Scarface

This is a film that impresses you. Al Pacino at his best. Words from this movie keep getting at you, and every time they get to you...you realise over and over again the truth in them.

- "I always tell the truth, even when I lie"

- " Lesson number one: Don't underestimate the other guy's greed!"
"Lesson number two: Don't get high on your own supply."

- " I'm Tony Montana! You fuck with me, you fuckin' with the best!"

- "Every day above ground is a good day."

-"In this country, you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the money, you get the power. Then when you get the power, then you get the women"

-"All I have in this world is my balls and my word and I don't break them for no one"

-" You know what capitalism is? Getting fucked!"

-"This is paradise, I'm tellin' ya. This town like a great big pussy just waiting to get fucked."

These are just SOME of the phrases that keep on thumping on my ears. There are lots more. Just an interesting fact: this movie uses the word "fuck" 207 times in all. An average of 1.22 "fucks" per minute!!!!!

Promoted to 2nd yr!!!!

Yeah...I still exist. My last few posts regarded my exams time-table. Here I am, two months later, proudly stating that I am promoted to 2nd yr :D :D


For the first time in my life, I managed to get two jobs this summer: TEFL teacher and call agent with the country's national airline. However, this was proving quite difficult and stressing for me. As a result, I quit my teacher job on Monday. It was the less stressing of the two jobs, but it also was only a summer job. The call agent thingy I can keep even during university, so it proved to be the best option to make. I need money!

Good News

I have some interesting updates to make.

The first one regards my unforgettable birthday, by the sea eating delicious Chinese food with my baby. It was so romantic this time, thinking of that bottle of red wine with a white rose tied round its neck and that little game revealing a trip to Ireland coming September :)

Second update: I passed my driving test!!!!! I just couldn't believe it. It has become no easy task these days. One of my fellow candidates was saying something about hers being the 4th attempt... Phew! That's one hell of a relief! Any one for a ride dudes?

Exams Time-Table

...as if I need to be reminded. Anyways, this shows the degree of the obsession I am developing as regards to the beloved exams.

Wednesday 30 th May: 8.00 am - 9.15 am: Perfectionnement de la langue

Thursday 31 st May: 8.00 am - 10.00 am: Initiation à la traduction
4.45 pm - 6.45 pm: Population, Culture, Society II

Friday 1st June: 2.15 pm - 3.15 pm: Le théâtre au XXe siècle
4.45 pm - 5.45 pm: Geomorphology and Oceanography

Saturday 2nd June: 9.15 am - 11.15 am: Pratique de l'Oral

Tuesday 5th June: 12.00 pm - 12.15 pm: Linguistique Théorique I

An exam or 2 nearly every day...just fine!

Literary Award

Last Friday was held the 5th Junior College Awards event. I was so surprised that I got an invitation. Plus there was nothing written on what my award is all about. Once there I got to know I had been awarded a Literary Price for having placed 2nd in a literary competition entitled Concours Vision d'Europe at the Alliance Francaise de Malte. It was a pleasant evening!

Good Morning!

Yes, this morning was one of the best I had lately (not considering the weekend break at Baksu's farmhouse).

The first thing I saw this morning when I opened my eyes was Baksu. He passed to my house to hand me a book which I had to use later today. I was so happy to see him that I couldn't help but grab him closer, kissed for a while and whispered some sweet early morning words. I wish we had more time before he would start work.... ;) But I can't really complain.

To make things even more wonderful, at 9.45 I received a phone call from one of my fellow students who told me that we were having an extra lecture today at 10.00 and instead of the lectures from 12.00 to 14.00 we were going to have lectures at 15.00 to 17.00. Well, first of all I have no means to make it to university in 15 mins and secondly I already had an appointment with my driving instructor at 15.00, which appointment I cannot cancel because I already had cancelled a previous one due to the unfortunate loss of my grandfather.
Meaning: no university today!

Still Alive

As one can perceive from my long absence of posting and as I forecasted the tide did get in actually. But I'm surviving so far. Loads and loads of things happened; good and bad. Thanks to that special someone I'm still alive and kicking. Some other relatives of mine aren't though :( Anyways, life must go on...

Everything in place

Or so it seems. Exams are over, assignment finished in time, me and baksu had a small break from our busy world and most importantly the asshole who was pissing me off has decided herself to back off from the group...about fuckin time!! Better late than never however. I could enjoy life from a better stand point for the last week or so. The cherry on the cake was the weekend because baksu finished his exams only on Friday morning but we treated ourselves for that afterwards, didn't we? ;-) We also washed baksu's car. The last time we washed it was like a century ago...no wonder I got all my nails black. But it looks awesome again now the black taxi :-)

Cool...let us make the best out of this (thinking of next weekend olala ;-) ) before the tide starts coming in again.

