On Sunday, July 25th, the Yokohama Stadium (venue for last Soccer World Cup's Final match) was filled with about 50,000 fans of rock music who went to enjoy a full day of rock!
My friends and I woke up unusually early for a sunday morning because we had to be in Yokohama by 9 am. We didn't want to miss any details. Packed some frozen water which we prepared the night before, made sure we had our tickets, a cap and towell because we knew it would be a HOT day ... not only because of the sun, but because we would be warming our bodies jumping around, singing and trying to not get killed by the crowd.
The first band playing was "HY", an okinawan band. I was familiar to 3 of their songs and I liked them, so at least I was able to sing along ;) Then it was TRAPT's turn, to tell the truth, I didn't really know them. It's a californian band that was around for 10 years and finally released. They played many times as Papa Roach's supporting band. "Headstrong" their cd's opening track was the best performed song in the concert, followed by "Echo".. just my opinion.
At 13.10 Black Eyed Peas grabbed the mic and they got us retarded ;) This band's style (hip hop) is not one of my favs but I really enjoyed the show, they perform excellently on stage. They made the public dance and jump with "Hey mama", "Let's get restarted", "Shut up". What I would change about it is Fergie's singing, I mean... we all know she was a great voice but she didn't need to overdoze us with it.
L'Arc en Ciel's turn was at 14.20. This is a japanese band from whom I was expecting a lot more. I don't know if it was made on purpose but they used too much distorsion and the sound was hurting my ears. It was too hot at the stadium and I started feeling dizzy, so I took a nap during their concert (shame on me!)
Then it was Lenny Kravitz's turn!! This gentleman offered us a great show, he even went into the crowd, said some words in japanese and asked a translator to tell the public what he wanted to say. I think it was a nice detail. Don't talk about his show, he even played some drums for us! A song from his new album that I can recall is "California", and the rest were songs we already know very well.
Finally, after Lenny Kravitz's show Red Hot Chili Peppers went on stage !!! I couldn't believe my eyes! I sung all the songs, laughed with their jokes although some were bad ... haha. Something I really liked was Flea's performance... He played the trumpet in a way I've never heard the trumpet. It sounded like a cry, a beautiful cry. I was vibrating with the concert. I admire these artists that are able to make us feel alive with their music, art or whatever form of expression.
In the end, this wasn't actually a report about the concert, but just some thoughts. I think that the best place to watch a concert would be Japan because of the quality of the sound system and the organization... but I'm sure I wouldn't go to Woodstock if it was held in Japan... it just wouldn't be the same...
July 28, 2004
July 14, 2004
sans titre
Canciones silenciadas,
abrazos no dados.
Palabras desperdiciadas...
Voy acumulando
día tras día en mi andar mundano.
Impulsos reprimidos,
caminos no andados.
Besos guardados...
Me van perturbando
noche tras noche cual arrepentimiento pagano.
Vida sobrevivida,
amores subestimados...
Una venida, dos idas.
Sentimientos ajenos que van quedando
en un corazón de piedra
tan mío, tan extraño.
abrazos no dados.
Palabras desperdiciadas...
Voy acumulando
día tras día en mi andar mundano.
Impulsos reprimidos,
caminos no andados.
Besos guardados...
Me van perturbando
noche tras noche cual arrepentimiento pagano.
Vida sobrevivida,
amores subestimados...
Una venida, dos idas.
Sentimientos ajenos que van quedando
en un corazón de piedra
tan mío, tan extraño.
July 12, 2004
Movies
I always liked to watch movies. I like the foreign and/or independent ones. When I was in Paraguay it was difficult to find the ones I wanted to watch because the video rental stores didn't have unusual movies, they just had the ones everybody wanted to rent like Hollywood production. I won't say all the movies made in Hollywood are bad, but I really prefer the simple-complicated stuff. Not too many guns, good dialogues. Now that I have a wonderful internet connection, I'm on a quest for good movies. Here's my list of some "better than average" movies.
- La vita e bella/Life is beautiful (1997) Wonderful italian movie about the WW2 and how a simple man gives his son a happy life during the war.
- The Matrix (1999) I liked the part one, maybe my geek side liked it ;) "There's no spoon". I liked the "philosophy" on it.
- Hable con ella/Talk to her (2002) Director Pedro Almodovar's spanish movie about a guy in love with a coma patient. I love the music in it.
- Requiem for a dream (2000) If I never planned to take drugs, after watching this movie I assured I wouldn't do it.
- Se7en (1995) Bloody but goody.
