking forward for what it will come next!
My room (half of it): a perfect decoration for a hippie girl :)

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?

The only thing certain in life is death

Someone i know told me that.
What a cruel but real sentence is.
We born to live and then die
When it would be?
We do not know. It will happen sooner or later.
We have born to then die.
During these days, I faced death so close to me.
My heart is sad right now but is trying to get stronger.
I am trying to understand death so harder
But is there really something I need to understand?
I do not think so, life is just like that.
We never expect it, I was not expecting his death but it happened.
Death suddenly hits you and we need to be ready someway.
I am not afraid of my own death but I am afraid of loosing the ones I love…
I will never be ready.
I get so insecure and scared.
Death changes everything.
It turns people’s life upside down.
We will never see that person again
Everything ends when we die
It’s just like that!
I do not believe in afterlife
So I get really sad because I know it won’t happen.
I won't see him again...
Other people believe in afterlife
And this comforts their pain in so way.
But it isn’t my case
We die and that’s all…

"Buildings And Bridges"

Buildings and bridges
are made to bend in the wind
to withstand the world,
that's what it takes
All that steel and stone
is no match for the air, my friend
what doesn't bend breaks
what doesn't bend breaks

we are made to bleed
and scab and heal and bleed again
and turn every scar into a joke
we are made to fight
and fuck and talk and fight again
and sit around and laugh until we choke
sit around and laugh until we choke

I don't know who you were expecting
probably some bitch who does not budge
with eyes the size of snow
I may get pissed off sometimes
but you seem like the type to hold a grudge
and in the end, I just let go...

Buildings and bridges
are made to bend in the wind
to withstand the world,
that's what it takes
All that steel and stone
is no match for the air, my friend
what doesn't bend breaks
what doesn't bend breaks

Ani DiFranco

Another season

I have started my last edition in English. I hope everybody who reads this blog is ok with that. I have just one reason for doing it…my non-Spanish speakers friends and fan of my blog cannot understand what I write about but honestly, I can express myself “better” in my native language. Anyways I will do me best. If there is any mistake, misspelling, wrong sentence structure I would really appreciate if you let me know. I would love to improve my English anytime….that’s it!

I do not know how to start my post today.
I wanna write something but everything seems confusing
my mind is unclear
my words are scarce
my heart is beating

I feel confuse and emotional.
I try to think and figure what it could be.
I couldn't concentrate.
I think harder, look inside myself.
I was tired for sure; I did not sleep too much last weekend.
I having my menstrual "issue" which makes everything even worse.
But besides all that I was feeling different.
I feel….

Walking back home from work, I tried to look again inside myself
I am holding my umbrella, trying to not loosing it.
it's raining and windy outside.
Then I looked around me, and I can notice that
The sky is gray.
Trees are getting yellow.
Some leaves have already fallen because it's very windy
The temperature has decreased.
Everything is announcing that the fall is here

You can feel it, you can see, and can even touch it
But you can not stop it.
It just happens.
It just how it is.
It is just one season over and one more coming.

And that's exactly how I feel today.
I know, realize, and feel that everything absolutely everything is changing again in my life
Our lives are just exactly like seasons…

Things in our lives come and end just like seasons
it takes seconds to get exited when something good its about to come, just like when summer is coming
but then, it takes time to adjust ourselves to new changes; just when summer is over
and at the end, It takes long time to let them go...

but at least we know that a new summer will come just as
new things will come along again...