My 2nd baby...My Opel

Meet to cheat

Yesterday, I was reading this article and I couldn't help but pity the valueless world we happen to be living in. It regards some internet-based agencies that help married people, who for some reason or another are unhappy in their marriage, to find a sexual partner who is in the same situation as them. The agency also provides an alibi for the person involved so as not to get caught!

Case 1: a man found out that his wife was cheating on him. As a revenge he set out to date women in this way. In this case hi5 to you man! May you have as many women in a day as your supposedly wife will have men in her entire lifetime. The only drawback is that you may be a complice in the deterioration of someonelse's marriage.

Case 2: a woman is unhappy in her marriage because her husband is so indulged in his work that they hadnt have sex for the last 10 years. Here I blame the husband. Persons who know that they dont have time for something should not engage someone else in this something with them. The only drawback is as above.

Case 3: a man goes to such agencies because his wife has developed an illness and, without her having an option she could not be the wife she used to be. The man states that by having sexual relationships with other women he is learning how to be a better husband for his wife. Omg! How farther than this egoism can possibly go? Have we forgotten that when we engage in a relationship (of any kind) with someone, we are doing this for the better and for the worse? I dont think we've forgotten. It's just a matter of us running away from our responsibilities. As if he would have been a happy man if he had to be the one who fell ill and his wife did this to him? I wonder what's next....next time my mother feels sick I try to find another mother for the day or what?

The mentality of me, myself and I, which apparently engulfs most people, really disgusts me; especially so when at the end of the day we all depend on one another. Oh values where are you? Down the drain I have just realized. Thank god that most of the time I'm surrounded with those few people that still have a notion that values once existed.

End of year 2006

IN THE PAST YEAR

Have you had any relationships this year? yep, the 3rd yr in a row
Been to church? for a wedding perhaps but i dont remember

Cried? is there really a need to ask? yeah i did

Been on a diet? nope...gimme more food plz

Went Camping? yeap 2 times in Wales

Bought something(s)? of course...my cowboy boots was the best deal

Met someone special? it didnt turn out that special and i wish i never met them

Gone Snowboarding? yeah...Malta's covered with snow right now

Whom are you thinking about right now? exams...exams....have i mentioned exams?

Hugged someone? yep :)

Slept in someone elses bed? aha... in fact i cant even see baksu's bed that i dont get under the covers

Drank any alchohol? yep. That wouldnt have been a year if i didnt

Loaned out money? lol! Me lending money?? Usually it's the other way round

Gotten in a car accident? nope thank god

Last Person you hugged? Baksu

Last Person to call you? Mum i think

Who was the last person you danced with? group of friends actually

Who did you last yell at? mum for a change

TEN FACTS

Hometown?Kirkop

Natural hair color? light brown

Initials? BF...break fast

Hair style? long, curly most of the time buq

Eye color: dark brown almost black
Mood: feeling like doing nothing

Where would you rather be? playing a pc game with baks

Last thing you drank? orange juice

TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE:

Have you ever been in love: yes

Do you believe in love? yeah

Why did your LAST relationship fail? i just preferred the friends way of life

Have you ever been heartbroken: yes

Have you ever broken someone's heart: yeah more than once and i feel bad about it

Have you ever fallen for your best friend? no friends are friends for me

Have you ever loved someone but never told them? i dont remember actually but i dont think so.I prefer to speak my mind

Are you afraid of committment? Not really

Have you had more than 5 different serious relationships in your life? Nope, 1 is more than enough lol

5 EMOTIONS

Are you missing someone right now? Yeah, 2 actually

Are you happy? Could be better

Are you eating something right now? No but soon lol

Do you like someone right now? yep my 1 and only

It breaks my heart

Yeah it does. It really hurts when 2 friends of yours break up after a relationship of 8 years. It hurts even more when after a year that they are no longer together they chat as they are the bestest of best friends. In fact, they know each other like no one could ever dream of getting to know any one of them. It tears your heart wide open when you see him mentioning her in his blog with 'her' in big capital letters or with a lot of emphasis. When playing truth or drink (another form of truth or dare) he was asked in which period of life would he return if he had the possibility to choose. His answer: first year with HER. She is less emotional than him but since their break-up she opened up more. She couldnt control her tears before his & her departures to different foreign lands and to the lyrics "goodbye my lover, goodbye my friend". I wonder what keeps them apart while there's still such a strong bond between them?