- Back to the future (1985) If someone said the sagas aren't good, this is an exception.
- The Goonies (1985) An adventure movie that is a must when you're a kid.
- Gattaca (1997) Futuristic movie, I liked the story.
- Pulp Fiction (1994) No comments needed. This movie is number 95 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies
- Fight Club (1999) "You are not your job. You are not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You are not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world." - Tyler Durdeen.
- Forrest Gump (1994) This movie has a wonderful quote "I might be dumb but I know what is love" - Forrest
- The Sixth Sense (1999) You shouldn't believe all that you see.
- Almost Famous (2000) I love this movie, I don't know if it is because I love music, but I found this movie worthy of watching many times.
- Memento (2000) What can you do if you can remember only 10 minutes of your life?
- Lost Highway (1997) A movie you need to analyse to understand. And after you analyse it you have to analyse it again
- Cinema Paradiso (1989) Italian film about the magic of the movies.
- Lord of the Rings (2001-2002-2003): Who doesn't know about this saga? Everything is perfect but I prefer the book... I loved the book when I read it, and I didn't want to wait 3 years to see all the movies, but after these years, I stay with my "imaginary scenes".
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) An excellent drama about an innocent man that was condemned for killing his wife.
- Face/Off (1997) Action movie with a bit of sf. A criminal and a police have their faces switched and their lives as well.
- Thirteen (2003) Drama about the problems of adolescence. I thinks this is closer to the reality than other movies that just show an immature bunch of kids.
- The Hole (2001) English movie. The first 40 minutes are kind of boring, but the switch of the story is really good. How many truths are there?
- Bedazzled (2000) A romantic comedy that shows that what you want is not always what you deserve. It made me laugh, smile and think a bit.
- Cidade de Deus/City of God (2002) A brazilian movie about the reality in the "fabelas". Shocking, a bit excessive but close to the reality that we are blinded to.
- Das Experiment/The Experiment (2002) German movie based on a true story of an experiment held in a prison to study the human behaviour.
- Lola rennt/Run Lola Run (1998) A good action movie, it's different and entertaining. German movie.
- Amelie (2001) French movie about Amelie Poulain, a girl with a great imagination. No bad situations, sometimes it's nice to see happy movies.
- Girl with a pearl earring (2003) The story behind a painting of Johannes Vermeer; "Girl with a pearl earring" has a beautiful photography and even though the story is not vivid, the beauty of the scenes are worthy.
- Amores Perros (2000) Love, hate and dogs are put together in this mexican movie. I don't know about the subtitles, but I saw it in spanish and I liked the movie.
- Abre los ojos/Open your eyes (1997): A spanish movie by Alejandro Amenabar. Abre los ojos is a psychological thriller about the power of the human mind to bend and break reality. The movie "Vanilla Sky" was based on this movie.
- 50 First Dates (2004) Romantic, comedy version of "Memento". About a girl who can remember only one day of her life and a guy who fell in love with her and has to deal with it. Fun and nice.
- Shaolin Soccer (2001) Chinese movie, it's so silly that makes you laugh the whole movie. I reccommend it :P
- The Ring (2002) I liked this movie better than the original version. Maybe because the story was clearer and I found it a bit scary.
- Final Destination 1 & 2 (2000-2003): Something wasn't good about the movies, but it made me be more careful about what I do because death could be anywhere.
- Cube (1998) and Cube 2: Hypercube (2002): Low budgeted sci fi movies but the story is so good that it overcomes the problem.
- The Butterfly Effect (2004) I like the philosophy of the movie, but they could have made it better.
- The Fast and the Furious (2001): I just love the cars, no good story. I could watch it many times just to hear the engines.
These are the ones I remember now, reccommend me any because I'm always in search for good movies :)
- La vita e bella/Life is beautiful (1997) Wonderful italian movie about the WW2 and how a simple man gives his son a happy life during the war.
- The Matrix (1999) I liked the part one, maybe my geek side liked it ;) "There's no spoon". I liked the "philosophy" on it.
- Hable con ella/Talk to her (2002) Director Pedro Almodovar's spanish movie about a guy in love with a coma patient. I love the music in it.
- Requiem for a dream (2000) If I never planned to take drugs, after watching this movie I assured I wouldn't do it.
- Se7en (1995) Bloody but goody.
- Back to the future (1985) If someone said the sagas aren't good, this is an exception.
- The Goonies (1985) An adventure movie that is a must when you're a kid.
- Gattaca (1997) Futuristic movie, I liked the story.