A day dedicated to us

Yep we needed this day alone together Baks...me & you, you & me. The last days of 2006 were not quite what one would wish for. Although things were already settled between us we didn't have the desired enough time to just concentrate on us, away from work, university, good friends and BAD friends. And this was it: the 2 nd January, just you and me.

The choice of location was excellent. I really loved those clay cliffs, green countryside and spectacular beach. I can't complain on those short pauses for kisses and hugs neither :) It's all a girl could wish for I must admit. And you gave it to me. I'm so proud, grateful and yeah...happy...after such a long time.

For all this and much more I'd like to thank you. You don't know how much I appreciate this and every other little insignificant detail (buying me chocolate while at the ladies) because these mean the world to me. I'd like also to let you know that I regret the moment when I got angry at you because I was so afraid to follow that path. For a split of a second I kind of forgot that nothing is impossible when I'm with you. In fact, nothing is because hand in hand we did make it!

Baks, I love you dearly...more than words can actually say. Only 1 thing was missing yesterday. I'm not blaming you; it's because things came the way they did. But I'm sure we'll compensate for it tonight ;)

Cher père Noël

Cher père Noël,

Il y a environ dix ans que je ne crois pas en toi mais il y a des moments où l’on est prêt à tenter n’importe quoi. Ces derniers mois étaient tellement sévères et stressants pour moi que la moindre pensée sur Noël me rend heureuse comme une fille de quatre ans. C’est stupide. Je le sais. Mais il n’y a rien à perdre quand même !

Donc, en ce qui concerne ma commande, je voudrais que quand tu descendras du ciel tu m’apporteras avec toi sur ton traîneau. Puis laisse-moi tomber dans quelque village alpin pendant ton retour au pôle Nord. Quant je serais tranquille là-bas ! Entourée de nature, montagnes, vaches, chèvres…éloignée de personnes égoïstes, dominantes, menteuses…c’est mon paradis terrestre !

Mais soyons un peu réalistes ! Pour que je ne t’inquiète pas trop, je te demande seulement de m’apporter une jolie voiture ; pas très chère mais fiable. Je la mérite je crois. Je fais toujours mes devoirs et je ne dispute jamais avec mes frères ! Tu sais mon papa Noël préféré, même si tu ne m’apporteras rien, je me sens déjà mieux de confier mes vœux avec toi et cela suffit pour moi.

Je te promets de préparer des biscuits et quelques gâteaux quand même ! Une bouteille de whisky t’attendrait aussi près de cheminée. Je te fais de gros bisous enneigés !

How to put together a cheese plate

1. Have a theme. Actually, there is no hard and fast rule about a theme, but it sure makes it easier for cheese novices to choose from the dozens, if not hundreds, of cheeses available at the cheese counter. Country, milk type, texture, producer, cheese type, rind, matching a wine you are serving – all of these are potential themes for a plate. Alternately, a non-theme will work too. Picking one cheese each from the category of milk types –sheep, goat, cow – can create a cheese plate with textural, flavor, and visual variety. If you are totally lost, ask your friendly cheesemonger for advice – that’s what they are there for!
2. Keep your numbers odd. Cheese plates should have an odd number of cheeses – 3, 5, 7, etc. – rather than even. This is a guideline; you could serve 4 or 6 if you like, but the balance of odd numbers is visually pleasing and is reflected in other arts, particularly Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement.
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   Arrange your cheeses from mildest to strongest if you are serving cheese as a course. Lay out your cheeses with your mildest cheese at twelve o’clock on the plate, and place the rest of the cheeses – mildest to strongest – clockwise, down and around. Your mildest cheese will end up next to your strongest cheese, if you have a sizable cheese plate. Blues are almost always the strongest cheeses on the plate, followed by washed rind cheeses.
4. Add accompaniments. Other foods can intensify and even change the flavor of cheese. Serve cheeses with a variety of accompaniments like toasted nuts, quince paste (membrillo), slices of pear or apple, dried fruits, wine jelly, Italian mostarda, fig cake, or date cake (and any number of other treats available today). Crackers are good if they are to be used as a palate cleanser, but bread is far more interesting as a vehicle for cheese. Try a bread with nuts and fruits, like a pecan-raisin loaf or cranberry-walnut bread.
5. Pick a drink to go with it. Water is nice, but wine is finer. If you are serving cheese at the end of the meal, the last wine you serve with the entrée can be served with dessert if you don’t want to fuss too much. You can also choose a wine to pair with your cheese course, if you really want to create a dazzler (ask your cheesemonger for advice if you have a broad range of cheeses). With strong blues, nothing beats dessert wines like Port, Tawny Port, Muscat, late harvest Zin, Sauternes, etc. Milder cheeses can be overwhelmed by syrupy dessert wines, so avoid them if you are not serving strong cheeses.

Le peul

C'est un langage francophone parlé en Afrique de l’Ouest {à partir du Sénégal au Cameroun et au Soudan}.

Malgré son status francophonique. cette langue n’a rien à faire avec le français. C’est assez de noter qu’ on appelle un chien, un rawaandu.

Le théâtre contemporain français

Le théâtre est un art qui a pour but la représentation d’une suite d’événements devant un public où des êtres humains agissent et parlent. Les premières formes de théâtre avaient lieu en Grèce. Puis, d’autre artistes autour du monde étaient inspirés de ces innovateurs et voilà donc le théâtre partout. Dans chaque pays, cet art est enrichi par des caractéristiques indigènes et on peut ainsi parler de théâtre anglais, allemand, français et tout le reste.

En ce qui concerne le théâtre français, ce sont des auteurs comme Molière et Corneille qui brillent. Cependant, beaucoup d’autres génies ont donné leur participation au fil des siècles pour réaliser ce qu’on appelle aujourd’hui le théâtre moderne. C’est justement dans la période de l’après-guerre que le théâtre est rendu autonome pour la première fois avec la fondation du Centre dramatique de l’Est. L’écriture prédominante est celle de la mort et de la peur où l’Histoire se pose des questions de liberté et où la politique s’arrête devant des problèmes de conscience et de morale. Ici, des auteurs comme Jean-Paul Sartres, Albert Camus et Henry de Montherlant triomphent avec leurs pieces Huis Clos, Caligula, et Port-Royal.

Puis dans les années cinquante, on connaît une révolution dramaturgique dans la langue théâtrale. Les auteurs de l’époque; Beckett, Adamov, Ioneco parmi eux, étaient sévèrement critiqués par Le Figaro commes des idiots et monotones. Cela ne vaut plus aujourd’hui où ce théâtre est tellement connu, joué, étudié et célébré. Au contraire, les années soixante porte avec elles une crise d’identité pour les écrivains. Le public préfère assister aux pièces classiques qu’aux celles des nouveux metteurs en scène dont il ne sait rien. On donne plus d’imporantce au spectacle qu’à la pièce. Donc beaucoup d’auteurs, comme Jean Vauthier, Jean Andureau, et René Kalisky, ont continué leur travail loin des salles des théâtres.

Heureusement, dans les années soixante-dix et quatre-vingt on retourne dans un âge où le metteur en scène regagne son caractère. Il devient roi, parfois même un tyran qui commande à tous; acteurs, auteurs et décorateurs. On voit ici l’introduction des médias dans le secteur théâtral et des metteurs en scène comme Adrien, Brook et Chéreau deviennent des vedettes.

Plus récemment, dans les années quatre-vingt dix et le nouveau millénaire, l’auteur est à la fête. Cela est souligné par exemple par la croissance remarquable de la plus jeune des maisons d’édition, Les Solitaires Intempestifs, consacrée aux textes de théâtre d’auteurs contemporains. De plus, des festivals (le Mousson d’été de Michel Dydim) et des revues (Alternatives théâtrales) dediés à la scène, connaissent un grand succès. On peut noter aussi des nouveaux formes de théâtre comme le théâtre de rue, le nouveau cirque, le dadaïsme et le surréalisme, avec des artistes comme Jean-Luc Courcoult et Bartabas le maestro du cirque Zingaro.

Pendant les années, le théâtre a toujours resté un lieu vivant et communautaire malgré des changements exigés par la réalité du moment. Le théâtre contemporain parle du monde et comme il va et tent de faire un pont avec ses origines. La question du rapport de la vie de l’individu à l’histoire des hommes reste au centre de cette écriture théâtrale comme elle l’a toujours été.

Soon on the roads

I would like to inform the general public that as from next Tuesday I will be on the roads. I therefore, will not assume any responsiblity for potential damages as everyone is now advised to get off the roads as much as possible for the rest of one's life!

Current Reading List

Le Tartuffe by Moliere













Les Chouans by Honore de Balzac














Le Meunier d'Angibault by Georges Sand



















Phedre by Jean Racine

New Oxford Dictionary

University: a system/place where the staff knows absolutely nothing about the system/place

Maltese bookshops: an outlet where there's a 99% chance that you don't find the book you are looking for and where if you decide to order that book you must spend the rest of your lifetime waiting for it