- Pulp Fiction (1994) No comments needed. This movie is number 95 on the American Film Institute's list of America's 100 Greatest Movies
- Fight Club (1999) "You are not your job. You are not how much money you have in the bank. You are not the car you drive. You are not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis. You are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world." - Tyler Durdeen.
- Forrest Gump (1994) This movie has a wonderful quote "I might be dumb but I know what is love" - Forrest
- The Sixth Sense (1999) You shouldn't believe all that you see.
- Almost Famous (2000) I love this movie, I don't know if it is because I love music, but I found this movie worthy of watching many times.
- Memento (2000) What can you do if you can remember only 10 minutes of your life?
- Lost Highway (1997) A movie you need to analyse to understand. And after you analyse it you have to analyse it again
- Cinema Paradiso (1989) Italian film about the magic of the movies.
- Lord of the Rings (2001-2002-2003): Who doesn't know about this saga? Everything is perfect but I prefer the book... I loved the book when I read it, and I didn't want to wait 3 years to see all the movies, but after these years, I stay with my "imaginary scenes".
- The Shawshank Redemption (1994) An excellent drama about an innocent man that was condemned for killing his wife.
- Face/Off (1997) Action movie with a bit of sf. A criminal and a police have their faces switched and their lives as well.
- Thirteen (2003) Drama about the problems of adolescence. I thinks this is closer to the reality than other movies that just show an immature bunch of kids.
- The Hole (2001) English movie. The first 40 minutes are kind of boring, but the switch of the story is really good. How many truths are there?
- Bedazzled (2000) A romantic comedy that shows that what you want is not always what you deserve. It made me laugh, smile and think a bit.
- Cidade de Deus/City of God (2002) A brazilian movie about the reality in the "fabelas". Shocking, a bit excessive but close to the reality that we are blinded to.
- Das Experiment/The Experiment (2002) German movie based on a true story of an experiment held in a prison to study the human behaviour.
- Lola rennt/Run Lola Run (1998) A good action movie, it's different and entertaining. German movie.
- Amelie (2001) French movie about Amelie Poulain, a girl with a great imagination. No bad situations, sometimes it's nice to see happy movies.
- Girl with a pearl earring (2003) The story behind a painting of Johannes Vermeer; "Girl with a pearl earring" has a beautiful photography and even though the story is not vivid, the beauty of the scenes are worthy.
- Amores Perros (2000) Love, hate and dogs are put together in this mexican movie. I don't know about the subtitles, but I saw it in spanish and I liked the movie.
- Abre los ojos/Open your eyes (1997): A spanish movie by Alejandro Amenabar. Abre los ojos is a psychological thriller about the power of the human mind to bend and break reality. The movie "Vanilla Sky" was based on this movie.
- 50 First Dates (2004) Romantic, comedy version of "Memento". About a girl who can remember only one day of her life and a guy who fell in love with her and has to deal with it. Fun and nice.
- Shaolin Soccer (2001) Chinese movie, it's so silly that makes you laugh the whole movie. I reccommend it :P
- The Ring (2002) I liked this movie better than the original version. Maybe because the story was clearer and I found it a bit scary.
- Final Destination 1 & 2 (2000-2003): Something wasn't good about the movies, but it made me be more careful about what I do because death could be anywhere.
- Cube (1998) and Cube 2: Hypercube (2002): Low budgeted sci fi movies but the story is so good that it overcomes the problem.
- The Butterfly Effect (2004) I like the philosophy of the movie, but they could have made it better.
- The Fast and the Furious (2001): I just love the cars, no good story. I could watch it many times just to hear the engines.
These are the ones I remember now, reccommend me any because I'm always in search for good movies :)
July 08, 2004
You are in love.
I received a mail from a friend and I was thinking on how the "poetry" had changed these says. They don't mention any balcony, love letters, star sightings. They talk about emails, phone calls and movies :) Anyways, I just wanted to share this because it made me smile.
"
When you are together with that special someone,
you pretend to ignore that person.
But when that special someone is not around, you
might look around to find them.
At that moment, you are in love.
Although there is someone else who always makes
you laugh, your eyes and attention might go only
to that special someone. Then, you are in love.
Although that special someone was supposed to
have called you long back, to let you know of
their safe arrival, your phone is quiet. You are
desperately waiting for the call! At that
moment, you are in love.
If you are much more excited for one short e-mail
from that special someone than other many long e-
mails, you are in love. When you find yourself
as one who cannot erase all the messages in your
phone because of all the messages are from that
special someone, you are in love.
When you want to watch a romantic movie, you
would not hesitate to think of that special
someone. Then, you are in love. You keep telling
yourself, gthat special someone is just a
friendh, but you realize that you can not avoid
that person's special attraction. At that moment,
you are in love.
While you are reading this page, if someone
appears in your mind, then u are in love with
that person.
:))
"
Thanks Monette for this! (she says this suits me .. haha)
"
When you are together with that special someone,
you pretend to ignore that person.
But when that special someone is not around, you
might look around to find them.
At that moment, you are in love.
Although there is someone else who always makes
you laugh, your eyes and attention might go only
to that special someone. Then, you are in love.
Although that special someone was supposed to
have called you long back, to let you know of
their safe arrival, your phone is quiet. You are
desperately waiting for the call! At that
moment, you are in love.
If you are much more excited for one short e-mail
from that special someone than other many long e-
mails, you are in love. When you find yourself
as one who cannot erase all the messages in your
phone because of all the messages are from that
special someone, you are in love.
When you want to watch a romantic movie, you
would not hesitate to think of that special
someone. Then, you are in love. You keep telling
yourself, gthat special someone is just a
friendh, but you realize that you can not avoid
that person's special attraction. At that moment,
you are in love.
While you are reading this page, if someone
appears in your mind, then u are in love with
that person.
:))
"
Thanks Monette for this! (she says this suits me .. haha)
July 05, 2004
International Food Festival
I had a great time cooking with my friends some paraguayan food for the festival. It was great, 24 countries were represented and I could say that I have no problems to eat around the world. I couldn't taste all the food (24 is a quite big number, and besides, I was busy selling my own food).
I shared one stand with Flore and Darlene. It was nice because we were already friends and had no problems to share. Flore and I started preparing the food the night before because we had to make it for 100 people :O but fortunately Monette and Yen helped us and we learned others countries' recipes, sung a lot together, danced too ;) We converted the kitchen into a mini dance floor.
The food was all sold, people liked our stuff (at least that's what they said) and we had the opportunity to travel without moving.
Our menu was:
1. Fried bananas with sardines in tomato sauce (Ivory Coast)
2. Fried bananas with chicken and pork (Ivory Coast)
3. Peanut soup with rice (Ivory Coast)
4. Black rice with beans (Haiti)
5. Empanadas de carne y huevo (Paraguay)
Drinks
1. Bissap juice (bissap + pineapple + strawberry + mint) (Ivory Coast) * Reccommended it's really good
2. Mate cocido (cold version) (tea made of Yerba Mate and sugar) (Paraguay) *Delicious with milk
Some pictures !!
Darlene (Haiti), Flore (Ivory Coast), Monette (Philippines), Yen (Malaysia), me (Paraguay) in our stand
the night before ... preparing empanadas
See all the pictures in my Imagestation album
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I shared one stand with Flore and Darlene. It was nice because we were already friends and had no problems to share. Flore and I started preparing the food the night before because we had to make it for 100 people :O but fortunately Monette and Yen helped us and we learned others countries' recipes, sung a lot together, danced too ;) We converted the kitchen into a mini dance floor.
The food was all sold, people liked our stuff (at least that's what they said) and we had the opportunity to travel without moving.
Our menu was:
1. Fried bananas with sardines in tomato sauce (Ivory Coast)
2. Fried bananas with chicken and pork (Ivory Coast)
3. Peanut soup with rice (Ivory Coast)
4. Black rice with beans (Haiti)
5. Empanadas de carne y huevo (Paraguay)
Drinks
1. Bissap juice (bissap + pineapple + strawberry + mint) (Ivory Coast) * Reccommended it's really good
2. Mate cocido (cold version) (tea made of Yerba Mate and sugar) (Paraguay) *Delicious with milk
Some pictures !!
Darlene (Haiti), Flore (Ivory Coast), Monette (Philippines), Yen (Malaysia), me (Paraguay) in our stand
the night before ... preparing empanadas
See all the pictures in my Imagestation album
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Password: divagues
July 02, 2004
Finally!
After some (long) time, I'm fixing my site... I want to add more content but at least there's something :) . Some friends asked me to translate the posts written in spanish, and some other friends asked me to post everything in español .. what can I do? Well, I'll do my best to have everything in both spanish and english, but I cannot promise anything.
July 01, 2004
a comic strip I love
Well, this is how I feel sometimes and the reason of many man saying women are not easy to understand :P
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